The Magic Pot

The Magic Pot

Long, long ago there lived an old woman who sold the best soup in the market. It was chicken soup. Nobody knew the old woman’s…
The Jolly Miller

The Jolly Miller

“There was a jolly miller Lived on the river Dee; He sang and worked from morn till night, No lark so blithe as he. And…
The Fire On The Hill

The Fire On The Hill

Long Long ago, there was a lake of cold water in Kenya. Many animals came at night to the lake to drink some water. But…
Legend Of The Pineapple

Legend Of The Pineapple

Once upon a time, there was a woman who lived with her daughter, Pina in a tiny hut in a village. They were very poor,…
The Glass Dog

The Glass Dog

An accomplished wizard once lived on the top floor of a tenement house and passed his time in thoughtful study and studious thought. What he…
The Fairy

The Fairy

Once upon a time, there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that…
The Crab That Played With The Sea

The Crab That Played With The Sea

Before the High and Far-Off Times, O my Best Beloved, came the Time of the Very Beginnings; and that was in the days when the…
The Girl Who Owned A Bear

The Girl Who Owned A Bear

Mamma had gone downtown to shop. She had asked Nora to look after Jane Gladys, and Nora promised she would. But it was her afternoon…
The Elephant’s Child

The Elephant’s Child

In the high and far-off times the elephant, O best beloved, had no trunk. He had only a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a…
Phaethon

Phaethon

Once upon a time, the reckless whim of a lad came near to destroying the Earth and robbing the spheres of their wits. There were…
The Bull And The Donkey

The Bull And The Donkey

There was once a merchant who was rich in cattle and camels. He lived in the country with his wife and family and devoted himself…
Niobe

Niobe

There was Cassiopaeia, queen of Aethiopia, who boasted that her beauty outshone the beauty of all the sea-nymphs so that in anger they sent a…
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