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 Preface
This book " 100 Moral Kid Stories" was written in the goal
to help the children to spend more time for reading , for
increasing the knowledges,the wisdom, the perception,the
right judgment and growing up to become the good and
useful people
With this thinking I worked hard on more than a year to
research the good stories for children , searching on the
web of " Moral Kid Stories", and on the internet ,
At first I just sent these stories to my Grand Kids ,then I
really want to share these with all the other children so I
had plan to make the book," 100 Moral Kid Stories". That
will be free distribution for children.

I try to work hard on these ,I have deep wish that the

beautiful ideas in the the stories will be absorbed into the
children 's mind, and improve their spiritual lives .The
children's mind is clear ,so it is very important to guide
them by the good books .The morality,the right thinking
,the gentle words ,the modest in the stories will be the
good guidance for children, enlighten their mind and they
will grow up to be the good people,
The children definitely are the future of mankind on this
world
The children education is very important ,should be the
priority we have to concern
I appreciate very much people to contribute my work
,specially my grand kids, my children are main reason for
me to write these stories,and thank all readers

Kim Giao 2019

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THE 1 ST STORY

WILD DEER PARK

A long time ago ,there

was a beautiful forest,
where many deers
lived.

A King took his man there to hunt. The King

shot an arrow and hit the mother deer. She ran
away in pain.

Later the King found her hiding in a bush with

her baby deer, even though she was bleeding
and had tears in her eyes, she still fed her baby
with her milk .She soon died .The King felt very
sorry, he picked up the baby deer and said;” I
will take care of you from now on".

He then broke his bow into two pieces and said:

" I will never hunt again" .To remember that day
he named the forest Wild Deer Park.

MORAL: Like people ,animals also have

feelings, we should not kill animals for fun, it is
cruel and selfish

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THE 2nd STORY
THE MOON IS LOOKING AT YOU,NO
STEALING

Once there was a very poor family. They often

went to their neighbour's garden to steal some
vegetables. One night the father took along his
little son into their neighbour's garden to steal
some carrots ,his little boy stood beside him.
Suddenly his son whispered "Daddy someone
is looking at us, the father become afraid ,he
quickly look around but he could not see
anyone he asked: "Where ,who" the son
pointed at the sky: " There Daddy, it is the
moon, The moon is looking at us “.

The father was shock by what his son said. He

thought nobody could see what he was doing
at night. His son's words made him feel
ashamed. He threw the carrots down and took
his son by the hand, they both walked back
home in the moonlight,

After that he never stole anything again

MORAL: DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING ,NOT

BELONG TO YOU

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THE 3RD STORY

THE CRIPPLED MAN AND THE BLIND MAN

A crippled man and a blind man were left alone

in a house. A fire broke out. Both were very
scared.

The blind man could not see the way out. The
crippled man could not walk out of the house.

They decide to help each other. The blind man

carried the crippled man on his back. The
crippled man told the blind man where to go.
Together ,they got out of the burning house.

MORAL: If we help each other ,we will all win

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THE 4 TH STORY

MAKING GOOD FRIENDS

The Buddha and Ananda were begging in a

city. They passed a fishmonger's shop .
The Buddha said ," Ananda touch the rope
where the fish are hanging and smell your
fingers .Ananda did this and said: " it smells
awful" The Buddha said " This is the same with
making friends,if you mix with bad people, you
will become bad.This is like the smell from the
rope in the fishmonger shop.
Next ,they passed a spice shop. The Buddha
said" Ananda touch the spice wrapper and then
smell your fingers, Ananda did this and
said,"my fingres smell very nice." The Buddha
said ," This is the same with making friends .

MORAL:If you mix with good people, you will

be a good person
If you mix with bad people, you will be a bad
person

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 THE 5 TH STORY

THE FOX AND THE OTTER

A fox’s wife wanted to eat some fresh fish.
The fox tried to find some for her near the
river. He saw two otters at the river dragging
along a big fish. Both wanted the best parts of
the fish.The fox watched them for a short
time. Then he went up to ask if he could
divided the fish for them.
The otters were delighted .The fox divided the
fish into three pieces. He gave the head to
one otter and the tail to the other. While the
otters were thinking how the fox would divide
the best part of the fish, the fox ran away with
it. The otters had only themselves to blame
for being so selfish
• MORAL:DO NOT BE SELFISH. SHARE
WITH OTHERS

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THE 6TH STORY

HEAD AND TAIL OF THE SNAKE

The snake's tail had a fight with its head. The

tail said," You led me for so long. Now it's time
for me to lead you"
The head said: "I should be the leader .I have
eyes and a mouth" .The tail said ," You need
me to move , without me you can not go
anywhere.
Then the tail grabbed a tree branch and would
not let go. The snake's head gave up and let
the tail to be the leader.
The tail could not see where it was going, it fell
into a fire pit , the snake was burnt to death.

MORAL: IT HURT BOTH SIDES WHEN YOU

QUARREL. DO NOT FIGHT EACH OTHER

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THE 7 TH STORY

THE CLEANING WOMAN HAS CLEAN MIND

A woman worked very hard cleaning the

streets. As her clothes were dirty and smelly,
all the people ran away from her when they saw
her But when the Buddha talked to her nicely,
the people were surprised. They asked the
Buddha," You always ask us to be clean, why
are you talking to this smelly woman?"

The Buddha replied, "Although this woman is

smelly but,her mind is clean. She is polite and
working hard for others .Some people look
clean and tidy ,but their minds are full of bad
thoughts"

Normally we should wear clean cloth for

looking nice, except when we have do some
dirty work like gardening, auto repairing

MORAL;HAVING CLEAN MIND IS VERY

IMPORTANT TO BRING THE HAPPINESS
AND THE PEACE

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THE 8 TH STORY

THE KING AND HIS THIRD MINISTER

Long, long time ago, there lived a clever King.

The King wanted to point a new minister for his
Kingdom and so he decided to test the wisdom
of three ministers. He wanted to choose one
among them as his chief minister. He called all
three ministers to his chamber and said," I want
all three of you to bring as many young animals
as you can from the forest. I want them in royal
zoo. All of you have one day for this task." He
wanted to check how intelligent each of them
could be" .All the three ministers set out in
search of young animals

After one day the first and the second minister

brought 4 young elephants calves. 2 bears
cubs,2 tigers cubs. On the other hand the third
minister returned empty-handed, the King was
surprised when he saw the 3rd minister empty-
handed .The King asked the third minister,
‘Why you returned empty-handed,”. The third
minister said," Your highness, these animals
are too young to be separated from their
mothers. In fact, their mothers would also miss
them terribly, I do not have the heart to do this"
The King smiled and he knew he got his
minister’s answer .The King said ." I am glad
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that you were so thoughtful about these
animals". Because of the third minister 's kind
gesture, the King declared him to be the chief
minister of the Kingdom

MORAL: Positive thoughts and positive actions

leads to positive results

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THE 9 TH STORY

A HOLE IN THE FENCE

In a small village,lived a boy and his parents

.He was an only child.The parents of the boy
were very troubled with their child. Whenever
the little boy got angry,he used to use harsh
words ..Because of his temper, the boy did not
have any friends. The father had a good idea,
he gave his son a hammer and a bags of nails
and said " Every time you get angry,hammer a
nail in the fence. After receiving the bag of nails
and a hammer , the boy was amused. The first
day, he hammered thirty nails! The next day the
number of hammered nail reduced. The boy
found hammering nails a tiresome.” It would be
easier if I controlled my anger" Soon the boy
start controlling his temper It was difficult in the
beginning ,but gradually he learned how to
control it . The boy started hammering lesser
nails Then came a day When the boy
hammered no nails in the fence. The boy 's
father saw all of this,he then gave the boy a
new task. " Now , every time you control your
your anger,pull the nail out of the fence" What
do you see?the father asked his son ."A hole"
the boy eagerly replied Now do you see what
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anger does". So the father continued." Think of
the nails as your temper and the fence as
people, now you see that the nails can be
pulled out, but it will leave a hole in the fence
forever similarily with people you can
apologize, but the wounds will still be there
"Words can do more damage than anything
else. Use yours words to spread warmth and
build relationships,". The boy learned from
mistakes and decided not to repeat them

MORAL:UNKIND WORDS CAUSE LASTING

DAMAGE, LET OUR WORDS BE KIND AND
SWEET

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THE 10 TH STORY

THE YOUNG GIRL AND THE HEN

Once upon a time ,in a farm land lived a happy

family. A couple and their daughter ran a farm
and took care of animals. The girl naturally
loved all kind of animals .All above she loved to
play with the hens and their chicken on the
farm. But one of them had a bad habit of being
angry. As result the girl got her finger pecked.
At once she ran to her father."Daddy!"She cried
."There is this hen, she does not let me to play
with her”. ”Alright so do you know why does she
keep repeating the same things" said the
father." No" the girl replied .

Then the father began explaining."

The poor litlle hen scared of you
because she thinks that you will
hurt her or her chicken and if you
look at it that way, can you blame
the hen to be angry at you?". "I think not “ said the
girl.” Now if you take time and become friendly with
the hen,I am sure she won't do what she did today.
Surely she will let you play with her too .Always
remember that the first and the foremost thing we
should do is to understand others”

MORAl : THE FIRST STEP TO EVERY

RELATIONSHIP IS UNDERSTANDING
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THE 11 TH STORY
PENCIL AND ERASER STORY

Once upon a time, a pencil and an eraser were

having a conversation about each other 's job.
Both of them were praising each other for their
hard work. Both of them knew that they are
nothing without each other.Soon pencil started
to draw a straight line. The eraser was looking
at the pencil, all of a sudden,the pencil lost its
balance and straight line created by pencil was
ruined. Now the pencil got very sad because
she knew that the eraser would have to suffer
because of her mistake. The pencil said to
eraser." I am so sorry!" The eraser did not know
what pencil was talking about so it asked, " for
what my dear friend", "I am sorry , you get hurt
because of me. Whenever I make a mistake,
you are always there to erase it, but you make
my mistakes vanish away, you loose a part of
yourself and get smaller each time" cried the
pencil. On hearing this, the eraser replied" That
is true but I do not really mind, you see I was
made to do this, I was made to help you every
time you did something wrong. Even though
one day, I know I will be gone. I am actually
happy with my job, so please stop worrying . I
will not be happy if I see you sad" .Reflection
through story: our parents are just like eraser,
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and we are the pencil. They are always there
for their children and cleaning up their
mistakes. Sometimes along the way they get
hurt and with time they become older and older.
The parents are always happy with what they
do for their children and will always hate seeing
their children worrying or sad

MORAL: TAKE CARE OF YOUR PARENTS,

TREAT THEM WITH KINDNESS, AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY LOVE THEM THE MOST

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THE 12 ND STORY

SHAKE OFF ALL YOUR PROBLEMS

Once upon a time,there used to live a man. This man

had many monkeys to help him with his business.
Among them,there was an old donkey.Now this old
donkey had been with the merchant for long time.One
day when the merchant and his donkey were
returning from a trip, the old donkey fell into an open
pit.The donkey began wailing and crying." Oh no "
cried the merchant "I do not have any rope what
should I do now".The merchant looked around for
some help,but he could not found anything that would
help him to bring the donkey out. In the end he
decided to fill the pit .The man began to dig the
ground,although this time the donkey keep crying and
wailing.As the man dug the ground he kept throwing
the dirt into the pit.After some time the donkey
stopped wailing when the man stopped for a short
rest.After a while ,what he saw suprised him" Oh my
donkey you did not lose hope!".The man realized that
when he was throwing the dirt on the donkey,the
donkey shook the dirt off.And in doing so , the dirt
started accumulating on the ground .And when there
was enough dirt on the ground,the donkey keft
shaking it off and coming upwards.Then in the
end,the donkey was finally out of pit

MORAL: JUST AS THE DONKEY SHOOK OF ALL

THE DIRT AND FOUND HIS WAY OUT OF THE PIT
ON HIS OWN ,WE TOO SHOULD TREAT OUR
PROBLEMS AS THE DIRT,ONLY AFTER SHAKING
THEM OFF WE CAN TACKLE OUR PROBLEM

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 THE 13 RD STORY
THE THIRSTY CROW
This story about a crow was wandering here
and there in search of water.On his way ,he
saw a pot of water which was half filled.
He tried hard to reach the water but he was
not able to do so.Soon he noticed the pebbles
on the ground and one by
one,he started put it in the pot .At once ,the
level of water reach the top.The thirsty crow
drank the water and flied away happily

MORAL: THE STORY TELL US THAT NO MATTER

WHAT ONE SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP IN THE
TIME OF PROBLEM. IF YOU TRY HARD
ENOUGH,YOU WILL SOON SOLVE THE SOLUTION
TO ALL THE PROBLEM.BUT IF YOU DO NOT GIVE UP,
YOU WILL SOON SOLVE THE SOLUTION TO ALL THE
PROBLEMS.BUT IF YOU GIVE UP ,YOU WILL
AUTOMATICALLY LOSE THE BEST
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SAME

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THE 14 TH STORY

ALWAYS BE TRUTHFUL

One day, Princy was alone at home. Her

parents had gone to attend a party. Princy
saw a stapler lying on her father ‘ s table.She
picked up and started playing with it
She tore the pages of an old book and started
stapling them. When the stapling got finished,
she tried to refill the stapler. As she didn’t
know how to do it , she broke it
Princy got scared and left the stapler on the
table. Next day when her father asked her
about the broken stapler, she confessed that it
was broken by her
Her father praised her for telling the truth but
also asked her not to fiddle with things, which
she didn’ t know to use

MORAL: TELLING THE TRUTH IS ONE OF

THE BEAUTFIFULL MORAL CHARACTER

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THE 15 TH STORY
STORY OF TWO SEEDS
Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil The
first seed said ,
" I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep
into the soil beneath me and thrush my sprouts
through the Earth's crust above me. I want to
feel warmth of the sun on my face and blessing
the morning dew on my petal"
And so she grew On the other hand, the
second seed said ,
" Hmmm!. I send my roots into the ground
below, I do not know what I will encounter in
the dark. If I push my way to the hard soil above
me, I may damage my delicate sprouts. What
If I let my bud open and a snail strikes to eat
them? And if was open to my blossoms , a
small child may pull me from the ground."
The second seed though for a while and decide
to wait until it is safe and so she waited .Then
one day , a yard hen, scratching around in the
early spring for food, found the waiting seed
and promptly ate it

MORAL: Those who dream big and think

positively will grow and prosper, those who
think negatively and refuse to risk will get
swallowed up by life

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THE 16 TH STORY

LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

Once the fox was roaming around the dark.

