151 Fairy Tales

A dragon called Falkor was the most trusted friend and advisor to the king of Lavender. When Falkor turned 100, he requested the king that he wanted to retire. “Falkor, I give you the task of finding your successor,” the king said. That night Falkor was taking a walk on the mountain. He came across […]

Adam and Tracy were a poor couple. Once there were heavy rains and their house of straw was destroyed. The couple took their belongings and made way to another town through the forest. It was getting dark and they were very tired. Adam said, “We will spend the night here. Let me collect some firewood.”

One day, a Hedgehog named Spike was walking home when it started to rain. Spike noticed a large mushroom and thought, “Let me use this mushroom as an umbrella!” He pulled out the mushroom and started walking again. This was a magic mushroom. Reaching home, Spike realised that the mushroom was glowing dark pink. After

A kind lady planted a corn given by a witch to have children. A tiny little girl came out of its flower. She named her Thumbelina. One night, a toad carried away Thumbelina as a bride for her son. Thumbelina did not want to marry the ugly toad and escaped with the help of a

One day, an evil witch dressed as an old lady approached the princess with a tumbler full of liquid and said, “You will become the loveliest princess on earth if your drink this magic potion.” The princess drank the magic potion and went into deep sleep. A wise doctor saw her and said, “Only the

Once, a family of peasants lived in a hut near a forest. The peasants had a son who could not walk. He had an illness, which no doctor could cure. Every day, he prayed so that he might walk and see the world. One night, when the boy was looking out of the window, he

Once, a sparrow and an ant lived on a mango tree. Every morning, the wise ant went out in search of food and filled its food store a little. One day, the sparrow asked, “Why do you store food, dear ant?” “It’s spring time and the food is in abundance. When winter comes, there will

Once upon a time, there lived an orphan girl named Delna. Once, she was visiting a friend in a village, when she saw a huge house. She asked her friend about the house. The friend told her, “The house belongs to a knight. Years ago, his daughter went out to give candies on Halloween and

Once upon a time, there lived a boy named Billy. He lived with his parents and grandmother. His father worked in a shoe factory. However, one day, war broke out. Billy’s father had to go to fight in the battle. So, Billy’s mother started going to work to feed the family. Billy wanted to help

One day, a little boy and his sister were fighting over a cookie. Neither of them wanted to share it. They fought for a long time. When they finally stopped, they saw an ogre was standing over them. The ogre lifted them and placed them high on the top of a tree. He said to

Once, an old farmer lived with his three sons. Before dying, he called his sons and distributed his possessions among them. The first son got a cow, the second got a horse and the third son got a cock. The elder two mocked the third one on his inheritance. The third son left home and

Once, an emperor had a pet nightingale. The nightingale sang the most beautiful and sweet songs that touched everyone’s heart. However, the nightingale was not happy living in a cage. One day, the nightingale lay in the cage and did not move. The emperor was very upset. Then a wise man came to see the

Noel loved spending time in the countryside with his aunt. One day, Noel saw his aunt crying. She said, “Our landlord will take away our land and the animals. We haven’t paid the debt we owed him.” Noel felt very sad. He wanted to help his aunt. So, Noel thought of his secret friend, the

A boy called Charlie played outside the village, next to the big banyan tree, every day. One day, his younger brother Billy came to play with him. Charlie did not want to play with Billy. So, he decided to scare him and told Billy that a fearful spirit lived on the big banyan tree. When

It was Christmas. But poor Becky was very sad. She lived in an orphanage and could not have a pretty tree or gifts. Becky had fever, and slowly she went into deep sleep. Becky had a dream. She was floating in the sky. A beautiful fairy flew to Becky and said, “Becky, you are a