Grasshopper and an Ant Short Story

Once there lived a grasshopper in a field. On a bright sunny day, when an ant was working hard to collect food, the grasshopper was singing the songs. He would look at the ant and say, ”Why do you work so hard? Summers are for fun and games. Come, listen to my song”. But the ant would ignore him and continue working.

As the days of winter came by, the grasshopper had nothing to eat. He begged the ant for food, but she said, ”When I worked hard, you sang. Go away, there is no food for you”. The grasshopper learned his lesson the hard way.

Moral: Work hard so you can reap the benefits tomorrow.

Lion and The Rabbit Story Summery

Once upon a time there lived a lion in the forest. It was a greedy lion and started killing animals in the forest indiscriminately. Seeing this, all the animals gathered and decided to approach the lion with the offer of one animal eaten by the lion every day. So every day it was the turn of one of the animals and in the end came the rabbits' turn. The rabbits chose a old rabbit among them. The rabbit was wise and old. It took its own sweet time to go to the Lion. The Lion was getting impatient on not seeing any animal come by and swore to kill all animals the next day.

The rabbit then strode along to the Lion by sunset. The Lion was angry at him. The rabbit told the Lion that it was not his fault. He told that there was another lion who wants to kill him. Somehow he escaped to reach safely, the rabbit said.

He said that the other Lion was challenging the supremacy of his Lordship the Lion.The Lion was naturally very enraged and asked to be taken to the location of the other Lion.

The wise rabbit agreed and led the Lion towards a deep well filled with water. Then he showed the Lion his reflection in the water of the well. The Lion was furious and started growling and naturally its image in the water, the other Lion, was also equally angry.

Then the Lion jumped into the water at the other Lion to attack it, and so lost its life in the well. Thus the wise rabbit saved the forest and its inhabitants from the proud Lion. 

MORAL:  Wit is superior to brute force

Lion and The Little Mouse Story

Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest. One day morning the lion lay asleep in the shade of a oak tree. A little mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the lion's nose.  Woken from his nap, the lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.

"Spare me!" begged the poor mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you." The lion was so amused at the idea of the little mouse being able to help the King of Beasts, that he lifted up his paw and let her go.

Some weeks later, the lion was caught in a net.  The hunters, who desired to carry the lion alive to their King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him.

Just then the little mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the lion's sad plight, went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes of the net, freeing the lion.

"You have helped me and now I have returned the favor.  Was I not right - even a mouse can help a lion!" said the little mouse.

Moral: Don't forget:  even the smallest friend is worthwhile!

Moral Story on The Ant and A Dove

Once there lived an ant in the field. One day the ant came to  the bank of a stream to drink water. However, suddenly it slipped and fall into the water. The force of the stream was sweeping the ant away. The ant feared of being drowned. There was a dove nearby the tree. It saw the ant was in danger. So he dropped a dry leaf into the water. The ant climbed on to it and floated safely back to shore. 

Sometimes latter, a hunter came to that spot. He drank some water from the stream. He was about to lave but he saw a dove sitting on a branch of a tree. He had a plan to kill the dove. He aimed his arrows at it. The ant noticed this and he stung the hunter's foot. The man was startled and he missed his aim. The dove heard the sound and flew away from the tree.

Moral of this story: One good turn deserves another

The Cobra and The Crows story

Once there lived a father crow and mother crow on a banyan tree along with their new born child. There was a cobra living under the tree in its  hole. One day the cobra crawled up the tree and ate the young ones as it could not fly away. The mother crow was worried.

She told the father crow about this and told him to find a home somewhere else. The father crow said, “We should not run away from danger. But fight it out with our strength. Let’s meet our friend fox tomorrow and discuss about this.”

The fox was glad to welcome the crow family. On knowing the story, he was shocked, but assured them to help out. He instructed the crows to pick up the prince’s necklace, tomorrow when he comes for bathe in the lake, and put it in the cobra’s hole. The cobra will then be taken care of by the prince's servant.

Even though the crow couple did not know how this action would help them, they trusted their friend’s intelligence and did exactly as they were told. The soldiers came running behind the crows for the necklace. On seeing the crow drop the necklace in the hole, they dug up the hole, killed the cobra and took away the king’s necklace.

The crow couple were happily and thanked their friend for the right guidance.

Moral of the Story: Good Company will always help us in times of need.

The Crow and The Swan Story

Once there lived a crow in a dense forest. It was very black in color. There was a pond near the forest. A beautiful swan lived there. The crow was filled with envy on seeing the beautiful white plumage of the Swan. The crow thought it was due to the water in which the Swan constantly bathed and swam. So he left the neighborhood of the altars. 

He wanted to became white like swan. So he started living like the swan. He got his living by picking up bits from the water and went and lived among the ponds and streams. But though he bathed and washed his feathers many times a day. He started swimming like swan but it didn't make any whiter. At last he died of hunger.

Moral of this Story: You may change your habits, but not your nature.