Unfortunately, he fell into a well. He tried this
level best to come out but in vain The next day
a goat came by that way. She peeped into the
well and saw the fox there. The goat asked "
What are you doing there Mr. Fox?The sly fox
replied" I came here to drink water. It is best I
have ever tasted. Come and see for yourself"

Without thinking even for a while, the goat

jump into the well quenched her thirst and
looked for a way to get out . But just like the
fox , she also found herself helpless to come
out. Then the fox said " I have idea , you
stand on your hind legs, I will climb on your
head and get out. Then I shall help you come
out too" The goat was innocent enough to
understand the shrewdness of the fox and did
as the fox said and help him get out of the
well. While walking away , the fox said ." Have
you been intelligent enough, you would never
got in without seeing how to get out" That 's
why we say."Look before you leap"

MORAL:THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE

DOING
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THE 17TH STORY

KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU SUCCEED

A group of frogs was playing when two of them

fell into a deep pit.

When others frogs saw how deep the pit was,

they told the two frogs that they were as good
as dead .The two frogs ignored their comments
and tried hard to jump out of the pit but all in
vain.

Finally one of the frogs gave up but the other

continued to jump even harder and made it out

So this story proves that you should never give

up trying until the time you succeed.

MORAL: The difficult things do not make the

obstacles for the people who are patient ,
studious , keeping try hard and not giving up

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THE 18TH STORY

THE MISER AND HIS GOLD

Once upon a time, there was a miser ,he never spent
any gold he had. He had dug up a hole and used to
bury the gold near the tree in his garden. Every day he
went near the tree to dig it up and looked at the gold
happily. One day a passerby saw him digging up and
happened to see the gold hidden by him. The robber
waited till the night time to dig up the gold and took all
the gold buried under the tree.

The next day ,the miser came back to look at his gold."
Where is my gold " he cried loudly " who stole my gold".

Listening to the miser's crying, all the neighbors came

to his house

." What happened? Why are you upset? asked one of

his neighbors.

The miser showed them the hole told them the gold he
used to hide under the tree. All were stolen A man
asked if he had ever spent any of his gold. He replied
"No" The man said ." Now you put some yellow stone
in the hole and think that the gold is still inside it, the
gold under ground if no used it is same the stone, then
you can be as happy as you were before, all his friend
started to laugh and left him with the empty hole

MORAL: WEALTH UNUSED MIGHT AS WELL NOT

EXIST People should use the money wisely, that mean
not stingy and not wasteful

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.THE 19 TH STORY

THE OAK TREE AND THE REEDS

An oak tree stood tall and strong near the bank
of a river and close to some reeds It was a huge
tree with a huge trunk and hundreds of big,
strong branches. The oak was so proud that he
used to boast openly about his strength:" I am
so strong and mighty! Nothing can uproot me!
Nothing can destroy me" said the oak tree
proudly The reeds couldn't resist by say," Oh !
Mighty oak tree, do not be proud of your
strength .Nothing in this world is immortal.
Being modest is the key" Ha! Ha! Ha! You little
feeble reeds laughed the Oak tree. the oak tree
stood there with pride when suddenly the wind
started to blow. The reeds bow their head as
the wind started getting stronger. Watching this
the oak tree said " you are so petit and weak!
The slightest of wind make you bow the head.
How would you survive the strongest of storm .
Ha! Ha! Ha! Soon the wind turn to the hurricane
and the oak tree standing straight with the pride
continued to laugh at the reeds." Oh tree! You
might be big and strong but you need not worry
about us, We will bow the head in this powerful
hurricane and survive it. If you will continue
standing straight, you will not be able to survive
in these strong winds and break in no time"
said the wise reeds No! Nothing can up root
me! I am the strongest and never bow down no
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matter what" said the arrogant tree. The wind
got more furious and soon the hurricane took
its peak. The little reeds kept their heads bow
and started swinging in the rhythm of the wind
preventing themselves from getting up-rooted.
But the Oak tree which stood straight and tried
fighting the winds soon broke down and fell on
the river "No! This is not possible " cried the
tree. So we told you, you just learnt a lesson
Better to yield when it is foolish to resist , than
to resist stubbornly and be destroyed!" Said all
the reeds. The Oak tree went drifting in the
water crying over his own false pride

MORAL: NEVER BE SO PROUD OF

YOURSELF! ONE SHOULD REMAIN
HUMBLE, OR ELSE ONE HAS TO SUFFER
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THE 20 TH STORY

NEVER JUDGE OTHERS

Once upon a time ,there lived a little girl with

her mother, father, and a little brother. One day
, she wanted to eat apples. She was sitting on
a chair holding two apples in her hands. Her
mother came to her and softly asked

," Honey, can you share one apple with me"

The girl looked at her Mom for a second and
suddenly took a bite of one apple . Then she
quickly took a bite of the second apple. The
mother could not understand what her
daughter was up to .Seeing this made the
mother feel sad but she did not want to reveal
her disappointment. She was disheartened
after seeing her child's behavior. She anyway
smiled and avoided her daughter's action After
a few moments of silence, the little girl handed
one of the apples to her mother and said ,

" Mom take this one! This is the sweeter one!"

Suddenly the mother realized the mistake of
quickly judging her little daughter before
understanding her true intention. The mother
was feeling very sorry. She was amazed by her
daughter's behavior

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MORAL: WE SHOULD ALWAYS AVOID
JUDGING OTHERS BY OUR OWN LEVEL OF
PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING AND
WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMAIN OPEN-
MINDED

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THE 21 St TORY

THE GREEDY DOG

This is story of a stray dog who used to roam

street to street in search of food and water.
One day while roaming, he found a juicy bone.
He held the bone tightly into his mouth and was
about to cross the stream .
As he looked into the stream he saw another
dog with bone. He wanted to grab his bone,
too.
But as he opened his mouth, the bone fell into
the stream . Later ,he realized that it was his
own reflection. He had to go back home hungry

MORAL: "ONE SHOULD NOT BE GREEDY"

and GRASP ALL,LOSE ALL

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THE 22 ND STORY

FATHER AND HIS INTELLIGENT SON

Once upon a time , there lived a father and a

son together. They were very rich. What ever
his son demanded, the father would get for him
without any hitch.The father wanted that his
son should value everything he had and should
respect everyone irrespective of cast ,religion
and color One day, the father decided to take
his son on a trip. He took his son on a trip to a
village. He wanted to show him how poor
someone could be. He spent time on the farm
of a poor family The boy treated the poor
people very nicely His father was very
surprised at his behavior On their return from
the trip, the father asked his son:" How was the
tip,son?"" It was great,Dad!" The son replied,"
What did you learn from the trip?" his father
asked.The son answered," we have one dog ,
they have four!"We have a pool at our home
but they have a huge river!We buy food for
ourselves and they grow food!"The son
continued," We have so many lights at our
houses but they have beautiful stars! We have
wall to protect us but they have friends! All of
us have television to pass our time but they
have family to spend the quality time. We have
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lots of money with us they have the God with
them!" The father was speechless while his son
was talking and realized that his son had
noticed so well. Then his son added," Thank
you, father for showing me how poor we are!

MORAL: IT IS NOT ABOUT MONEY THAT

MAKE US RICH, IT IS SIMPLICITY,LOVE,
COMPASSION, FRIENDSHIPS,
VALUE,FAMILY AND OUR GOOD
RELATIONSHIP TO GOD , TO PEOPLE
THAT MAKES OUR LIVES RICH

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THE 23 RD STORY
THE GOOD SIDE OF THINGS
Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom, .there
lived a King who was fond of hunting. He had a
chief minister who was a very wise and
optimistic man One day the King and the
Minister went hunting in a dense forest. As they
went on ,they began to get hungry. The King
said ," I will have some coconuts for lunch!" and
cut a coconut from a tree with his sword.
Suddenly, the sword slipped from the King's
hand and its sharp blade fell on his foot cut off
his toe The King screamed in pain and turned
to his Minister. To his shock The Minister
laughed and said ," Oh ! That 's magnificent"
The King was furious to hear this and said , "
How can it be magnificent?" The Minister
replied," Well Your Majesty, everything
happens for the best. We may not be able to
see the good in it now, but we will realize it in
the future." The King was very angry , he
pushed the Minister into the dry well that was
nearby and hopping back towards his palace
On his way , he was captured by a group of wild
tribal who decided that he would be excellent
sacrifice to their God The King was carried to
the tribal priest to get him ready for the
sacrifice. The King was very scared. To his
good fortune, the tribal priest found that The
King had a toe missing and said , " I am sorry,
we can’t offer any one who is damaged to our
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God" The tribal set the King free and went
away The King rushed back to the well where
he had pushed his minister and pulled him out,
then hugging the Minister he said , " I am very
sorry my dear friend! You are indeed wise!"
The King then told him of all that had
happened. The Minister smiled and said ," You
do not have to apologize, your Majesty! I am
lucky that you push me into the well. Thank you
The King was puzzled and said , " why do you
thank me? I did you wrong!" The Minister
laughed and said " Oh no, your majesty, you
save my life ! If you had not push me into the
well, those tribal would have caught me and I
would have been made the sacrifice "

MORAL:ALWAYS LOOK AT THE GOOD

THINGS IN THE LIFE! AND NEVER DWELL
ON THE NEGATIVE.

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THE 24 TH STORY

THE CROW AND THE SWANS

The last days of the summer were coming to an

end. It was very hot On one side of the jungle,
there was a river and on the other side, there
was a huge banyan tree. On this banyan, there
lived a crow. He used to pass his days by
shouting "Caw...Caw..Caw..." One afternoon,
there came two swans who decided to rest
under this banyan tree to escape from the heat
They closed eyes and resting peacefully Just
then the crow asked them, "Hey, you! Where
have you come from? and why are you sitting
under my tree." We come from Mansarovar
river which is very far away . We just want to
rest for a while and then we will go away", the
swans replied in humble stone. The crow
challenged them "Let 's have a flying
competition. Whosoever loses would fly away."
After a lot of denial, the swans agreed. At last
the flying competition started. At first the crow
was ahead. But after completing two rounds,
he got very tired. The swans were good at
flying long distances. They had no problem
.But the crow was in trouble. There was water
everywhere below him. There was no place for
him to sit and relax At last, he fell into the water,
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He thought," Oh, my God! I am going to die!"
The swans saw the crow, they took pity on him
and saved him . Because of his false pride, the
crow had to face death, but the swans saved
him even after the crow disrespected them

MORAL: If YOU FEEL THAT YOU ' RE GOOD

AT SOMETHING, DO NOT BE TOO PROUD
OF IT

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THE 25 TH STORY

THE GIFT Of INSULTS

Once upon a time, in a village near Tokyo, lived

an old samurai. He had never lost a single
battle in his life This samurai 's praise spread
far and wide. Soon many students came to him.
One day a young warrior came to their village.
Now he had heard tales about the old samurai.
He wished to fight the old samurai and win.
This young samurai too had not lost a single
fight until now. Now there was a trick to
winning. And because of it he had never lost a
single battle. The young samurai never took
the first step,he let the opponents take the first
step. Through that the young samurai knew
where the opponents weakness lay.And then ,
he used that for advantage. After finally finding
him, the young samurai challenged the old
samurai, Despite his students concerned, the
old master accepted the challenge. As the two
began the battle, the young samurai began
throwing the insults at the old samurai. The
young samurai hope to anger the old
samurai.But the old samurai kept quiet and did
not say a word. Then the young samurai threw
dirt and spit on the old samurai. But even then
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the old samurai kept his compose. This
continued for a while and it was not long before
the young samurai gave up and left. The
students were concerned about their master
and asked why did the insults not hurt him? The
wise master smile and said ," when you do not
accept a gift from somebody then who does the
gift belong to?"

