Oolah the lizard was tired of lying in the sun, doing nothing. He took his boomerangs out, and began to practise throwing them. While he was doing so, a Galah came up, and stood near, watching the boomerangs come flying back. Oolah was proud of having the Galah to watch his skill. The boomerang hit […]
One day, the god created a beautiful woman called Pandora and took her to Prometheus. His brother, Epimetheus, married her. The couple lived happily together until one day Mercury, the messenger of the gods, arrived with a mysterious box. He asked Pandora and her husband to take care of it. He made them promise never
A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were friends. The Country Mouse invited his friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse came and they sat down for a dinner of barley, corns and roots. The flavour was not much to the taste of the guest and he
Once upon a time, there lived a lion in a forest. One day after a heavy meal, it was sleeping under a tree. After sometime, there came a mouse and it started to play and jump on the lion. Suddenly, the lion got up with anger and looked for those who disturbed its nice sleep.
Once a journeyman stayed in an inn for many days. When the innkeeper asked for the bill, he told that he would pay the bill the next day because he did not have enough money. After a while, a black devil appeared before the journeyman and asked him to stay in the inn for seven
Saint Peter was entirely bald, except for a single lock of hair that fell over his forehead. Once, while he and Lord Christ were travelling together, they came to a farmhouse where a woman was just cooking up some large yeast pancakes in grease. Saint Peter entered the house to beg for some pancakes, while
Once there lived a monkey man in Japan who earned his living by taking round a monkey and showing off the animal’s tricks. When his monkey became old, he began forgetting his tricks. Not even his master’s harsh beating could make him dance and perform properly. The man decided to sell him to a butcher.
There was a peasant family who had a house dog named Sultan. When Sultan grew old, the peasant drove him away, thinking that he was no longer of any use to his family. Sadly, he wandered about and reached a forest. He encountered a wolf that intended to eat him. Sultan suggested that the wolf
Once in a city, there lived a very wealthy merchant. He had a very beautiful daughter who wished to marry a man who possessed green beard. In the forests near the city, lived twenty-four robbers. Their captain dyed his beard green. On listening the girl’s desire he then went to marry the merchant’s daughter. The
Once, a boy was playing in a park. He found a pot lying on a bench. When he went closer, he saw that the pot was filled with peanuts, but it had a narrow neck. Seeing the peanuts, the boy’s mouth started watering. He put his hand into the pot and held as many peanuts
One day, a saint and his disciples were out on a journey. They were going to a nearby village to preach. On the way, they saw a pond full of fish. The saint stopped at the pond and started filling his mouth with fish. The disciples followed their master. The saint said nothing to them,
One day, Toto, a nine-year-old boy, was going back home from school with his grandfather. They were about to cross the road, when a car went by without halting at the zebra crossing and almost hit them. Toto thought that he had to do something, because he had noticed that cars did not respect the
Once upon a time, there were two girls, Sophie and Lucy. Sophie was very popular, but was also very rude. Lucy was a quiet girl and nobody in the class liked to talk to her. One day, Lucy and Sophie were alone in the class. Sophie told Lucy, “Hey, you look so ugly; that is
Once upon a time, there was a child named Charlie who really loved studying. One day, his teacher scolded him because he was late to school. The next day, Charlie was late again, and the teacher warned him that this should not happen again, else she would punish him. Charlie stayed quiet. The next morning,
There was, once, a very kind princess living in a castle. Her stepmother used to hate her. The princess was very kind to the animals and almost all the animals in the nearby jungle were her friends. The stepmother always wanted to harm the princess and once hired a killer to do away with her.