10 Best Inspirational Stories With Moral For Kids
10 Best Inspirational Stories that your children will like to listen to and get some values
10 Best Inspirational Stories With Moral For Kids
Stories are a very powerful tool for kids as they inculcate creative and imaginative abilities in them. Stories are the best way to teach life lessons to kids as they take interest in stories and you can easily impart moral values without being didactic.
Children love story sessions the most. But to leave them amazed, narration must be fascinating, dramatic, and entertaining at the same time. Stories leave a lot to their imagination, and that is something that makes reading stories all the more interesting and captivating. Inspirational stories take them to a world of innovation and expand their creative horizons. Here are our top 5 picks of the best inspirational stories for kids that will make perfect bonding with your child, as well as give an educational experience.
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10 Best Inspirational Stories With Moral For Kids
Table of Contents
1. The Donkey Story
There was a man’s favorite donkey that falls off a large cliff. He tries to pull the donkey out, but all his efforts go useless. Demoralized, the man decides to bury the poor donkey.
He starts to pour soil and sand from above. The donkey, which is stuck down, feels the load of the soil and shakes it off his body. The man pours the soil again. And, once again the donkey shakes it off. The man notices that the donkey is shaking off the soil and is steeping on the soil bed, which is acting as a form of elevation. He realizes the donkey is slowly inching closer to the top. With every load of soil that is poured, the donkey rises higher.
Several hours pass by, and the man continues to pour the soil until the donkey is joined him again.
Inspiration from the story :
Face your challenges courageously as no problem is big enough to stop you from rising.
2. A hard-working farmer and his sons
In a faraway village, lives a hardworking farmer who has grape fields. Year after year his grape fields give rich harvest, and the farmer becomes very successful. He has three sons, who are young and energetic but never want to do work. As the farmer grows old, he begins to worry about his sons’ future.
Then he falls very ill and realizes his death is approaching very fast. He calls the sons and tells them, “Dear sons, I see my death nearing me, but before I would say goodbye to all of you, I want to share a secret. There is a treasure hidden under the fields. Dig the entire field after my death, to find it.” The old farmer dies, and his sons perform for their fathers’ last statement. The sons begin to dig for the treasure without leaving any part of the field but find nothing. However, their digging of the field leads to a healthy crop and results in huge earnings. These earnings make the sons realize what their father meant.
Inspiration from the story :
Hard work pays off. The fruit of hard work is always sweet whether or not they are in the form you desire.
3. The Sad Peacock
Here is a wonderful story about a peacock. Once a beautiful peacock was dancing on a rainy day. While he was busy commending his plumage, his rough voice reminded him of his own shortcomings. He was joyless and almost in tears. Suddenly, he heard a nightingale singing nearby. Listening to the nightingale’s sweet voice, his own shortcoming once again became very evident. He began wondering why he doesn’t have such a sweet voice. At that moment, Juno, the angel of the Gods, appeared and addressed the peacock.
“Why are you upset?” Angel asked the peacock. The peacock complained about his rough voice and how he was sad because of it. “The nightingale has such a beautiful voice. Why don’t I?” After listening to the peacock, Angel explained, “ every living being is special in his or her own way. They are made in a certain manner that serves a greater purpose. Yes, the nightingale is blessed with a sweet voice, but you are also blessed – with such a beautiful and glittering plumage! The trick is acceptance and making the most of what you have.” The peacock understood how silly he had been in comparing himself to others and forgetting his own blessings. He realized that day, that everyone was unique in some way or the other.
Inspiration from the Story:
Self-acceptance is the first step to happiness. Make the best of what you have, rather than being unhappy about what you don’t have.
4. The Two Neighbours
Here is a story that talks about the challenges of learning to do things on your own.
Once, there lived two neighbors who used to grow the same plants in their respective gardens. One neighbor was fussy and took extreme care of her plants. The other neighbor did what was required, but left the leaves of the plants alone to grow as they pleased. One evening, there was a huge storm and heavy rainfall. The storm destroyed many of the plants. The next morning, when the fussy neighbor woke up, she found that the plants had been uprooted and destroyed.
However, when the more relaxed neighbor woke up, she found that her plants were still firmly rooted in the soil, having weathered the storm. The plant of the relaxed neighbor had learned to do things on its own. So, it had done its bit of work, grown deep roots, and made a place for itself in the soil. Thus, it had stood firm even in the storm. However, the fussy neighbor used to do everything for the plant, thereby not teaching the plant how to sustain on its own.
Inspiration from the Story:
Sooner or later, you have to move forward yourself and become independent. Unless you stop fussing, nothing will work on its own.
5. The Three Fish
Once there were three fishes living in a pond. They were friends and practically did everything together. One day, a fisherman came across the pond and was delighted to see the fish. He made plans to cast a net and catch them. The wisest of the fishes made plans to find a different pond. While one of the fish agreed, the other one denied, saying that the pond was home and he shall not vacate it. The third fish further said that there had never been any danger in the pond. “I don’t see the point of leaving this pond. I think it is cowardly.”