MORAL: DO NOT LET THE CHAOS ON THE

OUTSIDE DISTURB THE CALM ON THE
INSIDE

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THE 26 TH STORY

THE FIGHTING FINGERS

The world is full of arguments . It happened one

day with the five fingers of our hand. Together
they come bragging and speaking to decide the
most important of them all.The middle finger
said: " I am big, I am tall, I am the center of
them all as four little guards you stand around
the emperor of the hand!"The other fingers
laughed and said :"you are just useless!"The
ring finger told the pinky finger to keep out of it
as it is the little finger The little finger got angry
and said:" Why should I stay away this
conversation,I may be little but I am big!Tell me
who comes the first when you are about to
greet?"You can make fun of me but I am
number 1" The ring finger said, " Stop joking
you little finger"Take a look at me .The people
crown me with the ring and that 's way they
honor the King, I am the best "" Dear fellow
fingers ,none of you are useful as me. I direct,
I teach , I point, I preach,don't take it to your
heart but tell me are you also sharp and
smart?" The index finger said .The middle
finger, the ring finger and the pinky finger
answered" Of course we are! Even smart than
you! And definitely more useful too!" Finally ,
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after listening to all of them the thumb said ," I
think I am important too.In fact even more than
each one of you! Tell me fingers, if I, the thumb
is not with you? Would you be able to write, or
fly a kite? Would you be able to lift the weight ?
Would you be able to wear a cap or open and
close the tap? What ever the work maybe, you
just can not do without me!" The thumb made
all of them understand that each and every
finger important in its own way! If these five
fingers are united, they all help each other. All
the fingers started singing in joy." Together we
work , together we stand ,united we live as the
fingers in our hand.

MORAL: HELP EACH OTHER AND BE

UNITED

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THE 27 TH STORY

THE UGLY TREE STORY

Once upon a time, a forest had straight and

beautiful trees but in this forest there was one
tree whose trunk was bent, hunched .The
crooked tree often sighed for his ugly look. The
other trees laughed and made fun of this tree
by calling it hunchback .This made the tree very
sad.

One day a woodcutter came to the forest to cut

the wood . He saw the hunchback tree and he
crumbled," This twisted tree is useless to me!
It's better not to cut this" .And then he cut down
all the straight and smooth trees.

The hunchback tree then realized that God had

saved his life by making him a twisted tree. He
was thankful to God

MORAL: EVERYTHING HAS ITS OWN

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

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THE 28 TH STORY

TRUE FRIENDSHIP

Once upon a time, the Bodhisattva was born at

the parrot, it resided only one fig tree with other
parrots.
When the parrot was growing up the tree was
still young and strong. The tree bore many
delicious and sweet fruits and the branches of
the fig tree were thick with many leaves. These
leaves provided good shelter during the harsh
weather.
This parrot made a home in that fig tree but
after few years , the fig tree grew old as all
things do, the tree stopped bearing fruits and
leaves fell off. But the parrot still resided in the
old fig tree whereas all the other parrots had
left to find a better tree .Then one day the tree
asked the parrot that why hadn't he deserted
the tree like the others had.
The parrot simply replied “ You were a friend of
mine and you have fed me for many years
.Why should I forsake you now?"

MORAL: TRUE FRIENDS NEVER LEAVE

YOUR SIDE, EVEN WHEN THE GOING
GETS TOUGH

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THE 29 TH STORY

THE OLD MAN AND HIS DEFECTIVE CELL

PHONE

One day , an elderly gentleman took his cell

phone to the repair shop. He walked up to the
technician, a little frustrated and said, " I have
only had this phone for a few months and
already it does not receive calls, please fix it or
I would like a new one that work". After review
, the technician came back with the good
news:" your phone is working fine, Sir, it sends
and receives calls perfectly. You have nothing
to worry about”. Is there anything else I can
help you with?" ask the technician. Shocked,
sad and confused, the elderly man began to
cry, he quietly replied," are you sure?. Then
why are not my children calling me?’ The
technician was speechless. The elderly man
looked up, regained his composure, and
asked," Do you call your parents?" Again the
technician was speechless After listening to the
elderly man, he began feel guilty now. With
long working hours, raising a family, he did not
call his parents as often as he really should
.The technician had tears on his eyes when he
thought about his old parents " Well then, you
can help me one thing, call your parents!
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Please do not get so busy that you let them
think you have forgotten them", said the elderly
man. And with that he turned and walk
hopelessly out of the store

MORAL: BE SURE TO SPEND TIME WITH

YOUR PARENTS WHEN YOU CAN,
BECAUSE ONE DAY ,WHEN YOU LOOK UP
FROM YOR BUSY LIF E , THEY WON'T BE
THERE ANY MORE

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THE 30 TH STORY

THOMAS EDISON’S LIFE

One day, as a small child, Thomas Edison came
home from school and gave
a paper to his mother. He
said to her" Mom, my
teacher gave this paper to
me and told me only you are to read it. What does
it say?". Her eyes swelled with tears as she read
the letter out loud to her child: " Your son is a
genius. This school is too small for him and doesn't
have good enough teachers to train him. Please
teach him yourself"

Many years after Edison's mother died, he became

one of THE GREATEST INVENTORS Of THE
CENTURY .One day he was going through a
closet and he found the folded letter that his old
teacher wrote to his mother that day . He opened
it .the message written on the letter was: " Your son
is mentally deficient. We cannot let him attend our
school anymore. He is expelled". Edison became
emotional after reading it and then wrote in his
diary: "Thomas A. Edison was a mentally deficient
child whose mother turned him into the genius of
the century

MORAL: A POSITIVE WORD OF

ENCOURAGEMENT CAN HELP CHANGE
ANYONE ' S DESTINY
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THE 31 ST STORY

THE FATHER TEACHES HIS SON A

LESSION

One day the father prepared breakfast for him

and his son , two bowls of noodle , one had one
egg on top, the other had no egg.
The father asked his son :"Which one do you
want".
The son chose the bowl with egg, after that the
bottom of the bowel without egg had 2 eggs.
The 2nd time, the father still made the same
and asked the son to choose, the son got the
bowel no egg with the hope getting 2 eggs at
the bottom, but the bowl with egg had one more
egg at the bottom , the other one had nothing
,so the son get no egg.
The 3rd time the father did the same, the son
now is wiser, he said :" Daddy you choose first"
. The father got the bowl without egg, this time
two bowls had egg at the bottom so finally the
son get 2 eggs

MORAL: GREEDY PEOPLE WANT MORE

BUT GET LESS.THE GIVING SHARING
PEOPLE WANT LESS BUT GET MORE.
SELFISHNESS BRINGS BAD LUCK.
COMPASSION, WISDOM AND LOVING
KINDNESS BRING GOOD LUCK AND
HAPPINESS
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THE 32 ND STORY
A WISE OLD OWL STORY

Once upon a time, a group of owls came to settle

in a forest, this forest had many beautiful lush
green trees. The young owls greedily chose all the
green tree. There they built their new homes.
However , there was an old owl also amongst them
. He was forced to build his nest in an old, dried up
oak tree. Without much of choice , the old owl
settled there
As time went by the younger owls became too
proud of there beautiful home" Hey old man,
couldn't find a better tree for your nest" the younger
owls teased the old one. "We are so lucky" they
would say" our nests have beautiful trees unlike
yours!" With old age, comes wisdom and this old
owl was wise too. So he smiled and said," It is too
early to say which one of us is lucky."
Then one day a group of woodcutters came to the
forest . They chopped all green trees , the old oak
tree was the only one left
The old owl smiled and told the young ones: " you
see, sometimes.: A CURSE IS BLESSING IN
DISGUISE,"
Only after losing their homes did young owls
realize their mistakes

MORAL:OLD PEOPLE LEARNED MORE

EXPERIENCES THAN THE YOUNG ONES

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THE 33 RD STORY

THE ARROGANT FLOWERPECKER

Near the forest ,there was a flowerpecker

family living happily together. They were the
father bird, the mother bird, and the lovely little
flowerpecker .One day ,sparrow was flying by
when she saw flowerpecker, she exclaimed,
"wow little flowerpecker! You are so adorable!
Hear that flowerpecker was delighted. Since
then, little flowerpecker refused to her parents
with find food and chore. Every time she
showed up ,all the other birds complimented
her pretty feather. This made flowerpecker
more and more arrogant and she usually
criticized others, especially the dove her best
friend was not even exception," you are getting
uglier! No one is going to hang around with
you," said flowerpecker to dove. Hearing that
dove didn't say anything but sadly flew away.
No one liked to be her friend anymore.
Whenever flowerpecker flew down to other
birds to play with,all her friend flew away and
left alone After some time flowerpecker
realized how lonely it would be if she didn't
have any friend. She became sad and soon
decided to go home, there she told her mother
everything, after listening to her, mother
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flowepecker said gently," it's because you have
been too arrogant .You and your all friends are
beautiful. You must go to them to say sorry,
especially dove your best friend. Listened to
her mother, flowerpecker went to all her friends
to say sorry Seeing how sincere flowerpecker
was, all of them forgave her All of them happily
flew to the sky

MORAL:IN LIFE YOU NEED TO BE MODEST

NO MATTER HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE
YOU SHOULD NEVER LOOK DOWN TO
ANYONE

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THE 34 TH STORY
SIX BLIND MEN

Six blind men decided to go to the trade fair.

There they heard people shouting, "Look an
elephant is coming" When the elephant came
near they become anxious to know what an
elephant look like .
One by one they touched the elephant. The first
blind man moved his hands around his big
stomach. He said :" the elephant is like a wall
"The second man was standing near the tusk
of the elephant. He touched it and said:" An
elephant is smooth and pointed at the tip, it is
like spear!"
The third one moved his hands around the
elephant legs and said ," an elephant is like a
pillar!"
The fourth one touched the trunk of the
elephant ,he could feel it moving. He said :" you
all are wrong , an elephant is like a big snake".
The fifth man was near the tail and said :" I
know an elephant is like a rope".
The sixth man touched the elephant ear and
said :" you all are wrong , an elephant is like a
big fan"
Each of them thought that they were right in
their own way

MORAL : WE SHOULD NOT IMPOSE OUR

OPINIONS ON OTHERS

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THE 35 TH STORY

POTATOES,EGGS AND COFFEE BEAN

STORY

Once upon a time , a daughter complained to

her father that her life was miserable. She was
tired of fighting and struggling all the time The
father boiled potato, egg, coffee bean in three
different pots of water for 20 minutes After that
he asked: "Daughter what do you see?"she
hastily replied ,"look closer and touch the
potatoes!" He said .She did and noticed that
they were soft " now take an egg and break it"
He said after pulling off the shell , she observed
the hard-boil egg Finally he ask her to smell
coffee,"

Father what does that mean". She asked. He

then explained that:" They had each faced the
same adversity, however each one reacted
differently The potatoes became soft, The
inside of the egg became hard, the coffee bean
changed water and created something new
Which one are you? He asked his daughter,
when adversity knocks on your door, how do
you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a
coffee bean?

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MORAL: IN LIFE THINGS HAPPENS
AROUND US, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT
MATTERS IS HOW YOU CHOOSE TO
REACT TO IT AND WHAT YOU MAKE OUT
OF IT. LIFE IS ALL ABOUT LEARNING,
ADOPTING, AND CONVERTING ALL THE
STRUGGLES THAT WE EXPERIENCE INTO
SOMETHING POSITIVE

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THE 36 TH STORY

BIRD AND THE BANYAN TREE

One day a little sparrow was flying happily in

the sky.Suddenly,a hunter hit her with a
stone.One of the sparrow's wing boke and she
plummeted The sparrow tried hard to fly up to
the sky but she understood that she would not
really able to fly anymore So she decided to
stay in one of the trees near by for that day.She
first approached the banana tree." Hey banana
tree, can I stay in yours branches?Please!."
Shoo! Go away!" said the banana tree. The bird
limped away to the next tree.It was a guava
tree." You silly bird! I won't give you any space
!Get out of here"shouted the guava tree The
poor bird was now totally heartbroken." She
cried as she was walking .

She suddenly heard a voice.The voice said "

Come to me" it was the banyan tree." Hey little
sparrow! I can be your friend .I have a lot of
room in my branches.So you can comfortably
stay there" said the banyan tree. " That is so
kind of you Mr. Banyan.” The bird said happily

Just then ,a voice from the sky spoke up, "

Oh,banyan tree ,you will be rewarded for your
active kindness . You will go the strongest of all
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the trees and provide shelter to the variety of
birds. You will also live a very long life!"Even
today, the banyan tree is the strongest of all the
trees

MORAL: GOOD BEGETS GOOD

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THE 37 TH STORY

AN HONEST BOY

Once,there was a very poor boy named Paul.

