Penny and her brother Derek were trekking across the countryside. They decided to stay at an inn for the night, before continuing on their journey. The innkeeper offered them some rice and vegetables, cooked with some strange herbs. Penny was suspicious of the innkeeper, so she decided not to eat the vegetables. She tried to […]

Jared and Nate were riding through the scrubland, when they heard a strange hissing sound. Their horses seemed uneasy, so the two boys decided to stop and camp for the night. They found an old barn nearby. Then, tired, they went to sleep. Jared was woken up by a strange sound. It sounded like the

Sven was walking through the fields, when he saw an old man sitting near a stream. The old man looked quite weak, so Sven said, “May I help you?” The old man did not speak, but made a sign to carry him across the stream. Sven helped the old man to clamber onto his back

James was an explorer who had travelled across the world. Once, he was flying over a forest, when the engine of his plane failed, and crashed into the trees. As James got out of the fallen plane, he heard the sound of drums. Before long, he reached a village. There was a fire burning in

After travelling around the world for years, Sindbad married a beautiful woman and settled down in her home-town. Sadly, she fell ill after a year and died. One of his friends told him, “My friend, escape while you can. In this land, husbands are buried along with their dead wives!” Sindbad immediately started planning how

Sindbad was sailing through the Indian Ocean, when a terrible storm wrecked his ship. He was tossed onto a deserted island, but his entire crew was drowned. Sindbad was very sad, but decided to explore the island. ‘Perhaps someone lives here and can help me,’ he thought. He spent the whole day walking around the

Sindbad and his crew were sailing through the ocean, when they came to an island. The sky was stormy, so they decided to camp on the island for a few days. While searching for fresh water, some of the sailors found a huge white egg. Sindbad said, “Don’t touch that egg. It belongs to a

Sindbad, the sailor, was once captured by pirates, who sold him as a slave. An ivory merchant bought him and said, “I will teach you how to capture elephants for ivory.” For a month, he made Sindbad shoot elephants. When they died, the merchant would take their ivory tusks and sell them. One day, something

Before leaving on a voyage, a merchant asked his servants, “Is there anything you want me to take along to trade for you?” All the others offered money or goods, but Joe offered his cat. Soon, the cat was sailing with the merchant in his huge ship. The cat was very happy with the adventure

Tom was a poor orphan who wanted to go to the city. One day, Tom saw a stranger passing through the village. Tom asked him, “Are you going to the city? Can you take me with you?” The stranger agreed and soon, they were on their way. The path was long and they had to

Bigfoot Wallace lived in Texas. Once, he camped near a river. The Comanche tribe came in the dead of night and stole away all his horses. When he woke up, Wallace was furious and decided to teach the Comanches a lesson. When he reached the Comanche camp, Wallace had an idea. There were many hickory

A soldier was very proud of his bravery. Once, he was marching with his army to fight against a neighbouring kingdom. On the way, they passed by a village set on a high cliff. Since it was already evening, the army camped there for the night. The soldier found it very difficult to sleep, so