151 Fairy Tales

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

Once, there lived a king who had twin daughters, Angela and Maria. One day, he said to his daughters, “Which one of you wants to be my successor?” Angela and Maria could not decide and asked their fairy godmother to help them. The fairy godmother said, “First tell me, which one of you will rule

Long ago, there lived a little girl named Emily. Sadly, Emily was very sick. She had to lie in bed all day. Emily loved to read fairy tales. Once, she read that fairies came down from the clouds at night and danced around trees. That night Emily saw many small stones in her garden. ‘Are

Once, a boy named Tim went on a sea voyage with his father. Sadly, Tim was seasick and missed home. One day, Tim saw a face at the porthole. It was a dolphin. Tim ran to the deck to see the dolphin swimming in the sea. “Cheer up! The sea is beautiful!” said the dolphin.

Once upon a time, a poor widow lived with her only son Jack. One day, the mother sent Jack to sell their cow in the market. On the way, a man asked Jack, “Do you want the magic beans in exchange for the cow?” Jack took the beans and came back home. The angry mother

Once, there lived a girl named Nina with her parents. One day, Nina went to a lake to fetch water. When Nina dipped the pot into the lake, it slipped from her hands and fell into the lake. Nina started crying, her teardrops fell into the lake. Suddenly there was a big ripple in the

Once, there lived a king who had a wise and courageous son. His fairy godmother had gifted him a magic sword that only the prince could use—no one else could lift it. One day, an ogre entered the kingdom and destroyed the houses of people. The people complained to the king. The king sent his