Children's Short stories

The moral of the story The Clever Jester is that cleverness always pays. 

The story bears a good universal moral lesson "Haste Makes Waste". In this story, the hunter repents upon his act of killing his dog in haste.

The Old Man and His Grandson is a Brothers Grimm fairy tale about an old grandfather who trembles, spills his food and drops his eating bowl. His son and son's wife treat him badly. His grandson makes a trough for his parents to eat from later. They see it and start treating grandfather better.

The moral of the story is, make new friends but keep the old. The one is sliver, the older gold.

We should not trust strangers by coming in their frivolous talk, but should be careful from them.

The moral of the story is to value the things we have.

Those who dream big and think positively will grow and prosper. Those who think negatively and refuse to risk will get swallowed up by life. 

The moral of the story is being in a state of two minds is never a good thing. Moreover, if even a single finger is chopped off; it is going to harm the whole hand.

The moral of this story is that intelligence always has an upper hand when compared to physical strength.

A fairy tale about a young Prince who lives and dies in a Palace where sadness is not allowed to enter. When he dies his statue is set on a tall column. From this height, he can see all the misery in the city. He weeps and wants to help his people.

A Cock started scratching the straw among Horses stamped their hooves. The Cock said everyone had to be careful that they did not tread on each other.

Moral of the story is that, self importance can be harmful.

This short story emphasises the importance of living with honesty. It inspires one to live a life full of integrity and truthfulness without any kind of greed. 

In the given story, the Giant became truly happy only after he became kind to the children and allowed them to play in his garden. Similarly, selfishness takes us nowhere in life, always making us feel grumpy and sad but being kind towards others gives us a feeling of satisfaction.

The moral of the story is, we should know ours enemies. One should never fall prey for flattering words. 

We see in life how people change their decision by listening to other people. Then they regret it and don’t do anything about it.

The moral of the story is not to neglect our duty. 

If you treat others kindly, they will treat you the same way. The tiger failed to repay the woodpecker's kindness; instead, he was unkind, arrogant and mean towards him. This, the woodpecker taught him a good lesson by giving back what he deserved. 

Moral of the story is, excess of Greed is harmful.

The moral of the story “The elephant and the Tailor” is that tit for tat. The meaning of tit for tat is that we should treat the other person in the same way the other person is treating us.

Nothing is permanent in the world and one should never lose patience.

The story teaches us that it is important to never boast about the skills and always help others when they are in need.

This fable warns against making foolish friendships.

Selfishness leads one to his own destruction. Hence, we should never lie, care for our loved ones by sharing things, and be honest with people.

A dream said King’s Son would be killed by a Lion. King built a fortress with a painted Lion for the Son. A thorn near the painting stuck the Son who died.