It was a hot summer day. The crow was flying around the countryside, just returning home, he was very hot. The midday sun was beating down on his black feathers and the crow soon became thirsty.
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Short fairy tales
Animals and robbers
In one village there was a mill on the bank of a river where a clever donkey helped the miller with his hard work for many years. But as time went on, the donkey grew older and did a little less work each year. Eventually the miller decided that the old donkey was no longer of any use to him, and instead of thanking him for his years of help, he drove the donkey out, saying: “Get out of here, you’re no use to me anyway.”
Continue reading →Salt over gold
Beyond the seven mountains and seven rivers there was a land where it was a joy to live. The forests rustled, the meadows greened and the streams gurgled. The land was ruled by an old king who had three daughters. He knew that he would not have the strength to rule forever, so he decided early on to choose a successor from among his three daughters. And who should be the one to succeed him on the royal throne? He thought he’d pass the scepter to the daughter who loved him the most.
Continue reading →Tom Thumb
Once there was a married couple who loved each other very much and got along well. Only one thing bothered them – they had no children yet, although they wanted one so much. One day, fortune finally smiled on them and a baby boy was born. He was as small as a thumb, so they named him Tom Thumb.
Continue reading →About a wandering star
When we look up at the sky at night, we see beautiful twinkling lights. These twinkling lights are the beautiful stars that watch us from the universe.
Continue reading →How the unicorn defeated the vegetable
Once there was a family of unicorns living in a rainbow meadow. Right next to the meadow they had a field with carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, peas and other vegetables that all unicorns love to eat to stay healthy. All of them, except the biggest unicorn and the leader of the herd, who liked to call himself Sweethorn. He loved sweets. He liked to sneak into town and be fed candy, chocolate and cookies by the children. If he had to eat vegetables at home, he refused.
Continue reading →The Fox and the Grapes
There was once a fox who always liked to feast on anything she could find. One day she was walking past a vineyard where some beautiful large grapes of wine had just ripened. They were so blue that the fox got a terrible craving to taste them. They looked very sweet.
Continue reading →The hare and the tortoise
Once there were a hare and a tortoise who lived in a forest. The hare boasted that he was the fastest animal in the whole forest. Everyone knew the tortoise was the slowest. The hare often taunted the tortoise.
Continue reading →The lion and the mouse
Once upon a time there was a great lion who was the king of the animals. One day the lion was sleeping under a tree in the shade when a little mouse ran over his head. It tickled the lion’s whiskers and woke him up. The lion was angry.
Continue reading →Armida is looking for an ice tiger
Armida went in search of the Ice Tiger, the sorcerer who alone could lift the curse from her land and create spring again. But his castle was far away, and before her stretched white and endless fields of snow. Armida was frozen to the bone, the wind leaning against her and slowing her down, and on top of that she was sinking into the snow that was falling at the moment.
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