151 Magical Tales

Once, an ice queen received a harp from a wizard. The wizard instructed her to use it for spreading music and happiness. However, the ice queen was mean. She played the harp for her pleasure only. Sadly, it sounded off key and out of tune. Disappointed, the queen threw the harp in the sea in […]

The unicorns of Mawrish spent their days admiring themselves in front of the mirrors. All their work was done by the elves. One day, a beautiful golden unicorn walked into Mawrish. Nobody had seen such pretty and glowing golden skin before. They asked him about the secret of his beauty. He agreed to reveal it

Once upon a time, there lived an ugly little goblin named Grimmy. One day, Grimmy went for a walk. While walking, some silly school children saw Grimmy and started laughing. They pointed at him, called him insulting names and laughed and laughed. Suddenly, there was a clap of thunder; the sun disappeared and it began

Far, far away from all places known to us is Griffland, the country of everlasting snow. Beneath the snow, below the soil lies gold–yellow, shining, expensive gold sought by adventurous people from around the world. However, nobody who went there in search of gold ever came back alive! The mighty griffins, who are half-lion and

A young mermaid, Marinka, sat on a rock by the seashore enjoying the sunshine. A little girl named Posey came along with her bucket and shovel to play in the sand. She took one look at Marinka and ran away, scared. Marinka felt very sad as she wanted to be accepted by everybody. She wanted

It was carnival time in fairy land. Three young fairies, Clare, Dais and Cathy, happily dressed in pretty dresses for the carnival. On their way to the carnival, they heard a unicorn shout for help. As they walked to him, they saw that the unicorn’s foot was stuck in a pit. Clare and Dais rushed

A beautiful Green Fairy guarded Greenville, the city of moppins. Moppins are tiny creatures, which live in flowers. One day, the Black Witch tricked Green Fairy. She hid her wand in the highest room of her castle guarded by ugly bats. The fairy became so worried that the whole of Greenville began to dry and

Hugo was the only goblin in Goblin-Land. He could not read. His friends made fun of him and his teachers scolded him. One day, Hugo started crying when he reached home. His father asked, “Hugo, why are you crying?” “Everybody teases me and calls me names because I can’t read,” Hugo replied sadly. Hugo’s father

Minnie was bored of staying at home in summers. So, she went out in the garden. There, she troubled the insects around her. Just then, she saw a spider and ran after it. She followed it into a tree-hole. As she stepped into it, she slid down and fell onto a pile of soft leaves.

In a deep ocean, lived a large family of mermaids. Mili was a beautiful little mermaid and everyone praised her beauty and charm. However, Mili was always sad and gloomy. She spent most of her time watching the large whales from afar. “I wish I was a whale,” Mili would say, “Whales are so gigantic

Lishka, the imp, was trapped in the wizard’s crystal ball. He was only allowed to come out when the wizard had a task for him. Lishka was very unhappy. One day, the wizard let Lishka out and ordered, “Lishka, go and pour water down that man’s chimney every time he tries to light a fire!”

One foggy night, Fuzzy, the sprite, was wandering through the town of Twin Oaks, feeling lonesome. Unfortunately, she forgot to make herself invisible. She floated into a grocery store. Tommy, a little boy, found her peering curiously into a hand mirror. He was surprised to see such a strange looking creature. However, when Fuzzy smiled

Once upon a time, a little gnome lived in the gardens of a village. He loved to creep into gardens at night and pull up plants. In the morning, he would hide in a tree-hollow and enjoy the shocked looks on the garden owners’ faces. Unknown to the gnome, the Moon Fairy watched his naughty

In the faraway land of Welshing Woods lived a family of blue dragons. They enjoyed to show off their fire breathing powers, so they would often burn up trees and parks in the village. A baby dragon in that family always felt sad when her family destroyed anything. She would follow the mischief makers and

Mae and Gale were two little fairies who studied at Fairy School. One day, Fairy Godmother said, “The ‘Spring Carnival’ is tomorrow. I want you both to bring a unicorn each for the merry-go-round.” Mae and Gale found two unicorns gazing in the meadow. Mae said, “Gale, tie them to a tree while I bring