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January 7, 2018

The Pomegranate, Apple-Tree, and Bramble (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

THE POMEGRANATE and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the most beautiful. When their strife was at its height, a Bramble from the neighboring hedge lifted up its voice, and said in a boastful...

January 6, 2018

Best 7 Fairy and Folk Tales about Lying

Top 7 Fairy and Folk Tales about Lying Lies and liars have always been an important theme in fairy tales and every tradition has got it’s own takes on the morality of lies. There are...

January 2, 2018

THE FINEST LIAR IN THE WORLD (The Violet Fairy Book, 1889) by ANDREW LANG

At the edge of a wood there lived an old man who had only one son, and one day he called the boy to him and said he wanted some corn ground, but the...

December 26, 2017

THE UNDERGROUND WORKERS (The Violet Fairy Book, 1889) by ANDREW LANG

On a bitter night somewhere between Christmas and the New Year, a man set out to walk to the neighbouring village. It was not many miles off, but the snow was so thick that...

December 25, 2017

Silent night (1818) by Franz Xaver Gruber

“Silent Night” (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. The song...

December 24, 2017

Most Beautiful Christmas Tales From All Around The World

Serene Christmas time Christmas is an especially serene and quiet time when many of us calm down from the excitement of every-day work and spend time with our loved ones. I still vividly remember...