“The Princess and the Blind Man” is an exciting moral story for kids about greed, betrayal, and consequences. It teaches the value of honesty, kindness, and cleverness. When a princess is born with a horn, a blind man’s wisdom and bravery reveal how bad intentions can backfire, changing lives forever.
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The Princess and the Blind Man – Moral Story for Kids
The Princess and the Blind Man – A moral story about greed and consequences.
King Madhusena worries after seeing his daughter born with a horn.
Once, there was a king named Madhusena.
The princess is born with a small horn on her head.
His daughter was born with a small horn on her head.
King calls priests and Brahmins for guidance about the horned child.
The king was frightened and worried, so he called wise priests and Brahmins for advice.
A Brahmin warns the king the horn may bring trouble.
One Brahmin said, “Oh King! A baby born with a horn will bring great trouble to this kingdom!”
Priest advises king to marry the princess off and send her away.
Another priest suggested, “Marry her to someone and send the couple away from the country. Until then, you should avoid looking at the princess.”
The king offers gold to anyone willing to marry the princess.
As the princess grew older, the king announced that anyone who married her would receive a hundred thousand gold coins. After the wedding, the couple would leave the kingdom.
Despite the reward, no one agrees to marry the princess.
Many days passed, but no one came forward to marry the princess.
A blind man and a hunchback hear about the king’s offer.
One day, two friends—a blind man and a hunchbacked man—heard about the king’s proclamation. They decided that one of them should marry the princess.
The blind man decides to marry the princess.
The blind man said, “I will marry the princess and live a happy life with the gold we receive.”
He approaches the king and agrees to marry the horned princess.
So, he went to the king and declared, “Great Majesty, I am ready to marry the princess!”
The blind man marries the princess and leaves the kingdom.
The blind man and the princess were married and sent to a faraway land.
The blind man, princess, and hunchback live peacefully.
The hunchbacked friend accompanied them, and the three lived comfortably for some time.
Princess secretly falls in love with the hunchback.
As days passed, the princess began to develop feelings for the hunchbacked man.
Princess whispers a plan to poison her blind husband.
One day, she whispered to him: “My beloved, if we get rid of the blind man, we can marry each other. I have a plan… Let’s find some poison.”
Hunchback brings a deadly black snake for poison.
A few days later, the hunchbacked friend brought a black snake and told her: “Beloved, this snake’s venom is deadly. Cook it with many spices and feed it to your husband. He will die.” Saying this, he left.
Princess cooks the snake and asks her husband to stir.
The princess began cooking the snake and told her husband to stir the pot while she fetched water from the well.
Poisonous fumes restore the blind man’s eyesight.
As the blind man stirred, the poisonous fumes reached his eyes. He felt a strange sensation—miraculously, he began to see!
He sees the snake in the pot and realizes the plot.
Looking into the pot, he realized it wasn’t fish but a deadly snake being cooked. Someone had planned to kill him.
Princess lies about cooking fish as the hunchback arrives.
Just then, the princess and the hunchback returned. The hunchback asked casually, “Did you cook the fish for your husband?”
The blind man confronts the betrayal with anger.
She replied, “Yes, it’s cooking right now.”
He hits the hunchback, miraculously curing the man’s bent back.
Hearing this, the blind man rushed toward them and shouted: “You cheater! So this was your plan to get rid of me!”
He strikes the princess, and her horn disappears.
He grabbed a heavy stick and struck the hunchback on the back— miraculously, the man’s hunch disappeared.
Blind man stuck princess
Then he struck the princess on her head, and her horn disappeared as well.
Moral: Never plot to harm others—your bad intentions return to you.
Moral: Never plan to harm others – your bad intentions will only bring trouble back to you.
The story teaches that plotting harm brings trouble back to oneself. Kindness, honesty, and courage always win, while greed and deceit lead to unexpected consequences.
