English Stories for kids : POOR SUKHDEO " TIT FOR TAT"

Poor Sukhdeo was returning home after day’s hard labour.On the way he saw a sweet shop. From the shop the smell of sweets was coming. Sukhdeo  stood near the shop enjoying the smell.

        Sukhdeo had little money,so he satisfied himself with the smell and began to move away.

“Stop!” the sweet seller shouted,”Where are you going without paying the money?”

“Money! But I have not taken any sweet,” Surprised Sukhdeo protested.

But you were enjoying the smell of my sweets! It does not come free,” said the seller.

“I have already paid the money,” replied Sukhdeo.

When did you paid the money?” sweet seller asked angrily.

“ I took the smell of your sweets and you heard the jingle of my coins. The account is setteled.”

   Moral of the story : Never try to be oversmart.

English Stories : Always Tell Truth

A shepherd  named Ramu used to go to forest every day to graze his goats.Shepherd was so naughty. He didn't like the lonliness of the forest. He always used to play pranks. One day, the shepherd shouted  “ Lion! Lion! Save me!! Heh..L..P!!!”and call the people for help.

The farmers were working in the nearby fields ran to help the shepherd ramu.

One of the famers asked, “ Where is Lion?”

       Then the Shepherd started laughing.

He said that “ I was just checking out that if I will be in the problem , Who will help me“.

        Farmers scolded the boy and went back to their work.

After some days the shepherd played the same trick again.Farmers came this time also and went back cursing him.

The shepherd always  tell lie……

One day the Lion really…came. The shepherd Ramu started shouting for help.

Farmer heard the shouts of the shepherd.But they thought that shepherd was playing the prank again..

H…E…L…P… L...I…O…N! H…E…L…P …L…I…O…N!

Lion killed many of his goats. Shepherd was left with tears in his eyes.

Moral of the story is : Never Tell A Lie, Always Tell Truth. Because people never trust even the Truth of a Liar.

English Story for kids : The Wolf & Goat Kids

Mother Goat was going to the market. So she warned her kids, “Don’t open the door, till I return.”

“OK mom !” the kids replied in a voice.

A little later, there was a knock at the door. “Open the door for your mother, Kids!” Said someone.

“Mother has a sweet voice. Your voice is not,” replied the kids behind the door.

They were right. It was a wolf at the door.

The wolf drank some honey to make his voice sweet. “Open the door for your mother” he said again.

The kids peeped out from the hole on the door. “No, mother has white paws. But your paws are black.” Cried the kids. The wolf put some flour on his paws to make them white. “Open the door for your mother.” He said again. The kids saw the wolf’s white paws. So, they opened the door. At once the wolf came in. The seven kids were frightened. They ran and hid themselves. But the wolf found six kids. He gobbled them up. The seventh kid had hidden in the clock. The wolf did not see him. Soon, Mother goat came back. The seventh kid came out of the clock. He told his mother about the wolf.

Mother got went out to look for the wolf. She found him sleeping under a tree.

Mother got cut open the wolf’s belly. The six kids popped out. Mother got filled the wolf’s belly with stones. Then, she closed it up again. The wolf woke up and feeling thirsty. He went to a well to drink water. But the Stones in his belly were heavy. The bad wolf fell into the well and drowned.

Kids stories : Poorest of Poor

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the purpose of showing his son how the poor people live so he could be thankful for his wealth.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?” “It was great, Dad.” “Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked. “Oh yeah” said the son. “So what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.

The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.” “We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.” “Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.” “We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.” “We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.” “We buy our food, but they grow theirs.” “We have walls around our property to protect us; they have friends to protect them.”

With this the boy’s father was speechless. Then his son added, “Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are.”

Kids Story : The Ant And a Dove

One very hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring. To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

She could have drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf from the tree and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground. Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it.

Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety.

One good turn deserves another.

Kids Stories : Unighty

A father had a family of sons who were always quarreling among themselves. When he failed to solve their fights with his advice, he decided to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks.

When they had done so, he placed the bundle into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They tried with all their strength, but were not able to do it.

Next, he opened the bundle, took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into his sons' hands, and asked them to break it, and they could do so very easily.

He then told them: "My sons, if you stay together and help each other, you will be as strong as this bundle, and no enemy can beat you; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."

The sons understood the message, thanked, and promised the father to always be together no matter what.

Moral: Union gives strength.

Kids Stories : An ant and 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 for ever."

"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.

English Stories for kids: Never Give Up Hope

There was a poor farmer in a village. He owned an old mule that used to carry grains and other farming related stuff for the farmer. During one of those days, the mule fell into a well. The well ran deep and despite trying hard many a times, mule couldn’t get himself out the well. He started to lose hope. His consistent shrieks drew attention of the farmer who came rushing to the well.

Farmer looked around and tried to come up with a rescue plan but eventually, he also lost the hope. He decided that the old mule was not worth the trouble of saving. So, he called his neighbours and asked for their help in hauling dirt to bury the old mule.

