151 Inspirational Tales

Once there were four friends–a tortoise, a rabbit, a mouse and a mongoose. They stayed together all the time. All of them loved to swim except for the mouse. “I know how to swim, but I am very scared of the water!” he would say when the others asked him to join them for a […]

Twin bunny brothers, Peter and Hank, lived in the Koivu Forest. Hank was a mischievous bunny. He would hit friends and trouble everyone. Whenever Hank was around, everyone ran away. Peter, on the other hand, was a nice and helpful bunny. He never said ‘NO’ to anyone. One day, while Hank was playing, he fell

Irta was a whiny girl. She would complain about everything and everyone. “Aunty, Sabrina never listens to me!” she would say. “Uncle Toivo never does what I tell him to do!” she would say to her friends’ parents. Everyone tried to be nice to her but her complaining always got everyone on edge. Slowly, all

Baby-Bee was coming and everyone was excited. Sarah and James wanted Baby-Bee to come home early. Dad-Bee said, “You can decorate his room.” Both Sarah and James ran to do everything. Sarah started decorating the baby crib and James putting up car posters on the wall. However, neither helped the other; that was why when

A king was unaware that his son was dishonest and spoilt. One day, they went hunting together and reached a village to spend the night. When the king was asleep, the prince started troubling the villagers. Just then, the king woke up and caught him red-handed. However, the prince noticed the boy who looked just

Peter and his friends were visiting a park, one morning. A park cleaner was singing and dancing as he swept the park grounds. The boys found it amusing to see how the cleaner worked so joyfully and they started throwing litter on the ground. When more people started arriving, some other children thought it was

A wealthy man requested an old teacher to wean his son away from his bad habits. The teacher took the boy for a stroll in a garden. Stopping suddenly, he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there. The boy held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled it out.

Jenny was embarrassed to find a puddle between her feet, so her uniform got wet one afternoon at school. She put her head down and prayed, “Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now!” When she looked up, she saw her teacher walking towards her. Just then, her friend, Sally who was carrying

Malory sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. “That’s my son, over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy. “He’s a handsome boy!” the man said, “That’s my daughter on the bicycle.” Then, looking at his watch, the man called his daughter. She pleaded, “Just five more minutes, Dad.”

Oliver was a poor farmer but he was very happy. He never bothered to close the doors and the windows of his house at night. Although he had no money yet he slept peacefully. Peter was Oliver’s neighbour. He was a rich landlord and used to be very tense always. He was very keen to

Old Betty and her friend, Greta, were strolling in the park when they suddenly saw a cat stuck in a log. The poor animal was struggling to get out from a hole. So, Betty gave it her hand to get it out. The cat scratched Betty’s hand in fear. Betty pulled her hand away screaming

One night, Suzy’s mother had made a simple dinner after a long, hard day at work. She placed eggs, milk and burnt toast in front of Suzy’s dad. All her dad did was to reach for his toast, smile at his wife and ask Suzy about her day. Suzy saw him smear butter and jam

John was riding his horse-cart along the country road. It rained the previous night and the road was full of waterlogged potholes. Then suddenly the wheels of his horse-cart sank into a hole. The more he pulled, the deeper the wheel sank. John climbed down and looked all around but could not find anyone to

One afternoon, Sam called his children and showed them three toys. All the three toys looked similar but Sam showed holes in them. The first toy had holes in the both ears. The second toy had holes in an ear and the mouth. The third toy had a hole in an ear. Then with the

Daniel was travelling on foot to a big city to make his livelihood. On his way, he saw an old man who was weak and hungry. Daniel wanted to give him some food, but he did not have any food. Then, he saw a rabbit which was thirsty. He wanted to give him some water,