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Ancient Greece

Classic fables and stories from Ancient Greece, including Aesop’s Fables.

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Jonah and The Whale – Bedtime Bible Stories for Children Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Jonah and The Whale – Bedtime Bible Stories for Children

Jonah and The Whale. A man runs from his duty but learns a lesson. This bedtime story teaches about second chances and doing what is right.

The Wooden Boy’s Lessons in Honesty Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Wooden Boy’s Lessons in Honesty

Geppetto’s latest blog entry: Some weeks ago, I visited a good friend and saw that he had a bit of plastic, which he wasn’t using. So I asked him for it, he

Infidelity – A Short Story Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Infidelity – A Short Story

Infidelity – A Short Story: I looked through the partly opened door. I found her sliding through our old pictures. Her fingers paused on each one. Her light

Jackal Barber Brahmin Aesop's Fables Ages 6-8

Jackal Barber Brahmin

Jackal Barber Brahmin: A Barber and a Jackal once struck up a great friendship, which might have continued to this day, had not the Jackal been so clever that

An Island and Art, Why? – Stories In Art Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

An Island and Art, Why? – Stories In Art

An Island and Art, Why? – Stories In Art: Bhavna sat restlessly on the wooden bench in her classroom, feet hanging in mid-air; she was shorter than most of her

Internet- The life Saver Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Internet- The life Saver

Internet- The life Saver: While friends of her age would throw out parties, hang on movie theaters, enjoy weekends in pubs and coffee shops, she would savor

How Raja Rasalu Became A Jogi Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

How Raja Rasalu Became A Jogi

How Raja Rasalu Became A Jogi: Then, after a time, Rasâlu went to Hodinagari. And when he reached the house of the beautiful far-famed Queen Sundrân, he saw an

How Did Stories Begin – A Zulu Folktale Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

How Did Stories Begin – A Zulu Folktale

How Did Stories Begin – A Zulu Folktale: Zulus live in Africa. Like you, the children who live there also like to listen to stories. But what would happen if

Her Childhood Short Story Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Her Childhood Short Story

Her Childhood Short Story: Once upon a time in a small, quiet village, there lived a girl. She was obsessed with blue. Her room was blue, every dress she had

Grasp All Lose All Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Grasp All Lose All

Grasp All Lose All: Once, in former times, there lived in a certain city in India a poor oil-seller, called Déna, who never could keep any money in his

Good Luck To The Lucky One Or Shall I Fall Down Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Good Luck To The Lucky One Or Shall I Fall Down

Good Luck To The Lucky One Or Shall I Fall Down: In a certain town there lived a wealthy Brâhmiṇ. He wished to build a house - pretty large and spacious - as

Bholu’s Freedom | What Does Freedom Mean? Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

Bholu’s Freedom | What Does Freedom Mean?

Bholu’s Freedom | What Does Freedom Mean?: The construction site looked like a huge maze, filled with the various sounds emanating from men and machinery. True