Bertie was a small mouse who lived in a field of corn. He would collect corn in the morning and bring it home. On the way, he had a wonderful time playing in the field and looking at all the wonderful things on the way.One day, Bertie saw a beautiful butterfly and chased it across […]
Once upon a time, a king and a Queen longed for a child. They had a child but it was a baby donkey. The King ordered that he should be brought up as a prince. All the mirrors in the palace were removed, so the prince would never see that he was a donkey.The donkey-prince
Once upon a time, a kingdom became so dry that even the King and the Queen had nothing left to eat in the palace. They were forced to send the princess away to seek her fortune. Wandering around, she came to a castle where an old woman in a blue dress and a hat invited
Snowdrop lived with her father in a cottage on the mountainside. One day, a strange old woman came to their cottage and said that she was her aunt. “I have come to take care of you,” she said.But Snowdrop found her to be a nasty old woman, rude and cruel. one day, her father vanished.
Long, long ago, there lived a princess who had made a beautiful garden in the palace. In the middle of the flower beds was a very tall tree. Its branches seemed to go right up into the clouds, and it always had one pink blossom at the top.A young gardener was in love with her
Katie awoke on her seventh birthday to find her gifts piled on the bed. She heard a rustle and on moving the packets she found a darling little kitten with a pink ribbon tied around her neck! ‘What a lovely birthday gift!’ she thought, cuddling the kitten.Mummy and Daddy came in to wish her a
Princess Rosalind loved to dance and wished to be a real ballerina, but her parents didn’t pay much attention to her wish to dance.One day, a ballet troupe came to perform in the palace. Rosalind was fascinated with the dancers, especially the lead dancer, Ella who wore a jewelled mask and danced like a fairy!
Once a young traveller named John came to a church where a dead man lay in a coffin, waiting to be buried. John sat beside the coffin and prayed to God for the dead man before going on his way again.As John walked along, a stranger asked him if he could travel with him too.
The princess was loved by everyone and she enjoyed wandering all over the palace, chatting with all the guards and the servants too. She particularly enjoyed visiting the kitchen because she loved the chief cook very much.The chief cook was a plump woman with rosy cheeks and bright eyes and she always had something special
A widow had a lazy daughter and a hard-working stepdaughter. But she loved her own daughter and disliked her stepdaughter, making her work day and night.One day, the stepdaughter sat in the yard, spinning. She cut her hand and the blood stained the shuttle. Frightened that her stepmother would be very angry, she ran to
Jimmy and Laura set up an extra bed in Jimmy’s room because their cousin Ron and his father were coming for the holidays. Uncle Ken was a professor and was extremely absent-minded.The children’s mother had warned them about Uncle Ken’s habit of forgetting things and getting confused. They were looking forward to a great deal
Once upon a time, a beautiful princess married a prince and went to live with him in his castle on a mountain.The prince was very loving but every night he went away, returning only at dawn. When the puzzled princess asked him, he said that she must never ask him about it and never follow
Jenny was busy, as usual, in her room. She enjoyed reading books or working on her computer. So, she rarely went outdoors to play. This made her father and mother worry a lot.“It’s fine that she studies well,” said her father, “But she needs to get out into the fresh air too!”“I agree,” said her
A king had a favourite apple tree with delicious apples. He put a spell on it to prevent people from stealing the apples. Anyone who picked an apple would sink into the ground. But the king’s three daughters thought that they would not be affected by the spell, and ate the apples. Immediately, they sank
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom famed for the beauty of it snow-topped mountains, sparkling rivers and meadows full of flowers. However, one spring there was no rain and the land began to suffer. By the time summer came, it was dry and the flowers were withered, and there was no harvest.The King
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