53 Inspiring Stories

Once, there was a nightingale in a cage. It used to sing only during night hours.An owl, who heard it singing in the night, was very much surprised and enquired about the reason behind it.“I was entrapped during the daytime while singing,” explained the nightingale, “Thus, I took a lesson from that incident and learnt […]

Once, a hunter was passing by a dense forest. He had his gun with him. When he was a little deep in the forest, he saw a pigeon perched on a branch of a tree.He aimed at the pigeon and was about to pull the trigger when a snake from nowhere came behind him and

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer. He was very practical and was aware that key to prosperity in life was only hard work and sincerity. Without hard work a life had no meaning. So, he had worked very hard throughout his life, and amassed quite a lot of wealth. He wished that his

There were a few mischievous gnomes living in the nether world. Once they appeared on the earth and played a cruel joke on a woman. They stole her lovely baby and replaced it with their own little one in the baby-cradle. The woman begged for her baby, but the gnomes would not relent.The woman became

“Could you please lend me a pot for storing milk?” a woman asked her neighbour.Her neighbour gladly gave a pot to the woman. The woman returned the pot next morning, together with a very small pot, and said, “Look! Your pot gave birth to a cute son last night.” Her neighbour was extremely happy to

Once, Mulla Nasruddin thought of employing a servant for doing his household chores.He had found that bringing water from the pond was the most embarrassing thing for a noble person. Once or twice, when he was returning with the pot of water on his shoulder, he had met another noble. And when another noble bent

Once an Arabian farmer’s ass was stolen. He immediately grabbed a stick and started threatening the town people, “You cowards and thieves! Do you think I am a fool? Give me back my ass or I will do what my father had done.”The thief, who had stolen the ass, was terrified to hear the farmer’s

Once, Mulla Nasruddin was suffering from upset stomach. The Hakim advised him to take long walks in mornings and evenings.So, Mulla went for a long walk in the morning. It was a very good experience. The open side of the city was very peaceful from where the countryside began. Kabristan (Burial ground) was also on

A milkmaid was carrying the pot of milk on her head to sell it. The milkmaid was thinking that she would fetch a lot of money by selling milk. She would purchase eggs from that money, from them a lot of chickens would come out. The chickens will turn into hens after growing up. She

Mulla Nasruddin loved to have pets around his house. So, he had bought a lamb and a cock. The lamb pranced around his house and the cock would fly to the fence to crow. The cock was very healthy and impressive. The people often admired the cock.One day, the cock was crowing perched on the

It was a warehouse where the mice lived. One day, a black cat wandered into it. ‘What a good place for me to live in and feed on mice! I will pretend to be dead’, said the cat to himself and lay down on the ground. The younger mice surrounded him and began to shout,

Sheikhchilli’s uncle had a friend who worked for the Nawab of that area. Some enumeration work was going on in the state. The Nawab wanted to know how many villages his state had and how many households each village was populated with. The administration was getting the work done by people hired on contract basis.Through

An ant and a mosquito were neighbours. There was a great deal of difference between them in shapes and their natures.The ant was very hard-working while the mosquito was very lazy. The ant was never seen sitting idle or staying at one place. The mosquito was always found flitting here and there and singing tunes

Once, a Maulvi of a famous mosque paid a visit to the village of Sheikhchilli. He was on a mission to spread the message of Islam.He spoke to the villagers and impressed upon them the importance of five prayers a day for a true devotee of Islam.To induce people he claimed, “Anyone who religiously offers

A farmer had kept many pigeons in his house. He used to feed them millet grains and rice. A crow also lived on a tree near by. He saw the pigeons eating rich grains every day. He also wanted to eat the grains and rice.One day, he flew to the roof of the house where