The 10 Best Short Moral Stories

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Stories that have morals and messages behind them are always powerful. In fact, it’s crazy
just how powerful a 200 word story can be.
Our last article of short stories became so popular, that we decided to create another list, in
which every story has a simple moral behind it.
The 10 Best Short Moral Stories

Some of these stories are very short and basic. In fact some are so basic they’re most likely
featured in children’s books somewhere. However, the strength of the message remains the
same.
Here’s some more of the best short moral stories:
1. An Old Man Lived in the Village

An old man lived in the village. He was one of the most unfortunate people in the world. The
whole village was tired of him; he was always gloomy, he constantly complained and was
always in a bad mood.
The longer he lived, the more bile he was becoming and the more poisonous were his words.
People avoided him, because his misfortune became contagious. It was even unnatural and
insulting to be happy next to him.
He created the feeling of unhappiness in others.
But one day, when he turned eighty years old, an incredible thing happened. Instantly
everyone started hearing the rumour:
“An Old Man is happy today, he doesn’t complain about anything, smiles, and even his
face is freshened up.”
The whole village gathered together. The old man was asked:
Villager: What happened to you?
“Nothing special. Eighty years I’ve been chasing happiness, and it was useless. And then
I decided to live without happiness and just enjoy life. That’s why I’m happy now.” –
An Old Man

Moral of the story:
Don’t chase happiness. Enjoy your life.
2. The Wise Man
People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time.
One day he told them a joke and everyone roared in laughter.
After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only a few of them smiled.
When he told the same joke for the third time no one laughed anymore.
The wise man smiled and said:
“You can’t laugh at the same joke over and over. So why are you always crying about
the same problem?”
Moral of the story:
Worrying won’t solve your problems, it’ll just waste your time and energy.
3. The Foolish Donkey

A salt seller used to carry the salt bag on his donkey to the market every day.
On the way they had to cross a stream. One day the donkey suddenly tumbled down the
stream and the salt bag also fell into the water. The salt dissolved in the water and hence the
bag became very light to carry. The donkey was happy.
Then the donkey started to play the same trick every day.
The salt seller came to understand the trick and decided to teach a lesson to it. The next day
he loaded a cotton bag on the donkey.
Again it played the same trick hoping that the cotton bag would be still become lighter.
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But the dampened cotton became very heavy to carry and the donkey suffered. It learnt a
lesson. It didn’t play the trick anymore after that day, and the seller was happy.
Moral of the story:
Luck won’t favor always.
4. Having A Best Friend

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the
journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face.
The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand;
“Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one
who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him.
After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone;
“Today my best friend saved my life.”
The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him;
“After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?”
The other friend replied;

“When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness
can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in
stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
Moral of the story:
Don’t value the things you have in your life. But value who you have in your life.
5. The Four Smart Students
One night four college students were out partying late night and didn’t study for the test
which was scheduled for the next day. In the morning, they thought of a plan.
They made themselves look dirty with grease and dirt.
Then they went to the Dean and said they had gone out to a wedding last night and on their
way back the tire of their car burst and they had to push the car all the way back. So they
were in no condition to take the test.
The Dean thought for a minute and said they can have the re-test after 3 days. They thanked
him and said they will be ready by that time.
On the third day, they appeared before the Dean. The Dean said that as this was a Special
Condition Test, all four were required to sit in separate classrooms for the test. They all
agreed as they had prepared well in the last 3 days.
The Test consisted of only 2 questions with the total of 100 Points:

1) Your Name? __________ (1 Points)
2) Which tire burst? __________ (99 Points)

Options – (a) Front Left (b) Front Right (c) Back Left (d) Back Right
Moral of the story:
Take responsibility or you will learn your lesson.
6. The Greedy Lion
It was an incredibly hot day, and a lion was feeling very hungry.
He came out of his den and searched here and there. He could find only a small hare. He
caught the hare with some hesitation. “This hare can’t fill my stomach” thought the lion.
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As the lion was about to kill the hare, a deer ran that way. The lion became greedy. He
thought;
“Instead of eating this small hare, let me eat the big deer.”

He let the hare go and went behind the deer. But the deer had vanished into the forest. The
lion now felt sorry for letting the hare off.
Moral of the story:
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
7. Two Friends & The Bear
Vijay and Raju were friends. On a holiday they went walking into a forest, enjoying the
beauty of nature. Suddenly they saw a bear coming at them. They became frightened.
Raju, who knew all about climbing trees, ran up to a tree and climbed up quickly. He didn’t
think of Vijay. Vijay had no idea how to climb the tree.
Vijay thought for a second. He’d heard animals don’t prefer dead bodies, so he fell to the
ground and held his breath. The bear sniffed him and thought he was dead. So, it went on its
way.
Raju asked Vijay;
“What did the bear whisper into your ears?”

Vijay replied, “The bear asked me to keep away from friends like you” …and went on his
way.
Moral of the story:
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
8. The Struggles of Our Life
Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she
didn’t know how she was going to make it.
She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was
solved, another one soon followed.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on
a high fire.
Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot and
ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to
his daughter.
The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty
minutes he turned off the burners.
He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and
placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.

Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”
“Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she hastily replied.
“Look closer” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft.
He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the
hard-boiled egg.
Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.
“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.
He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same
adversity-the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong,
hard and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.

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The 10 Best Short Moral Stories

Here’s some more of the best short moral stories:

1. An Old Man Lived in the Village

He created the feeling of unhappiness in others.

Villager: What happened to you?

Don’t chase happiness. Enjoy your life.

2. The Wise Man

The wise man smiled and said:

Moral of the story:

3. The Foolish Donkey

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Moral of the story:

Luck won’t favor always.

4. Having A Best Friend

“Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”

“Today my best friend saved my life.”

The other friend replied;

Moral of the story:

5. The Four Smart Students

They made themselves look dirty with grease and dirt.

1) Your Name? __________ (1 Points)

2) Which tire burst? __________ (99 Points)

Moral of the story:

Take responsibility or you will learn your lesson.

6. The Greedy Lion

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Moral of the story:

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

7. Two Friends & The Bear

Raju asked Vijay;

“What did the bear whisper into your ears?”

Moral of the story:

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

8. The Struggles of Our Life

Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”

“Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she hastily replied.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

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