10 short stories self made in english
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1.The Selfish Giant Story
A group of children would play in the garden belonging to a giant each day after school. One day, the giant returns home from a seven year visit to his friend, a Cornish ogre. Furious at finding the children trespassing, he chases them out and proceeds to build a wall around his garden.
“Morals: Happiness through true love and selflessness.
2. The Frog Prince Story:
Once upon a time, far, far away, there lived a king who had a beautiful daughter who was a princess. They lives in a castle surrounded by a large forest. For her birthday one year, the king gave her a golden ball as a present. It was her favorite toy. In the middle of the forest there was a very big pond.
“Morals: Keep your promises.”
3. The Ugly Duckling Story
One day, a mother duck felt her eggs begin to shake. One by one, the eggs cracked open.Eight yellow ducklings poked out their heads. “Peep, peep,” they said.“Quack, quack!” said Mother Duck.But one egg did not crack—one very big egg.
“Morals: Don’t judge a book by its cover or treat people differently because they look different.”
4.The Doctor Crane Story
Once a hungry wolf was in search of his prey. He spotted a goat. ‘Oh it will be wonderful to have this fat goat as my meal’. The goat spotted the hungry wolf.’The wolf is coming in my direction. I better run and save my life. The goat started to run. Before the poor goat can escape, the wolf pounced and instantly killed him.
“Morals: Expect No reward for serving the
5. The Clever Little Rabbit Story
One day, a little rabbit says to his mother, “There are a lot of mushrooms on the mountain slope. Let me pick some for you, all right?”. The mother rabbit says, “It’s good that you want to help me. But remember, don’t go too far away.” “All right, Mother,” says the little rabbit.
“Morals: Think Smartly and Wisely.”
6. The Boy and The Apple Tree Story
A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it everyday. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, and took a nap under the shadow. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day.
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7. The Monkey and the Crocodile Story
There lived a Crocodile in a lake surrounded by green grasses, sweetest jamun trees and beautiful mountains. The Monkey and the Crocodile became friends with each other. The Crocodile would visit the Monkey each day. The Monkey used to offer him with sweet jamun fruits from the tree.
“Moral of the story: “The person who wants to cheat others will be cheated and loose everything”.
8. Two Fighting Cats And A Monkey Story
One day two cats found a loaf of bread. Both the cats wanted the bread so they began fighting. They clawed at each other and fought for long. Along came a monkey. “Why are you fighting?” he asked. The cats snarled, “We are fighting because we both want to eat the bread.” The monkey asked, “Why don’t you share it?”
Morals: “When two people fight the third one always gets the profit.”
9. The bear and The Two Friends Story
One day, Ramu had to leave for another village. So his mother said, Child, since there is a forest on the way, do not go alone. Take your friend with you. It is said, it is always better to be double than single. Ramu’s best friend was Shyamu. Shyamu readily agreed to go with Ramu. They left for next village.
“Morals: Friend in need is friend indeed.”
10. The Fox and The Stork Story
A selfish fox once invited a stork to dinner at his home in a hollow tree. That evening, the stork flew to the fox’s home and knocked on the door with her long beak. The fox opened the door and said, “Please come in and share my food.”
Moral of the story: “A selfish act can backfire on you.”
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1. The Hare and the Tortoise
The tortoise was known for his slow speed as he always used to walk very slowly and steadily where as on the other hand the hare had a capability to run faster so he was known for his amazing fast speed. The hare always was very proud of him and made fun of the tortoise on his slow speed.
2. The Dog and the Bone
But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore.
3. The Thirsty Crow
The story concerns a thirsty crow that comes upon a pitcher with water at the bottom, beyond the reach of its beak. After failing to push it over, the bird drops in pebbles one by one until the water rises to the top of the pitcher, allowing it to drink.
4. Lazy John
There was a boy named John who was so lazy, he couldn’t even bother to change his clothes. One day, he saw that the apple tree in their yard was full of fruits. He wanted to eat some apples but he was too lazy to climb the tree and take the fruits. So he lay down underneath the tree and waited for the fruits to fall off. John waited and waited until he was very hungry but the apples never fell.
5. The Fox and The Grapes
A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them. The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it.
6. The Ant and The Grasshopper
The fable describes how a hungry grasshopper begs for food from an ant when winter comes and is refused. The situation sums up moral lessons about the virtues of hard work and planning for the future. The Grasshopper begs at the Ant's door. of winter. If I give you more, we too will starve. We had the entire summer to prepare for the winter but you chose to play instead.”
7. The Boy Who Cried Wolf
There was once a shepherd boy who liked to play tricks. One day, while he was watching over the herd, the boy decided to play a trick and cried “wolf! wolf!”. The people who heard rushed over to help him. But they were disappointed when they saw that there was no wolf and the boy was laughing at them. The next day, he did it again and people rushed to his aid only to be disappointed once again. On the third day, the boy saw a wolf devouring one of his sheep and cried for help. But the people who heard him thought this is just another of the boy’s pranks so no one came to help him. That day, the boy lost some of his sheep to the wolf.
8. The Ugly Duckling
One day, he had enough and ran away from the pond he grew up in. He wandered near and far looking for a family who would accept him. Months passed and seasons changed but everywhere he went, nobody wanted him because he was such an ugly duck. Then one day, he came upon a family of swans. Upon looking at them, he realized that during the months he spent looking for a family to call his own, he had grown into a beautiful swan. Now he finally understood why he never looked like the rest of his siblings because he isn’t a duck but a swan.
9. The Lion and the Poor Slave
There was once a slave who was treated cruelly by his master. There he chanced upon a lion who couldn’t walk because of the thorn in its paw. Although he’s scared, the slave mustered his courage and took out the thorn in the lion’s paw. When the lion was finally free of the thorn, he ran into the forest and didn’t harm the slave. Sometime later, the slave was caught by his master along with some animals in the forest. The master then ordered the slave to be thrown into the lion’s den. When the slave saw the lion, he recognized it as the same lion he helped in the forest. The slave was able to escape the den unharmed and he freed all the other animals.
10. The Elephant and the Ants
There was once a proud elephant who always bullied smaller animals. The elephant just laughed and threatened the ants that he would crush them to death. One day, the ants had enough and decided to teach the elephant a lesson. They went straight into the elephant’s trunk and started biting him. The elephant could only howl in pain. He realized his mistake and apologized to the ants and all the animals he bullied.
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