Aniz the Shepherd [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 56, Hits: 1069]
A Xinjiang (Uygur) Chinese Folktale...
Updated On: 5/8/2009
Tags: Landlord, Shepherd Boy, Bamboo Flute, Rabbit, Wonderful Instrument, Forest, Tree Stump, Strings of Cash, Bears, Snakes, Wolves, Foxes, Poor Folk, Chinese Folktale
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The Story of the Three Genjias [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 64, Hits: 1116]
A Tibetan Folktale from Sichuan Province...
Updated On: 4/29/2009
Tags: Tibetan Folktale, Tribal Chief, Calligraphy of Buddhist Scriptures, Esoteric Style, Tool-Kit, Carpenter, Nutritious Food, Buddhist Scriptures, Authentic Style, Earthly Mansion, Beautiful Woman, Twig Burning Ceremony, Golden Opportunity
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The Gold Colt and the Fire Dragon Shirt [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 67, Hits: 1022]
A Han(Chinese) Folktale...
Updated On: 4/29/2009
Tags: Chinese Folktale, Gold Colt, Fire Dragon Shirt, Smallest Coin, Peasant Tenants, Granaries, Maggots, Miser, Power of Talking, Whiskers, Little Horse, God of Wealth, Taels, Silver and Gold, Muck of Sweat, Birthday Greetings
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Holi with Bloodshed [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 402, Hits: 3420]
The invitation said, 'Hope your thirst for battle has been quenched. Springtime has come. Come with your courtiers to play Holi with the Rajputani'...
Dina Nath Dube Updated On: 1/15/2009
Tags: Queen Padmini, Bundi, Kaithun, Rajputani, Pathans, Palace of Kota, Garh, Opium addict, Allaudin Khilaji, Ratan Singh, Commander-in-Chief, Queen Roopmati, River Chambal, Kota, Rulers of Malwa, Kesar Khan and Dokar Khan, Jag Mandir, Occasion of Holi, Bhongasi
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Old woman who became a Woodpecker [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 347, Hits: 6456]
May see her in the woods, where she lives in trees boring, boring, boring for her food...
Phoebe Cary Updated On: 12/2/2008
Tags: Hungry and faint, Bark of trees, Coal-black feathers, Red headed woodpecker, Boring the tree, Woods, Christmas Stories, American Poet, Younger sister, Poet Alice Cary, Winter days, Old woman making cakes, Good Saint, Short Tales about Christmas, Christmas
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The Little Match-Seller [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 567, Hits: 6676]
The Christmas lights rose higher and higher, till they looked to her like the stars in the sky...
Hans Christian Andersen Updated On: 11/19/2008
Tags: New-year sun, Stiffness of death, Christmas Stories for Children, Half-burnt match, Steaming roast goose, Splendid dinner service, Colored pictures, Christmas lights, Grandmother, Glorious Christmas-tree, Little corpse, Terribly cold, Poor little girl, Bare head, Naked feet, Pair of slippers, Little creature, Shivering with cold and hunger, New-year eve, Little candle, Christmas Folktales, Short Folktales about Christmas
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The Sparrows' Holiday [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 516, Hits: 4116]
We will invite our country cousins to spend Christmas with us...
Updated On: 11/18/2008
Tags: Country cousins, Crumbs and titbits, Little sparrows, Chimneys, Goodbye, Fields and hedges, Spend Christmas with us, Jolly time, House Sparrow, Looking for crumbs, Hedge Sparrows, Away on holiday, Brown sparrows pecking the grain
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The Little Elder-Tree Mother [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 688, Hits: 4819]
The little elder-tree mother had suddenly become a charming young girl, but her dress was still of the same green material, covered with white blossoms, as the elder-tree mother had worn...
Hans Christian Andersen Updated On: 11/18/2008
Tags: Marvelous countries, Yellow silk handkerchief, Mary, Niels, Peter, John, Christian, Members of society, Walking-stick, Spreading oak trees, Fredericksburg garden, Beautiful in autumn, Shooting star, Tell a fairy tale, Boiling water, Blossoms of the elder-tree, Beautiful sunshine, Golden wedding, Great-grandchildren, Fredericksburg, Weathercock, Little boy, Caught cold, Dry Weather, Teapot, Kind hearted old man, Fairy tales and stories, Go to school
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The Old House [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 694, Hits: 4396]
The little boy one day heard his parents say, “The old man opposite is very well off, but is terribly lonely.”
Hans Christian Andersen Updated On: 11/17/2008
Tags: Chairs handsomely carved, Picture of a beautiful lady, Christmas tree, Christmas tree, Old-fashioned letters, Grotesque faces, Curiously carved, Old portraits of knights, Courtyard
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When Goddess Lakshmi Begged [Rajasthani Folktale] [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1173, Hits: 10520]
Long Long ago there was a king in Jaiselmer whose name was Rawal Prithvi Singh...
Manpreet Malik Updated On: 10/14/2008
Tags: Latticed Windows, King of Jaiselmer, Rawal Prithvi Singh, Haveli, Goddess of wealth, Lord Vishnu, Diwali Story
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