THE GIRAFFE'S NECK Long time ago, giraffe's neck used to be short. One day, some animals of the jungle decided to play hide and seek. Monkey said that he would seek all the animals. All the animals ran to hide themselves but giraffe couldn't find a proper place to hide. He saw a hollow in a tree and tried to get inside. But his neck got struck in there. He tried hard to free himself but all went in vain. The giraffe started screaming. On hearing the cries, all the animals came out of their hideouts. They pulled the giraffe out by his neck and it got elongated. Since then giraffe's nec ... read more

The Hen That Laid Golden Eggs In olden days there was a farmer. He owned a wonderful hen that laid a golden egg every day. He was extremely happy. But after some time only one egg could not satisfy his greed. It was a slow process to get only one egg after every twenty four hours. So he said to himself, "'One egg a day. It will take long to be rich." He grew so impatient that he wanted to get all the egg at once. He made up his mind to put the hen to death and become rich in an over­night. He killed the hen at once and cut open its belly. He began to look for the eggs but there wa ... read more

A Fox and a Goat A fox was walking near a well. Somehow by incident he slipped in. It was not a very deep well. He tried his best to get out but could not. At that time a very thirsty goat passed by the well and saw the fox there. She asked the fox what he was doing there. The cunning fox replied that he had himself jumped into the well. I find it very cool and pleasant. If you want to drink sweet and cold water, come down and experience the pleasure here. Without thinking of the result she jumped into the well. The fox at once jumped on her back, and with another jump he was out ... read more

Nasreddin Hodja is the name of the wise fool in so many Turkish tales, and tales beyond Turkey through the Middle East and North Africa and far into the Balkans, into Russia, as far as India and China… Hodja Nasreddin had a lamb that was now fully grown. His neighbours came. ‘Nasreddin Hodja, your sheep is fat. Let us go and slaughter it by the river. The sun is shining. We will have a feast!’ ‘I don’t think so,’ said Nasreddin. ‘But, Nasreddin, haven’t you heard? The world is going to end tomorrow!’ ‘The world is going to end…? Very well.’ And they led the sheep down to the ... read more

A story from Saudi Arabia by Khalid Alzahrani A long time ago, there was a young Prince who wanted very much to find a wife. The Prince wanted his wife to be beautiful, but much more than that, the young prince wanted to marry an honest girl whom he could trust. One day, the Prince decided how he might find such a wife. ‘There will be a competition,’ he said, ‘and all of the girls in the village will be able to enter.’ So the girls of the village gathered to hear the Prince speak. They were all very beautiful, and all very eager to marry the handsome Prince. ‘I know how I will deci ... read more