Story

A poor Fisherman, who lived on the fish he caught, had bad luck one day and caught nothing but a very small fry. The Fisherman…

A Lion and a Man chanced to travel in a company through the forest. They soon began to quarrel, for each of them boasted that…

Trézinie, the blacksmith’s daughter, stepped out upon the gallery just as M’sieur Michel passed by. He did not notice the girl but walked straight on…

No one can trick a Tengu, those fantastic, long-nosed goblins with feathered wings. They may look ridiculous in their funny clothes, but they possess extraordinary…

When Randall, for a brief absence, left his Dorothea, whom he was to marry after a time, the parting was bitter; the enforced separation seemed…

When God had created the world and was about to fix the length of each creature’s life, the ass came and asked, “Lord, how long…

Once upon a time and long ago, a poor tailor awoke one morning and realized he had no money for food. Times had been hard,…

The Lion had been badly hurt by the horns of a Goat, which he was eating. He was very angry to think that any animal…

Long ago, a great flood swamped the Indonesian island known as Sumatra. The wind howled and towering waves crashed upon the shores. Crops and cattle…

A long time ago a Man met a Satyr in the forest and succeeded in making friends with him. The two soon became the best…

A young drummer went out quite alone one evening into the country and came to a lake on the shore of which he perceived three…

Long ago, there lived a lion in a dense forest. One morning his wife told him that his breath was bad and unpleasant. The lion…