Listen Here Watch Here THE MICE THAT ATE IRON  In a certain town lived a merchant named Naduk, who lost his money and was determined to travel abroad. For The meanest of mankind is heWho, having lost his money, canInhabit lands or towns where onceHe spent it like a gentleman. And again: The neighbor gossips blameHis poverty as shame…

Listen Here Watch Here The Man in the Moon There was a blacksmith once, who complained: “I am not well, and my work is too warm. I want to be a stone on the mountain. There it must be cool, for the wind blows and the trees give shade.” A wise man, who had power over all things, replied, “Go thou, be a stone.” And he was a stone, high up on the mountain-side.

Listen Here Watch Here The Jewel of the Fox’s Tongue There was a big school in a country village long ago. There were a hundred pupils at this school, and they used to study at night, reading aloud at the top of their voices. Sometimes, when it was too late for them to go to their homes, they used to sleep together in a big room.

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Listen Here Watch Here The Quarrel of The Monkey and The Crab A long, long time ago, one bright autumn day in Japan, a pink-faced monkey and a yellow crab were playing together on the riverbank. As they were running around, Crab found a dumpling and Monkey found a persimmon seed. Crab picked up the dumpling and showed it to Monkey, saying:

Listen Here Watch Here The Pigeon’s Bride There was once a King who had an only daughter. She was as lovely as a princess ought to be and by the time she reached a marriageable age the fame of her beauty had spread far and wide all over the world. Neighboring kings and even distant ones were already sending envoys to her father's court begging permission to offer their sons as suitors to the Princess's hand.

Listen Here Watch Here ABDUL HUSSAIN There was a man called Abdul Hussain who was once very rich, but had been so foolish in entertaining all his friends that he lost all his money, and became very poor. He and his old mother lived together, and sometimes, when he felt lonely, he would walk out and call in two or three men, any passing strangers whom he chanced to meet, and ask them to come in and have a talk and smoke with him.

Listen Here Watch Here The Fox and the King’s Son There was once a king who had a son. Everyone treated him poorly, and chased him away. Even passers by looked upon him with contempt. The prince thought and thought, and at last he mounted his horse, took his bow and arrow, and left his father’s palace. When he had gone some distance he came to a forest.

Listen Here Watch Here RABBIT AND THE INDIAN CHIEF Long ago, an Indian Chief lived with his people deep in the Canadian forest. Life was good and food was plentiful and everyone lived well. But one day a wicked giant and his old witch wife came crashing into the land from a country far beyond the prairies. They devoured all the food they could lay their hands on and soon there was nothing left to eat in the country; and they often carried off little children to their hiding place and ate them up until not a trace of them remained.

Listen Here Watch Here The Man who wished to be Perfect Once upon a time, a beggar came to the king who had no children, and said, “You are worried about having a son. I can give to the queen a drug that will allow her to give birth to twin boys; but there is one condition, that one of the twins will be given to me.” The king thought long and hard.

Listen Here Watch Here The Tricks of a Woman Serkis was a simple farmer who prayed every morning before he went to the fields, and every evening after he came from his work. One day his wife, Veronica, said to him: “Husband, why do you not mention in your prayer that God may preserve you from the tricks of a woman?”

Listen Here Watch Here The Magic Hairpins There was once a Padishah whose daughter was so beautiful that her loveliness was without equal in the world. Now the Padishah's wife had an Arab slave, named Kareem, whom she kept locked up in a room, and to whom every day she asked: "Is the moon beautiful? Am I beautiful? Are you beautiful?" "Everything and everybody is beautiful," was invariably the answer.

Listen Here Watch Here SEVENTEENTH EVENING "Grandfather, isn't the night beautiful after the long storm?" whispers Tanagela shyly. "The moon always seems to me like a beautiful woman, for she often hides her round, shining face with a blanket of cloud, and sometimes she even runs away from us altogether, as if she were tired or displeased. But tonight she smiles and uncovers her face, so that all the young men are out, each playing upon his flute near the home of the loved one!"

Listen Here Watch Here Musoke The Moon-Boy Years and years ago in Uganda there was a woman whose banana garden bordered the high road, and every night the travellers who passed by stole fruit and vegetables out of her garden, and this made her very angry. So she took counsel with her old nurse, who lived with her, and they dug a ditch, and covered it with sticks, and branches, and earth, and leaves, and said to each other:

Listen Here Watch Here Chapter 28 THE UNTEACHABLE MONKEY In a part of a forest was a troop of monkeys, who found a firefly, one winter evening when they were dreadfully depressed. On examining the insect, they believed it to be fire, so lifted it with care, covered it with dry grass and leaves, thrust forward their arms, sides, stomachs, and chests, scratched themselves, and enjoyed imagining that they were warm.

Listen Here Watch Here Right and Might While a deer was eating wild fruit, he heard an owl call, “Haak, haak,” and a cricket cry, “Wat,” and, frightened, he fled. In his flight he ran through the trees up into the mountains and into streams. In one of the streams the deer stepped upon a small fish and crushed it almost to death.

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Listen Here Watch Here The Three Stars  Told by Son Jinte; Gupo (1926) Long ago there lived a rich man who had one daughter. One year he went up to the capital to take a Government post, and left his daughter in charge of the house in his absence. One day a Buddhist monk came begging for alms. The daughter told the maid to give him a little rice.

Listen Here Watch Here The Jellyfish and The Monkey Long, long ago, in old Japan, the Kingdom of the Sea was governed by a wonderful King. He was called Rin Jin, or the Dragon King of the Sea. His power was immense, for he was the ruler of all sea creatures both great and small, and in his keeping were the Jewels of the Ebb and Flow of the Tide.

Listen Here Watch Here Beauty and The Horns There was once a rich man who when he was on his death bed, called his son to him and said: "Danilo, my son, I am leaving you my riches. The only thing I ask of you is this: close your ears to all reports of an enchanted maiden who is known as Peerless Beauty and when the time comes for you to marry, please choose a quiet sensible girl of your native village for a wife."

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Listen Here Watch Here BICKERMANJI THE INQUISITIVE There was a certain Rajah whose name was Bickermanji. He was very inquisitive, and always wished to know everything that was going on in his kingdom, and what his subjects were doing. At night he disguised himself in common clothes and a blanket, and walked quietly in the streets and bazaars to spy on the people.