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June 2, 2017

The Cat and the Mouse (A Book of Persian Fairy Tales, 1906) By Henry Altemus

ACCORDING to the decree of Heaven, there once lived in the Persian city of Kerman a cat like unto a dragon—a longsighted cat who hunted like a lion; a cat with fascinating eyes and...

June 1, 2017

HANS IN LUCK (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right—all that falls to them is so much gain—all their geese are swans—all their cards are trumps—toss them which...

May 31, 2017

Phúlmati Rání, or the Flower Lady (Indian Fairy Tales) collected and translated by Maive Stokes

THERE were once a Rájá and a Rání who had an only daughter called the Phúlmati Rání, or the Pink-rose Queen. She was so beautiful that if she went into a very dark room...

May 30, 2017

THE BOX OF ROBBERS (American Fairy Tales) by L. FRANK BAUM

No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another. Mrs. McFarland was attending the weekly card party held by the Women’s...

May 29, 2017

THE LOST MESSAGE (SOUTH-AFRICAN FOLK-TALES, 1910) BY JAMES A. HONEŸ

The ant has had from time immemorial many enemies, and because he is small and destructive, there have been a great many slaughters among them. Not only were most of the birds their enemies,...

May 28, 2017

The Wolf And The Lamb (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf’s right to eat him. He...