The mule got hysterical. Soon enough, the farmer and the neighbours started to shovel and fill well with the dirt. When the first bout of dirt hit mule’s back, suddenly his fast losing spirit came up with an idea. He thought every time a shovel load of dirt will land on his back, he will just shake it off and step up a bit higher. The idea filled him with a new lease of life and hope.

Old mule kept doing the same blow after blow. He would just shake the dirt off and step up a notch higher. He kept reminding himself of possibility of a brand new life. He controlled his nerves and kept stepping up. After some time, the exhausted mule managed to step over the wall of that well. He was completely tired and fatigued yet his spirit triumphed. The dirt that was meant to bury him actually helped him in remaining alive.

Moral : The story is a clear example of how our attitude towards seemingly impossible adversities determines the final outcome. If we respond positively to the stream of problems faced by us and refuse to surrender, we are likely to emerge victorious.

English Story for kids: Count Of All The Crows in The Kingdom

By nature, Emperor Akbar was a kind-hearted man. But there were certain blemishes in him that were wholly human, and they would rather enhance his personality than diminish his stature. One such was his whimsicality. Birbal was always there by his side to set the wrong in him right.

On one evening, when Akbar and Birbal were on their daily walks in the palace gardens, they noticed the lurching of a host of crows on the garden trees. Suddenly Akbar got a thought and asked Birbal,

"How many crows are there in my kingdom?"

This thought burrowed into his mind so deeply that he needed an answer from Birbal. As we all know, administrators evince greater interest in the compilation of data for their future plans and execution.

Birbal had wit enough to realize what to do in such an emergency.

He readily answered:

"There are ninety five thousand four hundred and sixty-three crows in the kingdom".

Amazed at his quick response, Akbar tried his best to outwit him.

"What if there be more crows than you answered?"

Without hesitation, Birbal replied, “Then some crows must have visited from neighbouring kingdoms"

"And what if there be less crows?" asked Akbar.

And then came Birbal's instant answer as usual.

"Then some crows from our kingdom must have gone on vacation to other parts"

Emperor Akbar, thereby, realized that Birbal's wit was a hard nut to crack. Nevertheless, he realized his administrative folly on statistical data.



English Story for kids: Thirsty Crow

A thirsty crow once found a pitcher with a little water in it. But when he tired to drink the water, he could not. The pitcher was tall and his beak didn't reach the water.
The cleaver crow thought and hit upon a plan. He went on dropping pebbles into the pitcher. The water rose up to its neck and he quenched his thirst.

Moral : Where there is will, there is a way !

English Story for kids: The BlackSmith

There was a Blacksmith once who complained: "I am not well, and my work is too warm. I want to be a stone on the mountain. There it must be cool, for the wind blows and the trees give a shade." A Famous Saint who had power over all things replied: "Go you, be a stone." And with in a second, he was a stone, high up on the mountain-side. It happened that a stone-cutter came that way for a stone, and when he saw the one that had been the blacksmith, he knew that it was what he sought, and he began to cut it. The stone cried out: "This hurts! I no longer want to be a stone. A stone-cutter I want to be. That would be pleasant." The Saint, humoring him, said, "Be a  Stone cutter." Thus he became a stone-cutter, and as he went seeking suitable stone, he grew tired, and his feet were sore. He whimpered again, " I no longer want to cut stone. I would be the sun; that would be pleasant." The Saint commanded, " Be the sun." And he was the sun. But the sun was warmer than the blacksmith, than a stone, than a stone-cutter, and he complained again, "I do not like this. I would be the moon. It looks cool." The Saint spake yet again, "Be the moon." And he was the moon. "This is warmer than being the sun," murmured he, "for the light from the sun shines on me ever. I do not want to be the moon. I would be a smith again. That, verily, is the best life." But the Saint replied, " I am weary of your changing. You wanted to be the moon; the moon you are, and it you will remain forever."

Moral : A bird in hand is worth two in a bush. So It's better to keep what you have than to risk losing it by searching for something better.

English Story for kids: Birbal ki khichadi

On a cold winter evening, Emperor Akbar and Birbal were taking a walk along the royal pond. It was very cold winter evening. Almost all the lake and pond were frozen.  Akbar put his hand in the lake, and immediately, withdrew it, because the water was biting cold.

Empeor Akbar asked Birbal, "Tell me Birbal! Will a man do anything for money?" Birbal replied, 'Yes'.

Then the Emperor ordered him to prove it. The next day Birbal came to the court along with a poor Brahmin who merely had a penny left with him. His family was starving.

Birbal told the king that the Brahmin was ready to do anything for the sake of money.

The king ordered the Brahmin to be inside the frozen pond all through the night without any attire if he needed money. The poor Brahmin had no choice.  The man entered the royal pond. Akbar had his guards posted there to make sure that the Brahmin really did as promised.

The whole night he was inside the pond, shivering. He returned to the court the next day to receive his reward.

The king asked "Tell me, Oh poor Brahmin! How could you withstand the extreme temperature all through the night?"

The innocent Brahmin replied "I could see a faintly glowing light a kilometer away and I withstood with that ray of light."

