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August 15, 2017

BRIAR ROSE (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

A king and queen once upon a time reigned in a country a great way off, where there were in those days fairies. Now this king and queen had plenty of money, and plenty...

August 14, 2017

THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

In a village dwelt a poor old woman, who had gathered together a dish of beans and wanted to cook them. So she made a fire on her hearth, and that it might burn...

August 13, 2017

THE POMEGRANATE KING (Indian Fairy Tales) collected and translated by Maive Stokes

THERE was once a Mahárájá, called the Anárbásá, or Pomegranate King; and a Mahárání called the Gulíanár, or Pomegranate-flower. The Mahárání died leaving two children: a little girl of four or five years old,...

August 12, 2017

The Kingdom of the Lion (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

THE BEASTS of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be. During his reign he made...

August 12, 2017

The Traveler and His Dog (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

A TRAVELER about to set out on a journey saw his Dog stand at the door stretching himself. He asked him sharply: “Why do you stand there gaping? Everything is ready but you, so...

August 12, 2017

Hercules and the Wagoner (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

A CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but...