Hidden Treasure Story - The Farmer and His Sons

Once upon a time a farmer was lived with his four sons. The farmer was worried about the future of his farm. One day he called his sons to him. He asked them to break a bundle of sticks, which they could not do individually. Then he showed them how they could break the bundle of sticks easily when they worked together. 

The farmer explained that unity is powerful and that they must support each other. This story teaches the importance of working together and the strength that comes from unity.

Moral: Unity is strength.

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Poor Maid and The Missing Necklace

In a wealthy household, a kind but poor maid named Rina worked diligently. One day, her employer, a rich woman, realized that her precious diamond necklace was missing. She immediately suspected Rina and accused her of stealing it.

Rina, with tears in her eyes, pleaded, "Madam, I have never stolen anything in my life. Please believe me!" But the lady was furious and dismissed her from the job, ruining her reputation in the town.

Years passed, and one day, while cleaning an old cupboard, the rich woman found her necklace inside a hidden drawer. She realized her mistake and felt deep regret for her false accusation. She searched for Rina to apologize and offer her job back, but Rina had already left the town, hurt by the injustice.

The woman learned a painful lesson—doubting an honest person could cause irreparable damage.

Moral: Integrity should never be doubted, as false accusations can destroy lives.

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The Calm Elephant and The Tailor

There lived an elephant in a village. While going to river to take a bath regularly he passed a tailor's shop. Tailor always gave him something to eat. The two became friends.

As usual one day he put his trunk inside the shop. The tailor was not in a good mood as he had a quarrel with a customer.

The tailor instead of giving him something to eat pricked a needle into his trunk. The elephant silently went away.

The elephant reached the river and took his bath. After that he filled muddy water in his trunk. On his way back he stopped at the tailor's shop and threw all the muddy water on the clothes in the shop. All the clothes were destroyed. Tailor had to bear heavy loss.

Moral: As you sow, so shall you reap?

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The Art of Drawing

Rahul, a small boy was very fond of drawing but his father didn't allow him to do so. One day he was sitting on a windowsill when he saw a red car parked outside his house. He made a sketch of it.

Next day, the police came to his house to esquire about a red car that belonged to a gangster. Rahul showed them his sketch from which the police got the information about the model of the car and its number too.

After few days, the police came and said that because of Ronnie's sketch, the gangster was caught. Rahul's father praised him and then never stopped him from drawing.

Moral: Do what you love and keep it regularly.

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Honest Woodcutter and Water God

Once upon a time there lived a poor woodcutter lived in a small village, earning his livelihood by cutting wood from the forest. One day, while chopping a tree near a river, his axe slipped from his hands and fell into the deep water. He sat by the river, saddened, as the axe was his only tool to earn a living.

Suddenly, a water spirit appeared and asked him why he was upset. When he explained, the spirit dived into the river and returned with a golden axe. "Is this yours?" she asked. The woodcutter shook his head. The spirit then brought out a silver axe, but again, the woodcutter refused. Finally, she returned with his old, iron axe. The woodcutter smiled and said, "Yes, this one is mine!"

The spirit was pleased with his honesty and rewarded him by giving him all three axes. The woodcutter went home happily, knowing that honesty had brought him unexpected riches.

Moral: Honesty is always rewarded, even when you least expect it.

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The Emperor’s Seed and His Successor

An old and wise emperor, wanting to choose his successor, called the children of his kingdom and gave each of them a single seed. "Take these seeds home, plant them, and in a year, return with your plant. The child with the best plant will become the next ruler," he announced.

A humble boy named Lin took his seed home and planted it with great care. He watered it daily and placed it in the sunlight, but weeks passed, and nothing grew. Meanwhile, other children boasted about their flourishing plants. Lin felt sad but refused to be dishonest.

A year later, all the children presented their beautiful plants to the emperor. Lin, however, arrived with an empty pot. The emperor inspected all the plants and then smiled at Lin. "The seeds I gave were boiled and could never grow. All of you, except Lin, have been dishonest," he declared. "Lin has shown true integrity and will be the future emperor!"

The kingdom celebrated Lin’s honesty, proving that integrity and truthfulness are the strongest virtues.

