Author: misamaliraza94

  • Adam and the Dragon’s Treasure

    Adam lived in a small village in the south of Poland near to the big city of Krakow. Adam’s favourite part of the day was dinner time. Not because his mother made the best food in the whole world, but because, at dinner time, the whole family would sit around the television and watch the…

  • What We Plant, We Will Eat

    A long time ago, two brothers lived with their father in a small house in Korea. The younger brother worked hard and was kind to everyone but the older boy was arrogant and proud. He scorned his younger brother and ignored his ageing father. Every night after supper, the father would say: ‘Remember boys that…

  • Why Elephants Can’t Fly

    A long time ago, much longer than most people can remember, elephants could fly! They had four enormous wings and they whizzed through the sky so fast that it amazed the other animals. But these big beasts were sometimes also stupid. But shhh… the other animals would keep quiet about it and never discuss it.…

  • The Three Fish

    Once, three fish lived in a pond. One evening, some fishermen passed by the pond and saw the fish. ‘This pond is full of fish’, they told each other. ‘We have never fished here before. We must come back tomorrow morning with our nets and catch these fish!’ When the eldest of the three fish…

  • The Three Diamonds

    There was a young thief and he lived with his grandmother. ‘Oh, my grandson, will you not change your ways? I will die an unhappy woman. You drink. You gamble. You steal. You lie. Will you not change your ways?’ ‘How, grandmother, can I change my ways? I drink to forget our poverty. I gamble…

  • The Tale of the Wawel Dragon

    Hundreds of years ago, beneath the royal castle of Wawel, there lay a cruel and menacing three-headed dragon named Smok Wawelski. He lived in a cold dark cave surrounded by bats and snakes who bore witness to the dragon’s villainous acts. The nearby villagers always knew if Smok Wawelski was about to wreak havoc. They…

  • The Tale of Half-a-Chick

    On the rolling fields of La Campiña, very close to beautiful Seville, there once lived a plump red hen who made her home on a large estate full of olive groves and vineyards. One day, as the sun rose into the clear blue sky, her husband the rooster woke her as usual with his piercing…

  • The Spider and his Two Friends

    Alantakun the spider had two friends. One lived in the village on the right. The other lived in the village on the left. One day, the friend from the village on the right came to visit Alantakun. When he arrived, he said, ‘I am calling the entire village to a feast and I would like…

  • The Singing Drum

    Once upon a time, there was a boy called Atilola. His parents loved him dearly because he was their only child and they made sure he lacked nothing. They treated him like a delicate egg and would not allow anyone to reprimand him, even when he behaved very badly. Because of this, Atilola grew to…

  • The Rabbit and the Jaguar

    There lived once, an old man and an old woman. And all they had in the world was one rabbit and one jaguar. They kept the rabbit in a cage. One day, the jaguar came to the cage: ‘Oh, Rabbit …? Conejo …? The old man and the old woman are preparing a pan of…