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The Lost Camel Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Lost Camel

The Lost Camel: There was a city called Alakapuri, famous for all the riches that sea and land can yield, and inhabited by people speaking different languages.

The Magic Bed Indian Folk Tales Ages 3-5

The Magic Bed

The Magic Bed: One very hot day, a young Prince, or Rajah as they are called in India, had been hunting all the morning in the jungle, and by noon had lost

The Magic Fiddle Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Magic Fiddle

The Magic Fiddle: Once upon a time there lived seven brothers and a sister. The brothers were married, but their wives did not do the cooking for the family.

The Magic Pitcher Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Magic Pitcher

The Magic Pitcher: Long, long ago there lived far away in India a woodcutter called Subha Datta and his family, who were all very happy together. The father

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The Magic Shoes And Staff Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Magic Shoes And Staff

The Magic Shoes And Staff: Far, far away in a town of India called Chinchini, where in days long gone by the ancient gods in whom the people believed are said

The Mother And The Daughter Who Worshipped The Sun Indian Folk Tales Ages 3-5

The Mother And The Daughter Who Worshipped The Sun

The Mother And The Daughter Who Worshipped The Sun: Once upon a time there lived a mother and a daughter who worshipped the Sun. Though they were very poor

The Mother In Law Became An Ass Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Mother In Law Became An Ass

The Mother In Law Became An Ass: Little by little the mother-in-law became an ass - vara vara mâmi kaludai pôl ânâl̤, is a proverb among the Tamil̤s, applied

The Pigeon And The Crow Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Pigeon And The Crow

The Pigeon And The Crow: Once upon a time the Bodhisatta was a Pigeon, and lived in a nestbasket which a rich man’s cook had hung up in the kitchen, in order

The Poisoned Food Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Poisoned Food

The Poisoned Food: When Manuniti had concluded his story of the wonderful mango-fruit, king Alakesa ordered his four ministers to approach the throne, and

The Prince And The Fakir Indian Folk Tales Ages 3-5

The Prince And The Fakir

The Prince And The Fakir: There was once upon a time a King who had no children. Now this King went and laid him down to rest at a place where four roads met

The Gardeners Cunning Wife Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Gardeners Cunning Wife

The Gardeners Cunning Wife: In a certain village there lived with his wife a poor gardener who cultivated greens in a small patch in the backyard of his house.

The King’s Elephant Jataka Tales Ages 3-5

The King’s Elephant

The King’s Elephant: Long ago, the mighty Himalayas were home to a large herd of eighty thousand elephants headed by a magnificent white elephant. He had a

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