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最佳, 返回页首 LISTSThe 10 Best Short Moral Stories With Valuable LessonsDan WesternPublished 2 months agoon Jun 19, 2022By Dan WesternThe 10 Best Short Moral Stories With Valuable Lessons
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 文章 of short stories became so popular, that we decided to create another list, in which every story has a simple moral behind it.
表 of Contents
The 10 Best Short Moral Stories
1. An Old Man Lived in the Village
2. The Wise Man
3. The Foolish Donkey
4. Having A Best Friend
5. The Four Smart Students
6. The Greedy Lion
7. Two 老友记 & The Bear
8. The Struggles of Our Life
9. The 狐狸 & The Grapes
10. The Lion & The Poor Slave
Summary
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 图书 somewhere. However, the strength of the message remains the same.
Here’s some 更多 of the best short moral stories:
1. An Old Man Lived in the Village
Short Moral Stories - An Old Man
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 更多 bile he was becoming and the 更多 poisonous were his words. People avoided him, because his misfortune became contagious. It was even unnatural and insulting to be happy 下一个 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
Short Moral Stories - The Wise Man
People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about the same problems every time. One 日 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 你 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
Short Moral Stories - 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 交叉, 十字架 a stream. One 日 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.
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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 下一个 日 he loaded a cotton bag on the donkey.
Again it played the same trick hoping that the cotton bag would be still become lighter.
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
Short Moral Stories - Having A Best Friend
A story tells that two 老友记 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, 你 wrote in the sand and now, 你 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 你 have in your life. But value who 你 have in your life.
5. The Four Smart Students
Short Moral Stories - 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 下一个 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 说 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 分钟 and 说 they can have the re-test after 3 days. They thanked him and 说 they will be ready 由 that time.
On the third day, they appeared before the Dean. The Dean 说 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 问题 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 或者 你 will learn your lesson.
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6. The Greedy Lion
Short Moral Stories - The Greedy Lion
It was an incredibly hot day, and a lion was feeling very hungry.
He came out of his 巢穴, den, 书房 and searched here and there. He could find only a small hare. He caught the 野兔 with some hesitation. “This 野兔 can’t fill my stomach” thought the lion.
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 野兔 go and went behind the deer. But the deer had vanished into the forest. The lion now felt sorry for letting the 野兔 off.
Moral of the story:
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
7. Two 老友记 & The Bear
Short Moral Stories - Two 老友记 & 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 熊 coming at them. They became frightened.
Raju, who knew all about climbing trees, ran up to a 树 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 动物 don’t prefer dead bodies, so he fell to the ground and held his breath. The 熊 sniffed him and thought he was dead. So, it went on its way.
Raju asked Vijay;
“What did the 熊 whisper into your ears?”
Vijay replied, “The 熊 asked me to keep away from 老友记 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
Short Moral Stories - 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 秒 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 分钟 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 你 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.
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“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.
The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.
However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.
“Which one are you?” he asked his daughter.
“When adversity knocks on your door, how do 你 respond? Are 你 a potato, an egg, 或者 a coffee bean?”
Moral of the story:
In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is how 你 choose to react to it and what 你 make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive.
9. The 狐狸 & The Grapes
Short Moral Stories - The 狐狸 & The Grapes
One afternoon a 狐狸 was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch.
“Just the thing to quench my thirst,” he thought.
Taking a few steps back, the 狐狸 jumped and just missed the hanging grapes. Again the 狐狸 took a few paces back and tried to reach them but still failed.
Finally, giving up, the 狐狸 turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably 酸, 酸奶 anyway,” and proceeded to walk away.
Moral of the story:
It’s easy to despise what 你 can’t have.
10. The Lion & The Poor Slave
Short Moral Stories - The Lion & The Poor Slave
A slave, ill-treated 由 his master, runs away to the forest. There he comes across a lion in pain because of a thorn in his paw. The slave bravely goes 前锋, 期待 and removes the thorn gently.
The lion without hurting him goes away.
Some days later, the slave’s master comes hunting to the forest and catches many 动物 and cages them. The slave is spotted 由 the masters’ men who catch him and bring him to the cruel master.
The master asks for the slave to be thrown into the lion’s cage.
The slave is awaiting his death in the cage when he realizes that it is the same lion that he had helped. The slave rescued the lion and all other caged animals.
Moral of the story:
One should help others in need, we get the rewards of our helpful acts in return.
Summary
Here’s a quick recap on the 10 best short moral stories:
An old man lived in the village
The wise man
The foolish donkey
Having a best friend
The four smart students
The greedy lion
The two 老友记 & the bear
The struggles of our life
The 狐狸 & the grapes
The lion & the poor slave
If 你 haven’t seen our original article, with slightly 更多 detailed inspirational short stories, check it out!
Do 你 have any other 最喜爱的 short moral stories? Leave a 评论 below.
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