The father wanted to take the children into the mountain and leave them there to be eaten up by the wolves. The eldest daughters suspected this and refused to go along. But the two youngest agreed to go with their father. So, they drove off with their father. When they had driven for a long […]
Once upon a time, a poor family had seven daughters. One day, the poor father went out to collect firewood and found seven wild duck-eggs. He took them home but he wanted to eat them only with his wife. In the evening, the eldest daughter asked her mother what she was cooking. The mother said
Once, there lived a young farmer named XieA Duan all alone. He was very hard-working. One evening, when he was coming back from the rice fields, he saw a big snail lying on the road side. He picked it up and took it home, and put it into a vat with water. The next night,
Once, at the time of spring, there were many cute little tadpoles in a pond. They had never met their mother before, and so they wanted to go out and find her. They asked the duck, “Are you our mother?” The mother duck said to them, “Your mother has two eyes and one big mouth.”
One day, a little kitten, Kitty went fishing with his Mom. When they sat down, a dragonfly came. Kitty kept down his fishing rod and chased the dragonfly. But the dragonfly flew away. At that very moment, his mom caught a big fish. When Kitty sat down again and continued fishing, a butterfly came across.
A foolish man from Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He measured his feet with a piece of straw by making marks on it. Then, he headed straight for the market. But he was in such a hurry that he left his marked straw at home. So, when he reached the shoe-shop, he
Once upon a time, a sportsman of Tientsin allured a wild goose. He was followed to his home by the gander. The gander flew around him in great sorrow throughout the day. He went away only at nightfall. The next day, when the sportsman went out, there was the gander again. It came close and
In the state of Wei, lived a man named Leyangtsi. One day, Leyangtsi found a piece of gold on his way home, and he ran home to show it to his wife. She looked at it and said, “It is said that a true man never drinks the stolen water. How can you pick up
The fish asked the old man to put the fishing rod into the lake. After a few minutes, he would get the golden rope. The old man did the same. In a few minutes, when he pulled up the fishing rod, he saw a golden rope attached to the fishing line. ‘The golden rope must
Once upon a time, there was an old man who liked fishing. One day, he picked up his fishing rod and went to the lake to fish after having his dinner. When he reached the lake, it was getting dark. There was a boat lying near the lake. The old man got into the boat
The next day, the minstrel appeared in the court. The Princess recognised him instantly though she had never seen him before. He was tall and his eyes when they met hers were kind. He held in his hand a beautiful rose, not a blue rose but a handsome white rose. He held the rose out
When the minstrel sang a love song, the princess’s body shivered and her face blushed with pleasure even though she could not see him as he was on the other side of the wall. But she imagined he was singing to her. She was overcome with such zeal that she too began to sing the
The next man who wished to marry the Princess was a brave warrior. He brought with him a beautiful blue sapphire carved in the shape of the rose. The Emperor and the Princess rejected him saying that she wanted a real rose. Then, before the Emperor appeared the Lord Chief Justice, with a bowl painted
Long ago, in China, there was an Emperor who had only one daughter. She was beautiful and intelligent and admired for her wonderful singing. As Emperor was getting old, he decided to get his daughter married. The Princess did not want to marry but the Emperor was adamant. The Emperor announced that the man who
From then on, the young peasant was able to make himself invisible, could see ghosts and devils and have contact with the world of the spirits. When someone felt sick and lay unconscious, he could call back his soul. If a person sinned, he would plead for him. This way, he earned a lot of