Best of Magical Tales

Once, there were three brothers—Jacob, John and Peter. Jacob and John were clever and selfish. Peter, who was slightly foolish, was hard-working. The others ill-treated him. One morning, Jacob went to the woods to cut down a tree. His mother gave him cake and milk. Later, he sat down for his meal. He found a […]

The King of Persia was celebrating the New Year. Among the many visitors was an Indian trader leading a magnificent horse.“It is a magical horse,” said the Indian trader, “Just get on it and it will take you wherever you wish!” The King asked him the price and the trader replied, “I will give it

Once upon a time, there lived a widow with her young son. One day, the boy fetched some meal for his mother but the North Wind blew and took it away.The boy went back and got some more meal, but again the North Wind blew it away. This happened three times till the boy was

There was a proclamation in the kingdom. The King was holding a ball for three nights and had invited everyone to it, so that the Prince might select a bride from among the young maidens.One of the noblemen in the kingdom had married a widow with two daughters. They would attend the ball. But his

The Emperor of China was quite astonished by a rumour that spread in his kingdom, “The most fabulous thing in the kingdom is the song of the nightingale in the nearest forest!”The Emperor called his minister and ordered him to find the songbird. The minister tried to look for someone who knew where to find

One day, five little children were playing indoors on a carpet in their playroom when the youngest one, who was called Lamb, saw a golden egg. The children clustered around the strange egg that was golden and wondered whether it was magical.“Let’s try some magic on it!” said Jane.“Abracadabra!” said Cyril, but the egg lay

A soldier was returning home from the wars, tired and tattered. On the way, he met an old woman who wanted some help. She was actually a witch. She pointed to a hollow in a tree and said, “Go into that hollow, son. You will find a chest with a dog having eyes as large

Peter Pan had flown in through the window of Mr and Mrs Darling’s house one night and been chased out by their large dog, Nana, who guarded their children— Wendy, John and Michael. But unfortunately, his shadow got left behind. So, the next night, he returned to look for his shadow. Wendy woke up and

Gulliver loved going to the sea and had many adventures. Once, the ship was wrecked in a storm and he floated on a log of wood till he reached a shore, half-drowned and exhausted. He fell asleep there and woke up when the sun was shining on his face.Gulliver found he couldn’t get up because

Dorothy was sleeping soundly when a tornado hit her Uncle’s ranch. She and her little dog Toto were whirled away till the house landed with a thud far away from her home in Kansas. She felt very sad. Dorothy looked out of the window, and saw wonderful meadows outside. There were flowers, fruit trees and

The polar bears and the gulls loved their King though the latter was old and weak now. But he was very wise. The seals were scared of him. One day, a bad hunter shot the King and took away his fur and hide. The King lay in pain, dying. The gulls felt very sad and

Alice fell through a hole in the ground, following a strange White Rabbit wearing a waistcoat, carrying a watch and talking! The world inside the rabbit-hole was even more strange as she searched for the White Rabbit. After becoming larger and smaller till Alice was thoroughly confused, she found a Duchess whose baby suddenly became