Short Stories

The last Parachute


A pilot and his four passengers were on an airplane that was about to crash. The four passengers were Michael Jordan, Bill Clinton, a hippie, and old man. Unfortunately, there were only four parachutes on the plane. The pilot yelled, "I'm the pilot!" and jumped off with one of the parachutes. Michael Jordan said, "I'm the world's greatest athlete!" and jumped off with another parachute. Bill Clinton said, "I am the world's smartest man!" and jumped out of the plane. This left the hippie and the old man alone in the rapidly-descending airplane. "I'm old," said the old man, "so you can have the last parachute." "Nah, that's okay, man," the hippie said. "The world's smartest man just jumped out with my bag."


The Greedy Lion


Once a lion felt hungry. He came out of his den to look for some animal for his food. He saw a hare.It was playing happily under a tree. The lion walked towards the hare. The hare saw the lion and began to run in fear. So the lion also began to run after it. Soon the lion caught the hare.

Just as the lion raised his fore -foot to kill the hare, he sighted a deer. He thought that the small hare would not fill his belly. So he let the hare go off with long steps. The lion could not catchup with the deer. After a long chase, the lion was tired. He gave up the chase. He felt sorry for letting the hare off

Moral: A bird in hand is worth than two in the bush.

The Old Couple’s Mistake


Once there lived an old couple along with their daughter-in-law and their 5 year old grandson. Since the daughter-in-law was employed only the old couples were taking care of their grandson. One day there was a misunderstanding between the old couples and they started to quarrel in front of the grandson itself. The 5 year old boy was keenly observing all these things. Suddenly his grandmother took her suitcase and went to her sister’s home which was also nearby. Her mother-in-law’s sister’s residence is located near a police station.
That evening when their daughter-in-law came home and found that her mother-in-law was not there she took her 5 year old son and went to the bus stop and took a bus. While the conductor came she asked a ticket for police station. Suddenly the boy started crying. When his mom asked for the reason he said “You are going to lauch a complaint against my grand pa. only because of that you are going to the police station”. His mom really felt very ashamed because she mentioned “Police Station” only as a bus stop but the child has taken it in a wrong way.
So the elders must avoid quarreling in front of the kids as they will observe each and everything keenly.

Brilliant Strange Man


This is a real incident that happened few months ago to a known person of mine. My friend Ram and his brother Sankar went to a restaurant in a town. They chose a table of 4 which was empty. Thinking that no one should disturb them they sat in that table and started ordering the items. When they were in the second round of selection of items a third person neatly dressed came and sat in front of them. Since he came in the middle of their meals they dint consider him as a disturbance as they were about to finish their meals. The third person ordered 4-5 items and asked to parcel those items for him. When the server said that the items were ready he went straight to the cashier and spoke something with him and left the hotel with the parcels. Ram and his brother were not much bothered about him and were waiting for the bills. When the server brought the bills it was quiet shocking for both of them because the amount of very huge. When asked for clarity the server said that the third person had told to the cashier that he is a relative of Ram and also asked the cashier to include the parcel bill in their account. When Ram refused to accept the bill the server and the cashier threatened them that they will call the police if amount is not paid. So to avoid the embarrassing situation Ram paid the entire bill and left the restaurant.So people, we must be aware of what is happening around us very carefully.

The Girl’s Innocence



Chitra is a young, beautiful final year college student. One day a vacation trip was arranged in her college. She studied in a co-education college so both boys and girls left to enjoy the vacation with their lecturers. Chitra was friendly with everyone in her class. She also had very good friends in both sex. During the trip she took photos with many of her class mates. Just like that she took a snap with a friend named Raju. The trip was very good and they returned to their home town safely. One fine day there was a post to Chitra’s residence and the post was received by her father. When the cover was opened her father was shocked and shouted at Chitra. She was confused because she dint know the reason for her father’s anger. When she asked for the reason her father showed her the photo that was in that cover. Seeing the photo even Chitra was very much shocked because it was the snap that she took with her friend Raju. Chitra tried to convince her father by saying that the picture was taken only on a friendly manner and she was not in affair with that guy. But her father refused to accept all these and he discontinued her studied. Being in the final year Chitra begged her dad to allow her to college, but her father dint allow.
 

The Silent Old Man


This incident happened to one of my friend when we were in our childhood. He was a child who didn't have hair on his head. He liked to watch me and our other friends while we were playing. He would join us now and then, but he preferred watching. Every day, we would see an old man walking by our playground, carrying a walking stick. He had big ears and a bald head. The moment my friends saw him pass by, they shouted, "Hey you, deaf and dumb, what's your name?". When my friend asked why they did so, they told my friend that he could neither hear nor speak.

On an early evening, my friend was standing at the gate of his house, when he saw the old man coming. There were no friends around to shout the usual words. But how could he let this man walk by without saying anything? So for the first time, he asked in a soft voice with fear, "Hey you deaf and dumb, what's your name? The old man looked at him, and replied, "My name is Narayanan". My friend ran inside the house and never shouted at the old man after that day.

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