Short Stories for Kids, with Moral of the Story

The changes you want in others, you must first make the change yourself

Once upon a time, there was a Teacher in one of the villages, all the people of the same village and other surrounding villages used to listen and respect him. 

If sometimes, there was a debate on any issue in the village, the people would come to the Teacher for advice and listen to the Teacher without hesitation.

One day a woman brings her 5-year-old son to the Teacher, and complains about his son that he does not listen to me and eat a lot of Jaggery.

Please tell him to listen to him and stop eating Jaggery. 

The Teachers stay quiet for a while and then ask that woman to come again tomorrow along with her son.

The woman walks away with a salutation and arrives again the next day along with her son and set in front of the Teacher. The Teacher lovingly takes that 5-year-old boy to him and says "You are a good boy, obey your mother, and stop eating Jaggery from tomorrow “OK." now go home.

The woman with a confused smile ask the Teacher, "Sir, can I question you one thing", the Teacher says "Please go ahead”. 

You just told my son not to eat Jaggery, you could have said this even yesterday, then why did you call me today?

The Teacher smiled and said, "I too love to eat Jaggery, yesterday when you brought your son to me, I was eating Jaggery. How can I tell someone not to do things, which I love to do?

Therefore, from today I left eating Jaggery, and now I am worth to explain your son. 

Moral of the story - The changes you want in others, you must first make the change yourself.