The Lying Monkey and the Fire

There was once a monkey, a poor one, in the forest, who liked to play a lot, so one time, in the night of a big fire, in the forest, so that monkey was broken in a way, not ordinary, and he liked to play, and to do the playing with the animals in the forest. His mother was afraid of what he was doing and told him that the play of the continuous might change to fear, so he is wrong and affects those around him, except that the monkey did not listen to the speech of his mother, and he played every day with the animals and annoyed all the people, and one time of the days, that monkey was playing the house of the animals and was walking a lot from the village, and he had left without his mother knowing. ...

The Sad Monkey

It is told that in ancient times, a group of monkeys lived in the forest. Among them was a small monkey who was always sad and often cried. This was because God, glory and majesty to Him, had created him without a tail like the other monkeys in the forest. That pained him, as he couldn’t climb trees or swing on them like monkeys usually did. The monkeys mocked him and often laughed at him, telling him he wasn’t like the other monkeys, and they wouldn’t play with him. That poor, sad monkey would play alone under the tree. The monkey had a friend who was a small dog who would sit with him under the tree. ...

The Monkey Maimoun and the Gazelle Lula

Once upon a time, oh fortunate one, in ancient times, there was a large, distant forest. It included all types of birds, animals, beautiful flowers, and tall trees. Living in the middle of that forest was a beautiful gazelle named Lula in a home with a beautiful appearance. The gazelle Lula was extremely kind, loved helping others greatly, always wished everyone well and happiness, and didn’t love to see any of them suffering or sad. She also didn’t love to see any animal in pain, as she felt intense anxiety when she felt that one of them wasn’t doing well. ...

The Cunning Monkey

Once upon a time, oh fortunate one, in a very large forest filled with different animals and plants, there was a monkey who lived on a tall tree. He was extremely naughty, constantly mischievous, and loved pranks and fun greatly. The monkey was accustomed to deceiving all his friends and often stealing bananas from them. One day, there was a monkey named Maimouna who found much bananas in the forest’s areas. She gathered them together. ...

The Foolish Mouse

Once upon a time, oh fortunate one, in ancient times, there was a distant forest filled with many animals, dense tall trees, and many colorful, blooming flowers - white, red, orange, and yellow. It contained many animals - large, medium, and small. Among them was a group of mice. It was known about those mice that they didn’t like mixing with other animals, as predatory animals often chased them and wanted to devour them. ...

The Small Fish and the Fawn

One day, the weather was wonderful and beautiful, characterized by clear skies and stable conditions. From here, the fawn decided to take a stroll alone, far from his herd of deer. Here, his friend advised him not to distance himself from the place where the deer herd was, so the fawn wouldn’t be exposed to any harm. Despite his friend the fawn’s advice not to distance from the herd, the fawn disregarded his friend’s advice and continued on his path, alongside the sea coast. The fawn was extremely passionate about loving the sea to a severe degree. Indeed, the fawn reached the sea shore and sat there. He began contemplating the consecutive waves that followed each other. ...

Stories and Lessons on Betrayal Part 1

Once upon a time, there was a large forest containing homes designated for animals. Those homes were close to each other, so each would visit the others. If one of them was absent, they would all ask about them. One day, the monkey and his neighbor the gazelle met. The monkey said, “Peace be upon you, my neighbor. How are you? Many days have passed and we haven’t seen you.” ...

The Clever Fish and the Whale

Once upon a time, oh fortunate one, in ancient times, there was a large, enormous whale. That whale would eat all the creatures it encountered or saw in its path. Even if the whale wasn’t hungry, it would eat every animal it found. Whether the marine animals were large or small, it wouldn’t leave them without eating them, without mercy or pity. Because of that whale’s behavior and evil actions, it was hated throughout the entire sea and by all the animals in it. Everyone wished for it to die so they could be rid of its evil and bad actions. One day, there was a fish known for intelligence and shrewdness. She came once and approached the whale until she reached beside the whale’s giant ear. ...

The Union of Friends

Once upon a time, there was a gigantic shark known for its extraordinary strength, sharp teeth, and pointed fins. This massive shark would suddenly attack small fish in their homes, causing the small fish to flee at incredible speed, abandoning their dwellings in fear and terror of the enormous shark. The giant shark did not content itself with terrifying the poor little fish and driving them from their homes. It persisted in its brutality, relentlessly pursuing the small fish without mercy, causing them dreadful panic, and devouring many of them each time without compassion. Those who managed to escape were few, fleeing rapidly and aimlessly, focused only on getting away from the giant shark so it wouldn’t eat them and end their lives. ...

The Story of the Unlucky Merchant

After years of working not successful there was a merchant who liked his luck, and one time while he was walking with his donkey and taking with him what was annoying him, when the donkey’s wife knew that the merchant was very beautiful of faces and great of wealth, he became very jealous and went out of him very surprisingly strangely of a variety of donkeys and mules and chickens with some of them on some of them, and there was among them a donkey with green color and the other one red, and in every donkey there was some strange faces, each of them with the color of its donkeys, and he said to the walking, “Calm down, I have faced some of the hard things when I was with donkeys, so he is very patient under what he faces and gave the donkeys to him, so the merchant became angry at what but the walking comforted him that these donkeys are donkeys of the donkeys. ...