<p>This is one of the best <strong>short folktales stories</strong> for kids. In a village in South India, there lived a poor man called Raghu. He didn&#8217;t have enough to eat but he was very generous man and often brought home guests for lunch or dinner. Raghu&#8217;s wife, Lalitha loved her husband but could not understand his inviting strangers when they themselves had so little to eat. She tried to reason with him but he wouldn&#8217;t listen.</p>
<p>One afternoon, Lalitha was looking out of the window when she saw three fat men walking up the hill towards her. She thought, &#8220;Oh, goodness! Will he never learn? He has invited these men for lunch. Where am I to get enough food for all of us?&#8221; She looked out again and saw that they were nearing the gate of the house. Also, read <a href="https://bedtimeshortstories.com/a-price-to-pay">A Price To Pay</a>.</p>
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<p>Suddenly, one of them saw the grinder arranged as if ready for worship and asked, &#8220;Madam, why do you have a grinder here? Who worships it?&#8221; Lalitha smiled and said, &#8220;Oh this, my husband worships it! It demands human blood. That&#8217;s why my husband invites so many people home. When he comes, he will take the grinder and bang it on your heads to draw blood. That&#8217;s the only way to appease this deity.&#8221;</p>
<p>The men looked terrified but Lalitha continued, &#8220;I have asked him a million times not to do it.&#8221; She then turned to the window and said, &#8220;Ah! There he is! He&#8217;ll be here in a moment.&#8221; The men had heard enough. They got up and rushed out of the door past Raghu. Raghu was puzzled. He turned to Lalitha and asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s the matter with them?&#8221; &#8220;I don&#8217;t know! They saw my grinder and wanted it. But I said they couldn&#8217;t have it and so they rushed out,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>Raghu rushed to pick up the grinder and went after the men. He screamed, &#8220;Here, you can have it! I&#8217;ll give it to you!&#8221; But the men just ran faster when they saw him chasing with the grinder. After a while, Raghu decided it was pointless to chase the men and so returned back home. He gave the grinder back to his wife and said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what has got into them! Anyways, let&#8217;s have our lunch.&#8221; You may also like to read, <a href="https://bedtimeshortstories.com/tenali-raman-and-the-proud-priest">Tenali Raman And The Proud Priest</a>.</p>
<p>Over the next few days, Raghu invited quite a few people home but to his surprise, no one accepted his invitation. He couldn&#8217;t understand what had happened. Lalitha kept her secret and much happier as she had finally got rid of her unwanted guests!</p>
<p>Here is a visual depiction of one of the great short folktales stories, <strong>“The Unwanted Guests”</strong>. See the video story below,</p>
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