Danh mục: Short Story

Let’s hear a tale about “AN OPPORTUNITY IN OUR LIVES”  together. This short story comes from ancient times. It is believed that a King ordered his men to place a boulder on the roadway. He then hid in the bushes, to see if anybody would move the boulder out of the way.The story states that the…

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Let’s hear a tale about “HONESTY”  together. You may have heard people talk about a “pound of butter,” which is a short story regarding honesty. The story introduces a farmer who sold one pound of butter to a baker on a regular basis. One day, the baker wanted to check if he was getting the right…

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Let’s hear a tale about “TRUST AND DECEPTION”  together. There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children. One day she wanted to go into the forest and fetch some food. So she called all seven to her…

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Let’s hear a tale about “THE BLUE JACKAL STORY”  together. Once there was an adventurous jackal who frequently strayed into the village looking for food. The village was filled with dogs that scared the jackal. Although he was scared of the dogs, the jackal loved food and traveled to the city again and again.One day, as…

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Let’s hear a tale about “GREED”  together. An old Stork lived on the side of a fish pond. He was too old to fish any longer, and he had to come up with an idea for food. Suddenly, he had a great idea.He stood in the water with a sad face. A crab came up to…

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Let’s hear a tale about “THE ELEPHANT ROPE”  together. This is one of the more popular inspirational stories around, and all with good reason. The elephant rope isn’t only an engaging story, but it is incredibly motivational too.The story begins with a man, who passed elephants which were tied up. He suddenly stopped in his path…

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Let’s hear a tale about “THE BRAHMIN’S DREAM”  together. A poor Brahmin lived in a village all alone. He had no friends or relatives. He was known for being stingy and he used to beg for a living. The food he got as alms was kept in an earthen pot which was hung beside his bed….

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Let’s hear a tale about “A SENSE OF WONDER”  together. One day Gimme the Ax said to himself, “Today I go to the post office and around, looking around. Maybe I will hear about something happening last night when I was sleeping. Maybe a policeman began laughing and fell into a cistern and came out with…

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Let’s hear a tale about “THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL”  together. Most terribly cold it was; it snowed and was nearly quite dark, and evening– the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness, there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home she had slippers on,…

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Let’s hear a tale about “INNER BEAUTY”  together. The Moon is very beautiful with his round, bright face which shines with soft and gentle light on all the world of man. But once there was a time when he was not so beautiful as he is now. Six thousand years ago the face of the Moon…

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