Moral: Integrity leads to true success, even when honesty seems difficult.

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The Clever Wolf and Shepherd

One day, a shepherd went to the pastures for grazing his sheep. He was looking after them, when suddenly he saw a wolf approaching him and his herd of animals. He got scared.

But the wolf didn't do anything. He kept moving around the sheep as if to guard them. The shepherd thought that the wolf had changed with the time. Now he had become a vegetarian.

So, the shepherd gave him the responsibility of guarding his sheep and went to take a nap. When he woke up, he was shocked to see that the wolf had eaten all his sheep and had fled the scene. So, the little shepherd boy learned his lesson and promised to never believe anyone again. 

Moral of the Story: “Once a liar, always a liar.”

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The Story of the Desert

Once there was a beautiful world created by God. When God first created this world, there was no desert. The whole world was filled with fertile lands full of beautiful gardens with flowers and vegetable and other trees.

God created man in order to maintain the world. He said to man, “Every time you commit a sin, there will be a peck of sand falling on the ground”.

Man thought, “What harm will a peck of sand do? Let me live as I please”. He started committing wicked sins and pecks of sand started falling on the ground. Still man continued sinning. And the effect is that to-day there are many deserts around us.

Moral: As you show so you reap.

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Two Frogs - A Cute Moral Story

Once there lived two frogs in a small hole. It was a rainy day and they were playing on the rain. Slowly, they hopped and hopped and came into a house. There was a churn of milk. Both the frogs fell into the churn.

Both the frogs tried for some time. But in vain. One of the frogs lost hope and said “I can’t swim any more” and he drowned to the bottom. The older did not lose hope.

He kept on swimming. His movements churned the milk into butter. The frog climbed on to a pat of butter and hopped out of the churn.

Moral: God helps those who help themselves.

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Two Friends and The Bear Story for children

There lived two best friends in a small village. On a holiday they went into a friends birthday party. On the way they should cross a forest. They were leaving afternoon time and on the way they were enjoying the beauty of nature. Suddenly they saw a bear coming from the front side. They were frightened. 

One friend who knew climbing trees ran up to a tree and climbed up quickly. He did not think of his friend. But other friend did not know how to climbing the tree. He thought for a second. He had heard animals do not prefer to eat dead bodies. So he fell in to the ground and held his breath for some time. The bear sniffed him and thought he was dead. So, the bear went away. 

Sometimes later the bear left that place. His friend get down from the tree and asked to his friend, "what did the bear whisper into your ears?" His friend replied, " the beat asked me to keep away from friends like you" and went on his way.

Moral : A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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Crow and The Pitcher story

Once there lived a crow in a jungle. It was then summer season. The day was very hot, when the crow became thirsty. He flied hither and thither in search of water. But he could not find water anywhere.

After some time, the crow came across a pitcher that was lying under a tree. He peeped into it, and found that there was water, but at a very low level, and it was not possible for him to suck it with his beak. He was disheartened. But he did not leave the place, because the presence of water in the pitcher made him eager to drink it.

The crow's eyes suddenly fell on a heap of pebbles which were lying under a nearby tree.

A wonderful idea came to his mind that by dropping the pebbles into the pitcher, the level of the water could be brought to a higher level. So he began to drop the pebbles one by one into the pitcher; and finally, the level of the water was raised by the process, and and he drank it to his heart's content.

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Two Friends and The Bear

Once Mohan and Sohan lived in a small village. They were friends. They lived together in that village. Once they made a plan to go to his friends house for a function. They passed through a forest. Wild animals lived in that forest.

On the way, they saw a bear. Sohan was selfish. He climbed up a tree to save his life. Mohan could not climb up the tree. He lay down on the ground. He held his breath. The bear smelt him and took him to be dead.

He went away. Sohan came down. He asked Mohan "What was the bear speaking in your ears?" Mohan replied, "He advised me to beware of those friends who run away in time of danger".

Moral: A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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The Hidden Treasure Short Story

Once upon a time there lived an old farmer. He had four sons. There were very lazy. He wanted to teach them the value of hard work. But the lazy sons did not care for his advice.

One day, the farmer fell ill. He was on death bed. He called his sons and said “I have buried a treasure in my field. But I do not remember the exact place. Dig it out after my death.”

