151 Fairy Tales

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.

Once, a witch stole a baby-girl named Rapunzel and took her to a tall tower with no stairs or door, but only a window. Rapunzel had long hair, which the witch used to climb up the tower. One day, a prince, passing by the tower, heard Rapunzel sing. He also saw the witch climb the

Reid was upset. Something or the other was always going wrong. His socks were missing or his shoes were in the wrong place or the cookie jar was empty. ‘I have to catch the trouble makers,’ Reid thought. That night Reid kept awake and saw five thumb-sized dwarfs come through the window. They spoilt his

Once, the king of fairyland was very sick. Only the magical herbs could save him. Since a fierce giant guarded the herbs, everyone was scared of going there. So, the fairy princess disguised herself as a young boy and set out all alone. On her way, the fairy princess met a young man named Frederick.

One day, two elves, Leo and Lionel, decided to explore the world. They walked for a few days and reached the land of dangerous ogres. Leo tugged at the legs of one of the ogres to ask for direction. This angered the ogre and he picked up both Leo and Lionel and screamed, “What ugly

Once, a gardener planted a little sapling near a big mango tree. He gave equal care to all his plants, but the sapling refused to grow. The gardener called the garden fairy for help. When she asked the sapling of his worries, the sapling said, “I am scared to grow in front of this huge

Once, three brothers, Ed, Eddie and Fred met an old man in the forest. The old man said, “I’ll give a gold coin to whoever will carry these logs to my cottage.” Ed was lazy and refused to help. Eddie was greedy and agreed to help for a gold coin. Fred simply picked up the