One day, a boy named Tom found a wallet on the street. Inside were some money and an ID card. Tom could have kept the money, but he remembered what his parents taught him about honesty. So he took the wallet to the police station. The moral is that honesty is always the best policy.
The story of the fox and the grapes. A fox saw some high - hanging grapes and wanted to eat them. But when it couldn't reach them, it said 'Those grapes are surely sour'. The moral is that people sometimes pretend to dislike things just because they can't have them.
Most of them have a clear moral lesson at the end. Like in the story of the ant and the grasshopper. The ant works hard all summer while the grasshopper plays. Then winter comes and the grasshopper has nothing. The moral is about the importance of hard work.
They are useful as they often use simple language. For example, 'The Tortoise and the Hare' uses basic vocabulary and easy - to - understand sentences, which helps learners improve their vocabulary.
English small moral stories can also broaden your cultural understanding. Many of these stories come from different English - speaking cultures and they carry the values and beliefs of those cultures. By reading them, you get to know how people in those cultures think about certain things like honesty, friendship, and hard work.
Sure. Here is one. A boy found a bird with a broken wing. He took it home and took care of it until it could fly again. The moral is that kindness to animals is very important.
There is also 'The Lion and the Mouse'. A tiny mouse helps a big lion by freeing it from a trap. It tells us that no matter how small or unimportant someone may seem, they can be of great help.
Sure. One story is about a boy who always lied. He cried 'wolf' when there was no wolf just for fun. One day when the wolf really came, no one believed him and the wolf ate his sheep. The moral is that honesty is important.
One moral is that kindness will be rewarded. Cinderella was kind even though she was treated badly, and in the end, she got a happy ending with the prince.
It's hard to say without knowing the story. But if it's a story about sharing, the moral might be that sharing brings more happiness. For example, if a character shares their food with a hungry animal and in return gets help from the animal later.