The Boy Who Became a Stone
Elonen lived with his grandmother. One day, he was making a bird snare in his courtyard. Suddenly, a small bird appeared and challenged Elonen to catch it. He quickly …
The Loveliest Rose in the World
A beautiful queen grew only roses in her garden. Yellow, white, pink and red, they dotted her garden and spread their sweet fragrance all around. One day, ‘the queen …
The Elf of the Rose
Once upon a time an invisible elf used to live inside a bright red rose. One day, when the elf was out it began to snow and the rose …
The Stubborn Pig
One day, unable to take her stubborn pig back home, an old woman asked a dog to bite the pig. The dog refused to obey her so she asked …
The Man and the Alans
The Tinguian tribe in the Philippines is very superstitious about ghosts, whom they refer to as alans. One day, a man while journeying through the dense forest heard strange …
Ripple Gets a Necklace
Ripple the water pixie lived in a pond. She was very pretty and very proud of herself. As Ripple was always showing off, all her friends were fed up …
The Magic Jar
One day, a group of Tinguian huntsmen went out hunting with their dogs. In the forest, they unleashed their dogs and each hunter went his own way. After sometime, …
The Turtle and the Lizard
Once a turtle and a lizard went to steal some ginger from a house. The owner of the house chased the animals with a stick. The lizard scurried away …
The Sun and the Moon
One day, the Sun and the Moon had a quarrel as to who was the stronger of the two. The two argued with each other for ages and finally …
Hanaca's Hat
Once there lived a famous samurai warrior and his beautiful daughter Hanaca. He covered her head with a strange hat that hid her face. People ridiculed her funny hat …
Faithful John
An old king was gravely ill and going to die. He told John, his faithful servant, “Look after my son after my death but do not show him the …