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1. Animal Stories 280+ Interesting Short Stories Nithra 1. Animal Stories 1. Dog Owner Reply to Shopkeeper One night when a shopkeeper was just about to close his shop, a dog came to his shop. The dog was holding a bag in his mouth. When the shopkeeper opened the bag, he saw a list of items and money in the bag. The shopkeeper took the money and placed all the items in the bag written on the list. Immediately the dog picked up the bag and left. The shopkeeper decided to follow the dog to meet the dog's owner. That dog waited at the bus stop. Soon the bus came and the dog got onto the bus. After that when the conductor came, the dog moved forward to show his neck belt. The conductor saw it had money and address in the neck belt. The conductor took the money and kept the ticket in his neck belt. When the bus reached the destination, the dog started to wag his tail to indicate that he wanted to get down. The bus stopped and the dog got down. The shopkeeper was still following that dog. The shopkeeper saw that after walking some distance dog reached a house and knocked on the door of that house. A person came out who was the owner of the dog. When the dog owner saw the dog, he started to beat it with a stick very badly. The shocked shopkeeper who was following dog, went to dog owner and asked him, 'Why are you beating the dog?' Owner replied, 'He disturbed my sleep. Instead it could have taken keys with him...! Moral: There are no end to expectations of people. 2. How to Live Life Once a man was walking by a park and he heard a voice from nearby bushes. When he looked there, he saw that a cat was stuck there that needed help. The man tried to get it out but the cat got scared and started scratching that man's hand. The man screamed in pain but didn't back out and tried again and again, every time he tried to reach the cat, the cat would scratch his hands. 1 280+ Interesting Short Stories Nithra Another man saw that and said, 'Leave it. The cat would eventually find a way to come out later. ' That man didn't pay attention and continued to try helping that cat to get out. At last, he was able to get that cat out. Once he released that cat, he faced toward another man and said, 'Cat is an animal and it's instinct to scratch and attack but I am a human and my instinct makes me compassionate and kind. Moral: Treat everyone around you the same way you do. 3. A Slave and a Lion A slave was ill-treated by his master and he runs away to the forest. There he saw a lion, suffering in pain because of a thorn in his paw. The slave bravely goes forward and removes the thorn gently. The lion without hurting him went away. Some days later, the slave's master came to the forest for hunting and he catches many animals and cages them. The slave is spotted by one of the master’s servitors and he caught him and brought him to the cruel master. The master orders his servitor to throw the slave into the lion's cage. When the slave is awaiting his death in the cage and he realizes that it is the same lion that he had helped. The lion also realized the slave, and it doesn't hurt him. The slave rescued the lion and all other caged animals. Moral: One should help others in need, we get the rewards of our helpful acts in return. 4. The Bonded Donkey In a small village, there lived a potter. He had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil from the field to his house. Since the field was quite far off, the potter would rest under a tree midway, tying his donkey nearby. 2 280+ Interesting Short Stories Nithra One day, the potter forgot to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. When he reached the tree, he thought, how do I tie this donkey today? It might run away if I sleep. The potter decided to hold the donkey's ears so that the donkey would not run away and he could sleep A saint, who passed that way, saw the potter holding on the donkey's ears. Then the saint wanted to know what the problem of the potter was. When the potter told the saint what the problem was, the wise saint said, Take the donkey to the place where you tie him every day. Pretend to tie it an imaginary rope. I assure you it won't run away. The potter did what the saint had said. He left the donkey and went to take a nap. When he woke up, he found the donkey standing in the same place. The potter prepared to leave for home. But the donkey did not move. The potter was confused and he saw the wise saint again. He ran up to the saint and told him about the donkey's behaviour. The saint said you tied up the donkey, but did you untie him? Go and pretend to untie the rope with which you had tied the donkey. The potter followed the saint's advice. Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter thanked the wise saint and went home happily. 5. The Donkey and The Horse Bheema had a donkey and a horse. The donkey carried clothes to the pond and back to his house. The horse carried Bheema to the market, occasionally. The donkey worked much harder than the horse. On a sunny day, Bheema was going to the pond with a donkey. The donkey was carrying a heavy load of clothes but the horse did not carry anything. The clothe load was heavy, so the donkey was unable to carry. When the pain became unbearable, the donkey said to the horse, 'This load is too much for me, brother! Please take some of this load on your back'. The horse replied, 'Why should I carry? I am here only to carry our master to the market'. The donkey felt totally exhausted and also unable to move. Finally, the donkey collapsed to the ground. Immediately the washer man gave some water to the donkey. The washer man then picked up the bundle of clothes from the back of the donkey and placed it 3 280+ Interesting Short Stories Nithra on the horse's back. And now the horse thought 'I should have helped the donkey. I made a mistake. I should have taken half the load when the donkey requested me. Now I realize sharing a burden is easier'. The horse carried the heavy load of clothes for the remaining distance. Thereafter the donkey and the horse lived happily. 6. The Curse of The Bullock Long time ago, in a small village, there lived an old woman with her daughter. While the old woman was hard working, her daughter was too lazy and selfish. They had a bullock. The old woman said, 'We should take proper care of our bullock'. The daughter replied that, 'Animals should serve us, we should not serve them'. There was a pond, at some distance from the old woman's house. Every afternoon, she used to take the bullock to the pond to have a bath and to drink water. One day, the old woman fell ill. She requested her daughter, 'It is very hot today, the bullock must be thirsty, Look! I have some sweets here. I know you love sweets, dear. Take the bullock to the pond. While drinking water, you can eat these sweets, '. The girl too agreed. But she was out of her mother's sight, the lazy girl tied the bullock to a tree and sat down to eat the sweets. The thirsty bullock also waited. But after having eaten all the sweets, the daughter returned home and lied to her mother that she had taken the bullock to the pond and that the bullock drank water from the pond. The bullock was extremely angry. It cursed the daughter, 'In your next birth, you will be born as a Jacobin cuckoo, a bird that drinks water when only it rains. As you kept me thirsty today, so will you remain thirsty. ' The Curse of the Bullock came true. In her next birth, the daughter was born as a Jacobin cuckoo. Moral: We should be kind to animals. 7. The story of Dog A dog saw the cat on the wall and said to himself, 'Oh, how lucky the cat is! I wish to climb on the wall'. 4 280+ Interesting Short Stories Nithra Next, it sees a goldfish swimming in an aquarium. It thought how nice it would be to swim in the cold water. Just then, the fish says to it, 'The grass looks so warm and nice. I like to lie in it'. Shortly after a sparrow passes by and says 'Oh! I would like to play all day in the sun. And If I am a dog then I will play the whole day'. On hearing all this, the dog realizes how lucky it was and it started appreciating all the things it had. Moral: It always seems that the grass is always greener on the other side.
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