Three Boons [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 6, Hits: 481]
Merchant realized his mistakes and he repented his greediness...
Updated On: 11/2/2009
Tags: Small town stories, Rich merchant, Neighboring house, poor farmer, Miser Merchant, Traveler, Tired and hungry, Inn, Beautiful mansion, Farmer prosperity, Cock crowed, Realized mistakes, Greediness, Lord, Almighty
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Lazy Brahmin and seven fairies [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 8, Hits: 1020]
He was so hungry that he wanted to eat all the seven in one sitting...
Updated On: 11/2/2009
Tags: Poor Brahmin, lazy man, Work hard, Seven fairies, Magic goat, Steal the goat, Magic pan, Magic rope, Magic stick
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The Story of the Three Genjias [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 144, Hits: 2871]
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: 153, Hits: 2836]
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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The Little Match-Seller [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 651, Hits: 8817]
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 Old House [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 768, Hits: 5812]
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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Twinklinka [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 716, Hits: 5568]
One day, not so long ago, a special new doll arrived at the toy shop. Fresh from the factory in her very own box, the doll’s name was...
Janaki Sooriyarachchi Updated On: 10/10/2008
Tags: Sri Lankan Doll, Exquisite Dress, Most Beautiful Doll, Little Girl, Pretty Little Princess, Ice Cream, Honey Bear, Blue and White Pinafore Dresses, Blue Aistcoat, Big Chocolate Bar, Untidy Child, Japanese Doll, Little Girl Lap, Sri lankan Folktales
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Emirosy [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 2051, Hits: 12052]
Sri Lankan Folktale: Emirosy is such a sweet doll, the fairy said to all the other dolls. She deserves to be in fairyland...
Janaki Sooriyarachchi Updated On: 1/31/2008
Tags: Sri Lanka, Fairy Tales for Kids, Stories about Dolls, Dolls Stories, Beautiful Fairy Tales, Puzzled Dolls, Little Fairyland Folktales, Glistening Dress, Sparkling Stars, Golden Feather Fairy Folklores from Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Fairytales, Children Bedtime Fairy Tales, Tales from Sri Lanka, Doll
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The Shepherd’s Story of the Bond of Friendship [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1984, Hits: 10721]
My mother told me it was the Lord Jesus Christ who was represented by these roses. Then the priest announced, 'Christ is risen,' and all the people greeted each other...
Hans Christian Andersen Updated On: 11/28/2007
Tags: Anastasia, Aphtanides, Lord Jesus Christ, Delphi, Forest of Dwarf Firs, Mount Parnassus, Half-naked Girl, Gulf of Lepanto, Farewell Stories
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What the Moon Saw [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1905, Hits: 14091]
My face was mirrored in the waters of the Ganges, and my beams strove to pierce through the thick intertwining boughs of the bananas, arching beneath me like the tortoise’s shell
Hans Christian Andersen Updated On: 11/27/2007
Tags: St. Christopher carrying Infant Jesus, Lord hung bleeding on the great cross, Postillion wound his horn, Copenhagen, Group of Laocoon, Bertel Thorwaldsen, Melancholy, Banks of Stoxen
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