151 Fairy Tales

Once there lived two brothers; one was rich and the other poor. The poor brother was a pumpkin farmer. He worked very hard in the field. Once, there grew a gigantic pumpkin in his farm. The poor brother gifted the wonderful pumpkin to his rich brother. The rich brother was very mean and refused to

One morning, Sean woke up and found that he had a loose tooth. He cried aloud for his mother. She cuddled him and said, “Sean, it’s time for the tooth fairy to come.” “Who is that, mother?” asked Sean. His mother explained, “Every time a baby grows, the tooth fairy takes their baby teeth and

Once upon a time, a sad boy called Sam lived in a village. Sam’s parents had died when he was very young. He lived with his uncle who treated him badly. One night, Sam sneaked out of the window and ran into the forest. But the forest was dark and Sam got scared. He called

Once, prince Ian was travelling across his kingdom. In a village, he met an old witch who said, “Prince Ian, you must visit the magical forest.” Prince Ian became curious to visit the magical forest. The next morning, prince Ian set out for the forest. When he reached the forest, he saw a pair of

Once, the king of elves was going to visit his brother. On the way, he had to cross a huge sea. So, the elves quickly built a strong boat. After some time, the weather changed. It became dark and strong winds started blowing. When the storm ended, the elves heard a roar and saw a

The little fairy Hope was born in fairyland. All the fairies loved her very much. Hope grew up to be strong but careless. Whenever she wished, she hid the sun with her wings or created lightning in the sky. The fairy queen was worried and wanted Hope to be responsible. The next day, the fairy

Tubby lived in a village by the river. His father was a tall, brave warrior and his mother was the dwarf queen. Tubby was very small, but brave. Everyone in the village loved Tubby but no one wanted to marry him because he was small. This made Tubby very sad. One day, Tubby saw a

Long ago, a little boy Ben lived by the sea with his sister Daisy. One full moon night, Daisy heard strange sounds and saw something come on to the beach. She came out in the garden with her brother. Ben said, “It’s a mermaid; let’s go and talk to her.” They went up to the

Once upon a time, a farmer grew pink and red flowers. Every day, people bought flowers from him. The farmer knew that the flower fairies visited his farm every morning. He kept the prettiest flowers for them under a tree every day. One day, it rained heavily and all of the farmer’s flowers died. Seeing

Once, a king was tired of ruling and wanted to be free. While a poor man named Albert wanted to be the king. A wizard read their thoughts and snapped his fingers. Albert became the king and the king became Albert. Albert was thrilled to wear the crown and sit on the throne. But he

Once, a little girl called Dorothy lived with her father. Dorothy’s father went to work every day and Dorothy stayed alone at home. One day, Dorothy’s father brought some colourful paper for her to make paper cuttings. The next day when Dorothy was alone she drew a cart and cut it out. She did not

Once, the three little pigs left their home as it was time they built their own houses. The mother advised, “Whatever you do, do your best.” The first pig took the easiest way and built a house of hay. The second pig built a house with sticks, which was a little stronger than the first

Suzan was the beautiful daughter of the village chief Zhua. Suzan had a secret friend named Shanaya – the fairy of love. One day, Suzan’s father went to hunt in the forest. There, he was attacked by a wild bear. He fought the bear but was wounded and fainted. Therefore, he could not return home

Once, the song fairy from fairyland wanted to visit earth. vThe queen fairy said, “I will turn you into a swan and send you to earth. But if you sing, the spell will break and you will be back in fairyland.” The queen fairy turned her into a swan and sent her to an emperor’s

Once upon a time, there was a rich and handsome prince. But he was very rude and selfish. The king warned him time and again, but to no avail. One day, the prince was walking in the marketplace, ignoring and mistreating poor people on the street. Right then, a man came riding on a black