Best Short Stories for Kids With Morals
In this article we will have different short stories for kids. These short stories are very popular and very entertaining as well as they catch our interest with moral.
This Article Contains Short Stories for kids —
(1) The Cap Seller and the Monkeys Short Story
(2) The Foolish Crow and Clever Jackal Short Story
(3) The Ant and the Dove Short Story
(4) The Fox and Grapes Short Story
(5) The Clever Fox and Greedy Wolf Short Story
(6) Two Friends and the Bear Short Story
(1) The Cap Seller and the Monkeys
A long time ago, there lived a cap seller named Raju. One day he was carrying a bundle of caps to sell them in the market. He was crossing a dense jungle to reach a market and he became very tired. So he sat under a tree to take rest for a while. He kept his bundle of caps under the tree and went to sleep.
There was a big group of monkeys living on that tree. Soon the monkeys came down the tree and started playing with the colourful caps. When the cap seller woke up, he found the monkeys ran up the tree with all the caps. Raju was annoyed to see all his caps gone in a jiffy! He shouted at the monkeys angrily, but the monkeys imitated him and screamed back. Raju lost his temper and pelted a stone at the monkeys. The monkeys too picked the fruits from the tree and threw them at Raju.
Then Raju hit upon a plan to get back the caps. He knew that the monkey is fond of imitating. He took one cap and wore it. All the monkeys did the same. Raju then took off the cap and threw it on the ground. The monkeys noticed it and they also threw their caps on the ground.
Raju quickly gathered all the caps and tied them up in a bundle. He went away to sell his caps.
Moral: Intelligence is strength.
(2) The Foolish Crow and Clever Jackal
One day a crow managed to steal a piece of bread from a shop. She then flew to a tree and sat on a branch of a tree to eat it merrily. At that time, a jackal was passing under the tree and saw the crow with the piece of bread.
He became very greedy and thought, “I must get that piece of bread.” Then he began to play a trick. He sat under the tree and struck a conversation with the crow. The jackal began to praise the crow — “Oh beautiful bird, how nice you are!”
But the crow ignored the jackal and went on eating. “Am I really beautiful?”,the crow thought for a moment. “A beautiful bird like you must have a melodious voice! I am sure you sing beautifully! Please be nice and sing a song for me”, the jackal said cunningly.
The foolish crow started believing the clever jackal’s flattery. The foolish crow opened her beak to sing and the piece of bread fell down straight on the ground before the jackal.
The crow was furious but helpless. The jackal went away happily munching on the bread.
Moral: Don’t believe a flatterer.
(3) The Ant and the Dove
Once an ant fell into a pond. She tried hard to get out of the pond. But she struggled to get out of water. But she could not. She began to drown. A dove was sitting in a tree nearby. She saw the ant drowning. She wished to help the ant. The dove dropped a leaf near the ant.
The ant climbed up the leaf. Thus the ant was saved. The ant thanked the dove for saving her life and wanted to repay the gratefulness. The chance came sooner than she expected. A few days later a hunter came there. The hunter had a net to catch the bird. He saw the dove and wished to catch the dove in the net.
The dove was unmindful to the intention of the hunter. But the ant realised that the life of the dove was in great danger and wished to save the dove. She stealthily went to the hunter’s leg and bit the hunter hard on the foot.
The hunter gave a cry. He dropped the net. The dove realised the impending danger and flew away. Thus the dove was saved by the ant.
Moral: A good act always deserves another good turn.
(4) The Sour Grapes
One day a fox was very hungry and began to look about for something to eat. He was looking for food everywhere. Soon he came to a vineyard which was full of ripe grapes. The bunches of grapes were hanging down the vines. He was delighted to see some delicious looking grapes on the vines. The fox looked around and sneaked up to the vines. Closer, the cluster of grapes looked even more tempting.
He thought to himself, “Oh, these sweet grapes are waiting just for me.” The fox came closer to the cluster of grapes but they were high up from the ground. The fox stood upon his hind legs, but could not get at the grapes. He then jumped up with his mouth wide open to pluck a bunch. He jumped up at them several times but in vain.
Soon he was very tired and disappointed. Angry and tired he jumped up for the last time and gave up all hope and left the place saying to himself, “Oh, why am I struggling so much…… I think the grapes are sour. It is not worth-while to have them.”
Moral: The grapes are sour.
(5) Clever Fox and Greedy Wolf
Once a clever fox met a greedy wolf in the forest. Seeing the fox the wolf growled, “I am hungry and I am going to eat you.” The fox was frightened. He pleaded,”Don’t eat me. Please leave me, Mr. Wolf.” The wolf said, “Why not? I am hungry and I can not spare you.” The fox had an idea. “Come with me,” said the fox. “I will find you some food.” The fox took the wolf to an old house.
They looked through the kitchen window. The wolf was tempted to see the food in the kitchen. In the kitchen a woman was putting cakes on a shelf. She went out of the kitchen and shut the door. “Shhhhhhh! Be quiet!”, whispered the fox. The kitchen window was very small. The fox opened it. He climbed through the window.
Then the wolf climbed inside with struggling. The fox and the wolf started to eat the cakes. The fox ate one cake. Then he took three cakes and put them outside the window. The wolf was greedy. He started to eat cake one after another. The wolf ate eight cakes but still did not intend to stop. Suddenly the woman came into the kitchen. The woman shouted, “What are doing here? Have you eaten my cakes?” The woman picked up a rolling pin.
The fox jumped through the small window. He picked up the three cakes and ran away. The greedy wolf became too plump for eating so many cakes that he could not get through the window. The wolf was beaten severely.
Moral: Greed is the root of all troubles.
(6) Two Friends and the Bear
One day two friends were walking across a forest. Suddenly they saw a big bear approaching them. They got scared. One of them quickly climbed up a nearby tree. He did not think of his other friend who did not know how to climb trees. Now his other friend had heard that bears do not prefer dead bodies. So he quickly lay on the ground and held his breath. The bear came, sniffed him and thought the man was dead. So the bear went away.
Seeing this, the friend on the tree quickly climbed down the tree and asked his friend, “What did the bear whisper in your ear?” He replied, “The bear asked me to keep away from false friends like you.”
Moral: A friend in need is a friend indeed.
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