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.

Shina Utavani

A group of flowers used to live together in a garden. The flowers included Sunflower, Cactus, Daisy, and Cosmos. All the flowers were very small and they were growing gradually.After some time, the flowers bloomed beautifully one day and everyone had a flower on them except cactus. The cactus did not have any flower on it. All the flowers started teasing him. They all started making fun of cactus. The sunflower said, “Hey Look, Cactus looks so ugly. She does not have a flower on her.” Everyone started laughing. “You do not come close to me. You make me look ugly,” said the cosmos. Tulip said, “I am grateful that I am not a cactus.” The daisy said, “You look so ugly, cactus.”The cactus felt very bad and sad. All the plants were very rude to her. All these comments made cactus very sad. She wanted to look like them. She started applying different things to look like them.After a few months, the summer season started approaching and the garden began to dry up. The hot weather had dried up the garden. There was no water and all the flowers except cactus were suffering due to the hot summer. Cactus saw all the flowers suffering due to the hot weather, she asked them, “Are you guys okay?” They all said they were dying out of thirst and that they will die because of the hot weather.Sunflower said, “Cactus, the hot weather is affecting all of us but not you. How come you are not affected by the water? Do you not feel thirsty?” The cactus said, “I have long roots that spread out just under the groundwater. And without leaves, my body releases very less water in the atmosphere so I can store a lot of water.”Seeing the flowers dying because of thirst, the cactus decided to help them. She said, “I can help you all, I have some water.” Sunflower felt very bad and said, “I am sorry Cactus. We treated you so bad and still, you are willing to help us.” The cactus replied, “It is okay. I am doing what I know is right.” Everyone apologized to cactus and felt guilty. Cactus helped everyone and saved their lives. Everyone thanked cactus for saving their lives.They all stopped teasing her after that day. A fairy was watching all this from above and was impressed by the good deed of cactus. She decided to reward Cactus for its kindness. She came and moved her magic wand and the cactus got a beautiful flower. The cactus was very happy to finally have a flower just like the other plants. After that, all the flowers lived happily together in the garden. Moral:Do not make fun of others. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses.

This is a story of cactus, cosmos, daisy, plant, summer, sunflower, tulip and water.Moral(s) of the story: kindness

Kind Cactus

Once upon a time, there was a jar of fresh, clean water. Every drop of water in the jar felt extremely proud of being so pure and clear. Every day they used to congratulate each other on how clean and beautiful they were. One day, one of the drops was bored with the ultra-clean existence. He wanted to know what it feels like to be a dirty drop. The other drops tried to convince him but he did not agree and left the jar.Later on, when the drop came back after becoming all dirty, he turned all the other drops in the jar dirty too. They tried to get clean again but were not able to. They tried everything to shake off the dirt but failed. One day when someone dipped the jar in a fountain, a lot of clean water entered the jar and finally, the drops were able to regain their old transparency and purity. Now they realized that to stay clean and pure, they all need to stay clean even if they find it difficult. A single mistake by a drop could ruin the purity of everyone else.We face the same situation in real life. If we want to live in a jar of clean water, each one of us must have to be a clean drop. We should never be one of those dirty drops who make everyone else dirty. Moral:Never surround yourself with bad company. A single bad company can have a bad impact on your life.

This is a story of water.Moral(s) of the story: friendship

The drop of water

There are some people who are always complaining about things and are never happy with anything. Gus Grumplings was one among them. He had family and friends who loved and cared about him but all he could think of were the things he didn’t have. For instance, if someone gave him a car, he would complain about it either being too big or too short. He was never satisfied with the things he had in his life.Chuckles, the prankster cloud used to play a trick on grumpy kids to teach them a lesson. One day, Chuckles was passing by and heard all of Gus’s complains. He decided to teach him a lesson. So, when the cloud was right above Gus, it started dropping heavy black rain on him. The cloud started following him and this carried on for almost a week. Gus was not at all impressed by this and started complaining about things even more.Gus had a little generous friend named Gladys. She was the only one who was willing to hang around him during all those black rainy days. She would cheer him up by saying that he was the only one among them who had his own cloud and that also with black rain. She suggested him to play fun games with black rainwater and enjoy it with other friends. Gus agreed to her as he had no other company except her.They started playing different games with black rainwater. They also invited various other friends. His friends came up with all sorts of interesting games to play. Gus gradually started enjoying black rain. He started to look for the positive side of it. Chuckles the prankster cloud thought he was successful in teaching Gus a lesson and decided to leave. When Chuckles finally left, Gus didn’t complain. Instead, he looked onto the positive side that he no longer had to stay wet all day. He can do anything we want. Moral:Gus’s story teaches us to be positive and find positive things in every situation. Always be grateful for the things you have and look for the positive side in every situation.

This is a story of cloud, rain and water.Moral(s) of the story: gratitude and optimism

The Incredible black rain

Yesha Desai

Water vapour high up in the sky joins together to form a cloud. Soon the weather turned cold and a drop of water was formed.A little water droplet was born and she was very happy to go on the adventure around the world. She was very eager to reach Earth and make new friends.She looked for a beautiful countryside location and separated from the cloud… falling as rain.“Yayyyyy!” She yelled as she and her friends rained down into a farm. She tumbled around and couldn’t stop laughing because it tickled. She said her ‘hello’ to different plants and later fell into a beautiful river which was filled with unpolluted water.She made so many friends and swam with the fishes. They played for the longest time and laughed a lot. The journey of the river was long and beautiful where they passed mountains and farms and cities.In the end, the river merged with the sea and the freshwater turned to salty water. The tiny water droplet had a lot of fun during this journey.