Cow and the Tiger Moral Story

Once upon a time there lived a cow in a farmer's shed with her child. She was used to go Jungle for grazing. She was returning to her shed in the evening. When she returned her calf used to drink milk.

One day the cow has gone to the forest for grazing. That day a tiger caught her on the way of the Jungle. The tiger want to kill the cow and eat. The cow made a request to the tiger. She told tiger, Please leave me else my calf will die in hunger. I will comeback after giving milk to my child. The tiger listened the request of the cow and said, “It is impossible. If I let you go you will never comeback again." Listening this cow said to the tiger, “I promise I will be back after my child drank milk. The tiger then you can go and comeback as soon as possible.

 The cow returned her shed and she gives to milk to her child. Then she started for the forest, saying her calf come back very soon. She reached the jungle and give a cry for the tiger. The tiger came and saw the cow. The tiger was hungry he became surprised to see the cow back. The tiger hasn’t seen such sincerity, morality and honesty from any animal. He became very pleased to see such kind of characters from this cow. The tiger said, I will not kill you. You are my best friend and I will protect you from other wild animals in the future. I want that the character you possessed should spread to other animals. By saying these, tiger went back to the forest. The cow also returned back to her calf before the sunrise. 

Frog and An Ox Story

Once upon a time there lived a family of frogs in a small pond. Two little Frogs were playing about at the edge of that pond. An ox came down to the water to drink, and by accident a small frog was died. 

When the mother frog missed her son she asked her son, Where is your brother? “He is dead, mother,” said the little Frog; “an enormous big creature with four legs came to our pond this morning and trampled him down in the mud.” “Big creature, was he bigger than me? Was he as big as this?” said the frog, puffing herself out to look as big as possible. “Oh! yes, much bigger,” was the answer.

The frog puffed herself out still more. "He could not have been bigger than this," she said. But the little frogs all declared that the monster was much, much bigger and the mother frog kept puffing herself out more and more until, all at once, she burst.

Moral of this Story: Do not attempt the impossible.

Lion and the Cows Story

Once upon a time there lived four cows in a small village. They were best friends. They always used near by jungle for grazing. They always grazed together and saved each other from dangers. Because of their united nobody attacking them. This was the reason why even tigers couldn’t gather the courage to kill them.

A lion had, indeed, an eye upon these cows for a long time. But he could never find the right opportunity to make them his prey. They always staying together and fled away him.

One day, the cows fell out for a small reason. They fight each other and at last each one grazed separately her own way. This was the right opportunity for the lion to attack them.

So, the lion hid himself behind the bushes and when a lonely cow would come closer to the bushes, he would pounce upon her and kill her for his meals. In this way, all the four cows were killed one by one by the lion.

Moral of the Story: Divided we fall, united we stand.

Shepherd Boy and The Wolf Short Story

Once upon a time there lived a shepherd in a village. The village was nearby a dense forest. The Shepherd was taking all his Sheep to that jungle for grazing. While sheep are grazing he engages himself playing with his dog or his flute. 

One day as he sat watching the Sheep and the noiseless forest, and thinking what he would do should he see a Wolf, he thought of a plan to charm himself. His Master had told him to call for help should a Wolf attack at any time, and the Villagers would drive it away. So now, though he had not seen anything that even looked like a Wolf, he ran toward the village shouting at the top of his voice, "Wolf! Wolf!"

As he expected, the Villagers who heard the cry dropped their work and ran in great excitement to the pasture. But when they got there they found the Boy doubled up with laughter at the trick he had played on them.

A few days later the Shepherd again shouted, "Wolf! Wolf!" Again the Villagers ran to help him, dropping their works. One day a little white lamb grazing with the herd. The lamb saw a green patch of tasty grass. So going away a bit far from the herd he started grazing that tasty grass. At that moment the sun downed and the shadows were creeping out over the pasture, a Wolf really did spring from the underbrush and fall upon the Sheep.

In this time the Boy ran toward the village shouting "Wolf! Wolf!" But though the Villagers heard the cry, they did not run to help him as they had before. The Wolf killed the little lamb and then slipped away into the forest.

Moral of the story: Liars are not believed even when they speak the truth.

Ant and the Grasshopper Story

Once upon a time there lived an ant in a small hole in a field. A grasshopper also lived in that field in a small bush. They were very good friends. It was the springtime. The grasshopper was having a lot of fun playing, singing, and dancing in the sunlight. On the other hand, the ant was so hard working, looking for food all day long and stores them in its home.

The grasshopper was watching that so he said, “Hey,’ Ant! Why don’t you come and play with me?” The ant replied, “I am storing food for the winter when there won’t be anything to eat! So I cannot come.” The grasshopper on laughed at the ant and said, “Why are you worrying now? There is plenty of food!” and continued to play, while the ant worked hard to collect and store food for winter. When winter came, the grasshopper did not find a single grain of food to eat.  It began to starve and feel very weak. While it saw the ants distributing every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew that it is best to prepare for days of need.

Moral of the Story: Work today and you can have more benefits for tomorrow. or Idleness is a curse.