Author: misamaliraza94

  • The Curse

    A very long time ago, there was a small village on the edge of the great forest. This was a peaceful village most of the time, but the villagers lived in fear of the Lobizon, who were said to dwell deep within the forest. The Lobizon were dark creatures, half man and half wolf, and…

  • The Brothers Who Met Poverty

    Once upon a time, in a faraway village by a great river, there lived two brothers named Antek and Jonek. Jonek was a kind-hearted and patient man, always eager to help others, and it was with gratitude that he took over the running of his parents’ farm once they had become too old to care…

  • The Ant and the Elephant

    Mahabis is a game played between two teams. One team places their hand beneath a blanket and hide a ring in the palm of a teammate’s hand. Then they show their closed hands to the other team. The other team have to guess in which hand the ring is hiding. The ant and the elephant…

  • Sleeping Beauty

    Long ago and far away there lived a good king and queen. The people loved them and their lives would have been very happy if only they had had a child. Years went by and then, one spring, when they thought all hope was gone, the queen gave birth to a baby girl. The whole kingdom…

  • Li and Gao

    Li was a foolish neighbour, but one day, in the gambling house, Li won three hundred yuan. ‘Oh, what shall I do with my yuan? Where shall I hide them? Where shall I store them…? Ah, a good idea. I will store them in the ground.’ Li dug a hole and put the three hundred yuan…

  • Friends Forever

    There once lived a mouse and frog who were very good friends. Every morning the frog would go to visit the mouse who lived in a hole inside a tree. The mouse very much enjoyed the company of the frog, but the mouse did not realise that the frog was growing increasingly frustrated because it…

  • A Good Friend

    Yasin’s family moved from Iraq to England when he was just a young boy. Yasin did not want to leave his home in Samarra but his father said that it was best for the family because it was not safe to live there anymore and he wanted his son to grow up in a country…

  • The Talking Eggs 

    THERE was once a woman who had two daughters and their names were Millison and Blanche. Millison was nasty-tempered and cruel, while her younger sister Blanche was sweet and cheerful. The mother’s favorite was not sweet Blanche, but the sharp-tongued Millison, probably because the older daughter was the very likeness of her own mean self.…

  • Sunlight and Moonlight

    Long years ago, there lived in a distant land a handsome prince named Sunlight. Sunlight lived in a splendid palace with his father, the ruler of the land, who was called in those days a Khan. Sunlight’s mother had died when he was a baby, and when he was a young boy his father married…

  • The Stolen Bairn (Baby)

    It was an odd sight that greeted two tall, dark, sharp-eared fairies. There under the bushes by the cliffs, was a baby wrapped in its blankets mewing and cooing. Only his wee little face poked through, and not a soul nearby to claim him. “I would like such a bairn,” said one fairy, arching her…