He lived with his family. His parents worked
hard to raise their son.Paul was a very good
boy and always spoke the truth. His parents
taught him that:" honesty is the best policy".

One day the King visited Paul's village and all

the villagers came out to greet the King. The
King was giving away cookies and candy .Paul
got a box full of candy and cookies. Paul was
so excited that he immediately rushed to home
to share the candy with his family

When he return home he noticed that there was

a beautiful ring among all the candy He thought
to himself that this ring could make him rich. So
he and his family no longer had to worry about
having enough food to eat. But Paul decided to
return the ring to the King .

.The King was very thankful to Paul and said to

him " Son,this is my favorite ring.You are very
honest boy and I want to reward you with lots
of gold coin!"

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When Paul's parents got to know about his
honesty , they became very happy .From that
day Paul was a rich boy and his family never
got hungry again

MORAl : Paul is poor but not greedy ,he is great

boy .The honest and ungreedy people will be
admired by everybody

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THE 38 TH STORY

THE PRIEST ENLIGHTED THE THIEF

One prisoner was released after 15 years in

the prison.His crime was stealing few loaves
of bread for his hungry nephews.He went
back to home town,nobody greeted him.Only
the priest was welcome him and invited him
for dinner and treated him well with the silver
tea set
In that midnight the prisoner sneaked out and
brought the silver set with him.The Police
caught him and brought him back to the
church,the Priest said :" he did not steal,I give
him that gift",so the prisoner was free.
The beautiful deed,the compassion the loving
kindness of the Priest enlightened the
prisoner's heart and wisdom,so the rest in his
life ,he worshiped the Priest and put the silver
tea set on the altar,then he always did the
good deeds in his life.He became the Saint

MORAL: LOVING KINDNESS AND

COMPASSION CAN TOUCH THE PEOPLE'S
HEART

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THE 39 TH STORY

THE MAN AND THE LITTLE CAT

One day, an old man was having a walk in the

forest when he suddenly saw a little cat stuck
in a hole.

The poor animal was struggling to get out, so

he gave the cat his hand to get it out.

But the cat scratched his hand with fear. The

man pulled his hand screaming with pain. But
he did not stop. He tried to give a hand to the
cat again and again

Another man was watching the scene,

screamed with surprise," For god sake! Stop
helping this cat! He is going to get himself out
of there" The man just continued saving that
animal until he finally succeeded, and then he
walked to that man and said " Son , it is cat 's
instincts that make him scratch, and it is my job
to love and care.

MORAL: TREAT EVERYONE AROUND YOU

WITH YOUR ETHICS. TREAT THE PEOPLE
THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED

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THE 40 TH STORY

ANT AND GRASSHOPPER

Once upon a time, there was a grasshopper it

was hopping, chirping and singing in a field in
hot summer days’

There was an ant staying near by the

grasshopper's net .They were good friends. It
was spring time and the grasshopper was
having a lot of fun, playing , singing and
dancing in the sunshine

.But the ant was working hard. It was collecting

food grains and storing them in its house for the
winter. When the winter came ,the grasshopper
did not find a single grain to eat. It began to
starve and feel very weak .

The grasshopper saw how the hardworking ant

having plenty of food to eat and realized its
foolishness

MORAL: PEOPLE SHOULD WORK HARD

AND SAVE MONEY TO HELP THEMSELVES
AND OTHERS

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THE 41 ST STORY

DISGUISED AS A HOMELESS PERSON

A pastor mingled with his new congregation

outside the Church .The Church members
were eagerly awaiting their new head pastor.
He was introducing himself that morning but
they didn' t expect him to show up in this kind
of a disguise. During 30 minutes , a homeless
man walked around them.The church was
filling with people,only one person said hello to
him.He asked for change to buy food but no
one offer any. He went into the sanctuary to sit
down but was asked by an usher to move to
the back He greeted people to be greeted back
with stares and dirty looks. Sitting back at the
church, he listen to the church announcements
.Then an elder excitedly announced the arrival
of their new pastor: " We would like to introduce
to you our new pastor".The congregaton look
around clapping with joy and anticipation. To
their suprise and confusion, the homeless man
at the back of the church stood up and began
to walk forwards the altar. The clapping slowly
stoped, all eyes were on the homeless
lookingfor the pastor. When he reached the
altar, he took the microphone and paused a
moment then he looked at the congregation
and told them what he had experienced that
morning. He then said: " I hope you to go home
and reflect what happened here this morning
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and to examine your heart . See you all next
Sunday"
Many heads were bowed in shame ,many
began to wheep, many looked at each other in
realization of their unkindness

MORAL:IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY

SUNDAYS YOU SIT IN CHURCH AND YOU
THINK YOU ARE BLESSED. GOD SEES
WHAT YOU DO AND YOU TREAT PEOPLE
THAT IS WHAT REALLY MATTER

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THE 42 ND STORY

BEAUTIFUL HEART

One company has 300 employees, they have

tradition to do the lottery during Christmas
party.Each person puts in 10 dollars and write
the name on one slip of paper, and put in a
lottery box.The lucky winner gets 3000 dollars.

One young man think about Sarah ,who was

the poorest lady in the company , even she
could not have 10 dollars to participate the
lottery, and her child was sick too, so he wrote
her name Sarah on a slip of paper with the
chance 1/300 . The young man continously
prayed for Sarah to win the lottery.The
amazing result had happened when the
manager announced Sarah to win the lottery,
every body clapped loudly and cheerfully as
Sarah was suprised and very happy. She went
up to get the reward and said thanks every
body for kindness with tears

During the cheerful party , the young man

walked around , greeted people, when he went
by the lottery box he curiously picked up one
ticket and onpened it, It was so amazing that
had the name Sarah too. He got another one ,

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that had also the name Sarah . He was so
touching with the tears of happiness .

The American author Elbert Hubband said:"

you help people that mean you help yourself"
DatLai Lat Ma ,alive Buddha said:"We can live
without religion and meditation,but we can not
survive without affection

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THE 43 RD STORY

DO GOOD DEED , GET THE GOOD THING

An old couple stoped at hotel in late midnight

.The hotel was full, but the receptionist told
them : " I still have small room for you if you
want it you can stay here over tonight" .
They agree to stay .Tomorow morning when
they want to pay, the receptionist said : " That
room is my room , last night I sleep in the couch
in the front desk,so you do not have to pay, I
wish you have a good trip.
One month later the receptionist received a
letter with the travel ticket to NY inside.
He went to NY and following the direction in
letter ,he got in one luxury mansion where he
met the old couple whom he treaded kindly last
month .
They were billionair and lived in there, also they
had to treat him well to appreaciate what he
had done for them in late night last month .They
gave him a big gift that was one big store for
him to be manager.

MORAL: PEOPLE SHOULD BE KIND THAT

BRING THE LUCK , THE PEACE , THE
HAPPINESS

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THE 44 TH STORY

HARD WORKS ALWAYS PAY

Once two friends called Harry and Garry came

to a city to earn money.
They went to a rich merchant for a job The
merchant gave each of them a can basket and
pointing toward a well in his garden then said:
" Take these baskets and draw water from the
well till dusk"
Harry thought it was foolish to draw water in a
can basket, so he slept.
On the other hand, Garry kept working. After
few hours when he drew the basket up, he saw
some gold coin in the basket He took them to
the merchant who rewarded him and give him
a job too

MORAL: PEOPLE SHOULD BE PATIENT

AND WORK HARD TO GET THE SUCCESS

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THE 45 TH STORY

THE HUNTER BECOME THE MONK

This is real story.One day the hunter got one

female otter, he peeled all her skin and put the
poor otter on the patch of grass, he came back
in sunset to get her but he did not see her. He
followed the blood mark, that brought him to a
cave, he looked inside the cave ,he was
astonished and felt touching , painful shameful
when he saw the otter was already died and
two otter babies still sucked the mother otter
breast ,their eyes still closed.
He recognized the deep mother loving of the
otter , although she suffered too much from
pain she still tried to crawl with difficulty to the
cave for feeding her babies and died soon after
doing the last feeding .
Before the hunter never know animal have
sacred mother loving , as this mother otter had
it , the last minute she still thought of her babies
She was afraid her babies hungry, so she tried
hard to crawl back to the cave to feed her
babies the last time .
The hunter cried and he could not forgive his
sin. He felt so shameful, sorry about what he
had done to kill the otters, He vowed :
" Since now I never kill animal",

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And then he went to temple to take refuge in
Buddha and become a monk .

MORAL:PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HARM , KILL

ANIMAL , WE SHOULD HAVE COMPASSION
TO ALL BEINGS

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THE 46 TH STORY

THE WET PANTS

There is a 9 yo kid, sitting at

his desk and all of a
sudden, there is a puddle
between his feet and the front of his pants are
wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop
because he cannot possibly imagine how this
has happened,he put the head down and prays
" Dear God this is an emergency ! I need help
now" As the teacher is walking toward him, a
classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish
bowl that is filled with water. Susie dumps the
bowl of water in the boy 's lap. The boy is
saying to himself, " Thank you ,Lod!" Now all of
a sudden , instead of being the object of
ridicule, the boy is object of sympathy.
The teacher gives him a gym short to put on
while his pants dried out. All the other chidren
are on their hands and knees cleaning up
around his desk. The sympathy is wonderfull,
Finally the end of the day, as they are waiting
for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and
whispers ,
"You did that on purpose, didn't you?
"Susie whispers back ," I wet my pants once
too"

MORALl: Always try to understand and help

people as much as possible
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THE 47 STORY

THE INSPIRED , BEAUTIFUL LIFE

This is true story of Doctor Howard Kelly (

1858-1943) One day a poor boy who sold
goods from door to door ,was very hungry but
he had only one dime left. He decided to ask
for a meal next house , however he lost his
nerve as a lovely young woman opened the
door. Instead for a meal he asked a drink of
water, the woman thought he look hungry so
brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it
slowly and then asked:" how much do I owe
you" " You don't owe me any thing, Mother has
taught us never to accept pay for a kindness"
she replied . " I thank you from my heart" he
said ,
As Howard Kelly left that house he not only felt
strong physically but also his faith in God and
human was strengthened.
Years later one day Dr Howard Kelly was called
in for consultation, when he knew the name of
the town where the patient came from, a
strange light filled his eyes, immediately he
went to the patient 's room and recognized her
at once,
From that day he gave special attention to the
care, after the long struggle the battle was won.
Dr Kelly requested that the final bill was sent to

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him for approval .He looked at this then wrote
something on the edge and sent to her room.
She feared to open it for she was sure it would
take the rest of her life to pay for it. Finally she
looked and something caught her attention. On
the side of the bill She began to read the
words:" Paid in full with a glass of milk" signed
Dr Howard Kelly
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy
heart prayed: " Thank you Lord, that your love
has spread broad through human hearts"

MORAL: LOVING KINDNESS ,

GRATEFULNESS ARE MORAL BEAUTIFUL
CHARACTERS

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THE 48 TH STORY
A WISE COUNTING

Emperor Akbar was in the

habit of putting riddles
and puzzles to his courtiers. He often asked
questions which were strange and witty. It took
much wisdom to answer these questions .
Once he asked a very strange question. The
courtiers were dumb folded by his question.
Akbar glanced at his courtiers
As he looked, one by one the heads began to
hang low in search of an answer. It was in this
moment that Birbal entered the courtyard.
Birbal who knew the nature of the emperor
quickly grasped the situation and asked
:” May I know the question so that I can try for
an answer.
Akbar said: “ How many crows are there in this
city”. Without even a moment ‘s thought.
Birbal replied:” There are fifty thousand five
hundred and eighty nine crows my Lord” .
“ How can you be sure?” asked Akbar .
Birbal said,” Make your men count, My Lord. If
you find more crows it means some have come
to visit their relatives here. If you find less
number of crows it mean some have gone to
visit their relatives elsewhere.
Akbar was pleased very much by Birbal’s wit.
Moral: A witty answer will serve its purpose

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THE 49 TH STORY
A MONKEY AND TWO CATS
Once upon a time two cats found a piece of
cheese and cut it into two pieces .But one
piece was slightly bigger than the other.
Both cats wanted the bigger piece,then they
went to a monkey and asked to sort out the
matter.
The monkey said ," Do not worry I will make
both the pieces equal". Then it took a bite
from the bigger piece.But this made the other
piece larger.So it took a bite from the other
piece.This continued till the pieces became
very small.
Seeing this ,the cats pleaded,"Sir!We are
satisfied, let us have pieces now"
The shrewed monkey replied,"This is my fee
for sorting out the problem"
Saying this , it gobbled up the remaining
cheese .

