151 Stories Around The World

Once upon a time in a village there was a man who had many hens and roosters. He wanted his fighting rooster to be more ferocious. So to train his rooster, he took the rooster to a trainer. In a few weeks’ time he returned and saw that his rooster didn’t squawk as loudly. “Not […]

One day in a forest in Africa, a hunter came upon a huge tree with a whitened skull at its base. The skull spoke, “Beyond a certain hill is a field of calabashes. Take them to your hungry village, but do not tell anyone how you obtained them.” “How did you come to be here?”

Once there was a king named Midas who did a good deed for a Satyr and was granted a wish by the god of wine, Dionysus. For his wish, Midas asked that whatever he touched would turn to gold. Although Dionysus tried to dissuade him yet Midas insisted that the wish was an excellent one,

There lived a man in a small village in China. He was an eccentric man. His old shoes were worn out. So, he decided to buy a new pair of shoes. Before he went to the marketplace, he drew a detailed picture of his feet on a piece of paper, carefully measured them, and wrote

One day, King Solomon’s servant came breathlessly into the court, “Please, let me borrow your fastest horse!” he said to the King, “I must be in a town ten miles south of here by nightfall!” King was perplexed what the reason was. “Why?” asked King Solomon. “Because,” said his shuddering servant, “I just met Death

One day, there was a banquet ceremony arranged by the king in the palace. A poor man dressed in rags came to the palace to attend the banquet. Out of courtesy he was admitted but, because of his tattered clothing, he was seated at the very end of the banquet table. By the time the

One day, a scholar had to cross the river. He saw a boatman near the bank of the river. The scholar asked the boatman to row him across the river. The journey was long and slow. The scholar was bored, so he started his conversation with the boatman, “Boatman,” he called out, “Let’s have a

Once upon a time in a village, a pious old man would each day cross the village green and go into the temple to pray. A soldier watched him doing this day after day. One morning, out of ill-temper, the soldier stopped the old man and said, “Where do you think you’re going?” “I don’t

There was a lion that used to kill all animals in a forest. The animals of the forest made a bargain with a ferocious lion that killed for pleasure. It was agreed that one animal each day would willingly come to the ferocious lion’s den to be his supper and, in turn, the lion would

Once in a town of Africa, a great warrior did not return from the hunt. His family gave him up for dead, all except his youngest child who each day would ask, “Where is my father? Where is my father?” The child’s elder brothers were magicians. The younger kid requested his elder brothers to find

In China, there was a woodcutter who used to depend on woods for his living. One day, the woodcutter went out to cut some firewood and discovered that his favourite axe was missing. He couldn’t find it anywhere. Then he noticed his neighbour’s son standing near the woodshed. The woodcutter thought, ‘Aha! That boy must

A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in the marketplace. Opening it, he discovered that it contained a 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shout, “A reward! A reward to the one who finds my leather purse!”Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to

Once upon a time in the Middle East, there lived a man named Mulla. He was always happy and gay. He wanted to see everyone happy. He used to help people in their bad times and participate in all activities. He himself was a wanderer. One day, Mulla came upon a frowning man walking along

Long ago, people happily lived under the rule of a king. The people were very happy as they had a very prosperous life. The king decided to go on a travel to visit the places of historical importance and pilgrim centres. He decided to travel on foot to interact with his people. After several weeks,