Do you remember the stories that you read as a child? Moral stories can needn’t be serious, but they can be funny at the same time help your child learn something. We have compiled a list of 07 short moral stories that are inspirational, from India, and from around the world. <h3>1. The Boy Who Cried, Wolf</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/the_boy_who_cried%2C_wolf.webp_image_1638188646554.webp" width="359">There was a young boy whose father, a farmer, had asked him to take their herd of sheep grazing every day.One day, the boy was extremely bored as he watched over the sheep and so he cried: “Wolf! Wolf!”On hearing his cries, the villagers rushed to help him chase the wolf away and save the sheep.When they saw the grinning boy and realised he had cried wolf for his amusement, they scolded him and told him to not cry wolf!The next day, the boy cried out that the wolf was there. The villagers came, scolded him again, and left.Later that same day, a wolf came and terrorized the sheep.The boy cried, “Wolf! Wolf! Please help me.”But, the villagers assumed that he was pulling a silly prank again and did not come to his rescue. The sheep ran away and the boy cried.Moral of the story: Don’t lie or engage in foolish pranks, for no one will believe a liar even when he is telling the truth! <h3>2. The Golden Touch Of Midas</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/the_golden_touch_of_midas.jpg_image_1638188804006.jpg" width="365">A long time ago, there lived a king in Greece named Midas.He was extremely wealthy and had all the gold he could ever need. He also had a daughter whom he loved very much.One day, Midas saw a Satyr (an angel) who was stuck and was in trouble. Midas helped the Satyr and asked for his wish to be granted in return.The Satyr agreed and Midas wished for everything he touched to be turned to gold. His wish was granted.Extremely excited, Midas went home to his wife and daughter touching pebbles, rocks, and plants on the way, which turned into gold.As his daughter hugged him, she turned into a golden statue.Having learnt his lesson, Midas begged the Satyr to reverse the spell who granted that everything would go back to their original state.Moral of the story: Stay content and grateful for what you have. Greed will not get you anywhere. <h3>3. The Foolish Thief</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/the_foolish_thief.jpg_image_1638188856227.jpg" width="362">Once, a wealthy merchant came to King Akbar’s court to seek help from Birbal. He suspected that one of his servants had robbed him.On hearing this, Birbal thought of a clever plan and summoned the merchant’s servants.He gave each servant a stick of the same length. He told them that the thief’s stick would grow two inches by the next day.The next day, Birbal summoned the servants again. He noticed that a servant’s stick was two inches shorter than the others.He knew who the thief was.The foolish thief had cut the stick shorter by two inches as he thought it would grow two inches. Thus, proving his guilt.Moral of the story: Truth and justice will always prevail. <h3>4. Two Frogs With The Same Problem</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/two_frogs_with_the_same_problem.png_image_1638188962564.png" width="346">Once, a group of frogs was roaming around the forest in search of water. Suddenly, two frogs in the group accidentally fell into a deep pit.The other frogs worried about their friends in the pit.Seeing how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that there was no way they could escape the deep pit and that there was no point in trying.They continued to constantly discourage them as the two frogs tried to jump out of the pit. But keep falling back.Soon, one of the two frogs started to believe the other frogs — that they’ll never be able to escape the pit and eventually died after giving up.The other frog keeps trying and eventually jumps so high that he escapes the pit. The other frogs were shocked at this and wondered how he did it.The difference was that the second frog was deaf and couldn’t hear the discouragement of the group. He simply thought they were cheering him on!Moral of the story: People’s opinion of you will affect you, only if you believe it to be so. It’s better to believe in yourself. <h3>5. The Milkmaid and Her Pail</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/the_milkmaid_and_her_pail.jpg_image_1638189037353.jpg" width="348">There was once a milkmaid named Patty.She milked her cow and carried the two pails of milk she fetched on a stick and set out to sell the milk at the market.As she was walking to the market, she began to daydream about what she would do with the money she fo for the milk.She thought of buying a hen and selling its eggs and she planned on becoming wealthy.She dreamt of buying a cake, a basket of strawberries, a fancy dress, and even a new house with the money she would make selling the eggs and the milk!In her excitement, she forgot about the pails she was carrying and began to skip.Suddenly, she realised that the milk was spilling down and when she checked her pails, they were empty.Moral of the story: Don’t count your chickens before they hatch! It is important to focus on the process of achieving success and not just success alone. <h3>6. The Elephant Circus</h3><img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/elepahnt_circus.jpg_image_1638189224771.jpg" width="361">Once upon a time in a circus, five elephants performed circus tricks. They were kept tied up with weak rope that they could’ve easily escaped, but did not.One day, a man visiting the circus asked the ringmaster: “Why haven’t these elephants broken the rope and run away?”The ringmaster replied: “From when they were young, the elephants were made to believe that they were not strong enough to break the ropes and escape.”It was because of this belief that they did not even try to break the ropes now.Moral of the story: Don’t give in to the limitations of society. Believe that you can achieve everything you want to!<h3> </h3>7. The Elephants And The Mice<img src="https://bee-assets-production.s3.amazonaws.com/image/1_xvfat_v8xumqnkx7-3jcka.png_image_1638189285226.png" width="350">In an earthquake-hit village abandoned by humans, a colony of mice lived. Near the village was a lake, which was used by a herd of elephants.The elephants would have to cross the village to go to the lake. Thus, one day, as they walked through, they trampled a lot of mice.The leader of the mice met with the elephants and requested them to take a different route to the lake. He promised them that their favour would be returned in the time of their need.The elephants laughed. How could such small mice help these large elephants in any way? But then, they agreed to take a different route.Not so long after, the mice heard that hunters had caught the herd of elephants and were tied in nets.Immediately, they rush to rescue the elephants. They gnawed through the nets and ropes with their sharp teeth.The leader of the elephants repeatedly thanked the mice for their help!Moral of the story: A friend in need is a friend indeed. Make sure you help your friends out whenever they need it. They should always be able to count on you. That’s all folks!We hope children like these short yet interesting stories with morals that we have read growing up!There are more and more stories with morals on <a href="https://www.beeparenting.com/s/moral-stories" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bee Stories</a>.