MORAL: SHOULD NOT BE GREEDY

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AS YOU SOW ,SO SHALL YOU REAP

Once upon a time, a flea saw an ox grazing in

a pasture. He knew that oxen worked for men
in their farm. But he didn’t like it
He was proud that he fed on men’s blood and
yet didn’t do anything for them.
Approaching the ox , the flea asked ,” How is it
so that you work for men though you are quite
big and strong? Look at me , I never do
anything for them and yet feed on their blood
though I am so small”
The ox was suprised to hear, what the flea had
said, and replied ,”If I work for men ,they are
very kind to me,they take care of me every
day,feed me, shelter me and more over,they
pat me on my back my head and my neck out
of love and affection. On the other hand ,you
feed on their blood and they always up to
destroy you.”

MORAL: BEHAVIOUR ALWAYS COUNTS

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A FOX AND A CROW

Once a fox was very hungry and roaming

around in search of food.
Luckily , it saw a crow on a tree with a morsel
in its beak
The fox wanted that bit of food very badly ,so it
flattered the crow about its beauty and its lovely
voice .
The foolish crow believed what the fox said and
started singing .
The bit of food that it held in its beak fell to
ground and the fox ate it up
The fox laughed and said ,” I may have praised
your voice, but I said nothing about your brain”

MORAL:IT IS WISE NOT TO TRUST PEOPLE

FLATTERING YOU

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BLAMING NEEDS
WISDOM
Once a ship got
caught in violent storm. It wecked and the waves
cast it’s wrecks on the sands of the shore.Among
them was a sailor who lay senseless on the beach.
When he came to his senses,he cursed the sea
saying

” The sea is a cheat indeed. It attracts people with

its cool and calm waters and once they are in its
grip, it turns furious and destroys them” Hearing his
reproach, the sea felt pinched. But it didn’t want to
trouble the sailor anymore. So it came to the sailor
in form of angel“ Who are you,oh lovely lady?
asked the sailor

“ I am the sea and I am as lovely as you see me

now. You are blaming me for the wreck but it isn’t
just”

Suprised the sailor asked ,” Who is just then ?”

The sea urged,” The wreck was caused by the

cruel winds that blew into gusts and gales over me
and create stormy waves in my calm water”.The
sailor had nothing to say except feeling sorry

MORAL: WISE PEOPLE THINK CAREFULLY

BEFORE SAYING
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THE MILKMAID

Once a milkmaid walked to the market carrying

a pot of milk on her head.

While walking she dreamt of selling the milk

she was carrying and then buying eggs

Then she planned that when the eggs would

hatch, she would sell the chickens and with that
money she would buy beautiful clothes, and
imagined how people would admire her

Just then, she tossed her head proudly and all

the milk split on the ground and with that all her
dreams shattered

MORAL: Wise people should not let thinking

wandering, not about the pass, not about the
future, but just present time with mindfullness

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A WISE OLD OWL

There was an old owl that live in an oak.Every

day he saw incidents happening around him .

Yesterday he saw a boy helping an old man to

carry a heavy basket. Today he saw a girl
shouting at her mother. The more he saw the
less he spoke As he spoke less ,he heard
more.He heard People talking and telling
stories.

He heard a woman saying that an elephant

jumped over a fence . He also heard a man
saying that he never made a mistake. The old
owl had seen and heard about what happen to
people. Some became better, some became
worse. But the old owl had become wiser each
and every day

MORAL: You should be observant, talk less but

listen more. This will make you a wise person.

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A RIGHTEOUS ORPHAN BOY

This is the true story was telling by one English

teacher He lived in the downtown of London,
one day he met a boy on the street ,who wore
the ragged, dirty cloth, The boy asked the man
to buy match for him, he looked into the wallet
,he saw no change, the boy said “ you can give
me a gold dollar coin, I will bring back the
change 5 minutes later,I tell the truth I am not
a liar”.The man hesitated a moment and looked
at the boy eyes , his eyes looked honestly so
he gave the boy a dollar coin. He waited for 1/2
hour the boy did not come back, he thought” I
have to get experience , not trust the boy on
the street. But later on , one boy was younger
than the boy he waited for, came up to him and
said in tears“ Dear Sir , do you give my brother
Robert a dollar coin , he want me to give back
to you the change, we are orphans , Robert is
my brother, he just has car accident and he is
at home now”The man felt broken heart and
asked the boy to bring him to see Robert, the
orphan boys lived in the basement of a
crumpled house Robert looked so pale and the
blood was on the forehead Robert asked the
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man ,” Dear Sir ,my brother Charles give back
to you the change” Charles noded his head.
The man bent down and kissed Robert’s
forehead and hold his cold hand, his hand got
colde and colder .The man said to Robert :” I
promise I will take good care your brother
Charles for you even any situation”. So Robert
passed away in peace

.MORAL:The kindness is very simple that

does not need a lot of money, does not need
fame , does not need material condition but
only honesty and good heart

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SMALL THINGS DO BIG JOBS

It was a hot summer day. The sun was shining
bright up in the sky.A lion was sitting under the
shade of a big tree ,Nearby that tree there was a
hole, in which there lived a mouse. When the lion
was sleeping, the mouse came out of this hole and
saw him sleeping

Unaware of lion ‘s strength.It thought of waking up

the lion by running over his body just for fun.
Unfortunately, the lion seized it in his strong paw.
He was going to kill it when it begged,” spare me,
sir,some day I may repay your mercy”

The lion was amused hearing its words and let it

go with smiling thinking that how can such a small
mouse be of any help to me.

But one day came , when the lion got into

trouble,he got caught in a hunter’s net under that
tree. As a result ,he started roaring loudly.

On hearing his roar, the mouse came out of its hole

. This was the time to pay back the lion’s mercy.
So immediately it nibbled the cords of the net and
set the lion free

MORAL;REMEMBER,MERCY NEVER GOES

UNREWARDED

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THE SILENT HERO NICHOLAS WINTON

One man was invited to participate the

television show, when he entered he did not
know why everybody stood up for greeting him
.That was Nicholas Winton who did a great
thing but he kept silent for 50 years

In 1938 Nicholas Winton himself rescued 669

Jewish children from a concentration camp at
Auschwitz in the mass killing plan of Germany
dictator Hitler .Winton brought them to England
and looked for the foster parents for them.
Winton never disclosed this story to anyone
about these children.

After 50 years , his wife Grete found an old

book having the photos and names of all
children who were rescued by Winton .

That is why Winton was invited to the TV show

in that he did not know all of audience were the
children being rescued by him. They looked at
Winton with the deep grateful eyes. Nicholas
Winton was honorable silent hero. He passed
away in 2015 and he was always in the people
heart with the appreciation
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MORAL:THE WAR IS ALWAYS DISASTER
OF HUMAN KIND WE SHOULD KEEP PEACE
IN THE MIND, IN THE FAMILY, IN THE
COUNTRY , IN THIS WORLD SO WE HAVE
HEAVEN OVER HERE

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BEWARE OF SHREWD NEIGHBOURS

Once upon a time there was a heavy rain for

several days resulting to floods.
Many houses collapsed and household articles
got carried away with the flood water .As a
matter of chance, two pitchers were also
carried away by the flowing tide. One of them
was made of brass while the other of baked
clay .The brass pitcher was so strong that it
could be tossed against anything. But the clay
pitcher was in ever-present danger of being
broken if it got struck against something The
brass pitcher said:
” Brother be closed to me ,I shall protect you in
every way” ‘
The clay pitcher thought wisely and retorted
.” Brother it would surely be worse for me if we
come closed. If I keep at a distance from you ,
I may float to safety.”
So the clay pitcher stood away from the brass
pitcher and safely reached a shore

MORAL ; IT IS WISE TO STAND UP

INDEPENDENTLY FOR SUCCESS

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THE FIRE SPECIALISTS

Once there was a big haystack near a village

and several small animals had made their
homes in it .Among them were a snake ,a
tortoise and a jackal .One day , all three
creatures were gossiping when suddenly they
heard some people shouting:

” Fire ! Fire !.Fire “.

The snake said that he knew hundred ways to

deal with the fire, and the tortoise said that he
knew thousand ways

When it was jackal’s turn, he said ,” I know only

one way to deal with fire and that is to run away
”Saying this, the jackal ran away and other fire
specialist got burnt in the fire

MORAL: RIGHT THINKING AND RIGHT

DOING OF THE JACKAL HAVE GOOD
RESULT

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THE BURNED BREAD

One day the mother made dinner . Accidently

she made the burnt bread .

The son was thinking what Dad will say about

that .

The mother said :” I am sorry for over baked

bread”.

The father said :”It is ok ,I like to eat that bread”

Later when the father was alone the son come

to him to ask

:” Dad do you like the burnt bread” The father

said :”I just want to make your mother happy,
She already work hard for the whole day”

MORAL: The husband’s manner is very good

.I remember The Bambi movie I really like the
rabbit said : “ If You do not have anything nice
to say, just say nothing”

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HOW IS GOOD EDUCATION

One early morning after the storm last night,

one man walked along the beach, he saw
multiple small, big water puddles filled with
thousand small fishes, the high waves brought
them to there and now they will die soon when
the sunshine come up to dry the puddles He
saw a young boy continuously worked to
rescue the small fishes back the ocean

The man come next to the boy and said: “ How

come you rescue thousand small fishes while
nobody care about it” the boy replied:”I know that
but I really care about them , and the pitied small
fishes need to be rescued”.And he still tried not
stop to save the fishes . The fishes were very small
and the boy heart was very big. The boy definitely
has compassion This story is appropriated with the
sentence of the great poet Tagore that the goal of
education should spread breathing of human being
, that begin from the respect of the life of all being
to create the good mind , good heart. One man was
a survivor from Germany concentration camp and
become a high school principal, he wrote the letter
and sent to every teacher with the main ideas” I
sincerely entreated you to teach the students to
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become the good people having humanity,
compassion, loving kindness, honesty”

MORAL: knowledge without wisdom is big failure

and very harmfull for mankind and nature, the
people have no heart have no hope for future,

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POVERTY WITHOUT CARE IS BETTER

THAN RICHNESS WITH FULL OF ANXIETY

A fir tree stood on a hill side. Several shrubs

had grown around it
.It always looked down upon these plants
saying that they were no use to anyone. He
was very proud of his tall and impressive
personality as compared to their stunted
growth and prickly structure
One day the tree filled with pride said to a
bramble
:” you poor fellows! All of you are worthless and
moreover you prick those who pass by you”
The bramble thought for a while and retored ,
” you are right. But you live in an ever-present
danger of the axe and the saw while we have
no such fear at all
Even men pass by with caution less they
should be pricked”

MORAL: ONE SHOULD NOT BE PROUD OF

RICHNESS ,FAME AND BEAUTY

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NEVER BE UNGRATEFUL

It was high summer.The sun was extremely hot

Two travelers were going along a dusty road
that had no trees along its sides. Looking for
some shelters from the hot sun,they saw a tree
with big leaves and branches spreading like an
umbrella
They placed their belongings on the ground
and sat in the cool thick shade of the tree.
After taking some rest,one traveler said to the
other
:” what a useless tree it is! It bear no fruits at
all”
Hearing this. The tree felt pinched and burst out
“You , ungrateful soul! On one hand you are
taking shelter in my cool shade from the
burning heat of the sun and on the other
hand,you are calling me useless Get up and
leave the place immediately to be scorched
again”

MORAL: GRATEFULNESS IS ONE OF THE

BEAUTIFUL MORAL CHARACTERS

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HOW IS THE REAL HAPPINESS

A beautiful woman in an expensive dress came

to her psychiatrist saying that she was
depressed and her life was meaningless. The
psychiatrist called over the old lady who
cleaned the office floors and then said to the
rich lady, “ I am going to ask Mary here to tell
you how she found happiness. All I want you to
do is listen to her”.So the old lady put down her
broom, sat on the chair and told her story: “ My
husband died of cancer, three months later my
son was killed by a car accident. I had nobody,I
had nothing left. I could not sleep, I could not
eat. I never smiled at any one Then one
evening a little kitten followed me home from
work. Somehow I felt sorry for that kitten.It was
cold outside so I decided to let the kitten in. I
got it some milk and the kitten licked the plate
clean Then it rubbed against my leg and for the
first time in months I smiled .Then I think if
helping a little kitten could make me smile,
maybe doing something for people could make
me happy too .So the next day I baked some
biscuits and took them to a neighbor who was
sick in bed. Every day I tried to do something
nice for someone. It make me so happy to see
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them happy. Today I do not know of anybody
who sleeps better than I do. I have found
happiness by giving it to others

When she heard that,the rich lady cried, she

had every thing ,money could buy.She had lost
the things money cannot buy The beauty of life
does not depend on how happy you are but on
how happy others can be

MORAL: CARING GIVING ,MAKING PEOPLE

AROUND HAPPY , YOU WLL BE HAPPY

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THINKING TWICE BEFORE SAYING

Once upon a time,an old man spread rumors

that his neighbor was a thief as a result the
young man was arrested. Days later he was
proven innocent . After being released he sued
the old man for wrongly accusing him. In court
the old man told the judge: “They were just
comments,they did not harm any one”

The judge before passing sentence on the

case told the old man:” Write all the things you
said about him on a piece of paper, cut it up
into little pieces and on the way home throw the
pieces of the paper out of your car window.
Tomorow come back to hear the sentence. The
next day the judge told the old man :” Before
receiving the sentence, I want you to go out
and gather up all the pieces of paper that you
throw out of your car window yesterday The old
man said : “ I Can not do that, the wind spread
them all over the place and I won’t know where
to find them” Then the judge replied:” The same
, simple words and comments may destroy the
honor of a person to such an extent that a
person will not able to fix it. If you can’t speak
well of someone, don’t say anything at all,let’s
all be masters of our mouths, so that we won’t
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be slaves of our words Gossips are worse than
thieves because they steal another person’s
dignity, Honor,reputation and credibilities
which are impossible to restore So remember
this: “ when your feet slip,you always recover
your balance but when your tongue slips you
can never recover your word!”

