Children

A girl named Nasma was feeling joy because the time of the weekend had come. Her grandfather was waiting for her visit. Nasma went to his house that was near her. She knocked on his door, placing her ear against it to hear the sound of the steps he walked with, which opened for her. She jumped before him like a small cat. The grandfather carried his granddaughter Nasma, then kissed her at the time when her fingers were busy playing with his red mustache. Then the grandfather entered the large courtyard present in his house, which contained in its center a water pool. There were trees surrounded by green color. Nasma inhaled a beautiful fragrance. When she turned toward it and found before her the honey flower, she said to her grandfather: “Put me down, grandfather, for I want to say peace to this flower.” ...

There are many legends that tell of the extinction of dragons, but only one legend among them speaks of the existence of the knight Emile, a brave knight who was able to finish off the last thousand dragons alone. Like many others, the knight Emile spent years of his life studying the harsh and evil behavior of the dragons existing in his time. His own conclusions were unique and unusual. He deduced that the dragons lived in a state of constant anger, which created the fire that came from their mouths. ...

There was a group of monkeys living in the forest, loving each other, playing, and enjoying happiness. Among them was a small monkey named Maimoun. Maimoun was very skilled at climbing high trees. He would jump from tree to another with great speed. His monkey friends would praise him for his skill and lightness. Maimoun the monkey was very happy with their love for him. One day, the monkeys sat talking as usual, and suddenly the hoopoe came and landed on the tree branch next to the monkey Maimoun. They all welcomed him, looked at him with curiosity appearing, as he told them about the wonders he had seen. He described to them a large place surrounded by high walls where animals lived, and humans served them, fed them, and guarded them. ...

A fairy must possess wings, for those wings are the source of her power, as all the magic is in them. Our Adalina wasn’t an ordinary fairy. She didn’t possess wings, but more than that, she was a princess, the daughter of the great Queen of Fairies. Because she was very small like a flower, life was just a chain of problems for her. She wasn’t only unable to fly, but also didn’t possess any magical powers, as the fantastic magic came from the two delicate crystal wings. ...

One day, there was a fox who hadn’t found anything to eat all day. During his search for prey, he went hoping in the forest. But he heard a noise and feared when he heard it. The fox thought this was a big noise and felt the entire forest had shaken as if a new animal had come. He said to himself: “It’s better that I flee.” The fox thought again: “If I flee like this, I will suffer hunger to death.” ...

One very hot day, there was a crow feeling extreme thirst. The crow flew to search for water in all parts of the nearby fields. He kept searching for water for a long time but couldn’t reach any place that had water, until the crow felt weakness and fatigue from his extreme thirst. Suddenly, the crow saw below a water jug. The crow flew down to see if the jug contained water or not. Truly, the jug had water inside, and he had to drink immediately from inside the jug. ...

Once, the pen put its head in its cap to sleep for a while, after drawing two lines on a white paper. One was a straight line, while the other was a curved line. But the pen heard some conversations between the two lines before closing its eyes. The conversations between the straight line and the curved line reached the point of screaming. So the pen took its head out to see what was happening between the two lines. It found the curved line screaming, walking like a snake, saying: “Get out, oh straight line, from this paper, because your harsh shape reminds me of a cane.” ...

There were two beautiful princesses living on a distant island with beautiful lands. When they were still small, they were kidnapped by a king hostile to their parents. This king arranged to transfer them to a lake where they were abandoned on that small island. Thus they had to remain forever under the guard of the terrifying lake monster. When the evil king was overthrown and tried by sorceresses and fortune-tellers, it became known that the brave prince had decided to free the princesses from their captivity. When the winds brought these news to the island, the lives of the princesses were filled with hope. The younger princess was more beautiful than her sister. ...

Four buffaloes lived inside a forest and didn’t separate from each other. Because of their unity, all the animals felt fear of them. Among them was the tiger, who whenever he tried to attack them, saw them together and would leave disappointed. He kept thinking and saying to himself: “How do I attack them when they are always together?” One day, the four friends thought of a plan. One said: “I heard about grass more delicious than this. What do you think, friends, of going to taste it?” They began their journey searching for the grass. On their way, the fox saw them and felt extreme fear. He ran immediately, but they didn’t notice anything. After walking and playing, they reached the grass. The walking caused them to feel extreme hunger. ...

The branch felt joyful because the two yellow birds had managed to build their nest above it. Then the mother bird rested over her eggs with tenderness, while the father bird stood beside her, looking at her. A smile filled his beak and didn’t leave him. He remembered how he and his wife, the bird, had managed to build their nest, straw by straw. The bird remembered how they had lined this nest with soft feathers. Truly, this feathers had been soaked with their sweat, but it was delicious and fruitful labor. After two weeks of this life, on a beautiful spring morning, one of the chicks began pecking the eggshell, then stretched its soft beak and began chirping, as if it wanted to inform nature of its arrival to this life so she would open her arms to it. ...