Why the Sea is Salt – comic story for kids
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there were two brothers, the one rich and the other poor. When Christmas Eve came, the poor one had not a bite in…
Once upon a time, long, long ago, there were two brothers, the one rich and the other poor. When Christmas Eve came, the poor one had not a bite in…
In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers, one named Cassim, the other Ali Baba. Cassim was married to a rich wife and lived in plenty, while Ali Baba…
Once upon a time there was a man who had a meadow which lay on the side of a mountain, and in the meadow there was a barn in which…
SEVENTH STORY: OF THE PALACE OF THE SNOW QUEEN AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE AT LAST The walls of the palace were formed of drifted snow, and the windows and doors…
Once upon a time there was a fagot-maker and his wife, who had seven children, all boys. The eldest was but ten years old, and the youngest only seven. They…
SIXTH STORY: THE LAPLAND WOMAN AND THE FINLAND WOMAN They stopped at a little hut; it was very mean looking. The roof sloped nearly down to the ground, and the…
FIFTH STORY: THE LITTLE ROBBER GIRL The coach drove on through a thick forest, where it lighted up the way like a torch and dazzled the eyes of some robbers,…
BY an unlucky chance a Fox fell into a deep well from which he could not get out. A Goat passed by shortly afterwards, and asked the Fox what he…
AT a country fair there was a Buffoon who made all the people laugh by imitating the cries of various animals. He finished off by squeaking so like a pig…
A TRUMPETER during a battle ventured too near the enemy and was captured by them. They were about to proceed to put him to death when he begged them to…