Vietnamese proverb: Curling the tongue

seven times before saying”

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A TOWN MOUSE AND A COUNTRY MOUSE

Once there were two mice.One lived in country

and the other in a town. One day, the country
mouse invited the town mouse to dine with him
and served him the best food
But the town mouse said that the food was
tasteless and invited the country mouse to his
house At the town mouse’s house, the food
was very delicious but all the time, while eating
the two mice were on the look out for
humanbeings and the cats they kept to kill mice
.
The country mouse exclaimed
,” What a miserable life you lead.At least in the
country,I can eat my meal in peace”
.The country mouse thanked the town mouse
for his hospitality and went back home

MORAL: PEOPLE WILL HAVE PEACEFUL

LIFE WHEN THEY DON’T HAVE STRESS
AND ANXIETY

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PLANTING THE GOOD SEED

The story began from the poor farmer named

Fleming , living in Scotland, One day he saved
life of a boy almost drowned in the swamp. The
next day his well dressed father ,Mr Churchill
came to the farm to thank and give Mr Fleming
the reward. The farmer said:”you do not need
to give me the reward,I should rescue your son
as normal action”, Then the son of Fleming
entered,he was about 10 yo, Mr Churchill
asked:” Is he your son” Mr Fleming
replied:”yes” and Mr Churchill asked the boy
nicely:”when you grow up, what do you want to
be?”,the boy softly replied:”I will be a farmer
like my father”,Mr Churchill asked :”Do you
have any great dream”, the boy replied:” my
family is poor so I do not have a dream”, Mr
Churchill asked more: “ If you allow to dream,
what do you dream”,the boy honestly replied:”
Dear Sir I want to go to school to become
Doctor”. So Mr Churchill proposed with Mr
Fleming to support the boy same as he raised
his son,Mr Fleming agree The following years
the son of Fleming went to famous universities
and graduated from Medical School Stainted
Marie in London.He was talented and famous
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Doctor Alexander Fleming who
inventedPenicilline the first antibiotic to kill
bacteries,few years later Mr Churchill was
recovered from pneumonia by Penicilline
treatment, He was excellent Prime Minister of
England,Winston Churchill

MORAL: DOING THE GOOD DEED,GETING

THE GOOD RESULT GOOD THINKING
SAYING ACTION WILL BRING THE HEAVEN
GREED,ANGER, IGNORANCE WILL BRING
THE HELL

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SEVEN WAYS TO GIVE ALMS WITHOUT

MONEY

This is story about the coversation between the

poor man and a venerable Monk
One day one poor man came up to the Monk ,
cried and asked :” Why am I not successfull all
the time”.
The Monk replied:” This happens because you
do not to give alms before”
The man said;” I am so poor I do not have
money to give”
The Monk said :” People have no money still
have 7 ways to give alms
1/ Nice smiling, warming
face
2/Nice sayings
3/Good heart
4/Sympathic eyes
5/ Good action
6/ Offerring the rooms for living
7/ Offerring the seats on transportation
People keep these 7 things like habits, they will
get luck like the shade is followed by the form

MORAL: GIVING ALMS WILL CULTIVATE

COMPASSION AND BRING GOOD KARMA

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GOODNESS IS A CIRCLE

When you plant good seed , you get good fruit

Liz Woodward is a waitress at a fast food
restaurant in NewJersey. One day two
firefighters with tired face ,entered the
restaurant and ordered 2 cups of coffee, they
just fought the big fire for 12 hours and did
not sleep for the whole night .
Liz listened the story of 2 firefighters,named
Tom and Paul. she was impressed what they
did. She would like to invite them 2 cups of
coffee and prepared a delicious breakfast for
thanking the silent heroes On the back of the
bill, Liz wrote:” I pay for breakfast today. Thank
you for your contribution, and everything you
did , please take a good rest”
Two strong men suddenly burst into tears.
They gave each other warm eyes and
smiled,then finally waved goodbye.
Liz did not expect that her small act would get
such response, the firefighters shared the story
on social network , and sending a message to
friends: come to this warm store, if you meet
this good girl please pay a good tip .It was
amazing , many people came to store to give
praise and support to the girl. Liz’s family is not
rich , her father was paralized by stroke , Liz

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worked 3 part-time jobs and carried all the
family work After knowing her problem, the
firemen created a community fundraiser to buy
a car for Liz’s Dad, the amount collected up to
$86,000 more than expection as $17,000 .

MORAL: KINDNESS IS A CYCLE. WHEN

YOU GIVE GOOD HEART, IT WILL COME
BACK TO YOU
.

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KEEP THE LOVING KINDNESS ENDLESS

One day a man saw an old lady with the flat-tire car
on the side of the road He knowed she needed
help so he parked in front of her Mercedes car, he
smiled, but the old lady still worried even about an
hour nobody stopped to help her.He seemed not
safe to her because he looked poor.The man was
able to regconize the fear of the old lady.
He said :” I come to help you, I am Bryan
Anderson, you should go in the car for keeping
warm”.After he finished fixing the car, the old lady
appreciated for his help and wanted to pay. He told
the old lady :”if you really want to repay me the
other time you help another person who need” so
he drove away with the good feeling
She drove few miles and stopped at a small
restaurant, the waitress came up to her for order
and smiled warmly, she was pregnant about 8
months .The old lady suddenly remembered Bryan
saying earlier, so she gave her 100 dollars and left
400 dollars underneath the paper towel with the
note:” If you really think to repay back to me you
should not let the chain of love ending” That night
the waitress thought that money will help her a lot
when having baby next month
.She gave her husband, sleeping next to her, a
light kiss and whispered : “ Everything will be fine,I
love you Bryan”

MORAL: SHOULD LET LOVING KINDNESS

SPREAD FOREVER
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GOOD ADVICE

Once upon a time in China,the King had a

beautiful horse which he
loved so much,
One day the horse died
and the King got angry so
he gave order to kill the
horse keeper.
A smart high ranking mandarin knew the horse
kepper ‘s story then gave King an advice
because he wanted to save the life of the horse
keeper
He told the King: The horse keeper had to be
killed because he did not take a good care the
King ‘s loved horse , so the horse died, ;” The
horse keeper was killed by the King because
the death of the horse,so people will say the
King was not compassionate to his people
After hearing that The King decided not to kill
the horse keeper because he was afraid that
people will to ridicule him

MORAl:Good advice was based on wisdom

and compassion

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THE CONFESSION

This story of the best Korean short movie.

Here is confession of the man confess to the
priest
Priest: Trusting God 's grace and mercy
,confess your sins sincerely and truthfully
Man: even I killed somebody accidentally in
car accident
Priest: yes of course if we repent with true
condition,do you report this to Polices
Man: No I ran away for being afraid of going to
jail,my soul has been living in the prison of
guilty conscience for the last 20 years
Priest: So what make you decide to confess
your sin now after such a long time
Man: I am going to die soon ,I was in the last
stage of colon cancer so I want to ask
forgiveness from God and from the family of
the victim then I will die in peace
Priest: Can you tell me in detail about this
accident
After hear the man telling in detail that car
accident ,the Priest suddenly cried in
emotional distress.The victim was his father
The man coughed with a lot of blood ,he was
very sick .The Priest come closed to him to
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cover one jacket on him and brought him to sit
on the chair for resting
Priest kneeled down in front of the Jesus
statue to pray for forgiveness.The Priest said
to the man ," I sincerely forgive you from my
heart and my father was not died after car
accident"
The man said," Thank you Lord now I will die
in peace".
Then in his room , the Priest looked at his
father picture and said" He said sorry to you,I
am sorry for telling him a lie,if the Priest tells a
lie he would be punished more than lay
men,right? I just help a poor soul to be able
die in peace
MORAL: THE PRIEST HAS A BEAUTIFUL
HEART,FULL OF COMPASSION AND
FORGIVENESS

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THE MIRACLE HAPPENED FOR A LADY WORKER

LOCKING INSIDE THE COLD ROOM

A lady worked in a frozen processing factory, one day

after finishing working,as usual she went to the cold room
to check some work,suddenly the door was closed and she
was locked inside without any one know,she just screamed
in hope that,someone heard her voice and come to rescue
her,but no one heard. After 6PM the lady worker was cold
,desperated, and miserable.At the moment she thought
she could not bear it ,suddenly the guard came to rescue
her.
The next day the lady asked the guard :" Why you know
and come to rescue",the guard replied,"I have been
working at this factory for 35 years ,every day a few
hundred workers come in and out but you are only one
who greeted me early in the morning and saluted me by
the evening,today I know clearly the morning you go to
work,and after the afternoon all go home but I did not see
you,so I decided to go into the workshop to see how,I
heard the cry and found you in cold room

MORAL: HAVING MODESTY,RESPECT,LOVING

KINDNESS TO THE PEOPLE AROUND ,YOU WILL BE
LUCKY IN YOUR LIFE

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THE MAN WITH 4 WIVES

Once upon a time there was a King with 4

wives, one day the King got sick and was on
his deadbed afraid of being in the afterlife alone
He asked his 4 th wife Whom he loved the
most:” would you die with me”, she replied : “ I
am sorry I can’t do that “and walked away, he
also loved the 3 rd wife and asked:” would you
accompany me to the afterlife, she replied: “I
love my life too much so I can’t go with you,his
2nd wife has been there for him in his time of
need, he asked her to go with him to the
afterlife,she replied: “ I can not help you out this
time but I can arrange your funeral , I will be
there at your funeral, a voice called out and
said :” I will leave with you and follow you to the
after life
The King looked and it was the 1st wife whom
he took care the least
The moral of this story: we all have 4 wives,our
4th wife is our body, we care the most but in
the end,it Can’t follow us to the afterlife,the 3rd
wife represents our possessions we spend so
much time trying to gather that But it can’t
follow us to the afterlife The 2nd wife: our family
and friends,the furthest day they can go with us
is our funeral The 1st wife is our soul
(karma),we usually neglect to take care of our
soul but that will follow us to the after life Care
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of your body,keep it healthy, enjoy your
possession and the comfort they provide,
Cherish your friend and family for the love that
they provide BUT DO NOT forget to take care
of your soul ( your karma), Nourish your soul

Take some time to be alone,to pray,to

meditate,doing the good deed( helpful, giving,
caring people) So you have peaceful mind
and happy life, The afterlife will be the heaven
with a lot Angel friend waiting for you

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THE 75 TH STORY :
A BOX OF KISSES

The story go that some time ago,a man

punished his 3 year-old daughter for
wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper . He
became infuriated when the child tried to
decorate a box to put under the Christmas
tree
Nevertheless,the little girl brought the gift to
her father next morning and said," This is
for you Dad". He was embarrassed by his
earlier overreaction ,
But his anger flared again when he
found this box was empty. He yelled at
her," Don't you know that when you give
someone a present ,there's supposed to
be something inside there?" The little girl
looked up at him with tears in her eyes and
said: " Oh Daddy, it is not empty,I blew
kisses into the box ,all for you Daddy,"
The father was crushed,he put his arms
around his little girl, and he begged for her
forgiverness
It is told that the man kept that gold box by
his bed for years and whenever he was
discouraged,he would take out an
imaginary kiss and remember the love of
the child who had put in there
In a very real sense, each of us as
humans have been given a gold container

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 filled with uncondional love and kisses from
our children ,our friends,family and God.
There is no more precious possession any
one could hold

MORAL: Nice to the children make

them happy ,give them unconditional
loving, encourage and support them wth all
our mind and heart
Taking good care the children lighten this
world

Nice to the children make them happy

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THE 76 TH STORY

THE HOUSE OF 1000 MIRRORS

Japanese folktale

Long ago in a small , faraway village, there was a

place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors
, A small happy little dog learned of this place and
decided to visit . When he arrived , he bounced
happily up the stairs to the door -way of the house.
He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted
high and his tail wagging as fast as it could.
To his great suprise, he found himself staring at
1000 other happy little dogs with their tales
wagging just as fast as his.
He smiled a great smile and was answered with
1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly.
As he left the house , he thought to himself , “ This
is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it
often”
In this same village, another little dog , who was
not quite as happy as the first, decided to visit the
house . He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his
head low as he looked into the door. When he saw
the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs stairing back at
him, he growled at them and was horrified to see
1000 little dogs growling back at him As he left , he
thought to himself ,” That is a horrible place , and I
will never go back there again.”

