151 Stories Around The World

Once there lived a monkey man in Japan who earned his living by taking round a monkey and showing off the animal’s tricks. When his monkey became old, he began forgetting his tricks. Not even his master’s harsh beating could make him dance and perform properly. The man decided to sell him to a butcher. […]

There was a peasant family who had a house dog named Sultan. When Sultan grew old, the peasant drove him away, thinking that he was no longer of any use to his family. Sadly, he wandered about and reached a forest. He encountered a wolf that intended to eat him. Sultan suggested that the wolf

Once in a city, there lived a very wealthy merchant. He had a very beautiful daughter who wished to marry a man who possessed green beard. In the forests near the city, lived twenty-four robbers. Their captain dyed his beard green. On listening the girl’s desire he then went to marry the merchant’s daughter. The

There was an enchanted mill; a she-wolf always haunted it. A soldier went once into the mill to sleep. Just then, the she-wolf came in to look about the mill to see whether she could find anything to eat but found nothing. She shed off her wolf skin and turned into a damsel and slept

Once there were three brothers who decided to take their wives from the place where their arrows would fall after being shot from their bows. They shot their arrows. The arrows of the two elder brothers fell on noblemen’s houses, so they led home their noble wives. The youngest brother’s arrow fell into a lake,

Once in a deep blue ocean, there lived a little blue whale named Finbo. He loved playing hide-and-seek with his friends but he always ended up being on the losing end. He never succeeded in hiding himself due to his large size. This made Finbo upset. He hated himself for being so large. His friends

One day, an old man went out fishing in a lake at night. After a while, he fell asleep in his boat. He woke up suddenly as his fishing rod was shaking. He pulled up the rod. He was amazed at the sight of a golden fish who could talk to him like humans. She

Once there was a couple, Soo-il and Soon-ae, who loved each other so much. But Soon-ae’s rich father never allowed her to marry poor Soo-il. According to his own will, he forcefully married her to Jung-bae. But she was unhappy because her husband hung out with friends and seldom came home. One day, Soon-ae saw

Sang Kancil was a clever deer. He lived along a river. Sang Buaya was a big bad crocodile who lived in the river with other crocodiles. They had always wished to catch Sang Kancil and eat him. But never had they succeeded in doing so because of Sang Kancil’s tricks. One day, when Sang Kancil

A long time ago, there was a prince who was very brave and a great knight. There was a princess too who was very beautiful and kind. They loved each other and lived happily in a big castle. One day a witch went to the castle and said to them, “I hate you both as

Once there lived a farmer in a village. He was very ambitious. He wanted to make more and more money. In spring, when it was rainy, he called out to God, “ If it were sunny, I would have sown some wheat.” Next day, it became sunny, and the farmer sowed some wheat. After that,

Thousands of years ago, there was a country that was ruled by another country. The king was a slave who worked for the foreign ruler of this country. His staff officer was trying to save the king and his country. While the staff officer was walking along the river, he saw a beautiful lady washing

Once in the dense forests of South Africa, a baboon used to disturb the zebra mares. He would not let them drink water when they arrived at the river to quench their thirst. Once a mare gave birth to a foal. Other mares helped her to suckle the young foal. He grew up to be

Once there was a merchant who had three daughters. One day the merchant asked his daughters what they wanted him to gift them. The eldest demanded for a necklace while the second asked for a new dress. But the youngest asked for a silver saucer and a transparent apple. The merchant fulfilled their demands. The