The Donkey Who Sinned Once a Lion and a Leopard and a Dog and a Donkey were sitting in a field. The sun was hot; there was no rain; there was no water in the river; the fields were dusty, and there was no food. The Lion said, Why is everything so bad...
Beauty and the Beast I Once there was an old man. He had three young and beautiful children: they were girls. The youngest girl was the most beautiful. She was called 'Beauty', because she was so beautiful. Beauty was a very nice girl: she was kind t...
The Goat-Calf Once a Leopard and a Jackal came to a village. The Leopard caught a goat, and the Jackal caught a cow. They brought the goat and the cow back. The Leopard put the goat in his field, and the Jackal put the cow in his field. The Leopard w...
Dick and His Cat I Once there was a boy called Dick. He was very poor: his father and mother were dead and he had no friends to help him. One day he heard some men speaking: one man said, I shall go to London, for London is a very big city, and its s...
Mr. Sparrow and Mr. Fox Mr. Sparrow was a little bird. He was not a nice little bird -- not at all nice; for he was always telling stories about one person to another person. One day, as Mr. Sparrow sat in a tree, he saw Mr. Rabbit coming through the...
Jack and the Bean Plant I Once there was a poor woman. She had one son, whose name was Jack. Jack had no father; a giant had killed him. Jack's mother had one cow, whose milk they sold. They had no money but the money which they got for the milk. One...
Mr. Rabbit Kills a Wolf One day all the beasts of the forest came to one place. All the big beasts came, and all the little beasts came. There were horses and cows and rabbits and foxes and ducks and mice and birds, and all the other living things. T...
The Golden Touch I Once there was a King. His name was Midas. Midas loved gold. He did not want to buy things with his gold. He wanted to have the gold; he wanted to look at the gold every day. There was a house made of stone. He put every bit of gol...
Mrs. Duck and Mr. RabbitMr. Rabbit said to Mrs. Duck, Come and work with me and you will get more money than you have ever had before. Mrs. Duck said, I will come.So Mrs. Duck worked with Mr. Rabbit. After some time Mrs. Duck said to Mr. Rabbit, I wa...
The Bird, the Mouse, and the LoafIOnce there was a Bird, a Mouse, and a Loaf. They lived in a little house. The house was near a forest. There was a garden at the front of the house full of pretty flowers. There were flowers in the window, and a litt...
Mr. Rabbit and Mr. WolfOne day Mr. Rabbit was walking near the hill; he heard someone crying out, Help! Help! He looked this way and that way, and he saw poor Mr. Wolf. A great stone had fallen on Mr. Wolf's back, and he could not get up. He cried, M...
Snow-whiteⅠ Once there was a Queen. She was sitting at the window. There was snow outside in the garden--snow on the hill and in the lane, snow on the huts and on the trees: all things were white with snow. She had some cloth in her hand and a need...
Mr. Rabbit was a very bad little beast; he was always doing things that made other persons angry and they wanted to catch him. But it was very hard to catch Mr. Rabbit. One day Mr. Wolf said to Mr. Fox, We will catch Mr. Rabbit and eat him tonight. Y...
A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to e...
The Sleeping Princess I Once there was a King and a Queen. For many years they had wanted a child, and no child had come to them. Then the Queen had a child. It was a girl. The King was very glad. You know what a fairy is. Many fairies lived near the...
