Category: Arabian Nights

One day, Keloğlan was walking back from the marketplace after selling his crops to the people of the neighbouring village. He had earned three gold coins that day and was pleased with himself because now his mother would be able to buy food and clothing to last through the long winter. Suddenly, Keloğlan came across…

Each evening Ali Baba went out to gather twigs and branches for his wife so that she had enough firewood to cook the stew for dinner. One day, Ali Baba went further than usual to hunt for fallen branches beneath the trees that grew beside the rocky cliffs near the high hills. Suddenly, he heard…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Once upon a time, a farmer and his four sons lived in a village in a part of Pakistan called the Punjab, where many farms were to be found. The farmer was a hard-working man and worked on his farm all day long. The farmer was an honest and kind man, but his sons were…

There once lived a man who had a son. The son was spoiled by his mother until he grew up and became a young man. The boy had no experience of work. He spent his days wandering the streets and playing. He relied on the money his mother gave him. One morning, the father called…

Long ago, a young boy named Lutek lived in Warsaw. He was a shoemaker, and he worked in one of the factories in the Old Town. Lutek was penniless and lived on what he managed to earn from the foreman. In the evenings, Lutek often sat at the inn and listened to the exciting stories…

Towards the end of the fourteenth century, China had begun to trade with many surrounding countries. Large fleets of ships set sail and brought back treasures from all over the globe. Laden with gifts from the Ming Emperor, the Chinese made a powerful and favourable impression upon the rulers of surrounding countries. Between 1405 and…