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Honesty is The Best Policy – A Moral Story of Panchtantra

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A milkman became very wealthy through dishonest means. He had to cross a river daily to reach the city where his customers lived. He mixed the water of the river generously with the milk that he sold for a good profit. One day he went around collecting the dues in order to celebrate the wedding of his son. With the large amount thus collected he purchased plenty of rich clothes and glittering gold ornaments. But while crossing the river the boat capsized and all his costly purchases were swallowed by the river. The milk vendor was speechless with grief. At that time he heard a voice that came from the river, “Do not weep. What you have lost is only the illicit gains you earned through cheating your customers.

honesty is the best policy milkman story
honesty is the best policy milkman story

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A woodcutter lived in a very simple village. His job was cutting wood from jungle and sale. He only has an axe for cutting woods. Unfortunately on day he was cutting woods near a river in the jungle, his axe fell into river. The river was very deep and woodcutter did not know how to swim. He becomes very sad and sitting there with heavy heart. He was poor and not has enough money to buy another axe.

He was depressed. He starts blaming himself for putting the axe inside water. Suddenly an angel appeared before him. The angel stops him from crying. The angel cleans his tears. The angel asked him why he was crying. He told the angle everything. The angel took pity on woodcutter.

Then the angel went into river and came back with big golden axe. He asked the woodcutter it was his axe. Wood cutter replied “No”. Then angel went back into the river and came back with Silver one. This time also woodcutter refused to take it. Finally the angle brought the axe of woodcutter from the water. This time woodcutter was happy to get back his iron axe. The angel became very glad on his honesty and gives him the two axes gold and silver.

Moral: Honesty is The Best Policy

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Honesty is The Best Policy
Honesty is The Best Policy
Honesty is The Best Policy
Honesty is The Best Policy

 

This is the complete story about honesty of a poor woodcutter. This story is very easy to memorize as honesty is the best policy story for class 4 students. You can also find lots of stories for your kids on all topics. You can read different stories here with same topic as honesty is the best policy story for class 6.

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