000 The Hen and the Little Girl In a country home, a mother hen and her cute chicks were living happily. A little girl came to visit the country home, but was very bored. One night, the girl went into the chicken house. As soon as she went in, there...
001 The Mermaid Princess In the deep, sea palace, there lived a mermaid princess. Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice, everyone envied her. However, the mermaid princess wanted to go to the outside world. I would like to hear the beauti...
002 The Naked King Long, long time ago, there lived a very fancy king. The king changed his clothes 12 times a day. He really liked to show off to his subjects. My clothes are the best in the world. One day, two tailors planned a trick. Why don't we...
003 The Elf of the Rose There once was a rose bush in full bloom in a big garden. An elf was living in the most beautiful rose in the garden, and she was so small that people could not see her. She had long blond hair to her toes and beautiful wings....
004 The Ugly Duckling A mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond. A flock of lovely baby ducks was soon born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken. But one egg remained unbroken. It is strange. Why has this egg...
005 Nightingale A long time ago in China there lived an emperor. The emperor loved to read books. One day, in the book he was reading, it wrote, The most beautiful precious treasure is the bird nightingale. The emperor had never seen or heard of nigh...
006 The Wild Swans Once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there were eleven Princes and a single Princess, by the name of Elisa. One day, their mother died of a disease. Eventually the King married again. The new Queen hated the twelve children. She...
007 The Unwise Hans In the countryside, there lived three brothers. The first and second brothers were very wise. But the third was not very wise. People called him unwise Hans. All three of the brothers wanted to marry the princess. The princess had...
008 Thumbelina Once upon a time, there lived a woman who had no children. The woman went to a sorcerer and begged, I want to raise a pretty baby. The sorcerer then gave her a flower seed. As soon as the seed was planted, a tulip blossomed forth. From...
009 The Terrible King A long time ago, there lived a terrible king. The terrible king's wish was that all the people would shake in fear at the sound of his name. The terrible king made the lives of the people in the neighbor land horrible. Here! Tak...
010 Last Dream for an Old Oak Tree Once upon a time, there was a large oak tree in the forest. This oak tree was very old. One day during the hot summer, a mayfly flew by and alighted on a leaf of the oak tree. Mayfly, you must be so sad. Why? You ge...
011 The Happy Couple A long time ago, there was a happy prince and princess in a country. They took care of and loved each other very much, and their country was happy, too. Therefore they didn't envy anything else. There was one thing they worried a...
012 The Cripple Hans There once was a rich feudal lord. He and his wife had a big farm. They wished everyone else would live as happily as they did. On one Christmas Eve, a beautifully decorated Christmas tree stood in their big hall, and firewood wa...
013 The Shadow A scholar who used to live in a cold region took a trip to a place of tropical weather. He stayed in the house all day because it was too hot to go out. Phew. It is so hot. I can't even go outside. At night, people came out from their...
014 The Rotten Apples and the Wife There was a poor farmer in the country. He had a wife with a warm heart. The only things they had were a small piece of rice field, a farm and a horse. One day, the farmer said to his wife. We have to exchange the h...