Short stories with moral values will teach your children some important lessons which they will remember always.

07 Must Read Short Moral Stories For Children

Short stories with moral values will teach your children some important lessons which they will remember always.

Once upon a time in a very strange kingdom there lived a King Smiley Face. He was retiring and thus needed to find a new King.Meanwhile, Surprise Face wanted to become the King and marched to the kingdom with his armies.The King declared that the new King or Queen of the kingdom will be someone who can lift a magic spoon from the ground.When the King died, no one could find the spoon. Many people from the kingdom — muscled farmers, scholars from libraries — and so many more tried to pick the spoon from the vines but no one succeeded.When Surprise Face found out about the spoon, he tried to take it away before anyone from the kingdom could actually pick it up. He locked the spoon and the land it was attached; to a tower. The kingdom fell into the hands of Surprise Face who treated everyone badly and robbed them off their wealth.Years passed and many people tried to sneak into the tower and pick up the spoon. Nobody succeeded, until a little servant girl stepped in the tower to clean it. She cleaned the entire tower and simply picked up the spoon to wipe it clean.And that is how she became the Queen. It was found that the previous King had decided that the spoon will only be lifted by someone who had no ambitions of ruling.Surprise Face was punished by Queen Happy Face for torturing the Kingdom. After that everyone in the kingdom lived happily ever after. Moral:Sometimes, the help arrives from unexpected people and places.

