SHORT

STORIES
 1.An Old Man in the
Village
An old man lived in the
village. He was one of the
most unfortunate people
in the world. The whole
village was tired of him;
he was always gloomy, he
constantly complained
and was always in a bad
mood.
The longer he lived, the more bile he
was becoming and the more
poisonous were his words. People
avoided him because his misfortune
became contagious. It was even
unnatural and insulting to be happy
next to him.
He created the feeling of unhappiness in
others.
But one day, when he turned eighty years
old, an incredible thing happened.
Instantly everyone started hearing the
rumour that the Old Man had become
happy, he doesn’t complain about
anything anymore, always smiles, and
even his face is freshened up.
he whole village gathered together. The
villagers asked the old man about what
happened.
He answers, “Nothing special. Eighty
years I’ve been chasing happiness, and it
was useless. And then I decided to live
without happiness and just enjoy life.
That’s why I’m happy now.”
-The End-
 2. The Wise Man
People have been coming to the wise
man, complaining about the same
problems every time. One day he told
them a joke and everyone roared in
laughter.
After a couple of minutes, he told
them the same joke and only a few of
them smiled.
 When he told the same joke for the
third time no one laughed anymore.

The wise man smiled and said, “You

can’t laugh at the same joke over and
over. So why are you always crying
about the same problem?”
-The End-
 3. Two Best Friends
A story tells that two friends were
walking through the desert. During
some point of the journey, they had
an argument, and one friend
slapped the other one in the face.

 The one who got slapped was

hurt, but without saying anything,

wrote in the sand; Today my best

friend slapped me in the face.

 They kept on walking until they
found an oasis, where they decided
to take a bath. The one who had
been slapped got stuck in the mire
and started drowning, but the
friend saved him. After he
recovered from the near drowning,
he wrote on a stone; Today my best
friend saved my life
The friend who had slapped and

saved his best friend asked him;

“After I hurt you, you wrote in the

sand and now, you write on a

stone, why?”
 The other friend replied; “When
someone hurts us we should write it
down in sand where winds of
forgiveness can erase it away. But,
when someone does something good
for us, we must engrave it in stone
where no wind can ever erase it.”
-The End-
 4. The Greedy Lion
It was an incredibly hot day, and a lion
was feeling very hungry.
He came out of his den and searched
here and there. He could find only a
small hare. He caught the hare with
some hesitation. “This hare can’t fill
my stomach,” thought the lion.
As the lion was about to kill the hare,
a deer ran that way. The lion became
greedy. He thought that it is better
to eat the big deer rather than the
small hare.
He let the hare go and went behind

the deer. But the deer had vanished

into the forest. The lion now felt

sorry for letting the hare off.

-The End-
 5.The Hare With Many Friends
A Hare was very popular with the
other animals in the jungle who all
claimed to be her friends. One day
she heard the hounds approaching
her and hoped to escape them by the
aid of her friends. So, she went to the
horse, and asked him to carry her
away from the hounds on his back.
 But he declined, stating that he had
important work to do for his master.
“He felt sure,” he said, “that all her
other friends would come to her
assistance.”
She then applied to the bull, and
hoped that he would repel the hounds
with his horns.

The bull replied: “I am very sorry, but

I have an appointment with a lady;
but I feel sure that our friend the goat
will do what you want.” The goat,
however, feared that his back might
do her some harm if he took her upon
it. The ram, he felt sure, was the
proper friend to ask for help
So she went to the ram and told him
the case. The ram replied: “Another
time, my dear friend. I do not like to
interfere on the present occasion, as
hounds have been known to eat sheep
as well as hares.”
 The Hare then applied, as a last hope, to
the calf, who regretted that he was unable
to help her, as he did not like to take the
responsibility upon himself, as so many
older persons than himself had declined
the task. By this time the hounds were
quite near, and the Hare took to her heels
and luckily escaped.
-The End-
 6. The True Love of Mother

Once upon a time, there were a

mother and her child who lived near

the forest. They were so poor so that

they lived in an ugly cottage and wore

worn-out dresses.
 One day, there was a plague in the

village. The child was infected by the

plague. The mother would like to bring

her child to the doctor. However, they

didn’t have money to pay for the

doctor.
 The mother asked the people about
the medicine. She went to the forest
and looked for some herbal roots. She
made the medicine and treated her
child carefully. The children’s
condition was getting better.
 After that, the child recovered from
the diseases. Unfortunately, the
mother was getting infected. And,
since her body was so weak and didn’t
get enough sleep, she passed away
after several days.
Her child was crying and realizing
that her mother gave her true
love till the end.

-The End-
7. The Secret Park in My Grandfather’s
House

Last summer, my family and I went to

my grandfather’s house. We stayed

there for about one week.

I and my brother were so happy since

my grandfather’s house was located

close to the beautiful and greenery

farm. One day, I saw my grandfather

went to the farm behind the house.

I was so curious since I had never gone

there. The place looked so scary. My

grandfather saw me. Then, he

immediately asked me to follow him.

And, I was so surprised since there

was a flower park behind the farm.

The park was full of flowers and

butterflies.

My grandfather said that he planted

all the flowers and took care of them.

After that day, I spent my whole day

enjoying the time in the park.

-The End-
 8.The Legend of Crying Stone

There was once a stone that cried

tears of blood. It was said that the

stone wept for the sorrows of the

world. Many people tried to destroy

the stone, but it was unbreakable.

One day, a woman came to the stone
and asked it why it cried. The stone
told her that it wept for the woman’s
lost daughter. The woman was so
touched by the stone’s compassion
that she vowed to protect it from then
on.
Now, the stone is a symbol of hope for

many people. It reminds us that even

in the darkest times, there is always

someone who cares.”

-The End-
 9.The Ant and The Elephant
Once upon a time, there lived a huge
elephant in a jungle. He was arrogant
and always underestimated animals
smaller than him. In the same jungle,
there lived a family of ants.
 Every morning, they would go in

search of food and on their way back,

they would always see the elephant

troubling other animals.

 One day, when the ant family was

coming back collecting their food, the

elephant sprayed a trunk full of water

on them. “You shouldn’t hurt others

like this” cried one of the ants.

“Shut up you, tiny ant! Keep quiet or I will

crush you to death,” said the elephant

angrily. The poor ant kept quiet and went

on its way. But she decided to teach the

proud elephant a lesson.

 Next day, when the elephant was

sleeping, the tiny ant slowly crept
into the elephant’s trunk and started
biting him. The elephant woke up
and tried everything to get the ant
out his trunk but could not.

Such a big animal but he could not do

anything to get the tiny ant out. The
elephant started to cry and begged
sorry to the ant.“I hope now you
understand how others feel when you
hurt them” said the ant.
 “Yes, I do. Yes, I do,” cried the
elephant and pleaded the ant to come
out. The ant took pity on the elephant
and came out of his trunk. From that
day onward, the elephant never
troubled any animals.
-The End_