151 Stories with Moral Values

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a compassionate man. He had a servant whom he treated like the member of his family. One day, when Vidyasagar was descending the stairs of his house, he saw his servant sleeping on the staircase with a letter in his hand and tears on his face. Vidyasagar took the letter and […]

Once, a rich landowner while dying told his three sons to dig under his bed. Some days later, the sons dug there and unearthed three pots. The topmost pot contained mud, the middle pot contained the dried dung of a cow and the lowest pot contained straw. Below this pot was a silver coin. “What

Once, Morris and Jason were two farmers. Morris was hard-working and was well-off while Jason was lazy and not that well-off. Once, Morris produced a huge pumpkin of a rare variety. It had four legs, a trunk and a tail just like an elephant’s. Joyfully, Morris gifted the pumpkin to the king. In return, the

A rich man had four sons. As he grew old, he decided to give his property to the son who would value the wealth he had earned. He called his sons and gave them each five grains of rice. He said, “I will ask for these grains at the end of five years and I

King Akbar was very fond of Birbal. But a courtier was very jealous of Birbal. One day, Akbar praised Birbal in front of the courtier. This made the courtier very angry and he said to the king, “If Birbal answers two of my questions I will accept the fact that Birbal is intelligent.” King Akbar,

Once, there was a kind-hearted man. He always helped people. One day, he saw an empty purse and picked it. At that moment, a woman came there with a policeman. She shouted, “This is my purse!” The man handed over the purse to her. The woman asked, “Where is the money? I had kept it

Once upon a time, a wolf saw a lamb. His mouth watered and he decided to eat him up. So, he moved very quietly towards the lamb. But the lamb was alert. He saw the approaching wolf and ran for his life. The wolf chased him but the lamb was faster. The wolf couldn’t catch

Once, a girl named Jenny needed a study table. As they were poor, her parents decided to buy an old one. In the furniture store, Jenny looked around and casually opened a drawer of an old table. To her surprise, she found a bag with some notes in it. She thought, ‘Wow! With this money

Once, a teacher had two disciples. One day, the teacher showed a mango tree to them. The teacher asked the first disciple, “What do you think of this mango tree?” The disciple answered, “In spite of people hitting this tree with stones, it gives us sweet and juicy mangoes. I wish all human beings would

King Vikram was a very brave king. But, one day, he lost a battle and had to flee. He took shelter in a cave. While sitting there, he saw a small spider trying to weave a web across the cave ceiling. As the spider crawled up, a thread of the web broke and the spider

Once, there lived a king cobra in a small hole. All the small animals feared him. This made him proud. He thought, ‘Since I am so powerful, let me move from this small hole to a bigger place.’ He searched for a place to suit his size and status. He kept looking. Finally, he came

Once upon a time, a man had a very bad habit of finding fault with everything. He was a nitpicker and looked into the tiniest of details. Many of his friends stayed away from him due to this bad habit of his. One day, he felt like having some seafood, so he went to a

Once, a hen had three friends: a duck, a cat and a dog. Now one day, the hen found some seeds of wheat. “Who amongst you will sow the seeds?” she asked her friends. “Not me, friend,” refused the duck. “Nor can I,” declined the cat. “Count me out,” the dog said. So, the hen

Once, a ship got wrecked in a storm. Only two friends survived and swam to an island. They decided to pray to God for help. However, to find out whose prayers were more powerful, they divided the island and stayed on the opposite sides. The first thing that they prayed for was food. Soon, the

Once, there was a poor Brahmin. He went from house-to-house begging for food in tattered clothes. On seeing his clothes, people shooed him away thinking him to be a beggar. Now, one day, a rich man gave him some new clothes. Wearing those new clothes, he went to beg as before. And to his surprise,