This is a story of king, queen and spoon.Moral(s) of the story: helpfulness

The new King

Shina Utavani

There was once an eagle living in a jungle. He met fox and they both became friends. Their friendship grew stronger and they became best friends. They decided to build their homes next to each other. The fox lived near the bushes so eagle decided to build its nest near the bushes. They lived happily.After some time, both of the friends had their children. They adored and loved their children. One day, the fox wanted to go hunting. She left its cubs in the bushes and left in search of food. She said the cubs that she will be back soon. On the other side, the babies of the eagle were crying out of hunger. They were very hungry. The eagle did not have any food to feed her babies.The eagle tried searching for food but could not find anything. The eagle saw fox’s cubs playing near the bushes. The eaglets were crying out of hunger so she decided to feed one of the cubs to her children. The eagle went near the bushes and picked one of the cubs and fed her babies. She gave her friend’s baby to her children to eat. When the fox returned, she saw the eagle feeding her child to her babies. The fox was shocked and quickly went to the eagle. “What have you done?” said fox while crying. She was heartbroken and hurt. She was in extreme pain and said, “You have done very wrong with me eagle, you have cheated a friend, a good friend.” The fox took her cubs and left to never see the eagle again.The fox, even after being cheated by a friend, never wished for any harm to her friend. The fox was a good friend. But God had his plans.One day, the eaglets were very hungry and the mother eagle did not have anything to feed them. She decided to go to a nearby village to hunt. She thought she would surely find something there. She left for the hunt. There she found a dead goat. She took that and quickly flew back to her babies. When she came back, she was shocked to see the nest. The nest had caught fire and her babies were inside the nest. She pulled them out but it was too late. The poor eaglets were hurt badly and one of them even died. The eagle was heartbroken and in pain.At that moment, the fox was passing by. She saw the eagle’s nest. Looking at the eagle she said, “God has punished you for betraying a dear friend.” The fox left the place with a heavy heart. She did not wish for her friend to suffer but this was her justice. God had punished the one who did wrong to others. Moral:We should never betray other friends.

This is a story of eagle and fox.Moral(s) of the story: betrayal and friendship

The Eagle and the Fox

Ravina Sewani

Once upon a time, there lived a Brahmin in a village. In reality, he was a conman. He performed religious rituals during the day time and robbed unsuspecting travellers during the night. He used to cheat people in various ways and steal money from them. Thus, by engaging in all sorts of criminal activities, he had accumulated much wealth. One day, a few merchants came to the Brahmin’s village from some other town. They sold all their belongings and purchased six large size diamonds from a local jeweller. The travellers knew that there was a risk of them getting robbed on their way back, so in order to save the diamonds, they swallowed them up.The Brahmin saw the merchants swallowing the diamonds and planned to steal them. He went to meet the merchants and became friends with them. The merchants thought of him as a simple and innocent Brahmin, and he soon won their confidence.When the merchants left for town, the Brahmin also offered to accompany them. There was a dense forest on their way where many cannibal tribes lived. These cannibals used to eat human flesh and could understand the language of birds and animals.Suddenly, the merchants and the Brahmin heard the cawing of the crows all around them. The Brahmin did not take long to understand that these were the trained crows of the tribals and they were informing them about the presence of diamonds with the merchants. Within no time, the tribals came out of hiding and surrounded them with sticks and spears. They frisked the merchants thoroughly but could not find anything. But the tribals trusted the information of the crows blindly and were convinced of the presence of wealth with the merchants, so they decided to kill each one of them.The Brahmin knew that his fate was sealed and he was bound to be killed by the tribals. So, he thought of making amends for his dishonest way of life and doing something to save the lives of the merchants. He thought that maybe sacrificing his life for a noble cause would earn him a place in the heaven.The Brahmin thus, said to the chief, “You kill me first. If you find the diamond in my body, kill all the merchants as well. But, if you do not find anything in my body, please spare their lives. The chief agreed to this and killed the Brahmin. He slit his stomach, but could not find any diamond. So, as per his promise, he allowed all the other merchants to go home.The cannibals returned to their village, wondering whether the crows had begun telling lies, or had they failed to interpret their language correctly. Moral:It is never too late to realise your bad deeds and take the responsibility for the same. Make amends for your unacceptable deeds and you might have a chance to be forgiven by others.

This is a classic story from panchtantra.Moral(s) of the story: forgiveness and repentance.

