Campfire Stories with a moral

To understand my story, you first have to understand the relationship between my father and his dog. You see, my father loved his dog more than anything else in the world, including his own family. Or at least that’s the way it appeared to me. There were no pictures of my mother or me in his wallet, only that big, …

One weekend Mr.. Simpson and his thirteen year old son Jimmy were camping in the Jacksonville State Forest area, They had prepared this camp out with very little help from Mom. Well, except for some advice. She saw Dad packing a large can of sauerkraut and asked him what he planned to do with it. He responded that it was …

A couple of Welsh miners came to Nevada to help mine the Comstock Load. They were quite a pair of tricksters, yes sir! It got so bad that no one would believe anything they said, ’cause if’n they did, the Welshman would make them look like a fool. But they were popular. The miners dearly loved a laugh after a …

Jonathan was looking really unhappy. “What’s up?” Asked Robbit. “The beetle boys were bullying me,” Said Jonathan glumly, “They wrote things on my shell.” Robbit looked: there, all across Jonathan’s carefully polished shell was scrawled the word “SWOT”. “Why didn’t you just chase the beetles away?” Demanded Robbit “Cos I’m just a snail,” Replied Jonathan, “I’m too slow.” Robbit put …

The Starfish story is well known. I am not sure who wrote it, but here is my version. This story begins with a strong summer wind, and a storm that blew in from the west. “Ooooh” went the breeze, and the feeling in your knees, told you it was a good time for a rest. But the very next morning, …

Teach a morality tale about conservation from a tribal legend. This is a tale Mr. Fox learned that was told long, long ago by the Yaudanchi tribal people of California’s Native American Yokut Indians. Ho! Listen to the truth about The Woman Who Was Greedy. * * * Long, long ago, when the animals could talk and the only people …

Once upon a time, when the Field-Mouse was out gathering wild beans for the winter, his neighbor, the Buffalo, came down to graze in the meadow. This the little Mouse did not like, for he knew that the other would mow down all the long grass with his prickly tongue, and there would be no place in which to hide. …

One day there was a very happy littel donkey walking through the field. He was just minding his own business when all of a sudden, he fell down a well. Now this well was a really deep well and without help this donkey was never going to get out of it. So the little donkey started to making a right …

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she’s blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He’s always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend. One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she can see everything, including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend …

Once there was a man who lived in a beautiful log cabin. He seemed to have everything but was never happy. The man believed it was because he was unlucky (but in fact it was because he was bored.) One day he had enough and he went to a very old and wise woman to find out why he was …