MORAL: THE MIND CREATES THE FORMS

SO KEEP THE MIND GOOD

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HASTE MAKES WASTE

A woman had a pet moogoose , it was very

faithful. One day she went to the market ,
leaving her baby in the care of the mongoose
At that time a big cobra entered the house . The
moongoose killed it after a long and fierce fight

When the woman came back she saw the

mongoose lying at the entrance . She noticed
its blood-covered mouth . In her haste the
woman though that the mongoose had killed
her baby. In a moment of sudden fury , the
woman threw the water pot on the mongoose
and killed it.

When she entered the house she was filled

with remorse. Her baby was playing cheerful.
Nearby a big cobra lay dead The woman shed
tears of grief fonding the carcass of the
mongoose

MORAL : DO NOT ACT IN HASTE.

CULTIVATION THE COMPASSION TO
AVOID KILLING

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THE 78 TH STORY : A NOBLE DEED

One day,In a class when the teacher had not

yet arrived, three or four boys were tormenting
poor Crossi, who has paralyzed arm and his
mother sold green vegetables. They called
Crossi “ cripple” and “ monster”,mimicking him
as he appeared. Crossi looked them with
supplicating eyes, beseeching them to let him
alone, but they ridiculed him still more and he
commenced to tremble and redden with rage.
Then Crossi got so angry , and grasping an ink
stand and threw it to the ugly boy Franti , and it
stuck the chest of teacher , who was just
entering the school room. The boys were silent
and frighten The teacher , pallid , ascended to
his desk and in an altered voice asked: “ who
did it”, no one answered.The teacher looked
again , raising his voice, and demanded:” who
did it”.Then Garrone moved with pity to poor
Crossi , rose with a dash and said , resolutely :
“ It was I “ The teacher looked at him, and then
at the other pupils as though stupefied, and
said : “ No , it was not you”, After a moment ,
he added: “ The guilty one will not be
punished”. Crossi rose and said , crying: “ They
were beating me, they were insulting me , and
I lost my head.. “ “ Sit down,” said the teacher “
Those who provoke him rise up” Four arose
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with bowed heads said the teacher : “ you
tormented a weak one who could not defend
himself. You have commited one of the basest
acts, one of the most shameful that can stain a
human creature. Cowards!” He descended
among the benches, put a hand under Garrone
‘s chin, making him raise his face , he looked
straight into his eyes:” you are the noble soul”
Garrone murmured something in the ear of
teacher, who turned toward the guilty ones and
said :” I forgive you”

MORAL: GARRONE HAS A NOBLE SOUL

FULL OF COMPASSION , FORGIVENESS,
GENEROSITY

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THE 79 TH STORY

A GIRL SAVED LIVES OF AFRICAN

CHILDREN FROM MALARIA
In June 4 ,2006 Katherine Commale , 6 y o, living
in USA, watched television report about malaria in
Africa. Thirty seconds one child got killed by
malaria .She asked her mother:” Why the children
get malaria”. Mother said :” Malaria is transmitted
by mosquito bite, Katherine said:” What we have
to do to stop them” .Mother said :”They are so poor
to buy the net to prevent mosquito bite”

.Katherine started to do fund raising for buying the

net. At first she saved her money to buy one net, it
was sent to organization named Nothing but Nets.
Then she made fund raising from neighbors ,
friends, and finally billionaires .When she was 6yo
she made fund raising about 6,316 dollars

In May 11, 2007 Bill Gates donated 3 millions for “

Nothing but nets”. Bill Gates also made the movie:
“ Children save children”, by that Katherine came
to Africa , she saw children writting her name
Katherine on their nets

MORAL: KATHERINE 6 YO WITH HER TINY

HAND AND GREAT HEART, SHE DID A
WONDERFUL JOB

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THE 80 TH STORY

THE WIND AND THE SUN

It was an autumn day. The wind and the sun

had an argument .The wind boasted :” I am
stronger than you”.The sun mildly said : “ No,
you are not”.

Just then they saw a traveller wrapped in a

blanket was passing by. The wind said : “
Whoever separates the blanket from traveller
is the stronger, do you agree?”. The sun replied
: “ Ok, first you try”.

The wind started blowing. The traveller

wrapped his blanket around him. The wind
blew still harder. The traveller held his blanket
still tighter. The harder the wind blew .the
tighter and firmer did the traveller hold his
blanket. The wind failed.

It was the sun’s turn. The sun smiled gently at

the traveler ,the traveler loosened his grip on
the blanket. The sun smile warmly , the
traveller felt the warmth and soon took off the
blanket. The sun was declared stronger

MORAL:GENTLE SMILE CAN ACHIEVE

WHAT BRUTAL FORCE CAN NOT

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THE 81 ST STORY

KNEEL DOWN IN ORDER TO STAND UP

A general manager of a big company wanted

to have some experiences of the ordinary lives
on the bus. One day he got in the bus and sat
down. While looking around, suddenly lady
voice screamed at his face:” Can’t you give
your seat to someone else?”,he looked up and
saw a woman in her-midtwenties, carrying her
baby. He slowly stood up and gave the seat to
her. Unbelievable, a week later that lady was
presented in his office for job interview.
Moreover he was the direct interviewer .And
he, general manager said: “ you clean all of the
recruitment board’s shoes, you can be
admitted to work”. She thought:” I need this job
to raise the family”:,so she started to wipe all
shoes . After the lady had cleaned all shoes, he
spoke in front of everybody: “ You get the job ”
The lady did not show any joy but said :”Thank
you” After that , she asked for money she had
cleaned the shoes, when she had just got out
at the gate of the company , she met an old
beggar and gave all that money to him .The
manager from that day was somewhat
respectful of the lady .And after being recruited
to the company , she worked very well. One
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day the general manager asked her: “ The day
you come to the interview, I make it difficult for
you, did you blame me”.The lady answered
immediately:” I bent down , just because I want
to raise my head later”

MORAL: THE MOMENT OF BOWING

DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU LOSE YOUR
RESPECT, THE MORE YOU KNOW WHEN
YOU NEED TO BEND, THE FUTURE WILL
BE HIGH AND HIGH

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THE 82 ND STORY

THE CHRISTMAS NIGHT IN 1944

Elisabeth, Germany woman, who wanted to

avoid the war, brought her 12 yo son , to live in
the wood house in the deep forest .In 1944
Christmas night She expected her husband
going home for family dinner but no hope
because there was a snow storm .Suddently
they heard the voice of knocking door, the
mother opened the door and saw 3 American
soldiers, one was wounded and carried on a
stretcher She invited them in the house and
took care the wounded soldier kindly.Then
there were another door knocks and this time
were 4 Germany soldiers, the woman kindly
invited them in ,without scare of purnishment
from Germany goverment since she has
hidden American soldiers in her house.
Elisabeth said :” Tonight is a peaceful night,
leave the weapons outside please”.They did
that and get in the house. Elisabeth prepared
delicious meals , all of them sit down for the
dinner, and they prayed for peace , for
humanity , for loving kindness and they were
happy to celebrate this sacred Christmas night
.This story was made into the movie “ Silent
night” .
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The son named Frisbey and Ralph ,one of
American that night, they were arranged to
meet together 50 years later in 1995,the two
hugged each other and cry.

MORAL: ELISABETH ‘S LOVING KINDNESS,

HUMANITARIAN COMPASSION HAD
SURPASSED THE HOSTILITY OF TWO
NATIONS, AWAKENING THE INNER
HUMANITY OF HUMANKIND

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THE 83 RD STORY

BE GOOD TO YOUR ENEMIES

Long ago, a little boy, named Sammy, was a very good
, intelligent boy, he was good student, kind to every
one, obedient to his parents, that aroused jealousy of
many other boys . There was another boy named
Timmy who studied in the same class. Unlike Sammy
he was not good student . He misbehaved with his
parents, bullied his classemates and even illtreated
Sammy. On his eight birthday,Sammy got a nice pen
gift from his parents, then Timmy saw it, he was very
jealous of Sammy, he decided to steal Sammy’ s pen.
During recess when every one had gone outside,
Timmy opened Sammy’s bag and stole his pen. When
Sammy came back and could not find his pen,he
informed his class teacher about it. The class teacher
ordered to search the bag of every children in the class.
The missing pen was soon found out of Timmy ‘s bag.
The furious teacher asked the errant boy : “ Now
Timmy , what do you have to say about it”. Timmy was
in tears . He had nothing to say. When Sammy saw that
he took pity on the boy. Sammy requested his class
teacher not to take any action against Timmy. This
woke up Timmy’s heart. He could now see what a good
boy Sammy was. Timmy asked for forgiveness from his
teacher and Sammy and gradually changed himself to
be as good as Sammy. Despite being hurt by
Timmy,Sammy gave him back only love in return. .

MORAL: DO NOT HARM SOMEONE EVEN IF HE

HARMS YOU. BE GOOD TO ALL

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THE 84 TH STORY

BUFFALO’S PATIENCE

There lived a buffalo with a mischievous

monkey in the forest. Everyday, the monkey
used to make trouble the buffalo either by
pulling his tail, throwing nuts on his head or
jumping on his back from the tree. The buffalo
was fed up of monkey’s prank but he still dealt
it with patience The other animals of the forest
saw this and thought why the buffalo tolerated
all the mischief without any anger. The
elephant went to the buffalo and asked , “ Why
don’t you teach a lesson to the monkey for his
mischiefs?”,the buffalo smiled at the elephant
and replied:”I am thankful to the monkey for
teaching me how to be patient ”.The monkey
who was sitting on the tree top, heard this and
felt ashamed .The monkey immediately came
down to the buffalo and said, ”Sorry ,my dear
friend for all the trouble that I gave you” .The
buffalo smiled at the monkey and they become
good friend.

MORAL: WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN

PATIENT ALL THE TIMES

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THE 85 TH STORY

THE COW AND THE TIGER

Long time ago, there lived four cows in a jungle.

They were best friends. They always looked
after each other and saved each other in
danger. Due to this unity, even the tigers and
lions could not kill or eat them. A lion had
indeed an eye upon these cows. But he could
never find the right opportunity to make them
his prey. One day ,the cows had a fight among
themselves. Each one gazed separately her
own way. The lion and the tiger got to know
about the fight of the cows. So they planned to
trick all the cows. One day lion and tiger found
the right opportunity to attack them. So they hid
themselves behind the bushes and waited for
the lonely cow. When a lonely cow came closer
to the bushes, they pounced on her and kill her
for his meal. In this way all the four cows were
killed one by one by them

MORAL: UNITY IS STRENGTH

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THE 86 TH STORY

THE TWO COWS AND THE CHICKEN

Once upon a time there lived two cows and a

chicken in a house. The owner of the house
treated the chicken well and gave him best food
to eat. The two cows were made to work hard
hard in the fields the whole day and they were
given grass and hay to eat. The younger cow
said , “Why should the chicken get all the
comforts when we work hard the whole day?”
The elder cow said , “ Never envy anyone as
you don’t know what price it had to pay for all
the comforts “. Soon the daughter of the house
is going to get married and the chicken will be
killed for meat. Hence the younger cow
understood what the elder cow said.
From that day the younger cow was happy with
its being

MORAL: WE SHOULD BE HAPPY OF THE

GIVING FROM GOD RATHER THAN
COMPLAINING BECAUSE OF THE
COMFORTS OTHERS HAVE

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THE GIRAFFE WHO COULDN’T REACH

There lived a giraffe. He was tallest giraffe that

any one had ever seen . He was proud of his
height. The monkeys were very annoyed with
giraffe’s behavior. One young monkey thought
to teach the giraffe a lesson .One day he said
to the giraffe :” There’s some lovely juicy fruit
growing on that tree, but you wouldn’t be able
to reach it, the giraffe said :“ it is impossible,
just watch me”. Then the giraffe reared up its
long neck, and put out the tongue, but the fruit
was just out of reach. “ I said you couldn’t reach
it” said the monkey, “ But I can”
Suddenly , the monkey jumped on the giraffe’s
back and scrambled his neck. Then he
stretched out his long arm and picked the fruit
. The monkey said ,” we could not do it alone,
but we can do it together” And after that, the
tallest giraffe did not boast any more and they
became best friends

MORAL: WE SHOULD NOT

UNDERESTIMATE OTHERS

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THE 88 TH STORY

THE SACRIFICE OF OLD MOUNTAIN

GOATS

There on the mountain happened a very

touching story about mountain goats. One day
a herd of mountain goats were chased by a
group of hunters and ended up to the mountain
cliff .There was a deep creek between two
mountain cliffs, and no hope to survive. But the
heart broken scene happened , the old goats
jumped first and the young goats immediately
jumped following upon the old goats ‘s back in
order to get over the creek to the other side.
The hunters saw this incident, they were very
touching and shameful, they looked each other
speechless and they decided to break the
bows and the arrows and vowed no longer
killing animals.

