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  • Li and Gao

    Li was a foolish neighbour, but one day, in the gambling house, Li won three hundred yuan. ‘Oh, what shall I do with my yuan? Where shall I hide them? Where shall I store them…? Ah, a good idea. I will store them in the ground.’ Li dug a hole and put the three hundred yuan…

  • Friends Forever

    There once lived a mouse and frog who were very good friends. Every morning the frog would go to visit the mouse who lived in a hole inside a tree. The mouse very much enjoyed the company of the frog, but the mouse did not realise that the frog was growing increasingly frustrated because it…

  • A Good Friend

    Yasin’s family moved from Iraq to England when he was just a young boy. Yasin did not want to leave his home in Samarra but his father said that it was best for the family because it was not safe to live there anymore and he wanted his son to grow up in a country…

  • The Talking Eggs 

    THERE was once a woman who had two daughters and their names were Millison and Blanche. Millison was nasty-tempered and cruel, while her younger sister Blanche was sweet and cheerful. The mother’s favorite was not sweet Blanche, but the sharp-tongued Millison, probably because the older daughter was the very likeness of her own mean self.…

  • Sunlight and Moonlight

    Long years ago, there lived in a distant land a handsome prince named Sunlight. Sunlight lived in a splendid palace with his father, the ruler of the land, who was called in those days a Khan. Sunlight’s mother had died when he was a baby, and when he was a young boy his father married…

  • The Stolen Bairn (Baby)

    It was an odd sight that greeted two tall, dark, sharp-eared fairies. There under the bushes by the cliffs, was a baby wrapped in its blankets mewing and cooing. Only his wee little face poked through, and not a soul nearby to claim him. “I would like such a bairn,” said one fairy, arching her…

  • Prince Derek and the Ring 

    Once a good king, knowing that he was dying, asked one last favor of his guardian Fairy. “Madam,” said the good King to the Fairy, “You know I have but one child, my dear Prince Derek. Kindly grant my last favor on my son’s behalf.” “Say the word,” answered the Fairy. “I will make your…

  • Princess Amaradevi Story

    In Cambodia there once lived a wealthy princess by the name of Amaradevi who was an educated and talented young woman. Now there were four old grand ministers of the palace who all wished to marry her, not because of Amaradevi’s many accomplishments, but rather, being attracted by her riches. Princess Amaradevi turned down their…

  • The Magic Tree Trunks

    LONG AGO, a king and queen ruled a large and powerful land that is now known as Iceland. Their two children, Prince Sigurd and Princess Sophia, were beloved throughout the land. There was only a year between the brother and sister, and they loved each other so much that there was little they did without the…

  • The Magic Mirror

    IT WAS PROCLAIMED throughout the kingdom of Granada that the king had decided to marry. First, the news was first told to the court barber, then to the night watchmen, and then to the oldest women in the city. The barber told all his customers, who again told all their friends. The night watchmen, in…

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