Moral Stories

THE KING AND THE SPIDER

Robert Bruce, the king of Scotland was defeated six times in a battle. His enemies took away his kingdom. The king hid himself in a cave. One day in the cave the king saw a spider trying hard to climb up the ceiling. It fell down six times. Yet it did not give up trying. It tried again and succeeded in climbing up the ceiling. The king was then greatly encouraged. ...

THE PIPER AND THE RATS

A town was badly disturbed and damaged by rats. The city-fathers were at a loss. They promised good reward to get rid of the rats. "I will free the city from the rats", claimed a piper, "if you pay me a handsome reward." "Agreed !" said the city-fathers. The piper began to play his pipe in a wonderful tune. Out came the rats of the towt and followed the piper. He led them to a...

THE WOOD-CUTTER AND THE RIVER-GOD

One day a wood-cutter was cutting wood by the side of a river. Suddenly his axe slipped from his hands and dropped into the river. The wood-cutter started crying bitterly. The river-god felt pity for him. He appeared before him with a golden axe. "Is it yours ?" asked the river-god. "No sir, it is not mine", replied the wood-cutter. Then the god brought...

THE FOX AND THE GRAPES

Once a fox was hungry He got into a garden where ripe grapes were hanging from a high wall. "How fine and sweet the grapes are !" said the fox, "I must have them." His mouth began to water. But the grapes were hanging high. He took a run and jumped aiming at the nearest bunch. But he missed. He jumped again and again only to miss the mellow prize....

THE FOX AND THE STORK

A fox and a stork were friends. One day the fox invited the stork at a dinner. At the dinner the fox gave his friend some thin soup in a flat dish. This the fox lapped up very readily. But the stork could not eat anything with her Jong bill. She remained as hungry at the end of the dinner as when she began. At the time of parting the fox regretted that his guest...

THE COWBOY AND THE WOLF

A cowboy used to tend the cows near a forest. For sheer fun he would shout, "Wolf ! Wolf ! Help !" The farmers working nearby would come running to save the boy. But to their surprise they would see no wolf there. Seeing the men coming to the naughty boy burst into laughter. The farmers became angry. They, however, returned to their work. The boy would often raise such...

A FARMER AND THE GOOSE

A farmer had a magic goose. It gave a golden egg every day. He sold it in the market and amassed a lot of money. He was happy. But he was greedy. "I can be richer in a day", said the farmer to himself, "if I get all the eggs of the goose at a time." Greed overtook the farmer. With the hope of getting all the eggs at a time he cut her open only to find-nothing...