The teapot sat on the table with the rest of the tea set. The tea set had a beautiful design and was made of fine china. The teapot had a delicate handle and a long spout and was very proud of herself.She looked at the sugar bowl and the milk jug. “The sugar bowl has […]
A loving old couple lived in a little cottage. They were not very rich but they were very happy. Their only possession was a horse.One day, the old man said the horse was too old, so he would take it to the market to sell or exchange it for something. The old woman believed that
Once upon a time, a butterfly wanted to fall in love. It looked at other butterflies and decided they were not pretty enough. Besides, the butterflies did not sit still. He did not want to fall in love with another butterfly. He wanted to love the prettiest flower. The problem was that he could not
Five little peas grew in a pod and they thought the whole world was green. One day, a little boy plucked the ripe pod and broke it open. He was carrying a pea-shooter. So, he took the peas one by one and put them in his pea-shooter and blew them out. The peas shot out.
A witch stopped a soldier returning from the war and gave him a chance to be rich.“Go down the hollow of that tree using a rope,” said the witch, “There are three rooms, each with a chest containing coins. One has copper, the second silver and the third gold coins. On the first chest sits
A naughty sprite once made a magic mirror. It showed an ugly reflection of good things always. Anyone who looked into it could see only evil or bad reflections. Unluckily, the mirror broke and its splinters were scattered wide. One day, a little boy named Kay was reading a book with his friend Gerda. One
In a farm a cucumber grew in the vegetable patch. It watched the farmyard cockerel and the weathercock and compared them.“I wonder which of them is more useful,” the cucumber wondered, “The weathercock tells us about the wind and that’s of great use to the farmer. But the cockerel sings out so beautifully every morning
Once upon a time, a little fir tree grew in a forest, surrounded by bigger trees. The wind, the sunshine, squirrels and hares ran brushed against it. Children came into the forest to gather berries and nuts.But the little fir tree was unhappy and wished he was tall like the other trees around him. It
Once upon a time, there lived a very rich merchant who was so wealthy that the streets of the town could be paved with his gold and still he would have many bags of gold left. His wealth was inherited by his son. But his son wasted it, and soon his money was all gone.
A wooden cupboard stood in the room of a house. It was beautifully carved with tulips and deer. On the upper part was carved the sky with clouds and birds flying. In the middle was carved a satyr, a little man with a long beard, two tiny horns and a goat’s legs. The children in
Long ago, the Emperor of China had a magnificent palace with a beautiful garden surrounding it. Beyond that, a forest stretched to the sea. In the forest a nightingale sang so sweetly that everyone stopped to listen to it!Even travellers from other kingdoms said that the most beautiful thing in the kingdom was the song
That New Year’s Eve was bitterly cold with heavy snow. The streets were deserted. Only one small girl was walking through them.She was barefooted and she wore a ragged little dress. She shivered and her feet were turning blue with the cold. She had not sold a single match from the bundles of matches she
Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there lived a King and a Queen and their son, the Prince. It was time for the Prince to choose a bride, but he wanted to marry only a real princess.He was determined to find a real princess, so he rode off on his horse to
Once upon a time, there was a King with eleven sons and a daughter named Eliza. When the Queen died, the King married again. His new Queen was a wicked woman who hated his children. The King was so enchanted by her that he paid no attention to his children any more. One day, the
Once upon a time, inside a beautiful tulip a little girl as big as a lady’s thumb was born. She was a gift given by a witch to a woman who longed for a baby. The baby was beautiful and had a very sweet voice. The woman was very happy with the little girl and