A Collection Of Very Short English Stories & Short English Stories With Moral

A Collection Of  Very Short English Stories & Short English Stories With Moral

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If you are searching for the very short English stories & short English stories with moral than you are at the right place here we have collected a lot of very short English stories & short English stories with moral for you so without any more words lets begin the list of stories.

Very Short English Stories  & Short English Stories With Moral List: 

The World In Sheep Skin
The Obstacle In Our Path
True Wealth
The Milkmaid
The Thirsty Crow
The Fox And The Grapes
The Clever Lamb
The Ant And The Dove
The Monkey And The Dolphin
The Rabbit And The Tortoise
The Boy And The Lion
The Farmer And The Stork
Learn From Mistakes
The Travelers And The Tree
Change Yourself
The One-Eyed Doe
Sharing With Love
Understanding Wickedness
Honesty
Being A True Friend
Who Are You?
Welcoming Guest
Caring Your Elders
Love Your Neighbours
Clever Rabbit

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The World In Sheep Skin

The World In Sheep Skin 

A Wolf always faces great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day which was a good day for the wolf because she found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, then she put it on over its own pelt and walked down among the sheep. Then the Lamb that belonged to the sheep, whose skin the Wolf was wearing, began to follow the Wolf because she was in the Sheep’s clothing; so, leading the Lamb a little apart, the wolf soon made a meal off her, and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.

Moral: - Appearances are deceptive.

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The Obstacle In Our Path

The Obstacle In Our Path 

In ancient times, there was a king had a rock placed on a roadway. Then he hid and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock from the roadway. Some of the king’s richest traders and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many of the peoples loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the roadway. Then a farmer came along bearing a load of vegetables.

On approaching the rock, the farmer put down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. And then the farmer picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the rock had been before.  The purse contained many gold coins and a letter from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the rock from the roadway. The farmer learned what many others never understand.

Moral: - Every obstacle presents a chance to improve one’s condition.

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True Wealth

True Wealth 

Once upon a time, a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a tour to the country with the purpose of showing his son how the poor people live so he could be thankful to his father for his wealth.

The father and his son spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their tour, the father asked his son, “How was the tour?” The son replied, “It was excellent, Dad.” Then the father questioned “Did you recognize how the poor people can be? “Oh yeah,” said the son. “So what did you learn from this tour?” the father asked.

Then the son replied, “I recognized that we have only one dog and they had four dogs. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no any end.” “We have imported lanterns in our home and they have the stars at night.” “Our patio reaches up 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 exceeding 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 home to protect us; they have friends to protect them.”

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

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The Milkmaid

The Milkmaid 

There was a milkmaid who was on her way to the market to sell some milk from her cow. As she carried the large jug of milk on topmost of her head, she started to dream of all the things she could do after selling the milk.

“With that money, I’ll buy a hundred chicks to rear in my courtyard. When they are fully grown. Then I can sell them at a good price at the market.”

As she walked on, she continuous dreaming, “Then I will buy two young goats and rear them on the grass close by. When they are completely grown, I can sell them at an even good price!”

Still dreaming, she said to herself, “Shortly, I will be able to buy another cow, and I will have more milk to sell in the market. Then I shall have even more money...”

With these glad thoughts, she began to skip and jump. Suddenly she tripped and fell. The jug broke and all the milk fell onto the ground.
No more dreaming after that, she sat down and cried.

Moral: - Do not think about the price before doing the work.

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The Thirsty Crow

The Thirsty Crow 

One very hot day, a thirsty crow flew all over the fields looking for the water. For a long time, the crow could not find water anywhere? Crow felt very weak, almost giving up hope.

Suddenly, crow saw a water jug below her. Crow flew right down to see if there was any water inside. Yes, the crow could see some water inside the jug!

The crow tried to push her head into the jug. Sadly, a crow found that the neck of the jug was too narrow. Then crow heard to push the jug down for the water to pass out. Crow found that the jug was too heavy.

The crow thought hard for a while. Then looking around her, crow saw some stones. Crow suddenly had a good idea. Crow started picking up the stones one by one, dropping each into the jug. As more and more stones filled the jug, the water level kept rising. Soon it was high sufficient for the crow to drink. her plan had worked!

Moral:- If you try hard enough then you may soon find an answer to your problem.

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The Fox And The Grapes

The Fox And The Grapes

It was a hot sunny day and a fox was walking across the fields. Soon he came near a vineyard. As he came nearer, the fox could see some bunches of juicy grapes.

The fox looked wisely around him. He had to make assured that he was safe from the hunters. Then he decided to steal some grapes from the vineyard before anyone came along.

He jumped upwards but he could not able reach the grapes. He jumped again as high as he could and tried very much. He still could not reach the grapes. The grapes were just too high for the fox!

But the fox was not ready to give up. He backed off and then took some running steps and leaped into the air towards the grapes. Again he failed to reach to the grapes.

It was getting dark, and the fox was getting angry. His legs were also hurt with all that running and jumping. At last, he stopped trying.