After the death of their father, they went to the field. They dug it from end-to-end. But they found no treasure. They became sad.

In the mean time, an old man passed that way. He knew what their father meant. He advised them to sow seeds. They acted upon his advice. They reaped a rich harvest. They became rich. Thus they learnt the value of hard work.

Moral : No pain and no gain.

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Lion and Mouse Short Story

It was a hot summer day. Sun was shining bright up in the sky. A lion was sitting under the shade of a big tree and in some time got asleep. Nearby that tree, there was a hole, in which there lived a mouse. When the lion was sleeping, the mouse came out of its hole and saw him asleep.

Unaware of the lion's strength, it got tickled by an idea. It thought of waking up the lion by running over his body just for fun.

Unfortunately, the lion seized it in his strong paw. The mouse pleaded for its life. Being generous by nature, the lion set it free. The mouse promised to help the lion if it ever got the chance. The lion laughed aloud at this. After all, how could a tiny mouse help the king of the jungle?

A few days later, the mouse was passing through the jungle when he saw the same lion trapped in a hunter's net. Immediately, it set to work, gnawing at the ropes. Very soon the tiny mouse had set the lion free.

Remember, mercy never goes unrewarded.

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Dog and Cows Moral Story

There was a big field near by a village. There was a farmer who had some cows. The cows used to eat grass from the field. One day a herd of cows came to the field to eat grass. They saw a dog lying on the grass in the field.

One of the cow pleaded, “Please, will you get up! We are hungry. We have to eat these grass”. The dog did not take heed of it.

Once again another cow pleaded, “Please, let us have our grass”. We are so much hungry. The dog snarled and the cow stepped back.

There was a bull also eating grass near by. A wise cow ran up to the bull and told him all the matter. The bull came and requested to the dog, “Get out, please! Let them have their food”. There was no reply from the Dog. The bull became angry. He bellowed loudly and stamped his legs. The dog got frightened and ran for his life.

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Slave and Lion Story

A rich man had a slave. The man was very cruel to him every time. So the slave became sick of his cruel treatment. He decided to run away from his master. He got a chance and ran away to nearest forest. There was a cave and he hides himself in a cave. As he lay there and thinking his master. At that time he heard the groaning of the lion.

He was frightened. As the lion came near to the cave, he saw that he was limping. The lion approached the slave and held out his paw. The slave saw that his paw was swollen and a thorn was stuck in it. The slave drew out the thorn very gently. The lion was relieved of pain and went away. Afterwards they became friends.

Many days passed away. By chance the slave was arrested by his master's men. He was brought to his master who ordered his men to put him before a hungry lion. The day for punishment was fixed.

The people of the town were invited to see the wonderful fight between the lion and the slave. The lion was freed from the cage to pounce upon the slave when he recognized him.

He now advanced slowly towards him and began to lick his hands out of love. It was the same lion, his friend. The slave too, patted him.

It was a wonderful sight for the people. The lion was given to him as a reward. The slave was set free.

Moral: Kindness is always rewarded.

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The Owl and The Swan

Once upon a time there lived a swan who used to spend time in various playful activities on a lake. Once an owl visited him in the forest and requested him to be friends, after praising the swan a lot. The swan agreed to be friends with him and they used to spend time near the lake a lot of days.

But the owl soon got bored of the place and told the swan, "I am going back to my home in the Lotus wood, and if you ever want to visit me you can visit me there." The swan, after many days once decided to pay a visit to the owl in the Lotus wood. On reaching Lotus wood, it could not find the owl, which was hiding in the dark hole. 

The owl asked the swan to take rest till daylight was over and told him that he could come out only at night. The swan decided to take rest.

It so happened that a group of merchants were passing by the next day early morning. The merchants chanted some hymns, and to that the owl replied with a hoot. Thinking that this was a bad omen, the merchants then decided to shoot the owl down. But in the meantime the owl had fled and taken refuge in a nearby hole near the shore of the lake. 

But the swan did not move. The arrow from the merchants came and hit the swan and it was killed.

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An Ant & A Grasshopper

A lazy grasshopper laughed at a little ant as she was always busy gathering food.

