151 Stories Around The World

It was the night when dear Child Christ came to Bethlehem. In a country far away from Christ, an old woman named Babouscka sat in her snug little house by warm fire. She heard a loud rap at her door. She opened it and her candle shone on three old men standing outside in the […]

A young man of Matsue was returning home from a wedding party when he saw, just in front of his house, a firefly. He paused for a moment and was surprised to see such an insect on a cold winter’s night with snow on the ground. While he stood and meditated, the firefly flew towards

There was a proud teak tree in a forest. He was tall and strong. There was a small herb next to the teak tree.The teak tree said, “I am very handsome and strong. No one can defeat me.” Hearing this the herb replied, “Dear friend, too much pride is harmful. Even the strong will fall

Once upon a time, there lived a very rich and wealthy man in a big town. He always boasted his luxurious life to his friends and relatives. The rich man wanted to show off how rich he was. He planned for a day’s visit to the entire town to show his son the life of

It was two days before Christmas. Harry, Cornelius, Monty and I were busy building a snowman when Fritz appeared with his little niece Emily and introduced her. “Emily is from the South and has never seen snow before,” Fritz told us, “She doesn’t know much about our winters.” It turned out that Emily didn’t know

One beautiful spring day, a red rose blossomed in a forest. Many kinds of trees and plants grew there. As the rose looked around, a pine tree near by said, “What a beautiful flower! I wish I would be that lovely.” Another tree said, “Dear pine, do not be sad; we cannot have everything.” The

John liked to take care of his garden and clean the statues of elfs and smurfs. He saw something strange one day. The ceramic figure of the blue smurf was outside beside the other statues. He ran to the wood house to check it. When he came in, he saw that the smurf that he

Once there was a king who did justice to all his subjects. The king had a son who got good education of arts and science. Everyone asked the prince something. He promised this and that, and then he forgot his promises the next day. For this reason, it was not surprising that even his friends

One day, a little fish was out swimming in the river with her mother.The water was clear and warm. The little fish wanted to swim faster and go farther. So, she swam on and on till she reached the riverbank. She looked, and there, growing on the bank, she saw a large bean stalk and

A poor merchant dropped in a village inn to spend the night. He left aside his merchandise and asked the innkeeper to prepare dinner. The merchant had a few items and a couple of coins, but the greedy innkeeper thought, ‘Why shouldn’t I take all his merchandise and money.’ “There’s nothing easier than that,” said

In the olden days, thunder and lightning lived on the earth amongst all the other people. But the king made them live at the far end of the town as far as possible from other people’s houses. Thunder was an old mother and lightning was her son, a ram. Whenever the ram got angry, he

In those days when the world was new and young, the crow used to be of white colour with stylish feathers curled at ends. Once he went to an owl, who was dexterously known for his art of painting and urged the owl to colour him with very fine and unique colour. The owl led

One day a nobleman caught a nightingale and wanted to put it in a cage. But the bird spoke to him, “Let me go and I will give you three pieces of good advice. It may be of use to you some day.” The nobleman agreed to let it go.The nightingale gave him three pieces

A gang of monkeys made their home in a mountain slope. When winter came, it brought not only severe cold but also heavy rains. Unable to stand the cold, the monkeys collected red berries growing in the mountain slope. They gathered around the berries and began blowing air at them thinking they were embers.Watching their

A greedy mouse saw a basket full of corn. He wanted to eat it. So he made a small hole in the basket. He squeezed in through the hole. He ate a lot of corn. He felt full and was very happy. Now he wanted to come out. He tried to come out through the