Sang Kancil was a clever deer. He lived along a river. Sang Buaya was a big bad crocodile who lived in the river with other crocodiles. They had always wished to catch Sang Kancil and eat him. But never had they succeeded in doing so because of Sang Kancil’s tricks. One day, when Sang Kancil […]
Long ago, in ancient China, an Emperor had a beautiful wife who told fabulous stories. The Emperor loved stories dearly. Sadly, one day, the Emperor’s wife fell ill and died. The Emperor became very sad and lost all interest in the affairs of the kingdom. Everyone in the kingdom was worried. They were afraid that
A long time ago, there was a prince who was very brave and a great knight. There was a princess too who was very beautiful and kind. They loved each other and lived happily in a big castle. One day a witch went to the castle and said to them, “I hate you both as
Once there lived a farmer in a village. He was very ambitious. He wanted to make more and more money. In spring, when it was rainy, he called out to God, “ If it were sunny, I would have sown some wheat.” Next day, it became sunny, and the farmer sowed some wheat. After that,
Thousands of years ago, there was a country that was ruled by another country. The king was a slave who worked for the foreign ruler of this country. His staff officer was trying to save the king and his country. While the staff officer was walking along the river, he saw a beautiful lady washing
Once in the dense forests of South Africa, a baboon used to disturb the zebra mares. He would not let them drink water when they arrived at the river to quench their thirst. Once a mare gave birth to a foal. Other mares helped her to suckle the young foal. He grew up to be
Once, there was a rich and powerful man. He loved seagulls and they also loved him. One day, he was shocked to see a seagull on his terrace. He ran over to look at it. He was shocked to see that it was wounded. He carefully took the seagull in his arms and called for
Long ago, the Emperor in China had a very beautiful kingdom. Everyone admired his palace and gardens. One day, the Emperor heard a nightingale sing beautifully and ordered his courtiers to search for the nightingale and bring it to the palace. The Emperor kept the bird in his palace in a cage and daily heard
Huang An was an old man who was over eighty but still looked like a youth. Even during the winter he went about without garments. He sat on a three-feet-long tortoise. Once a man asked him, “How old might this tortoise be?” Huang An replied, “When Fu Hi first invented fish-nets and eel-pots, he caught
Once upon a time, a poor man dug up a big cask in his field. He took it home and asked his wife to clean it. But when she started brushing the inside of the cask, all of a sudden the cask began to fill itself with brushes. She kept taking out the brushes, but
The priest laughed and told him to say, ‘Hobbery jibbery snobbery snoo,’ while walking through the wall. Sung walked up to the wall, but couldn’t walk through. So the priest said, “Don’t go slowly; put your head down and run fast.” Sung did as he was told, and immediately found himself outside the temple. Overjoyed,
Gradually, the moon began to fade. When the pupils brought lighted candles, they saw the priest sitting alone in the dark with the piece of paper on the wall. The priest, now, asked them to sleep so that they might get up early in the morning to collect firewood. Sung could not stand this any
It was dark, but no candles had been brought in yet. So, the priest took a pair of scissors, and cut out a round piece of paper and stuck it upon the wall. At once, it became bright as the moon and lighted up the whole room. One of the strangers took a kettle of
Long ago, a man named Sung, longed to be a magician. So, one day, he went to a temple. He saw a priest with long hair sitting on a rush mat. He bowed and asked the priest if he could teach him magic. “I guess you are not strong enough for that,” replied the priest.
Then he asked for some water. A man in the crowd handed him and he poured it on the soil. Immediately, the people saw green leaves sprouting from the soil. The people were shocked. Soon, there was a small pear tree with branches and leaves. It continued to grow. There was complete silence as the
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