One day, a thief was looking around to steal something. Suddenly, he saw an old man counting his money. The thief decided to involve the old man in a conversation and take away his money. He went to the old man and asked, “Old Man, why are you spreading bad things about me?” The old […]
Hatim watched his friend, the merchant, look at his fairy love from a distance. The merchant was glad that he could at least see her, but it saddened him to know that she did not want him near her. Hatim felt he had not done his job completely, but he did not know how to
Alkanpari was enamoured by the human present in front of her. And when she came to know he was Hatim, prince of Yemen, she made him sit on her throne and bowed to him in respect. She asked him the reason for his visit. When he told her about the waiting merchant, she said, “He
Once upon a time, there was a young goat. He was very naughty and curious. He used to run here and there out of curiosity and the poor goatherd had to search for him and bring him back. One day, as usual, the goat went exploring. “Oh no! That naughty goat is missing again! Where
The group of fairies was busy preparing the garden for their queen Alkanpari, when they suddenly saw a human in their secret garden. They went to him and asked him, “How did you discover our place; no human has ever reached our gardens.” Hatim gave them a detailed account of how he followed them and
Eventually, Hatim arrived at the foot of a lofty mountain. It was so high that even the birds did not dare to reach its summit. He had a hunch that it was the place he was looking for. He wondered, ‘Whom can I ask about this strange mountain?’ At that very moment, he saw a
Gold, silver and platinum are precious metals. These metals have low density, higher conductivity, are non-magnetic in nature. They hold a high economic value. Gold is a soft and yellow-coloured metal. It is found in its natural form called ‘nuggets’. Silver, a white-coloured soft metal, occurs in combination with sulphur, copper, lead or arsenic. Platinum
Once, there was a donkey. One day, due to an accident, he lost his tail. He was deeply anguished by this loss. He kept crying and crying. He then thought, ‘I think I should go and search for my tail!’ He searched here and there. While searching around, he entered a garden. He crushed the
The arena had been prepared for the day. All the inhabitants of the magician’s kingdom had come to witness the boiling oil test. The soldier had to jump into the huge pot of boiling oil in front of everyone and if he came out alive the magician would spare his life and also allow him
Hatim managed to get the pearl from the mouth of the red dragon. As soon as he held the pearl in his hand, he saw that the red desert changed, the earth got its original colour, the air started cooling and the desert became fit for habitation. Hatim discovered that the pearl possessed rare qualities.
The red dragons lived in the centre of the red desert. Reaching them was a Herculean job, but Hatim with his magical pearl accomplished it easily. Hissing tremendously, the monstrous dragons approached Hatim. From their nostrils came out the streams of flames like those from a furnace. Due to the magical pearl given to Hatim
One day, two dogs were travelling on the same road. One was a gentle spaniel and the other a grumpy growly mastiff. The spaniel politely asked the mastiff, “May I please walk with you on this journey?” The mastiff replied, “Sure! I have no problem. You may walk along with me.” Both the dogs started
In the red desert, every object was as red as vermillion! The red sky, red land, red water and the intense red flaming heat were making it very difficult for Hatim to walk. As he walked further into the red desert, he almost lost the power to move. He said to himself, ‘I cannot die
Hatim, on his way to the red desert, crossed many mountains and deserts and finally came to a place beyond which no humans lived. The land beyond this point was black, and the sky too was black. It was the abode of black serpents. Carrying the magical staff that the genie had gifted him, Hatim
A long time ago, there was a sage who had great powers. One day, he saw a mouse fall from the beak of a flying crow. He picked up the mouse and fed him some rice. A few days later, the saint saw the mouse being chased by a cat. To make the mouse stronger,