The first two fish were unable to convince their friend, and so they decided to part ways. The next day, when the fishermen cast his net, the first two fish escaped. However, the third one got caught. He had been unable to identify and act upon the problem and was now paying the price of neglecting danger.
Inspiration from the Story:
It is always better to be wise when faced with a problem. Remember that every problem is different, and therefore, has a different solution.
6. A Valuable Present
A young boy named Peter wanted to have a bicycle of his own and ride it everywhere. But his father does not have enough to buy a bicycle for him. One day, while on his way to school, Peter sees a boy riding a sturdy cycle. While taking a turn, the cycle skids, and the young boy gets badly hurt. Peter rushes to help and takes him to a doctor for first aid. Later, he helps the boy to get home.
The boy belongs to a rich family, and his parents see Peter helping their son. Therefore, as a reward for his kindness, they present Peter with a new bicycle.
Inspiration from the Story:
Be kind and always help others in need and it comes back to you.
10 Best Inspirational Stories With Moral For Kids
7. Potato, egg, and coffee beans
A younger boy named James lives in a beautiful home with his parents. One day, his father finds him crying and asks if something is wrong. James tells his father, “I have so many problems in my life,” James’ father patiently listens to him. Then he brings a bowl and places a potato, an egg, and some coffee beans in it. He asks James to touch and feel the ingredients in the bowl, and tell what he feels about them. James describes how he feels about each of them touching.
The father smiles and asks James to place them all in three different bowls and pour water in them. He then boils them all. After a few minutes, the father turns off the stove and places all the bowls on the counter to cool them down. When they have cooled down, James’s father asks him to touch them once again and feel the egg, potato, and coffee beans.
James has a different answer this time. And he says, the potato’s skin is easier to peel as it has turned very soft, the egg has hardened, and there is a fresh coffee aroma coming from the beans. Listening to James, his father smiles and tells him how the potato, egg, and coffee beans reacted to adverse situations. The potato has become soft, the egg turned very strong, and the coffee beans have changed their form completely during their testing time in the boiling water.
Inspiration from the Story:
Problems are a part of life. How we react to them, matters for an individual.
8. A Farmer and His Wife
A farmer complained to his wife, “You are idle and inactive. You work very slowly and unenergetically. You waste your time.” The wife was angry at the words of her husband. She said to her husband, “You are wrong. Stay at home tomorrow. I will go to the field and will do your work there. Will you do my works at home here?” The farmer said happily, “Its’OK. I will do your works here at home.” The wife said, “Milk the cow. Feed the pigs. Wash the utensils. Take care of our hen. Spin the yarn.”
The next day, the woman went to the field. The farmer stayed back at home. He took a vessel and went to the cow to milk it. He tried to milk the cow. He received a good kick. He then went to the pig-sty. He hit his head against the beam. He went to feed the hen. He forgot to spin. The wife returned from the field in the evening. The farmer hung down his head in shame. Thereafter he did not find fault with his wife. They lived happily together for a long time.
Inspiration from the Story:
If someone whether a man or a woman stays at home, it doesn’t mean that they are lazy and don’t do work in their home.
9. A Kind Boy
An old lady wanted to cross the road. She was weak enough. Therefore she wanted help. She waited long. She saw a large number of schoolboys. They were laughing and talking. They were going home. So they were happy. They looked at the old woman and did not help her. But one boy went to the old woman. He said to her, “Mother! Do you want to cross the road? I will help you. I will take you to the other side.”
The boy helped the old woman. He led her across the road. He did a good deed. He was happy. He said, “I helped somebody’s mother. So, somebody will help my mother in her old age.” “Dear God! Be kind to this good boy,” said the old woman in her prayer.
Inspiration from the Story:
Be kind to everyone.
10. A Rich Man and His Son
A rich man’s son was graduating college. For months, the son was asking his father for a new car, knowing that his father had more than enough money. When graduation day came, the young man’s father called him into the study. The father handed him a wrapped gift and congratulated him on his graduation and his achievement.
Looking disappointed, the son opened the gift to find a lovely, leather-bound journal, with the young man’s name embossed on the cover. He angrily raised his voice, threw down the journal, and stormed out.
The young man had not seen his father since graduation day. He became successful and was wealthy like his father, with a beautiful home and family. He starts to realize his father was aging and now he should leave the past behind them. Just then, he received a message that his father had passed, and he had to return home to take care of the estate.
As the mourning son regretfully returned home, he began searching through his father’s important papers and saw that still new journal, just as he had thrown it. He started to flip through the pages, a car key dropped from the back of the journal. A dealer tag was attached to the key that reads “Paid in full”. Wherever this car takes you, write about it to remember it forever. Love, Dad”
Inspiration from the Story:
No matter what you expect, be grateful for what you are given. It may be more of a blessing than you think.
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