King Midas was a very greedy king. Even though he was very rich he always craved for more and more. One day, he called his court magician and commanded, Find me a spell that can get me more treasures than I already have.” The magician said, “Your majesty, I can give you a power that…

A ragman found a badger caught in a trap. Being good at heart, he set it free. The badger was actually an enchanted being. In order to repay the ragman’s kindness, the badger turned himself into a beautiful teapot and slipped inside his bag. The ragman was sur­prised to find the lovely teapot and presented…

A farmer and his son were car­rying their donkey in a wheel­barrow to the market so as not to tire the animal. Seeing them the villagers laughed. “Who­ever has seen a man wheeling a donkey?” they said. This worried the farmer who then rode the donkey. Then the people said, “Look at the self­ish man!…

. There lived a girl named Wild Blossom who used to sell flow­ers during the day. In the evenings, she would bring food for her little brothers. They loved her very much. One day, Wild Blossom was picking some pansies in the woods when she fell ill. She came home early that day and was…

The Sun and the Wind had an argument as to who was stronger. They kept arguing with each other and couldn’t make a decision. Meanwhile, a traveller was passing by. On seeing him, the Wind said, “The one who is able to make the traveller remove his coat is the winner.” The Wind decided to…

An oak tree and a sugarcane plant stood in a field. The oak tree was very proud of his height and strength while the sugarcane was humble and Just listened quietly when the oak tree boasted about himself. One day, when a light breeze was blowing, the oak tree jeered at the sugarcane and said,…

A clever fox wanted to play a trick on someone. A stork was sitting nearby. He began talk­ing to her and said that he wanted to be her friend. He then invited her for a meal to his home that evening. When the stork visited his home that evening she was given a saucer filled…

A rabbit called Onkie lived in the deep African jungles. He was a very intelligent rabbit but Onkie wanted to become even wiser. So, one day, he went to meet the good witch who lived in the woods. The witch heard Onkie’s wish and said, “We shall see! But first bring me a live python!”…

Gepetto was a poor carpenter who made his living by making puppets. Once, he was carving a puppet out of wood in his workshop. Suddenly the wood squealed, “Ouch! That hurt!” The puppet was alive! Gepetto named the puppet, Pinocchio. Pinocchio wanted to be like other boys and go to school. Gepetto sold his coat…

Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess who had a golden ball. One day, while playing in the garden, the ball fell into a pond. She was very upset and did not know what to do. While she sat there cry­ing helplessly, a frog hopped out of the pond and asked, “Why are…