The journey of a water droplet

There was a newly born ship called Hilda. She was new, talented and beautiful.But there was one problem due to which she had never travelled before. Hilda was scared of sailing in the ocean. She was scared that she would not be able to stay afloat and would sink.This is why Hilda always stayed in the docks. She wished to be as brave as the other ships, she wished to play in the waves of the ocean, to chase after the sun, to laugh with the dolphins but she could not.One day a new Captain came to the dock. He looked at Hilda once and was absolutely mesmerised. He wanted to take Hilda into the sea.Hilda looked at him sadly and refused, thinking he would go away like all other skippers did.But this Captain sat besides Hilda and said, “Why won’t you sail?” Hilda replied embarrassed, “Because I am scared.”The skipper smiled, “There is little to be scared of, you are amazing and need to be confident in yourself. If you face any problems I will always protect you.”Hilda was not so convinced so the sailor said, “How about we go a little into the sea and then come back? We can repeat this everyday until you are comfortable.”Hilda excitedly agreed.At first she was very timid and unsure if she would be able to sail. But the skipper was always there to encourage her. In the beginning they went slowly, and not very far. Later, Hilda slowly gained confidence and was ready to venture further. The skipper was very proud of her!That is how Hilda slowly built confidence in herself and one day she finally finished a whole trip with many happy passengers. She was no longer scared and she had faith in herself. Moral:Sometimes we only need someone to trust in us so that we can trust in ourselves.

This is a story of ocean, ship and water.Moral(s) of the story: courage and trust

The ship that was scared at sailing

Raj was a very impatient child.He could barely focus at one task before launching himself towards another.One day, while watching a television show, he decided that he wanted to be a wrestler. So he told his grandfather, “I want to become a wrestler! What should I do?”His grandfather took him to a teacher. The teacher trained Raj in different wrestling moves. And even though the little boy was very enthusiastic, he could do hardly one thing before jumping onto another. Thus, he never properly practised his moves.Days passed yet Raj did not get better at his sport and he frowned at his grandfather, “I am not getting stronger. What will I do now?”His grandfather took him on a walk by the beach and pointed to the cliffs. “Do you know Raj, that the water breaks down these rocks?”Raj’s eyes widened, “Really? But these rocks are so big? How can the sea break them down?”His grandfather smiled and watched as Raj lightly splashed around in the water, “It takes many years, it does not happen overnight. Just like you cannot become a wrestler overnight. You need to be disciplined in your work and be patient. Then you will one day become capable enough to achieve your goals.” Moral:You need to be disciplined and hardworking to achieve your goal.

This is a story of grandfather, grandmother, rock, sea and water.Moral(s) of the story: discipline and hard work

The fruits of discipline

Ravina Sewani

Once, there lived a water bearer (one who carries water) in a beautiful town. The water bearer had 2 large pots, in which, he used to fill the water from the stream and deliver it to his master’s house. One of the pots that he had was cracked. So every day while returning from the stream, the cracked would lose half the water and would only be able to provide half water at the master’s house. Whereas the perfect pot was very proud of himself for doing its work perfectly.The cracked pot would lose water every day and this went on for 2 years. One day, the cracked pot felt ashamed about itself and apologised to its water bearer saying, “I am sorry for not being able to deliver full water. Because of me, you do not get credits for your efforts.”&nbsp;The water bearer felt sorry for the pot and told him, “While we return back from the stream today, look at the beautiful and colourful flowers along the path.” So that day, while returning, the cracked pot admired the flowers and the flowers cheered him up. But when they reached at the master’s house, it still felt sad for losing the water and so apologised again.&nbsp;The bearer then told the pot, “I have known about your crack since day one and so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path. Every day, for 2 years, you have been watering these flowers. Because of you, I was able to pick beautiful flowers and decorate my master’s table. If you did not water the flowers, my master would never have a beautiful table.” On hearing this, the cracked pot was filled with joy and understood that everyone has flaws. If we can accept our flaws and still do better in lives, they do not really better. Moral:Every person has unique flaws.&nbsp;We’re all cracked pots.&nbsp;Nothing in this world is a waste.&nbsp;We should never feel useless because of our flaws. Sometimes these flaws are a blessing in disguise.

This is a story of water and flower.Moral(s) of the story: confidence

The cracked pot

Once there was a dog. He wandered from door-to-door. One day he stole a place of meat from a butcher’s shop. He ran away with it.He ran out of the town. There was a stream close by. It was a good place for him to enjoy the piece of meat. When he was passing over the plank, he saw his reflection in the water. He thought it was another dog with a larger piece of meat. He was very greedy. His mouth watered. He wanted to get that piece also.He barked at the dog in the water. When he opened his mouth, his own piece of meat fell into the water. He was very sad. He repented over his folly. But it was too late.Moral: Greediness is always punished.

This is a story of dutch, dog and water.Moral(s) of the story: foolishness and greediness

water stories

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

Kind Cactus

The drop of water

The Incredible black rain

The journey of a water droplet

The ship that was scared at sailing

The fruits of discipline

The cracked pot

A greedy dog

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