Inspirational stories

  THE MONGOOSE AND THE SNAKE Once there lived a farmer with his wife. They had an infant baby. One day, the farmer found an injured mongoose while returning home from the fields. He told his wife that he would nurse the mongoose to health and keep it as pet. The wife didn't like the idea but agreed reluctantly. The mongoose recovered soon and played around in the house. The wife kept it away from her infant son.  One day, the wife left the sleeping baby with her husband went out to fetch some groceries. She told him to keep the mongoose away from him. Meanwhile, the farmer got an urgent call from the field, and he left the son with the mongoose. He trusted mongoose and was sure that his child was safe with him. After sometime the farmer's wife returned with a bi grocery basket. She saw the mongoose standing outside the gate with blood on his mouth and paw. Without a second thought she yelled and smashed the poor animal with the basket full of groceries. She ran inside crying ...

Once upon a time, there was a hare who boasted about his speed. The Tortoise, tired of hearing him bra, challenged him to a race. The forest's animals had gathered to watch. The Hare jogged down the road for a while before stopping to rest.'' How can you expect to win this race when you're plodding along at your slow pace?'' he said back to the tortoise. ''There is plenty of time to rest,'' the hare thought as he spread himself out alongside the road and fell asleep. The Tortoise walked and walked and walked till he reached the finish line. The animals who were watching applauded for Tortoise so loudly that the Hare was startled awake. The Hare stretched, yawned, and began to run again, but it was too late. Tortoise had already crossed the finish line. Moral of the story : Slow and steady wins the race.

  THE CROW AND THE PITCHER During a long drought when the birds couldn't find much to drink, a thirsty crow discovered a pitcher with some water in it at the bottom. But the pitcher was tall and had a narrow neck, so the crow couldn't reach the water no matter how hard he tried. The poor creature felt as if he was going to die of thirst. Then he had an idea. He took a handful of little pebbles lying in the ground and dropped them one by one into the pitcher. The water rose a little higher with each rock until it was close enough for him to drink.  Moral of the story : A good use of wit and cleverness always helps us out.

  THE GOLDEN EGG Once upon a time, a cloth merchant with his wife and two children resided in a village. They had a lovely hen who laid one egg each day. It wasn't just any egg; it was a golden egg. But the man was dissatisfied with what he was getting on a regular basis. He desired to increase his wealth. The man wanted to collect all of his hen's golden eggs at once. So one day, after much thought, he came up with an idea. He made the decision to kill the hen and collect all of the eggs. When the hen laid a golden egg the next day, the man cut off its neck and split open its body. There was nothing but blood and no egg to be found. He was heartbroken since he would no longer be able to obtain even a single egg. With one egg a day, his life was going smoothly, but suddenly he had made his own life a misery. As a result of his greed, he began to become poorer and poorer by the day, eventually becoming a bankrupt.  Moral of the story : Be satisfied with what you have. Too muc...

  THE WOODCUTTER AND         THE GOLDEN AXE A long time ago, in a small village, there lived an honest woodcutter. He went into the surrounding forest every day to cut trees. He returned to the village with the woods and sold them to a merchant to get money. He was content with his modest lifestyle. His axe slipped out of his hand and fell into the river one day while he was cutting a tree near a rive. He couldn't imagine retrieving it on his own because the river was so deep. He had only one axe, which he had lost in the river. He got really concerned about how he would be able to make a life today and prayed to the Goddess for help.  Mercury emerged as the God of water. He enquired as to why he was crying. The woodcutter expressed His dissatisfaction. Mercury then split the water and gave him a golden axe. The woodcutter refused to accept it. Mercury returned, this time with a silver axe, but the woodcutter turned it down once more. After that, he arriv...

Once upon a time, there was a man who lived with his three boys. The three sons were great workers, yet they often fought. The old man tried everything he could to bring them together, but he was unsuccessful. Months went by, and the old man became ill. He urged his boys to remain united, but they disobeyed him. As a result, he decided to teach them a practical lesson in order for them to put their differences aside and remain unified. His sons were summoned by the old guy. ''I'll give you a bundle of sticks,'' he said. you'll have to break each stick in half once you've separated them. ''Whoever breaks the sticks the fastest will be rewarded more.'' The old man handed each of them a bundle of ten sticks and instructed them to break each stick into pieces. They shattered the sticks in a matter of minutes and began to argue once more about who was the first to do it. The father then handed each of the boys another bundle of sticks, instructing...