Presenting 151 Stories Around The World for kids. The stories are told in different languages and in different traditions so that children will learn various life lessons from the fables and parables told in their culture.đź“šđź’“
An owl and an elephant lived in a forest. They both were best friends. One evening, the elephant while looking for food, blundered into a gathering of demons. On seeing the elephant, the demon-king started shouting, “It’s him!” “Who is he?” asked his attendants. “Last night, I dreamt I ate an elephant; it looked remarkably …
In the olden times, when it was the fashion for gentlemen to wear swords, the Laird of Balmachie went one day to Dundee, leaving his wife at home ill in bed. He encountered fairies which carried his wife in bedclothes.They disappeared on seeing him. He placed her on the horse before him, and, arrived safely …
In ancient times, there lived an orphan peasant boy named Syahdan in Sumatra Island. Syahdan had to do farming and fishing. One day, he was fishing a very beautiful fish. The colour was golden yellow. So holding, the fish turned into a beautiful princess. Because a human touched, it turned into a princess. Fascinated by …
Once, a couple of Japan, after spending many years without any child started musing that why God brought this catastrophe to them. They so intensely longed of children that even a little inch-sized child could dispense merriment in their life. And they were blessed with a little-sized son as they wished, he was named Issun …
Long ago, the lion was the only animal with a tail. One day, he decided that each animal should have a tail like him. So, he got tails made for all the animals in his kingdom. When he found all the task done, all his subjects were summoned to his cave to their respective tails. …
A long, long time ago, there lived two brothers in a village. They both were very poor. The elder brother had a little more than the other one. He had a larger family to support than the younger brother. One autumn, they harvested their grain, but the elder one was worried about his younger brother, …
Two hundred years ago, there was a princess named May Yee. She was born in Malaysia. She wanted to get married to a young man, but he was very poor. Her mother was very angry because she wanted to marry the poor young man. Her mother said, “Are you sure you want to get married …
Two travellers were on a long journey through the countryside. They were walking along a track, they suddenly spotted a great bear ambling towards them. The first traveller climbed up the first tree and hid amongst the high branches. The second one dropped his bags and fell to the ground, pretending to be dead. He’d …
When somebody over-rates himself, he is often warned: “Don’t be a mantis trying to stop a chariot.” The saying comes from a legend dated back to the spring and autumn period. One day, the King of Qi went out for hunting. The carriages were going along, when suddenly a mantis stood in the middle of …
A dispute arose among a number of animals, namely the wolf, the fox, the cat and the hare. Unable to settle matters by themselves, they summoned the bear to act as judge. Everyone said, he had a hundred or thousand ways to escape. Only the cat said she had only one way to escape.Then the …
Once in autumn, a hedgehog and a fox ran into each other. The fox said to the hedgehog, “Come with me to the vineyard to steal some grapes.” The hedgehog answered, “No, I am afraid of the traps they have set out there.” The fox said, “Have no fear. You’ll come to no harm, because …
Euphemia was the daughter of King Atlas and the grand-daughter of the great god Jupiter. She was more beautiful than her fifteen sisters, though they were all lovely. She decided to come down to earth. Now in the island of Seven Cities there lived a rich and venerable Christian prince. He adopted Euphemia as his …
Long ago, there lived a man who employed a boy named Peter to take care of his pigs. One day, a man came up to Peter and said, “Sell me these seven pigs.” Peter sold six pigs and buried the ears and tails of pigs in sand and called his master. His master ran. There, …
Prince Llewelyn had a favourite dog, greyhound named Gellert that had been given to him by his father-in-law, King John. He was as gentle as a lamb at home but a lion in the chase. One day, Llewelyn went to the chase and blew his horn in front of his castle to call Gellert but …
In the olden days, an enormous man lived with the other members of the Inuit tribe in a village. He was so tall that he could straddle the inlet, and ate the whole whale just as other men ate a small fish. One day, all the natives were having a hard time to hold and …
When Blondine entered the forest for gathering the beautiful branches of lilacs, she became busily occupied for about an hour. She began to suffer from the heat and to feel great fatigue. She found the branches of lilacs heavy to carry and thought it was time to return to the palace. She looked around and …
Long, long, ago there was a little angel who broke one of the rules of Paradise. She was banished from her heavenly home. She filled her arms with the lovely blossoms of Paradise. Slowly and sorrowfully, she left the heavenly gardens. Some of them fell. Down, down to earth they floated. They came to rest …
Lady  Clare  was in her garden overlooking the sea. Approaching Lady Clare, a knight saluted her and asked about her well being. The lady said, “Please marry one of my three daughters; I will give you gold and ivory.” The knight said, “They are of no use to me as I am a warrior.” “Do …
Once, there was a gentleman who lived in a very grand house. He married a young lady. The man had everything but he wanted his wife to spin but she didn’t know how to spin. One day, she saw six ladies singing and spinning in a cave. She said to them, “I do not know …
Once upon a time, an old blacksmith lived in an old forge at Craig-y-don. He used to drink a great deal of beer. One night he was coming home from an alehouse, very tipsy. As he got near a small stream, a lot of little men suddenly sprang up from the rocks and one of …
Once there was a man who had a dog. When the dog was young he was made much of, but when he grew old he was driven out of doors. “Look now,” said the wolf, “I’m sorry for your condition; I will make things better for you. The mistress, I see, has put her child …
Oolah, the lizard, was out getting yams on a Mirrieh flat. She had three of her children with her. Wayambeh took her and her children to his camp. His tribe asked him if her tribe had given her to him. He said, “No, I have stolen her.” “Well,” they said, “her a turtle, tribe will …
Once three Tinguian went to the mountains to hunt deer. They took their blankets with them, for they expected to be there for several days as nights in the mountains are cold. At night, the men rolled up in their blankets and lay down under a tree to sleep; but while the one in the …
In the olden days, there were no hooks or casting nets. When the natives wanted to catch fish, they made baskets and set traps at the river side. One man named Akon Obo, who was very poor, made baskets. In the night a big fish used to smell the palm-nuts and go into the trap …
Many years ago, the sun and the water were great friends. The sun asked water why he never visited him. The water then said, “If you want me to visit you, you will have to build a very large house.” The sun began building a large house to entertain the water and all his people. …
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Anansi, the Spider hated to share! When Turtle came to his house at mealtime, he said, “I can’t give you food until you’ve washed your dusty feet!” Turtle licked his lips when he saw the big plate of steaming food, but politely walked to the stream to wash his feet. When he returned, the plate …
It is said that Turtles used to live on land until the time a clever turtle was caught by some hunters. They brought him to their village and placed the turtle before the Chief, who said, “How shall we cook him?” They were wondering how to cook him when… “You’ll have to kill me first,” …
Foolish Anansi thought he could trick a fisherman into doing his work for him. “Let’s go fishing,” he suggested. “Very well,” said the fisherman, who was clever and quite wise to Anansi’s tricks. “I’ll make the nets and you can get tired for me.” “Wait,” said Anansi, “I’ll make the nets and you can get …
There lived a talkative turtle in a forest. The turtle overheard two hunters say that they were planning to catch turtles the very next day. When the hunters left, the turtle asked two cranes to help him escape. “Beautiful white birds,” he said, “if you hold a long stick between your beaks, I’ll close my …
Once there was an old man who wished his small, noisy house would be larger and quieter. He went to a wise old woman of the town and explained his need. She said, “I can solve your problem. Just do as I say.” The man agreed to do as she said. “If you have a …
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