All Stories
Browse our complete collection of folk tales, Panchatantra stories, and moral stories from around the world.
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate
The Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate: Once upon a time, far away in the east country, there lived a king who loved hunting so much that, when
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Story Of The King Who Would See Paradise
The Story Of The King Who Would See Paradise: Once upon a time there was king who, one day out hunting, came upon a fakeer in a lonely place in the mountains.
Aesop's Fables
Ages 9-12
The Talkative Tortoise
The dual-rooted Indian fable of Kambugrīva — "Conch-Necked," the tortoise of Phullotpala pond — and his two wild-goose friends Saṅkaṭa and Vikaṭa, who try to lift him out of a drought by carrying him on a stick. The story comes to us through two ancient traditions at once: the Buddhist Pali Canon as Kacchapa Jātaka No. 215, and the Hindu Panchatantra as Book I, Mitrabheda. It is not, as is often claimed, a tale of Aesop. T.W. Rhys Davids' 1880 translation is preserved in full alongside the Sanskrit retelling, with Sanskrit names restored, the dual-tradition origin explained, and the story's two-thousand-year journey through Pahlavi, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Latin, and finally La Fontaine's French traced.
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Thanksgiving Of The Wazir
The Thanksgiving Of The Wazir: Once upon a time there lived in Hindustan two kings whose countries bordered upon each other; but, as they were rivals in wealth
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Three Calamities
The Three Calamities: From that time these four young men became the confidential advisers of king Alakesa in all important affairs of state, and, as night is
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Three Deaf Men
The Three Deaf Men: When any awkward blunder occurs from a person acting under a mistaken notion, there is a common proverb in Tamil to the effect that the
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Wind and the Sun
The Wind and the Sun: There was once an argument between the wind and the sun about who was stronger than the other. They argued for a long time but neither of
Aesop's Fables
Ages 9-12
The Wonderful Mango Fruit
The Wonderful Mango Fruit: The night was now over: darkness, the harbourer of vice, fled away; the day dawned. King Alakesa left his bedchamber, bathed and
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
The Wonderful Ring
The Wonderful Ring: Once upon a time there lived a King who had two sons, and when he died he left them all his treasures; but the younger brother began to
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
Three Magical Words – An Unlikely Story about Love
Three Magical Words – An Unlikely Story about Love: (This story is the sequel to She – A Traveler, He – A Photographer. Read the first part here) So, here’s
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
Timid Hare Flight Beasts
Timid Hare Flight Beasts: Once upon a time when Brahmadatta reigned in Benares, the Bodhisatta came to life as a young lion. And when fully grown he lived in a
Aesop's Fables
Ages 3-5
Valiant Vicky The Brave Warrior
Valiant Vicky The Brave Warrior: Once upon a time there lived a little weaver, by name Victor Prince, but because his head was big, his legs thin, and he was