As he walked away, and then he said to himself, “I don’t really want those grapes. I’m sure they are very much sour to eat.”

Moral: - Sometimes when we cannot get the thing that what we want, we pretend that it is not worth having.

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The Clever Lamb

The Clever Lamb

One Day a lamb was grazing with a flock of sheep. At the edge of the field, the lamb found some sweet grass. Farther and farther she went, away from the flock of sheep.

She was enjoying herself so much eating sweet grass and she did not notice a wolf coming nearer to her. However, when the wold pounced on her, she was quick to start saying to the wolf that, “Please, please don’t eat me yet. My stomach is full of grass. If you wait a while, I will taste much better and that will be good for you.”

The wolf thought that it is a good idea, so he sat down and waited. After a while, the lamb said, “If you allow me to dance, the grass in my stomach will be digested faster.” Again the wolf agreed to what the lamb said.

While the lamb was dancing, she got a new idea. She said to the wolf that, “Please take the bell from around my neck. If you ring it as hard as you can, I will be able to dance faster.”

The wolf took the bell from the neck of the lamb and rang it as hard as he could. The shepherd heard the bell ringing and rapidly sent his dogs to find the missing lamb. The barking dogs terrified the wolf away and saved the lamb’s life.

Moral: - The gentle and weak can also be cleverer than fierce and strong.

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The Ant And The Dove

The Ant And The Dove

One warm day, an ant was looking for some water here and there. After walking around for some time, she came near a spring.
To reach up to the spring, she needs to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way to up, she slipped and then fell into the water.
The ant could have sunk if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen the ant. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly took off a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved near the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to the dry ground.
Just at that same time, a hunter who was standing nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, his intention was to trap it.
Guessing what the hunter was about to do, the ant quickly bit on the heel of the hunter. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to a safe place.

Moral: - If someone helps us then we should help him.

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The Monkey And The Dolphin

The Monkey And The Dolphin

Once upon a long time, some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of the sailors brought his pet monkey along for the long journey.
When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm came and which overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea, and the monkey was also sure that he would sink. Suddenly a dolphin came and picked him up.
Both soon reached the island and then the monkey came down from the dolphin’s back. The dolphin asked the monkey, “Do you know this place?”
The monkey replied, “Yes, I know. And also the king of the island is my best friend. And you will be shocked to know that I am actually a prince of this island.”
The dolphin knows that no one lived on the island, the dolphin said, “Well, well, so you are a prince! Now you can be the king!”
The monkey asked to a dolphin that, “How can I be the king?”
As the dolphin started swimming away from the island, she answered, “That is very easy. Because you are the only creature on this island, you will naturally be the king!”

Moral: - The one who lies can lead you in trouble.

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The Rabbit And The Tortoise

The Rabbit And The Tortoise  

A tortoise one day met a rabbit who made fun of the tortoise. “My dear tortoise you move so slowly, you will never get far!”
The tortoises, upset by the rabbit’s manner of the, said, “Let’s have a race and see who is faster.”
The rabbit laughed and said to the tortoise that, “You must be joking! But all right, let's see who reaches the opposite side of the hill first.” Off the rabbit ran, leaving the tortoise far behind.
After some time, the rabbit stopped to wait for the tortoise to come long. He waited and waited after some time he felt sleepy. And he thought “I might as well take a sleep,” the rabbit thought. “Even if the tortoise catches up with me, I can easily win the race.” So he lay down under a shady tree and closed his eyes.
When the tortoise passed the sleeping rabbit, the tortoise walked on slowly but steadily. And the time when the rabbit woke up, the tortoise was near the finishing line. He tried and ran as fast as he could, but he could not catch up with the tortoise.

Moral:- Slow and steady can win the race. 

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The Boy And The Lion

The Boy And The Lion

Once there was a shepherd small boy who had to watch after a flock of sheep. One day, he felt bored and then he decided to play a trick on the villagers. He shouted, “Help! Lion! Lion!”
The villagers heard his shouts and rushed out of the village to help the sheepherder boy. When they reached near him, they asked, “Where is the lion?”
The shepherd boy laughed loudly, “Ha, Ha, Ha! I fooled all of you. I was only playing a trick on you.”
A few days later, the shepherd boy played this trick once again.
Again he cried, “Help! Help! Lion! Lion!” Again, the villagers rushed up the hill to help him and again the villager found that boy had tricked them. They villagers very angry with him for being so naughty.
Then, sometime later, a lion went into the field. The lion attacked one sheep, and then another and another. The shepherd boy ran towards the village and started shouting, “Help! Help! Lion! Help! Somebody!”
The villagers heard his cries but they laughed at it because they thought it was another trick. The boy ran to the nearest villager and said to him that, “A lion is attacking the sheep. I lied before, but this time I am telling truth!”
Finally, the villagers went to look. It was true. They could see the lion running away and many dead sheep lying on the grass.

Moral:- We may not believe someone who frequently tells lies, even when he tells the truth. 

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