Short Story Moral Lesson

There were once two brothers who lived on the edge of a forest.
The elder brother was very

mean to his younger brother and ate up all the food and took all his good clothes. One day,
the elder brother went into the forest to find some firewood to sell in the market. As he went
around chopping the branches of a tree after tree, he came upon a magical tree. The tree
said to him, ‘Oh kind sir, please do not cut my branches. If you spare me, I will give you my
golden apples’. The elder brother agreed but was disappointed with the number apples the
tree gave him. Greed overcame him, and he threatened to cut the entire trunk if the tree
didn’t give him more apples. The magical tree instead showered upon the elder brother
hundreds upon hundreds of tiny needles. The elder brother lay on the ground crying in pain
as the sun began to lower down the horizon.
The younger brother grew worried and went in search of his elder brother. He found him
with hundreds of needles on his skin. He rushed to his brother and removed each needle
with painstaking love. After he finished, the elder brother apologised for treating him badly
and promised to be better. The tree saw the change in the elder brother’s heart and gave
them all the golden apples they could ever need.
Moral Of The Story
It is important to be kind and gracious as it will always be rewarded.
2. Counting Wisely
Akbar once put a question to his court that left everyone puzzled. As they all tried to figure
out the answer, Birbal walked and asked what the matter was. And so they told him the
question.
‘How many crows are there in the city?’
Birbal immediately smiled, went up to Akbar and announced that the answer to his
questions was twenty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-three. When asked how he
knew the answer, Birbal replied, ‘Ask your men to count the number of crows. If there are
more, then the crows’ relatives from outside the city are visiting them. If there are fewer,
then the crows are visiting their relatives outside the city.’ Pleased with the answer, Akbar
presented Birbal with a ruby and pearl chain.
Moral of The Story
Having an explanation for your answer is just as important as having an answer.
3. The Boy Who Cried Wolf

There was once a boy whose father one day told him that he is old enough to look after the
sheep. Every day he had to take the sheep over the grass fields and watch them as they
grazed to become strong sheep with thick wool. The boy was unhappy though. He wanted
to run and play, not watch the boring sheep. So, he decided to have some fun instead. He
cried ‘Wolf! Wolf!’ until the entire village came running with stones to chase away the wolf
before it could eat any of the sheep. Once they saw that there was no wolf, they left
muttering under their breath about how the boy was wasting their time and giving them a
good fright while at it. The next day, the boy again cried ‘Wolf! Wolf!’ and the villagers again
rushed to chase the wolf away.
As the boy laughed at the fright he had caused, the villagers left, some angrier than the
others. The third day, as the boy went up a small hill, he suddenly saw a wolf attacking his
sheep. He cried as hard as he could, ‘Wolf! Wolf! WOLF!’, but the villagers thought he was
trying to fool them again and did not come to rescue the sheep. The little boy lost three
sheep that day, all because he cried wolf too many times.
Moral of The Story
Do not make stories up for attention, for no one will help you when you actually need it.
4. The Golden Touch

This is the story of a very greedy rich man who chanced upon meeting a fairy. The fairy’s
hair was caught in a few tree branches. Realising he had an opportunity to make even more
money, he asked for a wish in return for helping the fairy. He said, ’All that I touch should
turn to gold’, and his wish was granted by the grateful fairy.
The greedy man rushed home to tell his wife and daughter about his new boon, all the while
touching stones and pebbles and converting them into gold. Once he got home, his
daughter rushed to greet him. As soon as he bent down to scoop her up in his arms, she
turned into a gold statue. He realized his folly and spent the rest of his days searching for
the fairy to take away his wish.
Moral of The Story
Greediness will always lead to a downfall.

5. The Milkmaid and Her Pail
Patty the milkmaid had just finished milking her cow and had two full pails of fresh creamy
milk. She put both pails on a stick and set off to the market to sell her pails of milk. Along
the way she started to think of all the milk in her pails and all the money she would get for
them.
‘Once I get the money, I’ll buy a chicken’, she thought. ‘The chicken will lay eggs and I will
get more chickens. They’ll all lay eggs and I can sell them for more money. Then I’ll buy the
house on the hill and be the envy of everyone in the village. They’ll ask me to sell the
chicken farm, but I’ll toss my head like this and refuse’. So saying, Patty, the milkmaid
tossed her head and dropped her pails. The milk spilled onto the ground while Patty cried.
Moral of The Story
Do not count your chickens before they hatch.

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There were once two brothers who lived on the edge of a forest.

The elder brother was very

Moral Of The Story

It is important to be kind and gracious as it will always be rewarded.

‘How many crows are there in the city?’

Moral of The Story

Having an explanation for your answer is just as important as having an answer.

3. The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Moral of The Story

4. The Golden Touch

Moral of The Story

Greediness will always lead to a downfall.

Moral of The Story

Do not count your chickens before they hatch.

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