Once a merchant, before leaving for market, asked his three daughters what they wanted as gifts onhis return. The first daughter wanted a brocade dress, the second daughter a pearl necklace, but the third one named Beauty, the youngest and prettiest, said, “All I want is a rose!” While returning home, a sudden storm blew […]
There was great news in the forest in spring. The magpie had told everyone and even the owl hadwoken up during the day! A prince had been born! All the forest creatures rushed to the thicket where a doe lay curled up. A tiny, beautiful fawn was standing up on his slender shaky legs. “He’s
Aladdin was an impoverished young boy in a Arabian town. He was recruited by a sorcerer who passed himself off as the brother of Aladdin’s late father Qaseem. He promised Aladdin’s mother to set up young Aladdin as a wealthy merchant. The sorcerer’s real motive was to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil
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A foolish man from Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He measured his feet with a piece of straw by making marks on it. Then, he headed straight for the market. But he was in such a hurry that he left his marked straw at home. So, when he reached the shoe-shop, he
Once upon a time, a sportsman of Tientsin allured a wild goose. He was followed to his home by the gander. The gander flew around him in great sorrow throughout the day. He went away only at nightfall. The next day, when the sportsman went out, there was the gander again. It came close and
Once, Alice was sitting near a riverbank with her sister. She was getting bored. Soon, she fell asleep and in her dream she saw a beautifully dressed white rabbit ran past her. The rabbit had a watch in his hand. Alice ran behind the rabbit to catch him. But the rabbit was very quick. He
In the state of Wei, lived a man named Leyangtsi. One day, Leyangtsi found a piece of gold on his way home, and he ran home to show it to his wife. She looked at it and said, “It is said that a true man never drinks the stolen water. How can you pick up
The fish asked the old man to put the fishing rod into the lake. After a few minutes, he would get the golden rope. The old man did the same. In a few minutes, when he pulled up the fishing rod, he saw a golden rope attached to the fishing line. ‘The golden rope must
Once upon a time, there was an old man who liked fishing. One day, he picked up his fishing rod and went to the lake to fish after having his dinner. When he reached the lake, it was getting dark. There was a boat lying near the lake. The old man got into the boat
The next day, the minstrel appeared in the court. The Princess recognised him instantly though she had never seen him before. He was tall and his eyes when they met hers were kind. He held in his hand a beautiful rose, not a blue rose but a handsome white rose. He held the rose out
When the minstrel sang a love song, the princess’s body shivered and her face blushed with pleasure even though she could not see him as he was on the other side of the wall. But she imagined he was singing to her. She was overcome with such zeal that she too began to sing the
The next man who wished to marry the Princess was a brave warrior. He brought with him a beautiful blue sapphire carved in the shape of the rose. The Emperor and the Princess rejected him saying that she wanted a real rose. Then, before the Emperor appeared the Lord Chief Justice, with a bowl painted
Long ago, in China, there was an Emperor who had only one daughter. She was beautiful and intelligent and admired for her wonderful singing. As Emperor was getting old, he decided to get his daughter married. The Princess did not want to marry but the Emperor was adamant. The Emperor announced that the man who
From then on, the young peasant was able to make himself invisible, could see ghosts and devils and have contact with the world of the spirits. When someone felt sick and lay unconscious, he could call back his soul. If a person sinned, he would plead for him. This way, he earned a lot of
Once upon a time, there was a young and strong peasant. One evening, he came back home late. On the way, he passed the garden of a wealthy gentleman. He saw something bright floating in the air that looked like a ball of crystal. Astonished, he climbed onto the wall of the garden. There was