Akbar refused to pay the Brahmin his reward saying that he had got warmth from the light and withstood the cold and that was cheating.

The poor Brahmin could not argue with him and so returned disappointed and bare-handed.

Birbal tried to explain to the king but the king was in no mood to listen to him. Hearing this, Birbal wanted to do some thing to set right the wrong done to the poor Brahmin. That evening Birbal invited Akbar for a tasty Khichadi in his humble abode. Akbar, though an emperor, kind and secular as he was, accepted Birbal's invitation thereby. Akbar and a few of him trusted courtiers arrived at Birbal's house.

After a long bout of Chess, the emperor's party was ready for dinner. Now and then, Birbal went in to check if the Khichadi was ready in the Kitchen. But the Khichadi was not getting cooked at all.

Akbar and the crew, waiting for dinner, were infuriated. All went to see what was happening in the kitchen. There they saw some burning twigs on the floor, and a bowl filled with Khichadi hanging five feet above the fire. Then the emperor Akbar could not help but laugh. Akbar questioned him "How will the khichdi get cooked with the fire one meter away? What is wrong with you Birbal?"

Birbal, cooking the khichdi, replied "Oh my great King of Hindustan! When it was possible for a person to receive warmth from a light that was a kilometer away, then it is quite possible for this khichdi, which is just a meter away from the source of heat, to get cooked."
Akbar understood his mistake. He called the poor Brahmin and rewarded him 2000 gold coins.

English Story for kids: The Smart Rabbit

One day Rabbit was taking a walk through the jungle and ran into Elephant, who was making a fine meal of the treetops. "Hello, brother," said Rabbit. "Fine day, isn't it?" Elephant paused to look down at the tiny little creature at his feet and snorted. "Leave me. I don't have time to waste on someone so very small."

Rabbit was shocked to be talked to in such a manner. He wasn't sure what to do? So he left quietly to go and think about what had happened. As he walked along, he saw mighty Whale far out to sea and decided to ask her what she thought about Elephant's rudeness. He cupped his tiny paws and yelled as loud as he could, "Whaaaaale!! Whaaalllllle please Come heeeeeeeeere!!"

Whale swam over to see who was calling her. After a few minutes she saw tiny little Rabbit jumping up and down on a cliff. "Rabbit," Whale said impatiently, "Did you just call me over here?" "Of course," said Rabbit.

"Just who do you think you are? You are far too small and weak to have anything to say to me." Whale said and turned, flipped her huge tail, and set off back into the deep ocean. But just then Rabbit had an idea.

He called out to her one more time, "Whale! You think that I am weak, but in fact, I am stronger than you! You wouldn't be so quick to ignore me if I beat you at Tug-of-War." Whale looked at him for a moment before falling into a fit of laughter. "Very well little one," said Whale. "Go get a rope and we will see who is stronger."

Rabbit ran off to gather up the strongest and thickest vine he could. When he found it, he went to Elephant and said to the giant animal, "Elephant, you had no cause to treat me with such discourtesy this afternoon. I shall have to prove to you that we are equals. Elephant looked down between chews and chuckled. "And how will you do that, small one?" Rabbit stood up as high as he could, looked Elephant right in the eye and said, "By beating you at a game of Tug-of-War." Elephant laughed so hard he nearly choked on his leaves, but agreed to humor the tiny animal. He tied the vine around his huge, hefty waist, snickering the whole time.

Rabbit took the other end and started off into the jungle. He called back to Elephant, "Wait until I say 'pull' and then pull with all of your might." Rabbit took the other end of the rope to Whale and said, "Tie this to your tail and when I say `pull' you swim with all of your might." Whale tied the vine to her tail, all the while smirking at Rabbit's foolishness.

"I will now go and tie the other end to my own waist," said Rabbit, and hopped off into the jungle. Rabbit hid himself in the bushes and then called out, at the top of his lungs, "PULL!!" Elephant started to walk away with a smile on his face, but the smile soon turned to a look of surprise when the vine stopped following him. "My goodness," he said to himself, "Rabbit is much stronger than I expected!" The look of surprise soon became a frown as Elephant pulled harder and harder, unable to make the tough vine budge any further.

Meanwhile, Whale began to swim away from the shore, but almost lost her breath when the vine pulled tight and refused to come with her. She pulled harder and harder, but she could not pull it any further. "That little Rabbit could not possibly be stronger than me," she said in outrage. Soon the vine could take no more strain and, with an ear-splitting sound, snapped into two pieces.

When this happened, poor Elephant went sailing through the jungle and tumbled head over heels down a steep valley. The end that was tied to Whale caught up to her suddenly and she went sailing through the ocean and smashed into a very scratchy and very uncomfortable coral reef.

Rabbit left without a word and never mentioned the matter again. Elephant and Whale were completely confused and never did figure out how such a tiny creature as Rabbit could have beaten the largest of the animals. And to this day, they are very careful to greet little Rabbit with great respect whenever they meet.

Moral : Wisdom can never be defeated.