"Why are you working so hard?" he asked, "come into the sunshine and listen to my merry notes."

"But the ant went on her work. She said" I am lying in a store for the winter. Sunny days won't last forever."

"Winter is so far away yet, "laughed the grasshopper back.

And when the winter came, the ant settled down in her snug house. She had plenty of food to last the whole winter. The grasshopper had nothing to eat so, he went to the ant and begged her for a little corn.

"No", replied the ant, "you laughed at me when I worked. You yourself sang through the summer. So you had better dance the winter away."

Moral: Idleness is a curse.

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Kartikeyan the son of Siva

Long ago there lived an asura or demon called Taraka, who wished to become the most powerful person in the universe. Taraka prayed long and hard to Brahma, and practiced such severe austerities, that Brahma was at last forced to appear before him.

'What is it you want, that you practice such penance?' asked Brahma of Taraka.

'Grant me my wish - that I become the most powerful person in the Universe, and that no one may be able to kill me, except a son of the god Shiva.' Shiva at that time was unmarried, and it seemed to the entire world that he would always remain so and never have any children. Taraka felt he was safe in making this request of Brahma.

The strength of Taraka's prayers and penance was such that Brahma had to grant him what he desired. Taraka became stronger and more powerful each day. No one could resist him, and no one could kill him. Shiva remained unmarried, without a son.

Soon Taraka threatened the gods themselves. Indra, king of the gods, had to give up to Taraka his marvellous white horse, Uchchaisraivas; the Rishis had to give him their magic cow, Kamadhenu, that fulfilled every wish; Kubera, the god of wealth, had to give him his thousand sea horses. Vayu, the wind-god, blew as Taraka dictated. Chandrama, the Moon, was so terrified that it remained full all the time, while Surya, the Sun, forgot to give any heat. The world was in chaos, and the gods were terrified.

So Indra called a great council of all the gods where it was decided that somehow the gods would have to convince Shiva to marry and have a son who could then kill Taraka. The gods felt that Parvati, the beautiful, wise and accomplished daughter of the Himalayas, would be a suitable bride for Shiva. However, Shiva was deep in meditation, and completely unaware of either Parvati or the world around.

Once again, the gods held a consultation, and Kama, the god of love, was sent to awaken love in Shiva's heart. Kama flew to Mount Kailash, where he found Shiva, seated on a rock, deep in meditation, his eyes closed. The world lay still and silent all around - the birds had stopped singing, the grass had stopped growing in awe of the god's tapasya. Kama hid himself behind a rock and watched, hesitant to disturb Shiva's meditation. Just then Parvati came by, gathering flowers, and looking so beautiful that Kama felt Shiva was sure to fall in love with her if he saw her. Kama shot one of his arrows straight into Shiva's heart. Shiva's eyes flew open in wrath - and Kama was burned to ashes instantly. But his arrow had done its work - Shiva also saw Parvati and fell in love with her.

At the urging of the other gods, Shiva finally married Parvati, much to everyone's relief and joy. But for many years Shiva and Parvati had no children. In despair the gods sent Agni, the god of fire, to convince Shiva to have a son. Agni disguised himself as a dove, and managed to pick up a seed of Shiva which he carried back with him to Indra. But the seed of Shiva proved too heavy for Agni to carry, and as he flew over the river Ganga, the seed fell into its sacred waters. From the river rose a child, strong and radiant, perfect in every way. This was Kartikkeya, Shiva's son, born to kill the asura Taraka.

At the very moment that Kartikkeya emerged from the waters of the Ganga, the six Krittikas, the Pleiades, daughters of six kings, came down to the river to bathe. Each claimed the baby for herself and wanted to nurse him. To please them all, the baby grew six heads with six little mouths, and was suckled by all the six Krittikas. Thus Kartikkeya is said to have six heads, and twelve arms.

Nurtured by the Ganga, fostered by the Krittikas, Kartikkeya grew up tall and strong. He was a great warrior, and was appointed Commander of the army of the gods. In a long and fierce battle, Kartikkeya slew the demon Taraka, freeing the world of the demon and fulfilling his own destiny. Kartikkeya is also called Tarakajit - the destroyer of Taraka. We worship him as the god of war.

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