Kids love intriguing short bedtime stories. These short stories can be a fun filled and interesting way to teach your children morals and right conduct.

When it comes to short stories for kids with morals, look no further. Here are some wonderful and famous short stories in English to both excite and educate your kids. ENJOY...

10 SHORT STORIES FOR KIDS.

1. THE GOLDEN GOOSE.
This short story is about a farmer who had a goose that laid one golden egg everyday. It focuses on the theme of greed and how it can ruin lives.
The Golden Goose

2. THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF.
This classic short story teaches kids about the dangers of being untruthful and raising false alarms.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf

3. THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
Three little pigs is a story which teaches kids how proper planning and hard work can trump over-confidence and greed. This short story is rich in morals and values.
The Three Little Pigs

4. LION AND THE MOUSE
This story teaches kids how acts of kindness are always rewarded. How regardless of your size and appearance, you  can always make an impact.
Lion And The Mouse

5. THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
This story is based on the concept of working hard today for a better tomorrow. It teaches kids about the futility of wasting away their precious time instead of studying and working hard.
The Ant And The Grasshopper

6. THE HONEST WOOD CUTTER
Tells the story of a woodcutter who lost his axe in a stream and for being truthful was greatly rewarded. It emphasizes the saying "honesty is the best policy".
The Honest Wood Cutter

7. THE BEAR AND THE TWO FRIENDS
Being a good friend is all about being there for each other when it matters most. The Bear and the two friends is a story that teaches kids about true friendship.
The Bear And The Two Friends

8. THE SELFISH HORSE
This short story teaches kids the value of helping others. Sometimes we end up helping ourselves when we help others.
The Selfish Horse

9. A FOX AND A CRANE
"Do unto others as you will have them do unto you", so goes the golden rule. This short story emphasizes this rule.
A Fox And A Crane

10. FRIENDS FOREVER
This story is about friendship between a frog and a mouse, and how your actions against others can backfire.This short story emphasizes the saying "Don't dig too deep a pit for your enemy, you just might fall into it."
Friends Forever

THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE is a contemporary and popular short story for kids that teaches children about the importance of tenacity, dedication and determination while also highlighting the folly of overconfidence. The story has strong moral lessons and is written in basic English that can be easily comprehended by kids. 

ENJOY 

A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow.
"Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh.
"Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. I'll run you a race and prove it."

The Hare was much amused at the idea of running a race with the Tortoise, but for the fun of it, he agreed. So the Fox, who had consented to act as judge, marked the distance and started the runners off.

The Hare was soon far out of sight, and to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how ridiculous it was for him to try a race with a Hare, he lay down beside the course to take a nap until the Tortoise could catch up.

The Tortoise meanwhile kept going slowly but steadily, and, after a time, passed the place where the Hare was sleeping. But the Hare slept on very peacefully; and when at last he did wake up, the Tortoise was near the goal. The Hare now ran his swiftest, but he could not overtake the Tortoise in time.

And so, the slow but steady tortoise won the race over the arrogant and over-confident hare. 

MORAL LESSON : Diligence and hard work will always take you far.

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INDECISIVE FATE is a short poem from one of our readers which talks about facing the uncertainties of life and the will to carry on no matter the situation. This short poem is basically a poem about life and can easily be related to.

Enjoy this well written piece below :

INDECISIVE FATE
Sitting alone on a lonely night
Reaping the fruits of my indecision
Solitude my new found company
Listening to the deafening sound of silence
It's like everything has it right except me,
Even the sun knows where to rise and set.
But I’m an ocean controlled by waves,
As the tides, I rise and fall.

It's no longer a buffet,
I just feed off the crumbs from the table,
Like a beast of burden I carry my loads without grunts.
I follow a path no man has thread.
Finding my own path in this big ball called earth. Superstitions make me hold my head to make a wish.
I hope my legs know where they are taking me to.
I hope my heart finds what it seeks.

 Surely as there is life I will live.
Surely as I breathe, I'll survive
I will hope and i will dream.
 For yet tomorrow is pregnant,
Puffed with uncertainties and unknown,
Will it birth sweet or churn out sour?
Only the heavens can tell..
                                               I_am_Exousia

''Road Not Taken'' is a famous narrative poem by renowned poet, Robert Frost.

Consisting of four stanzas of five lines each, this historical piece champions following one's path and ideas. Some critics, however, argue that this popular literary work entails expressing irony towards a particular idea.

Enjoy this wonderful masterpiece below :

The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bends in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no steps had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I  doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took thee one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
                                                Robert Frost