The Brahmin and the diamonds

Thrown in a large black iron frying pan.. in the deep sea of hot oil. Stuffed with spicy potato, green peas and coriander, and enveloped in pockets of white dough ... I and my companions were strained out brown and piping hot... We landed on a big aluminium tray... We saw the greedy glares of the crowd that gazed at us...Some waiting for us some rushed towards us.... calling out 'Samose aa gaye garma garam Samose, '... While my fellow mates were taken away... A couple of them were in pav while some were sold off with spicy green and sweet red chutney... Then... there came a dirty looking peasant who hungrily stared at me with his preying eyes...He removed an old ten-rupee currency note from his old ragged jhola and bought me... Wrapped up in a newspaper I was in his ragged cloth jhola... Until he settled near a tea stall...Sat, ordered a cutting chai and got me out of his humble slob... opened the newspaper in which I was wrapped up and took a chunky bite accompanied with s hot sip of masala chai and fried salty spicy green chillies... Within minutes I was gobbled up guzzled down with hot tea... The peasant burped.. with his stomach full and drowsiness in his droopy eyes. He slept under a huge banyan tree after brunching upon me... I said to myself...I am a modest samosa ...I am in demand among all the classes of the society...I am one of the tastiest, the quickest yet cheapest modes of satisfying the hunger of people on the go... I am the samosa.

The Story of Samosa

Yesha Desai

One day, somebody gifted a beautiful talking parrot to Emperor Akbar. Akbar was very fond of the parrot as it could not only talk, but also reply to his questions. He had made special arrangements for the parrot’s care and safety and made an announcement that if someone ever dared to inform him about the parrot’s death, he will be hung. All the caretakers of the parrot thus, took extreme care of the parrot and guarded him against all harm, day and night.Still, one day, the parrot died. None of the caretakers had the courage to go and tell this to the Emperor. They went to Birbal and told him their plight. They said, “If we inform the Emperor about the parrot’s death, then he will get us hanged, and if we do not tell him, then also he will kill us, so please help us.”Birbal thought for a while and sent all of them back to work. Next day, he himself went to the Emperor and said, “Alampanah, your parrot…” Akbar said, “Yes Birbal. What about my parrot?” Birbal again stammered, “Your parrot is …” Akbar was anxious to know about his parrot. He again asked, “Tell me Birbal, What happened to my parrot?” Birbal again said, “Your parrot…” Akbar said in a firm tone, “Birbal, I am asking you, what happened to my parrot? Say something in the name of Allah!”Then Birbal said – “Jahanpanah, your parrot is neither eating anything, nor drinking anything. He is neither saying anything, nor moving his wings. He is neither opening up his eyes, nor…”The Emperor cut him short and said worriedly, “What? Has the parrot died?”Birbal said, “I did not say it. You said it.”The Emperor understood why Birbal had to break the news of his parrot’s death like that. He did not punish any of the servants and appreciated Birbal for his intelligent move. Moral:A twist of words can get you out of messy situations.

This is a classic story from Akbar Birbal.This is a story of Parrot.Moral(s) of the story: wisdom

The parrot neither eats not drinks

A man was polishing his new car; his 4 yr old daughter picked up a stone and scratched on the side of the car.In anger, the furious man took his child’s hand &amp; hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench. At the hospital, the child lost all her fingers due to multiple fractures.When the child saw her father, with painful eyes she asked ‘Dad when will my fingers grow back?’ The man was very hurt and speechless.He went back to the car and kicked it many times. Devastated by his own actions, sitting in front of the car he looked at the scratches, his daughter had written ‘LOVE YOU DAD’.Moral: Anger and Love have no limit. Things are to be used and people are to be loved.

This is a story of car, daughter, father, fingers and hospital.Moral(s) of the story: anger and love

Who or What do We Love More?