MORAL: THE OLD GOATS SACRIFICE

THEMSELVES FOR THE YOUNG GOATS
TO SURVIVE, THAT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL
DEED, WE SHOUL LOVE ANIMALS AND
NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE THEM

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THE 89 TH STORY

THE GOODNESS CAN CONVERT THE

ENEMY TO BECOME THE FRIEND

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer who had

a small land . His name was Tom and he was
a very kind and good nature person. He lived
in a hut with his wife and children and earned
by selling whatever crops he could produce in
his land .Tom loved to help others .There seem
to be no one hated this man, but there was one
person who hated Tom. He was Juan, a
neighbor of Tom, who lived in the land next to
Tom. Juan found that he had very few crops to
sell, Tom earned a lot profit through selling his
produces One year Juan could no longer
contain his jealousy. Just day before Tom was
to reap his harvest. Juan set fire to Tom ‘s
crops at night . Tom know Juan did it , he had
heavy heart but he did not like to tell anyone
about it .Only days later , Juan’s son had fallen
ill, Tom rode his horse and rushed to the town
that ten miles away and to find a more
experienced doctor to cure Juan’s son
sickness. A day later, Juan went to Tom ‘s hut
and began to weep bitterly. He confessed his
sin to Tom, but was surprised when Tom told
him that he knew about it all “ You know that I
set the fire to your crops ? And still you go to
find the doctor for my son?” asked the
astonished Juan. Tom nodded and said,” I did
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what I knew the right. Could I do wrong just
because you have done so”. Juan stood up and
embraced Tom. Both men were in tears. From
that day they were friends .When the others
asked Juan why he had changed so much, he
replied ,”The goodness and love of Tom that
transform me”

MORAL: BE NICE TO YOUR FRIENDS, BE

NICER TO YOUR ENEMIES”

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THE 90 TH STORY

THE SPIDER WEB SAVE LIFE OF THE

PERSUED SOLDIER

There in the forest , one soldier on the way to

escape from the enemies to follow him. He
found a small cave and hided in the cave
.Suddenly he felt painful on his thigh, he saw a
big spider that bit him. He wanted to kill spider
but he felt the pity for the spider so he released
it .‘Then later the spider wove a big web right
on the entrance of the cave. When the enemies
came in front of the cave, they saw the big
spider’s web, and they thought nobody inside
the cave so they left .The soldier did not kill the
spider, and the spider wove the web to save life
of the soldier. Plant the good seeds will get the
sweet fruits.

MORAL: GOOD DOING GET GOOD

RESULT

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DO NOT BE SELFISH

A man set out on a long journey, taking his best

horse and his donkey . He loaded onto the
donkey’s back everything he needed for the trip-
sacks of food, pots and pans , and blankets to
sleep on. The poor donkey could hardly move
. “ Please help me carry this load “ . He
whispered to the horse. “ I don’t think I can
manage it all alone.” But the horse was very
proud and thought the donkey inferior.” My
dear fellow,” he replied. “ You were made to be
a beast of burden. The only I carry is my
master.” The donkey struggled on as best as
he could until one day he gave a little sigh and
fell dead on the road.” Most unfortunately,” said
the man, turning to the horse . “ Now you must
carry the load . You will have to carry the
donkey’s body as well until we find a place to
burry it” Too late the horse was sorry for his
selfishness.

MORAL: WE SHOULD NOT BE SELFISH WE

SHOULD SHARE , CARE, LOVE OTHERS
TO CULTIVATE THE GOOD HEART

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CONFUCIUS AND A 7 YEAR-OLD PRODIGY

Long time ago , Confucius travelled around the

country, one day on the way he met 3 children
to play building a wall with clay, the most smart
boy named Hạng Thác. He absorbed of his
playing , not know the Confucius ‘ s horse
carriage coming closed. Confucius went down
and friendly talked with the boy: “ Why don’t
you move away for the carriage running” The
boy replied:” it is the fact that the carriage have
to yield the wall”. Confucius was so excited
about the boy, he asked Hạng Thác 40
questions, the boy answered quick and right all
of them Hang Thac was a prodigy , having his
mind as a scholar .His turn to ask Confucius: “
How many stars in the sky?” Confucius said : “
Why don’t you ask something right on the
ground” the boy said: “How many the houses
are there in this town?” The Confucius said : “
Why don’t you ask something in front of you”.
The boy asked:” How many hairs are there on
your eyebrows” Confucius laughed and did not
know the answer, so he called Hạng Thác ,his
“little teacher”.

MORAL: WE SHOULD RESPECT THE

CHIDREN, SOMETIMES THEY ARE
SMARTER THAN ALDULTS

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A LESSION FROM THE NATURE

One day the boy was playing in the garden. He

was running after butterflies and trying to catch
them. He was happy to see the colorful flowers.
Then he saw a frog skipping and jumping. As
he ran behind the frog, it jumped into the pond.
A cow was also grazing in the garden. He saw
how the cow was chewing grass The boy was
enjoying the beauty of nature. He said,” the
nature is wonderful .Its beauty attracts
everyone”. When he saw a squirrel, he ran after
it and reached near the bed of roses. He tried
to pluck some roses, but a thorn pierced his
finger. It was painful. The boy started crying
and ran to the house. His mother asked him, “
What is matter? why are you crying?”.The boy
said,” The thorn of the rose pierce my finger
while I was plucking it”. His mother said ,” It is
your mistake, you should not have tried to pluck
flower. The flowers are meant to be seen not to
be plucked. Besides, natural beauty should not
be harmed. One should not interfere with the
natural processes .Instead , we should help to
maintain the nature The son said,” I will always
follow what you just told, mama” The mother
said,” let me know what you have learnt today”
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Her son explained, “ we should protect all living
beings, whether animal or plants, unnecessary
interference with nature is harmful. It may harm
the human beings in the long run

MORAL:PEOPLE SHOULD PROTECT AND

MAITAIN THE NATURE

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THE FRUIT OF KINDNESS AND

HUMBLENESS

Once upon a time, there was a poor but kind

man named Raghav. He used to visit the
temple ‘ One day he said to the God,” Oh God,
Can you come to my house, I will serve you
delicious food” The God smiled of Raghav and
said ,” Go home and prepare food for me” Then
come here to take me with you” Raghav went
home to prepare food for the God .There after
he left for the Temple to bring the God to his
house .. Raghav had gone a few yards when
an old man called him asking for food. He took
the old man to his house and served him food.
Having eaten , the old man blessed and left,
Now Raghav again rushed to invite God but an
old lady called him behind and said,” I am so
hungry, will you please give me some food”, he
served the lady food. After the meal she
thanked and went away. After that he rushed to
the temple , but this time a child came across
him and asked for meal. Though Raghav was
in hurry, he took the boy to his house and gave
him food, he was orphan and had no place to

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live. Raghav offered him his house to live in
and nice food too”. At last ,he reached the
temple and stood in front of God statue and
said ,” Oh God! I am sorry for coming late
Please now go to my house .God said but you
have already given me food”. Raghav was
surprised and asked ,” Oh God! when did I
serve you food? God said to him, you served
two old people and a boy with food at your
home? By feeding them you have in fact served
me already and I am very happy with you

MORAl: TO TREAT KINDLY WITH THE

PEOPLE , ESPECIALLY THE POOR ONES
WILL GET THE MERIT AND THE
HAPPINESS

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THE MOST DANGEROUS CREATURE

Once , the king of Ramgard, was sitting in his

court, that was packed full with scholars ,
advisors, ministers and visitors. A discourse
was going on in the court. Suddenly the king ‘s
foot was stung by an ant. That making him
thinking and asking the courtiers if they knew
the most dangerous creature. Some people
said that, “ snakes were “Some said that the
mad dogs were Some opinions included
scorpion, crocodiles and …The long discussion
did not come to resolution The King eyes fell on
Ram who was a known scholar of his time .The
king politely asked Ram,” Would you like to
express your view on the topic” Ram replied,” I
think the humans are the most dangerous The
vicious people and especially those who are in
flattering others are dangerous “A vicious
person is dangerous in the sense that he
always get irritated on your good as well as bad
acts, he always to try to defame you. On the
other hand , a person who is a flatterer would
always praise you despite your weakness,
would also make you vainglorious and keep
you far away from the reality. All the courtiers
were surprised to hear Ram. But the King again
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asked,” Who is the more dangerous : a vicious
person or a flatterer?” Ram replied , “ Oh king!
A flatterer is more dangerous than a vicious
person. On the activities of the vicious person
You can remove your weakness and reform
yourself, Near the flatterers you can increase
your arrogance”

MORAL: PEOPLE SHOULD BE MINDFULL

NOT BE INFLUENCED BY VICIOUS
PERSON OR FLATTERER

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NEVER JUDGEMENT BEFORE KNOWING

THE FACT

Long time ago , Confucius happened to see in

front of his eyes that, his best disciple ,named
Nhan Hoi , took the top of the cooked rice and
ate it, that time it is difficult for them to have
rice, a lot of people were in the starvation ,so
Confucius had his heart broken by seeing that
.Then Confucius and his disciples sat down on
the table for lunch, Confucius said, “ We have
to make ceremonial offering this meal to
ancestor worship first ,before eating but Nhan
Hoi said to his master, “ This rice can not make
the ceremonial ancestor worship, because
when I open the lid some black soot falling into
the rice pot, I took away the top of rice with
black soot and eat that, now I am done for
lunch” Confucius heard that he thought he
already misunderstand his good disciple and
did wrong judgment on Nhan Hoi, he felt so
sorry about that, he said to his disciples , “
Never making judgment before knowing the
fact,

MORAL: IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO

JUDGE THE PEOPLE ‘S ACTIONS,
KEEPING NO JUDGEMENT BEFORE
EVIDENCES

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THE 98 TH STORY

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 cross a stream
,one day 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 become very light
to carry. The donkey was happy, then the
donkey started to play the same trick everyday.
The salt seller came to understand the trick and
decided to teach a lesson to the donkey. The
next day he loaded the 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 it suffered much. It learnt a
lesson. Afterwards it did not play the trick and
the seller was happy

MORAL: LUCK WON’T FAVOR ALWAYS.

ALL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO FULFILL
SATISFACTION

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THE 99 TH STORY

YOU CAN’T PLEASE EVERYONE

One day a man was going to the market with

his son and his donkey, they met a couple on
the way: “ Why walk when you have an ass to
ride?” called out the husband,” seat the boy on
the ass.”I would like that “ said the boy, “ help
me up father” Soon they met another couple . “
How shameful of you !” Said the woman , “ Let
your father ride, won’t he be tired?” . So the boy
got down and the father rode the ass. Again
they marched on. “poor boy” said the next
person they met,” Why should the lazy father
ride while his son is walking” So the boy got into
the ass too. As they went on, they met some
travellers , “ How cruel of them!” They are up to
kill the poor ass” cried one of the travellers .
Hearing this , the father and the son got down
. Now they decided to carry the ass on their
shoulders. As they did so the travellers broke
into laughter. The laughter frighten the ass. It
broke free and galloped away

MORAL: YOU CAN NOT PLEASE

EVERYONE

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THE 100 TH STORY

LEARN AND EARN

Chu and Jing joined a wholesale company

together just after graduation. After several
years , the boss promoted Jing to sales
executive but Chu remained a sales rep. One
day Chu could not take it any more, tendered
resignation to the boss and complained the
boss did not value hard working staff, but only
promoted those who flattered him. The boss
knew Chu worked very hard for years, but in
order to help Chu realized the difference
between him and Jing, the boss asked Chu to
do the following ,” go and find down anyone
selling water melon in the market” Chu
returned and said yes to the boss. The boss
asked how much per kg ?Chu went back to the
market to ask and returned to inform boss $12
per kg. Boss told Chu ,” I will asked Jing the
same question.” Jing went ,returned and said,
boss, only one person selling water melon .$12
per kg , $100 for 10 kg , he has inventory of 340
melons. On the table 58 melons, every melon
weighs about 15 kg , bought from the South two
days ago, they are fresh and red, good quality.
Chu was very impressed and realized the
difference between himself and Jing. He
decided not to resign but to learn from Jing.

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My dear friend, a more successful person is
more observant , think more and understand in
depth. For the same matter , a more successful
person sees several years ahead, while you
see only tomorrow. The difference between a
year and a day is 365 times, how could you
win?

MORAL: ALWAYS LOOK INTO YOURSELF

WITH OPEN MIND, OPEN HEART TO FIND
THING , WAYS TO IMPROVE LIFE

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