151 Magical Tales

Ruby, Jade and Opal were tree sprites who had beautiful wings which they earned after a tough test. One morning, Ruby woke up and found that her wings were missing. She cried bitterly, “My wings are gone!” Jade consoled, “Don’t cry, Ruby; we will find your wings.” Opal said, “The pixies must have stolen your […]

Caleb and his father were dwarves who grew and sold beautiful flowers in Winkyland. A family of flower fairies helped the dwarves farm. One morning, Caleb’s father was trying to sell flowers but no one in Winkyland bought them that day. Seeing his father unhappy, Caleb said, “Don’t be sad, father! Winkyland folks will surely

Rumble and Mumble were elf brothers who looked completely different from each other. Rumble was well built and strong while Mumble was small and thin. Rumble often teased Mumble, “Here comes Mumble mouse!” However, Mumble kept quiet because he was wise. One morning, Rumble went to gather fruits with some elves. Without noticing a mole

Nina, the little nymph, was dozing by the tree. Her mother, the Nymph Queen, woke her up, “Nina, you never pay attention to the rituals!” Nina was often caught sleeping during nymph ceremonies and carnivals. Her mother was worried if Nina was fit enough to be a nymph princess. One day, the Nymph Queen announced,

Magical Moonbeams, Chocolatey Sweet Dreams…Sunshine, Good Cheer, Cozy winters by the fire…Hei Ho! Hei Ho! What more do I need ‘oh’? The pixies were singing and dancing around the campfire. It was the night of the pixie festival. The entire village of Firglow was decorated to the hilt and all the pixies were busy making

During the mysterious old days, there was a forest that remained forever green. Winter, summer, spring or autumn, the forest never changed colours. It was called the Evergreen Forest and it was very important to the world. All the world’s fresh drinking water was produced here. The forest had beautiful old trees. One day, some

Notti, the imp, wanted to go to school. Missy, a little girl, was his neighbour. She went to school every day. One morning, Notti joined Missy on her way to school. At first, Notti was very excited and sat quietly listening to the teacher. As the day went by, he began to feel bored. He

Juniper, the dwarf, was a very angry young man. He was very touchy and always found something wrong with everything. So, everyone around him was too scared or irritated to talk to him. This made him angrier than ever. One day, a stranger came to town. His name was Bockbere. He did not know about

Once, there lived a baby unicorn named Amaari. She was the smallest unicorn in the forest of Goldwood. Somehow, she just could not grow! Years passed by and she remained a baby. All the other unicorns were worried about Amaari. One day, a wise old man named Brenzaar entered Goldwood. The unicorns went to him

One day, Bella, the fairy, went out to practise flying. She flew round and about so much that she lost her way home. She tried hard but could not find her way back. At last, tired out and very weary, Bella flew down to earth. She landed in the village of Golden Rust. She sat

A long time ago, there lived a race of mad demons on earth. They were big and scary and truly, truly mad. They raced all over earth, uncaring of damaging others’ properties. They shouted and roared for no real reason, scaring everyone else around them. They thought of themselves as mighty warriors who could do

Once, Lexi, the pixie, wandered too far from his village. He found himself deep in the midst of the Wudford Forests. The trees grew sky‑high. The plants and bushes were taller than he. He had never seen such a place before. He was very scared. Suddenly, Lexi heard hoof-beats. From behind a tree appeared Chiron,

The giants of Walcon were a simple bunch. They were gentle and harmless. They did not even know how strong they were! A clever fox from a forest near by made his way to Walcon. He looked at all the simple, strong giants and decided to make use of them. He ordered them to do

Sunny, the naughty Leprechaun, lived in Rosclough village. The people there accepted his pranks. One snowy winter evening, Sunny called his friend, Whispering Wind. He asked him to blow out all the lamps and put out all the fires in the village. His friend did not like it but did as asked. The people were

One day, Sadeye, the cyclop, was lazily swimming around in the ocean. He suddenly came upon Mishka, the mermaid. “Hello!” said Mishka, “Where did you come from? I’ve never seen you before!” “I have always lived here, just beyond those black rocks,” replied Sadeye, in his usual sorrowful manner. Mishka was a curious mermaid. “Why