Once upon a time, there lived a princess who was extra-ordinarily beautiful. She spent all the time admiring herself in the mirror or inviting people to pay her compliments.Many princes came to win her hand in marriage. But she did not think any of them were good enough for her. So, she rejected all of […]
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who lived with her father, the King. A wizard who was jealous of the King kidnapped the princess and imprisoned her on an island far away. The island was guarded by a sea monster who was very cruel.“You can only be rescued when a brave prince
Once upon a time, in the heart of Africa, there lived a pride of lions. They had three lion cubs: Lenny, Lisa and Leon. Lenny and Leon were quick to learn everything but Lisa was a problematic child.Their mother was teaching them how to hunt, how to protect themselves, how to chase away humans and
Mr and Mrs Winters lived in a village near the mountains. They were happy looking after their little farm and goats, a donkey and some hens and rabbits. But they had no children.“It would be nice if we had a child, wouldn’t it?” said Mr Winters, as they sat down for dinner one dark rainy
Long ago, there was a great warrior who did not come back home from the hunt. All the members of his family except his youngest son thought that he was dead. The youngest one would daily ask his elder brothers, “Where is my father?” Finally, the elder brothers who were also magicians went in search
One afternoon, Anansi, the spider thought that he could trick a turtle into doing his work for him. He thought that the turtle was slow and stupid. “Let’s go fishing,” he suggested. “Very well,” said the turtle, who was clever. The turtle said that he would get tired while making nets. So, they decided to
The Queen Bee’s daughter was named Princess Beatrice. She was truly beautiful with a shiny black and gold body and wings that shimmered in the sun. Besides, she was very sweet-natured. She shared things with her friends and never put on airs. Every morning, she would go along with all the other bees to collect
Princess Isabel’s father, the King, died. His brother Julian came to the throne. King Julian’s wife was a good witch who made spells and potions to help her husband rule properly and she could recognize when someone was telling a lie.The Queen loved Princess Isabel and taught her all the magic that she knew. So,
Bobby didn’t like her name ‘Roberta’ at all. What a name! At home and in school she had insisted that everyone called her ‘Bobby’. This continued even now when she was eighteen years old. It was a terrible nuisance, because Bobby was the daughter of the Duke and the Duchess of Bening Worth.Whenever they had
Anansi had always been a trickster. He always had eight legs but they were not long and thin. They were small and sturdy. Though Anansi’s wife was a very good cook, the spider was greedy and loved to taste other people’s food. One day, Anansi stopped by to visit his friend, the rabbit. “Hmm!” exclaimed
Long ago, there was an African King who had the best ram in the world. One day, the ram happened to graze on Anansi’s crops. Anansi threw a rock at it that hit between its eyes and the ram died on the spot. Anansi was well aware that the King would punish him, for he
Long ago, all the animals and human beings assembled in front of God. God said that early next morning when the sun appeared, the one who came first would get a good share. God had expected the buffalo to come first but to his amazement, the man came first. At night, the dogs had overheard
Lizards have tails which they can cut down themselves to keep safe from predators. Such process is called autonomy and, later, such cut tails can grow too. When a lizard’s tail is cut, you can never see its bleeding because the blood vessel automatically minimizes and stops bleeding. On being cut, a lizard’s tail wriggles
Dog aggression is a very complex topic, but in the dog’s mind, its reasons for biting may be quite simple. If it bites when its resources—food, its position on the furniture or a toy—are threatened, it feels entitled to ‘punish’ the owner for encroaching on its territory. The number of people who would believe that
Bunnies (rabbits) mostly wiggle their noses as a way of expressing interest in what they see or think. A really fast wiggle-wiggle-wiggle usually means the bunny is really interested in something, while less nose wiggling means he or she is feeling calm, and there’s less to think and wiggle about. A completely still nose might