Moral Of The Story

What is the moral of the story? TaleTown multimedia English short stories with moral & retold stories with morals. Meaningful stories & scholastic tales with morals. (For Moral Stories specifically - See Moral Stories)

  • A Land Too Far

    rings on the riverInsightful Story: A Land Too Far

    Lyrics in various versions of ‘Chhalla’ translated in context of the lover’s ring, boatman’s dead son & Punjab’s current issues

     

  • Ali Baba And 40 Thieves - 02

    Old Man and the Donkey...Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves - 02

    Alibaba stole from thieves. Is stealing from thieves wrong?

    Beliefs are dangerous, yet useful. Why?

  • Are You A Leaf Or Root?

    kringamorphosisInsightful Story: Are You A Leaf Or Root?

    Tyler Perry’s Tree analogy.

    His tree test classifies people into three types: Leaf People, Branch People & Root People

  • Be Informed To Spot Opportunities

    SnaresBe informed to spot opportunities in business & life.

    Learning business management becomes easy, when Sunny shows the benefits of being informed using a nun joke...

  • Bedsheet For The Soul

    Gandhi spinning CharkhaInsightful Story: Bedsheet For The Soul

    Rosh explains the lyrics of Kabir’s iconic poem 'Jhini Chadaria', in which he calls the human body a finely woven tapestry

  • Caught You Red-Handed

    Blow Your Mind"Time passed slowly and the expectation that he was finally going to eat made his stomach growl with eager anguish."

    "Geshe Ben was so hungry that he found it difficult to wait. His eyes kept returning to the jar of food within his reach."

  • Control Your Tongue

    awesome-akshardham-temple-in-delhi-india-295837Build character and learn to control your tongue, and your words, like Rishi Durvasa’s, will have the power to move mountains and create history.

    Insightful kids story from Hindu mythology showing that words have power. Words can heal, and words can hurt.

  • Cracked Pot

    The Parable of the Cracked PotInsightful story: Cracked Pot

    Nobody is perfect. We're all cracked pots, but can still be useful.

    Everything serves a purpose. A fulfilled life is a perfect life.

  • Dishonesty – The Better Policy

    MaskedLying works, and is good for us. When we do it well, we get what we want. If we don't get what we want, we know that we need to improve on our lying skills. More lying practice is needed. That's why we lie all the time.

    Tests conducted in 2002 by Feldman, showed that students told three lies on average per ten minutes of conversation.

  • Don’t Upset Your Insurer

    See no Evil, Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil“They can act as judge, jury and executioner. Their heavy handed actions can ruin the lives of the very people that pay their premiums.”

    “Ruined because of a slip. Ruined because an allegation was made. Or ruined because someone dared demand that their contract be respected.”

  • Drink In The Mosque

    Ankara's Kocatepe MosqueInsightful story: Drink In The Mosque

    Is any place holier than other?

    Funny tale with Urdu Shayari Of Ghalib, Mir, Iqbal, Faraz & Wasi on where to drink alcohol

  • Executive Decisions

    What Is the Most Dangerous Dog of All TimeExecutive decisions screw the minions regardless of who is at fault.

    A dictator’s minister avoids being mauled by dogs, but Rosh is dubious of the story message...

  • Eye Of The Beholder

    magic eye // I have been tagged

    Nothing changes in the world around you, yet your world changes completely.

    The eye sees. The eye of the beholder is the key.

  • Finding My Way

    Dzogchen“Where else can one go? It is all here. What more is there to seek? I already have Him. What more is there to become? I already am.”

    “No, my liberation is not in seeking more, not in getting more, but in giving back what I do have now.”

  • Found The Bottle-Lovers

    Drinks

    Funny story: Found The Bottle-Lovers

    With lyrics translation of Hindi song: Nasha Sharab Me Hota To.

    If alcohol could intoxicate, bottles would have danced

  • Get A Worry Doll

    Worry DollStress Management Story: Get A Worry Doll

    Guatemalan indigenous ancients knew how to delegate worrying to others...

     

  • Get In The Line

    HearseFunny Story: Get In The Line

    What life needs is not perfection, but love.

    Not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly!

  • Glimpses Of Greatness

    Mother and daughter chat in front of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial

    Glimpses of greatness can be seen all around us, not just in ancient avatars and famous leaders.

    Necessity and opportunity creates heroes out of ordinary beings.

  • How To Handle Durvasas?

    An Ash Smeared Naga Sadhu Smoking PotHow to handle Durvasas? How to deal with people you don’t like?

    Why did Rishi Durvaasa curse Indra? Insightful story on sage Durvasa of the Hindu mythology

  • Imprisoned Son

    Fallen Comrades.An imprisoned son sorts out his father’s problem while still in jail.

    We are divided by the distance between our hearts, not by the distance between our bodies.

     

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