A long time ago, there lived an old king who had four sons. One day, the old king declared, “Whoever marries the most beautiful princess shall be crowned the next king.” The three elder princes soon married beautiful princesses. But the youngest prince travelled far and wide. One day, the youngest prince found a deserted […]
One day, a herd of elephants was crossing a river. All the elephants swam across the river except a baby elephant. Mama elephant trumpeted, “Son, come on; you can swim.” But the baby elephant was afraid that he would be drowned and started crying loudly. The fairy godmother heard him crying. She thought, ‘The baby
In a small town, there lived a little girl named Perry. Perry’s father grew beautiful flowers in his small farm. He sold these flowers every day to earn his living. One day, Perry’s father had not sold a single flower. He knew, by evening the flowers would wither. Perry saw that her father was sad.
Once, there lived a pixie named Sally. At school, the lesson of that day was ‘Magical Shapes’. To show the students what round shapes were like, special strong soap bubbles were being blown outside. The teacher had warned everybody, “Blow only small bubbles. The big ones will cause trouble.” The students took the remaining soap
Once, a mermaid saved a prince from a wrecked ship in the deep blue sea. But before he could wake up, she had to leave. The prince remembered only her sweet song. But the mermaid had fallen in love with the prince. She wanted to marry the prince but she was not like other girls.
Once there lived a little elf named Jodie. She always complained about everything. One morning, Jodie grumbled, “Mother, I don’t want the magic berries for breakfast today. I want chocolate cookies.” Saying so, Jodie started crying. Her mother asked Jodie to stop crying. She clicked her fingers—and many chocolate cookies appeared on the table. That
Long ago, there lived a princess who was very proud of her beauty. One day, when the princess was taking a tour of the kingdom, she met an old lady with wrinkled skin, yellow teeth and white hair. “You’re so ugly,” mocked the princess. The old lady was very hurt. “Princess, you shall soon lose
Once, there was a prince who loved horse riding and hunting. One day, he rode off to the forbidden forest with the army chief. The army chief wanted to get rid of the prince. Thus, he took the prince to a magic tree. Just as the prince ate a fruit from the tree, he turned
Fairy Jade had been invited to a dance in the nearby kingdom of Greenland. However, when she reached there, Jade could not dance with anyone because of her wings. After a while, Alex, the prince of Greenland, saw her sitting alone and asked, “Why do you look so sad?” Fairy Jade explained her problem. Prince
Once, fairy Zoya went to visit princess Sophie, her best friend. Sophie’s little brother Oscar was very naughty. That night, while she was sleeping, Oscar stole fairy Zoya’s wand. Princess Sophie said, “I am sure it is Oscar who has stolen the wand. I’ll punish him and get the wand.” But fairy Zoya stopped her
The little princess of the fairyland had golden eyes which sparkled brightly at noon. One day, the princess disappeared. The fairies, the elves and the dwarves searched for her for years, but could not find her. Some years later, a dwarf reached the kingdom of Golden Light. He went to the ruler and told about
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
One night, a shadow knocked at princess Irene’s door and said, “Princess, please open the door.” “Don’t be scared. I will not harm you,” the shadow said. The princess opened the door and noticed that the shadow was of a man wearing a prince’s crown. She asked, “Who are you?” “I’m a prince from a
Jane was the daughter of the palace cook. She combed the princess’ hair and cleaned her room every day. The princess had a pair of sparkling glass shoes. She would wear these shoes and dance like a fairy. One day, when Jane was cleaning the princess’ room, she found the glass shoes under the bed.
A long time ago, there lived five magical, singing fish in a pond. It was said that their songs kept the people happy and cheerful in the kingdom of Blossom. However, one morning, there was no song in the air and everyone felt sad. One little girl noticed that the fish had disappeared. She ran