Once, there lived a boy in a small village. One night, the boy dreamt of an old woman weaving a pattern of a boy fighting a dragon on a piece of wool. The next morning, the boy told his grandfather about the dream. The grandfather was amazed. He said, “An old woman lives in a […]
Once, a shoemaker lived with his seven daughters in a town. An orphan named Anthony worked for the shoemaker. Every day, the shoemaker made shoes for his seven daughters. The daughters’ shoes were torn the next morning. No one knew how that happened. One day, the curious Anthony hid in the balcony after work. At
Carrie went to the lake near the forest to fetch water every day. One day, while fetching the water, Carrie’s pot slipped and fell into the lake. Tears rolled down from her eyes. Just then, a beautiful Fairy appeared from the lake and said, ‘I am the Water Fairy. Don’t worry; I will bring back
One night, fairy Riri woke up from her sleep, hearing someone shouting for help. She looked around, but could not see anyone. The next morning, she started reciting her magic spell standing in front of the little fishpond. The water of the pond became still as a mirror. Inside it, she saw a handsome prince
Once, there lived a little girl named Nancy with her parents. Nancy’s mother had been sad for a few days. She hadn’t met her mother for years. It was her birthday in two days. Nancy did not like her mother sad and came up with an idea. The next day, Nancy emptied her piggy bank
Once, there lived two sisters, Rose and Lily. Every day, they picked flowers in the forest and sold them in the market. Lily was very lazy and occasionally skipped the flower picking. So, Rose went alone. One such day, Rose met an old woman, who said, “Can I have some of the flowers?” Rose gave
Once, there was a wicked wizard Arthro who married beautiful princesses and turned them all into ugly ogresses. One day, Arthro saw princess Amelia and wished to marry her. He expressed his desire to the king, who refused. The angry Arthro took princess Amelia to his castle. He said to her, “Amelia, you have to
Once, in fairyland, all the flower fairies were sad and unhappy. Seeing the flower fairies sad, the butterflies asked them, “Flower fairies, why are you sad?” One of the flower fairies said, “Being flower fairies, we cannot live without flowers and the flowers in fairyland are strangely becoming dull and colourless.” The butterflies spoke amongst
Once, there lived two elves, Scarlet and Scoop. Scarlet was big and beautiful while Scoop was small and thin. Scarlet always made fun of Scoop. Scoop was hurt, but she kept quiet because she was wiser than Scarlet. One morning, Scarlet went to the forest to gather fruits with some elves. She slipped and fell
Once, there lived two brothers in a village. The elder brother was cunning while the younger brother was generous. The elder brother ran many businesses and felt that his younger brother was a burden. He asked the younger brother to leave the house. On his way, the younger brother met an old lady, who was
Once upon a time, there lived a boy called Billy. He was mischievous and did not follow any rules. There was a magical fruit tree in Billy’s village. Whenever the tree dropped fruit, the villagers collected it. But, they never plucked it from the tree. One day, Billy climbed the tree and plucked a juicy
Once, a group of monkeys lived in a forest. One of the monkeys was very unhappy to live with his family. One day, the monkey met a wizard. He requested the wizard to turn him into a human. The wizard agreed and cast a spell on the monkey. Lo! He soon turned into a man!
Once, there lived a poor girl in a village near a forest. One day, it rained heavily. Drenched in rain, she shivered and soon slept. After a while, the girl woke up. Comfortable warmth surrounded her as a bright fire burnt in the fireplace. As the girl looked around, she saw an angel smiling at
Long ago, a kind and loving couple lived in a village. Once, Charlie, the husband, saved some money to buy a field. However, his neighbour fell ill, so Charlie lent all his money to him for medicines. One day, Charlie saw a dream. He saw himself digging his garden and finding a big box in
Long, long ago, when the earth was first created it was very dull; everything was either black or white. God asked fairies to make the earth colourful. So, the fairies got together. They coloured the leaves, grass, small bushes in shades of green and filled the flowers with all bright colours like red, yellow, pink.