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Once upon a time, a puppet-maker’s son left home to find his way in the world. All his life the young man had dreamed of…

A Wild Boar was sharpening his tusks busily against the stump of a tree when a Fox happened by. Now the Fox was always looking…

There was once on a time a soldier who for many years had served the King faithfully, but when the war came to an end…

One fine day, Akbar lost his ring. When Birbal arrived in the court, Akbar told him “I have lost my ring. My father had given…

What a singular moment is the first one, when you have hardly begun to recollect yourself, after starting from midnight slumber! By unclosing your eyes…

A Giant Oak stood near a brook in which grew some slender Reeds. When the wind blew, the great Oak stood proudly upright with its…

Once upon a time, an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief. As a result, the young man was arrested. Days later…

Billy O’Byrne liked to travel. He knew most of the nooks and crannies of Ireland, and, he said, he had slept everywhere on fields of…

The Owl always takes her sleep during the day. Then after sundown, when the rosy light fades from the sky and the shadows rise slowly…

It was early morning. Mr. Khanna was getting ready for his office when His wife asked him to put just a few clothes out for…

One night, after the adventure above described, the Khaleefeh Hároon Er-Rasheed said to Jaạfar, his Wezeer, We will go down to-night into the city, and…

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred, and his…