Short Moral Stories for Children from Panchtantra.

Bhumika Goel / October 2021

Veera was a young restless monkey. He belonged to a group of forest monkeys who lived near a village.

Shambhu was the leader of the troop. Shambhu was an old and wise monkey. He regularly shares village experiences and moral stories with his troop members. Every other monkey in the group respects and obeys him.

The villagers start constructing a temple in the village outskirt area. Shambhu warns his troop not to visit the construction site. The troop followed the guideline mentioned by their leader. They avoided the construction site.

Veera and his friend were curious to find why they are not allowed to visit the place. They saw the men working and were amused with their tools. One day, when villagers return to the village after the full day working, the two monkeys visit the site silently without informing the troop.

They begin hopping here and there. They pick and throw the construction tools and laughed. One of the troop members saw them playing at the site. He called them back. Veera’s friend listened to his elder call and returns. Veera being naughty and restless does not listen. He stays back at the site of construction.

He finds a huge log of wood. The log was split half from the mid. To split the log fully the next day, the villagers had put another wedge inside it. Veera finds it funny and pulls the wedge out. The open ends of the log snap together and poor Veera stuck his hands in it. He cries loudly in pain and remembers the old leader’s warning.

One of the monkeys notices Veera in pain at the construction site. He calls other monkeys for helping Veera.

After a lot of struggles, his troop finally gets his hand out. Veera realizes his mistake and feels sorry for his actions. He vows to listen, obey and respect his elders for the rest of his life.

Moral – Listen to your elder’s advice and respect them.

Once upon a time, there lived a tortoise in the jungle pond. He is friends with a crow, a deer, and a mole. They meet and spend time together for hours daily under a big banyan tree.

One day, the friends find the deer missing the routine meeting. They get worried and send crow to look out for the deer.

The crow finds the deer trapped in a hunter’s net. He returns and directs the mole to the deer. He asks the tortoise to stay back and wait for them to return. The mole cuts the rope and frees the deer. The tortoise however could not stay back and reach near the hunter’s trap. Suddenly the hunter appears on the site, the deer runs swiftly into the bushes, the crow flies away and the mole hid under the ground. But the poor tortoise is caught by the hunter.

The hunter ties him to his back and returns for his home. The tortoise friends plan to rescue him. The deer acts lying dead near a lake on the hunter’s way home. The hunter becomes happy to find a dead deer. He put the tortoise on the ground and walks to grab the deer.

When the hunter reaches a distance far enough for the tortoise to escape the deer stands and runs very quickly into the jungle. The mole meanwhile unties the tortoise rope and helps him quickly reach the lake. The tortoise swims down in the deep lake water. The four friends save each other.

The next day they meet and thank each other for the kindness and help. They promise to be friends always.

Moral – True friends always help each other.

The Lion and The Hare

The jungle king Lion orders his disciples to present him with a meal every day. One animal serves his life as the lion’s meal hence by.

Today it is the little hare’s turn to be the lion’s food. The little hare wants to live and save the jungle from the cruel king. On his way to the king’s den, the hare founds a well. He has a plan now to save himself from the lion.

He reaches the lion and narrates to him a fake story of a new lion in the jungle. The new lion is healthier and boasts himself to be the king of the jungle. Listening to the hare’s story the old king gets angry and asks him to take him to the new lion king.

The hare takes the old lion king near the well. And asks the lion to look for the new lion inside the well. The lion finds its own reflection in the water. But could not understand that it’s his own reflection due to anger. He shouted at the lion to come out and fight. His voice echoed back. In anger, he jumped inside the well to kill the new lion. But was drowned in the water.

The hare tells the jungle animals about the lion kings’ foolish act of jumping into the water. Everyone praised him for saving not only his but other’s life also.

Moral – With intelligence and patience we can solve the biggest of problems

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