Pallavi Hota

Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic about the brothers, Pandavas and kauravas. It describes the battle between them in the Kurukshetra war for the throne of Hastinapura. It is an epic tale that combines war, religion, philosophy and Hindu history. Following is a story from “The Mahabharata.” Karna was primarily an Archer. A very skilled one and a Rathi (equally proficient in archery on a moving chariot not just standing stationary on a ground). He was trained by Drona, Kripa and Parshuram. Apart from archery he was skilled in sword fighting, mace fighting as well. So his weapons would be Bow and Arrow (he had received celestial Vijaya Bow made by Vishwakarma from Parshuram), Sword and Mace. From Drona he had received all the usual divine astras used as arrows. But he did not get the Big Three (Brahmashira, Pashupatastra and Vaishnavastra). Drona only had Brahmastra which he refused to give him but gave to Arjun. So Karna went to Parshuram to obtain it but he lied he was a Brahmin so Parshuram cursed him when he found out that he will never be able to use it against his mortal enemy. Karna wanted it to defeat Arjun but the curse removed that possibility. He then traded his Divine Armor given by Surya for Amogh Shakti from Indra. It was a weapon that would kill whoever it was targeted at without fail but could be used only once. So other than the usual divine astras, Nagastra, Brahmastra, Agniastra, he had Amogh Shakti or commonly known as Vasava Shakti and Vijaya Bow. He had Surya's divine Armor till before the war.

This is a story of Karna and Drona.

Karna’s Weapons

Bible is the collection of 66 books written by different authors describing the God's action and purpose with all creations. Bible contains life stories of Jesus. The bible gives the messages God has desired for us to understand. Following is a story from “The Bible”. When King Saul sinned in the eyes of God, God became very displeased with him and commanded Samuel, His prophet, to anoint another man to be king after Saul. Samuel followed the directions of God and was led to the home of a man named Jesse, who came from the tribe of Benjamin.Jesse had eight sons, seven of whom were shown to Samuel. Samuel thought that surely the Lord would pick one of them, as they were strong and fine in appearance. The Lord, however, told Samuel that He does not consider a person's outward appearance, but instead looks at their heart. Samuel was told to anoint the youngest son, who was a shepherd boy; this boy was called David.When the war between the Israelites and Philistines took place, a giant named Goliath would shout out a challenge, each day, to any Israeli who would defeat him in battle. Nobody was brave enough to face him.When David heard him challenge the armies of God, he told King Saul that he would fight the giant. King Saul was worried, as David was not a warrior, but he put his own royal armour on David and gave him his blessing. David asked that the armour be removed, as he was not used to it. He chose, instead, to face the giant, dressed as a simple shepherd boy; his slingshot his only weapon.As the giant came towards him, David slung a stone in his slingshot and shot the giant. The small stone sunk into Goliath's head and the giant died instantly. The Philistines tried to flee when their hero died, but the Israeli army cut them off and defeated them.Moral: God does not look at the appearance of a person, but instead looks at a person's heart. He does not need His people dressed in fancy armour to help them defeat their enemies.

This is a story of Bible, David and Goliath.

David and Goliath

Once Emperor Akbar thought of playing a trick on Birbal. He gave one egg to each of his ministers before Birbal reached the court.When Birbal arrived in the court, the Emperor told everybody about a strange dream that he saw the previous night. He said, “A divine being appeared in my dream and said that I would be able to judge the honesty of my ministers by giving them a simple task. I must ask them to go to the royal garden pond and get an egg from there. Those who are honest, will find an egg there and those who are not, shall return empty handed.”Then the Emperor directed all of his courtiers to go to the royal garden pool and bring back an egg. One by one, all his ministers went to the pond and returned with the egg, which the Emperor had previously given them.Birbal also went to the pond and looked around for an egg. He even jumped into the pond but failed to find any egg. He soon realized that the Emperor was trying to play a trick on him. So, he thought for a while and then entered the court crowing like a rooster.The Emperor asked him to stop making that irritating noise and produce the egg.Birbal smiled and replied that only hens lay eggs, and as since he was a rooster, he could not produce an egg.Akbar burst out laughing and understood that it was not easy to outwit his clever minister. Moral:Despite the silliness of the situation, you can turn it in your favour and humour everyone.

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Kids moral stories help in improving their imagination & relate to real-world life. Here are age-specific bedtime stories for children by renowned storytellers.

The new King

The Eagle and the Fox

The Brahmin and the diamonds

The Story of Samosa

The parrot neither eats not drinks

Who or What do We Love More?

Karna’s Weapons

David and Goliath

The Rooster and the hen

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