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The Gold-Giving Serpent Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Gold-Giving Serpent

The Gold-Giving Serpent: A poor Brahmin farmer named Haridatta once rested in the shade after working in his field and saw a hooded serpent emerge from a

The Goldsmiths Fortune Aesop's Fables Ages 9-12

The Goldsmiths Fortune

The Goldsmiths Fortune: Once upon a time there was a goldsmith who lived in a certain village where the people were as bad and greedy, and covetous, as they

The Good Husband And The Bad Wife Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Good Husband And The Bad Wife

The Good Husband And The Bad Wife: In a remote village there lived a Brâhmiṇ whose good nature and charitable disposition were proverbial. Equally proverbial

The Hermits Daughter Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Hermits Daughter

The Hermits Daughter: Near a town in India called Ikshumati, on a beautiful wide river, with trees belonging to a great forest near its banks, there dwelt a

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The Honest But Rash Hunter Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Honest But Rash Hunter

The Honest But Rash Hunter: When the Second Minister’s watch was over, he went to inspect the guard at the royal bedchamber, and Alakesa hearing his footsteps

The Jackal And The Pea Hen Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Jackal And The Pea Hen

The Jackal And The Pea Hen: A Tale of Friendship and Greed In a peaceful forest where trees grew tall and flowers bloomed in every season, there...

The Kettle Who Gave Birth – Nasreddin Hodja Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Kettle Who Gave Birth – Nasreddin Hodja

A clever trickster plays a funny joke on his greedy neighbor to get a beautiful kettle. A hilarious Turkish folk tale.

The King and The Drum – An Indian Folktale Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The King and The Drum – An Indian Folktale

The King and The Drum – An Indian Folktale: Long ago there lived a king somewhere in the central part of India. He was very proud of his looks. He spent hours

The King Of Crocodiles Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The King Of Crocodiles

The King Of Crocodiles: Once upon a time a farmer went out to look at his fields by the side of the river, and found to his dismay that all his young green

The King Who Was Fried Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The King Who Was Fried

The King Who Was Fried: Once upon a time, a very long time ago indeed, there lived a King who had made a vow never to eat bread or break his fast until he had

The Little Mermaid Aesop's Fables Ages 3-5

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid: Deep in the big blue ocean, there lived Meena, a Little Mermaid. Meena loved listening to her Grandma’s stories of the world beyond the

The Lord Of Death Aesop's Fables Ages 9-12

The Lord Of Death

The Lord Of Death: Once upon a time there was a road, and every one who travelled along it died. Some folk said they were killed by a snake, others said by a

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