Online Short Moral Stories for Kids

Once upon a time there lived a 10 year old boy in a riched family. He was the only son to his parents. His father was a very busy businessman who could not spend time with his son. His name was Viswakarma. He came home after Viswakarma slept, and was off to office before Viswakarma woke up in the morning. Viswakarma yearned for his father's attention. He wanted to go outdoors and play with his father just like his friends did. One day, Viswakarma was surprised to see his father at home in the evening. "Dad, it is a big surprise to see you at home," Viswakarma said. "Yes son, my meeting was cancelled. So I'm at home. But after two hours I have to catch a flight," his father replied. "When will you be back?" "Tomorrow noon." Viswakarma was in deep thought for a while. Then he asked, "Dad, how much do you earn in a year?" Viswakarma's father was taken a back. He said, "My dear son, it's a very big amount an...

This is a story about savings One summer's day, in a field, a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great effort an ear of corn he was taking to his nest. "Why don't you come and chat with me," asked the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling your life away?" "I am helping to store up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and I recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper. "We have got plenty of food at present." Short StoriesBut the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When winter came, the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing, every day, corn and grain from the stores they had collected in summer. Then the Grasshopper knew... MORAL: WORK TODAY AND YOU CAN REAP THE BENEFITS TOMORROW!

Once upon a time there lived a mouse in a small house. It was too greedy in nature. Once that greedy mouse saw a basket full of corn. He wanted to eat it. So he made a small hole in the basket. He squeezed in through the hole. He ate a lot of corn. He felt full and was very happy. Now he wanted to come out. He tried to come out through the small hole. He could not. His belly was full. He tried again. But it was of no use. The mouse started crying. A rabbit was passing by. It heard the mouse's cry and asked, "Why are you crying?" The mouse explained, "I made a small hole and came into the basket to eat the corn. Now I am not able to get out through that hole." The rabbit said, "It is because you ate too much. Wait till your belly shrinks." The rabbit laughed and went away. The mouse fell asleep in the basket. The next morning his belly had shrunk. But he wanted to eat some more corn. He then thought its time to getting out of the basket. So ...

Once upon a time there two travelers were walking across the forest. They met each other on the way. Before they entered the forest they promised to help each other in times of danger. They were going into the forest. After a while, they unexpectedly face a big slorh bear. The first traveler forgot his promise. He climbed up a tree without caring for his friend. The second traveler does not know how to climb a tree. To face the bear alone was also not possible. He thought for a second and fell on the ground. He acted like a dead man. The bear came close to him. It smelled him and went away thinking that he was dead. After the bear left, the man on the top of the tree came down and asked the fellow traveler, “What did the bear tell you?" “Do not believe a friend who lets you down in times of danger" said the second traveler. Moral : The promises of the coward do not stand a test.

Once upon a time there lived a hawk on top of a hill. At the foot of the hill there was a banyan tree on which a crow used to perch everyday. The crow was very foolish. He would imitate everyone. The hawk atop the hill would fly down everyday in search of food. The crow watched the hawk circling in the air for long hours and swooping down when he saw his prey. The hawk gifted with eyes that could see long distances would spot his prey from the hill top and then fly down to pounce upon the prey. The crow watched the hawk thinking, “Hunh! If the hawk can do that, I too can. What does he think? One day, I will show the hawk that I can do the same thing." A few days later, as the hawk was circling in the air, the crow decided to do the same. Suddenly a baby rabbit came out of the bushes. The hawk saw it and the crow too saw the rabbit. Before the crow could move, the hawk swooped down, caught hold of the rabbit in his strong sharp talons and flew away. “Swoosh!" was a...

Once upon a time there lived a rich man in a big town. He had worked long to aquare massive wealth and luxurious life in his whole life. He could not believe that his time was up. Its time for his last breath when an angel of death came to him. Being a very wealthy person, he decided to buy some more time from the angel of death at any cost. He bargained for a long time but the angel was unmoved. Desperate, the rich man made the last proposal to the angel… Give me just one hour of my life, so that I could admire the beauty of this earth for the last time and spend some time with my family and friends whom I haven't seen for a long time and I will give you all of my wealth. But the angel refused again. Finally, the man asked if the angel could give him at least one minute so that he could write a goodbye note. His wish was granted and he wrote a note…. "Spend your own time, which was given to you, in the right way. I couldn't buy even an hour of life with all of...

Once upon a time there lived a rabbit in the dense forest. He had many friends. He was proud of his friends. One day rabbit heard the loud barking of wild dogs. He was very scared. He decided to ask for help. He quickly went to his friend deer. He said, "Dear friend, some wild dogs are chasing me. Can you chase them away with your sharp antlers?" The deer said, "That is right, I can. But now I am busy. Why don't you ask bear for help?" The rabbit ran to the bear. "My dear friend, you are very strong. Please help me. Some wild dogs are after me. Please chase them away," he requested to the bear. The bear replied, "I am sorry. I am hungry and tired. I need to find some food. Please ask the monkey for help." Poor rabbit went to the monkey, the elephant, the goat and all his other friends. Bunny felt sad that nobody was ready to help him. He understood that he had to think of a way out by himself. He hid under a bush. He lay very stil...