Life in the palace of Ant King and Queen was very busy. All the ants scurried about doing their duties, some carrying heavy loads and some working late.But Princess Annie didn’t consider it necessary to work at all. She lay on a velvety leaf under a tree and expected all the ants to serve her […]
Millie lived with her old mother in a little cottage on the outskirts of a forest. Millie had no idea that her mother was actually a witch who had stolen her from the palace years ago!The witch hated Millie’s parents. One night, the witch flew in through a window and vanished with the baby. Whenever
The sun had just touched the top of the mountain and the snow gleamed golden in the morning light. The giant lay hidden in the cave and watched carefully. A pair of golden shoes tripped over the snow and he saw the shimmer of a golden dress whirling by.He looked sadly as the fairy-like figure
Princess Henrietta had a very bad habit. She liked to run away. She ran away when her tutor came to teach her. She ran away when she was called for lunch. She ran away when she had to meet visitors.The King and the Queen finally decided to get a governess who would make sure that
It was summer and a wizard was travelling with a caravan across the desert. He was very thirsty. One little girl saw that he was tired and had no water bottle with him. She took out her bottle and offered him a drink.The wizard was very grateful and blessed her for her kindness. When the
Once upon a time in a land far away, there lived a princess. She had heard that about the Blue Crystal of the Fairy Lake which had magical powers to heal any injury or illness.She sent several people to find the Blue Crystal but all of them returned without any success at all. Some had
Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was extra-ordinarily beautiful. She spent all the time admiring herself in the mirror or inviting people to pay her compliments.Many princes came to win her hand in marriage. But she did not think any of them were good enough for her. So, she rejected all of
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who lived with her father, the King. A wizard who was jealous of the King kidnapped the princess and imprisoned her on an island far away. The island was guarded by a sea monster who was very cruel.“You can only be rescued when a brave prince
Once upon a time, in the heart of Africa, there lived a pride of lions. They had three lion cubs: Lenny, Lisa and Leon. Lenny and Leon were quick to learn everything but Lisa was a problematic child.Their mother was teaching them how to hunt, how to protect themselves, how to chase away humans and
Mr and Mrs Winters lived in a village near the mountains. They were happy looking after their little farm and goats, a donkey and some hens and rabbits. But they had no children.“It would be nice if we had a child, wouldn’t it?” said Mr Winters, as they sat down for dinner one dark rainy
Long ago, there was a great warrior who did not come back home from the hunt. All the members of his family except his youngest son thought that he was dead. The youngest one would daily ask his elder brothers, “Where is my father?” Finally, the elder brothers who were also magicians went in search
One afternoon, Anansi, the spider thought that he could trick a turtle into doing his work for him. He thought that the turtle was slow and stupid. “Let’s go fishing,” he suggested. “Very well,” said the turtle, who was clever. The turtle said that he would get tired while making nets. So, they decided to
The Queen Bee’s daughter was named Princess Beatrice. She was truly beautiful with a shiny black and gold body and wings that shimmered in the sun. Besides, she was very sweet-natured. She shared things with her friends and never put on airs. Every morning, she would go along with all the other bees to collect
Princess Isabel’s father, the King, died. His brother Julian came to the throne. King Julian’s wife was a good witch who made spells and potions to help her husband rule properly and she could recognize when someone was telling a lie.The Queen loved Princess Isabel and taught her all the magic that she knew. So,
Bobby didn’t like her name ‘Roberta’ at all. What a name! At home and in school she had insisted that everyone called her ‘Bobby’. This continued even now when she was eighteen years old. It was a terrible nuisance, because Bobby was the daughter of the Duke and the Duchess of Bening Worth.Whenever they had