59 Moral Stories

Once, a fox trying to find a cover while being chased by the hunters, entered the house of a woodcutter and hid himself under a bed. He requested the woodcutter, who was standing near by, to help him save his life. The woodcutter agreed.Soon the hunters arrived there and asked the woodcutter if he had

There were two dogs in a house. One used to guard the house and the other went hunting. Whenever the hunting dog hunted some animal, the master gave its tastiest morsels to the guard dog.The hunting dog found it frustrating. One day, he said to the guard dog, “The master is unjust to me. I

A starving fox once caught a turtle. But its solid shell prevented the fox from eating it. Pretending to make things easy for the fox, the turtle suggested to him, “Why not try by first putting me in the water for a while to soften me up?”“That seems to be a pretty good idea,” said

A mice couple lived in a village. One day, the wife mouse gave birth to three baby mice. One of the babies had seven tails. Unfortunately, a cat got the two baby mice and only the seven-tailed baby lived. The seven-tailed baby grew up and got admitted into a school.In the school his schoolmates taunted,

There was a king named Midas. He had enormous riches. His kingdom was very large and wide. But he was not satisfied with his wealth and kingdom. He wanted to be more wealthy and extend his kingdom to farther limits.King Midas had a lovely young daughter. He loved her very much. She was the apple

It was a case of counter accusations. The fox accused the wolf of having robbed him, whereas the wolf accused the fox of having cheated him. The dispute was taken to the court, where a monkey sat as a judge. The case was full of contradictions. When it became too complicated, the monkey lost his

A farmer in his dying moment called his sons to him. “I am about to leave all of you for ever,” he mumbled infirmly, “But before I die, I must tell you that I have burried a lot of jewels in the field. You have to dig deep into it to find the treasure.”The sons

An Arab, while passing through the market place, was stopped by a beggar. The beggar asked the rich Arab for some clothes in the name of Allah. The Arab decided to give his oldest suit to the beggar. Putting it on, the beggar according to custom, hung a sign on the collar which said, “There

High in the hills there lived a prince who had a great wish to go to the moon. When he reached there, he discovered that the moon shone because of the light that was emitted from the beautiful daughter of the moon king.The prince fell in love with her. But as the earth and the

The great king lion was making all the preparations to wage a war. He selected some chosen animals to stand in the battlefield in different positions. At the last moment, he was advised to keep the donkey and the rabbit out of the military operations. The reason: the donkey is a known fool and the

Long, long ago, in a village there lived a potter by the name of Yudhistrira. He was in a habit of drinking liquor, One day, he stumbled on a broken pot in a drunken state and fell down. The sharp edge of the broken pot pierced his forehead and he started bleeding profusely. He didn’t

A crow saw an eagle swooping down on a small rabbit, catching it with its claws and flying back with it to its nest on a high mountain-rock.‘What a grand feat!’ said the crow to himself, ‘I too shall try to perform the same feat.’The crow saw a rabbit grazing at a distance. In trying

A shepherd while grazing his sheep once saw an eagle trapped in a net. He was so enchanted with the beauty of the bird that he let it go free.Sometime later, the shepherd was sitting on a rock which was resting on the edge of a steep hill. All of a sudden, an eagle swooped

When Lord Rama reached the ocean to go to Lanka, he needed a bridge to cross it. The monkeys were helping him construct the bridge. They were carrying heavy stones on their backs.A few monkeys were carrying large stones, while some others were able to carry only small ones. Lord Rama was supervising the work

A cavalryman had a horse and an ox as his pets. One day, those two came to know that their master was about to depart for the war. The horse became worried to think about the dangers he would have to face on the battlefield. But the ox was very happy to think that in