The Proud Horse and the Clever Snail moral story

Once upon a time, there lived a proud horse in a jungle. He was very fast and often boasted about his speed. He believed that no animal could ever defeat him in a race.

One day, he saw a snail moving slowly along a path. The horse laughed at the snail and said, “You are so slow! I can run faster than you in the blink of an eye. Would you dare to race against me?”

The snail felt insulted but calmly accepted the challenge. They decided to hold the race on Sunday. The horse laughed loudly, thinking the snail was foolish to compete with him.

On the day of the race, all the jungle animals gathered to watch. As soon as the race began, the horse galloped away at full speed, leaving the snail far behind. He was so confident that he did not even look back.

However, the clever snail had made a plan. He had asked several of his snail friends, who looked exactly like him, to hide at different points along the racecourse.

When the horse reached the first turning, he saw a snail that looked just like his opponent. Surprised, he ran faster. But at the next turning, he saw another snail ahead of him!

The horse became confused and exhausted. He could not understand how the slow snail kept appearing in front of him. Meanwhile, the real snail continued moving steadily toward the finish line.

At last, the horse reached the finishing point, expecting to win. To his shock, the snail was already there, waiting calmly for him. All the jungle animals cheered for the clever snail.

The horse lowered his head in shame. He realized that his pride and overconfidence had made him underestimate his opponent. From that day onward, he learned to respect every animal, no matter how small or slow it seemed.

Moral of the Story

Never underestimate others because of their appearance or abilities. Pride and overconfidence can lead to failure, while cleverness, patience, and determination can bring success.

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The Turtle and The Pair of Swans moral stories for kids

Once, a turtle lived in a lake with two swan friends. When the lake began to dry up, the swans found another lake and decided to take the turtle with them.

They held a stick in their beaks, and the turtle held it with her mouth. The swans warned her not to speak while flying.

As they flew, the turtle became excited and opened her mouth to talk. She lost her grip, fell to the ground, and died.

Moral: Think before you speak and always listen to good advice.

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The Monkey and the Crocodile Story

Once upon a time, a monkey lived in a jamun tree. He was very happy. One fine day, a crocodile swam up to that tree and told the monkey that he had traveled a long distance and was in search of food as he was very hungry. The kind monkey offered him a few rose apples. The crocodile enjoyed them very much and asked the monkey whether he could come again for some more fruit. The generous monkey happily agreed.

The crocodile soon became very good friends with the monkey. They discussed their lives, their friends and family, like all friends do. The crocodile told the monkey that he had a wife and that they lived on the other side of the river. So the kind monkey offered him some extra rose apples to take home to his wife. The crocodile’s wife loved the rose apples and made her husband promise to get her some every day.

Meanwhile, the friendship between the monkey and the crocodile deepened as they spent more and more time together. The crocodile’s wife started getting jealous. She wanted to put an end to this friendship. So she pretended that she could not believe that her husband could be friends with a monkey. Her husband tried to convince her that he and the monkey shared a true friendship. The crocodile’s wife thought to herself that if the monkey lived on a diet of rose monkeys, his flesh would be very sweet. So she asked the crocodile to invite the monkey to their house.

The crocodile was not happy about this. He tried to make the excuse that it would be difficult to get the monkey across the river. But his wife was determined to eat the monkey’s flesh. So she thought of a plan. One day, she pretended to be very ill and told the crocodile that the doctor said that she would only recover if she ate a monkey’s heart. If her husband wanted to save her life, he must bring her his friend’s heart.

The crocodile was aghast. He was in a dilemma. On the one hand, he loved his friend. On the other, he could not possibly let his wife die. The crocodile’s wife threatened him saying that if he did not get her the monkey’s heart, she would surely die.

So the crocodile went to the rose apple tree and invited the monkey to come home to meet his wife. He told the monkey that he could ride across the river on the crocodile’s back. The monkey happily agreed. As they reached the middle of the river, the crocodile began to sink. The frightened monkey asked him why he was doing that. The crocodile explained that he would have to kill the monkey to save his wife’s life. The clever monkey told him that he would gladly give up his heart to save the life of the crocodile’s wife, but he had left his heart behind in the rose apple tree. He asked the crocodile to make haste and turn back so that the monkey could go get his heart from the apple tree.

The silly crocodile quickly swam back to the rose apple tree. The monkey scampered up the tree to safety. He told the crocodile to tell his wicked wife that she had married the biggest fool in the world.

Moral: Don’t underestimate yourself. There are bigger fools in this world.

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The Golden egg and the greedy farmer story with moral

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer in a small village. He has a beautiful family and two young kids. He had a special hen that laid a golden egg every day. The farmer, however, was not satisfied with just one egg each day. He wanted to be rich instantly.

One day, the farmer came up with a plan. He thought that if he could get all the golden eggs at once, he would become very wealthy. But to do that, he decided to kill the hen.
The next day, when the hen laid its golden egg, the farmer took a knife and sadly killed the hen. He was hoping to find all the golden eggs inside. But when he opened the hen, there was nothing but blood. There were no eggs at all. The farmer felt really sad because now he had lost the hen and wouldn’t get any more eggs.

Before, the farmer had a good life with one golden egg every day, but because of his greed, he had made himself poor. Every day, he became poorer and poorer until he had nothing left. He realized how foolish he had been and regretted his actions.

Moral of the Story: Don’t be greedy, appreciate what you have.

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The Scorpion and turtle story for kids with moral

Once upon a time, there lived a turtle and a scorpion in a forest. Both had fast friendship. They lived together the day long and stroll together too. 

A stream also flowed in that forest. All the animals drank water from that stream. One day the turtle and scorpion decided to stroll across the stream. As the scorpion could not swim so he rode on the back of the turtle and in this way both of them started crossing the stream. The scorpion seemed very happy as he had got the opportunity to stroll in the stream for the first time. As they both reached in the center of the stream the turtle heard the sound of "Khaat Khaat". It seemed that the scorpion was hitting his back with something.

The turtle kept on pondering the sound and when he understood the situation he asked the scorpion: "Brother scorpion!! What sort of sound is this?" The scorpion replied: "Do not you worry my friend. I am stinging your back." The turtle said to scorpion: "Why are you doing this as we are very good friends?" The scorpion replied laughing: "I cannot help it as it is my habit to sting." When the turtle heard this he really got hurt. He started thinking: "The scorpion is not a true friend. I am doing good to him and he is trying to harm me.

Now it has become necessary to teach a lesson to this thankless. "As the turtle decided it, he dived into the water. The scorpion shouted with fear: "What are you doing my friend? I will be drowning in the stream in this way." The turtle replied carelessly: "I am compelled by my nature as it is my habit to dive in water." By saying this the turtle dived deeply in the water and the scorpion sank. In this way he received the punishment for his doing.

Moral of the story: Tit for Tat

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