Children

The events of the story revolve around the intelligent child Majid, the child who wanted his mother and father to teach him swimming so he would become a skilled swimmer. Indeed, his mother gave him advice and his father gave him instructions about swimming. Majid obeyed them until he was able to swim alone. He was very happy and proud of himself. Beginning of the story: Majid said to his mother while happy and holding her hand: “We’re on our way to go to the sea. I want you to teach me swimming, please, Mother.” His mother said to him: “Good, I’ll teach you swimming as you want.” ...

Long ago, in a small village, an old woman lived with her daughter. The old woman worked hard all the time, while the girl was very lazy and extremely selfish. They had a bull, and the old woman always told her daughter: “You must take good care of the bull.” The girl always mocked her old mother’s words and told her: “The bull is an animal, an animal that must serve us and we benefit from it, not us serving it.” There was a pond at a distance from the old woman’s house. Every day at noon, the old woman would take the bull to this pond and give him a drink herself, making him drink from the pond. Meanwhile, the lazy girl would only eat and sleep. ...

In the kingdom of Vidagan, there was a kind and wise king. All the citizens of the kingdom were happy, but the king was always worried and sad, for a devilish snake had entered his son the prince’s body. Neither medicine nor magic could save the prince or heal him from the devilish snake. When the prince grew up and became a young man, he thought that his father felt sadness and worry because of him. One day, the prince decided to leave the palace. He wandered through the kingdom and went to another kingdom. There, he found an abandoned temple and decided to live inside it. He would beg for his food. ...

Once there was a miller who had a beautiful daughter. Her father always praised her, but unfortunately, he often lied about his daughter’s abilities. The daughter was often angry with her father because of his lies. He would apologize to her and promise her that he wouldn’t lie again, but he soon went back on his promises. One day, the miller went to the king and began telling him about his daughter. He told the king that she could spin gold from straw. The king was very happy and asked the miller to bring his daughter to the palace. The miller was confused and feared for himself and his daughter. When he told her, the girl didn’t know what to do. But they had no choice but to go to the king’s palace, otherwise he would kill them. ...

In Singapore, there is a small mountain known to people as the Red Mountain. When you ask the elderly people of the place about the reason for the mountain’s redness and its being called by this name, they tell you this story: In ancient times, the sea around Singapore was filled with large fish called Siyaf, which the high waves brought with them to the sea. People at that time couldn’t swim or walk along the beach, fearing those fierce fish that prevented fishermen from earning their livelihood, destroyed their boats, and attacked many of them. ...

One day, Fatimah entered the house and was crying. Her mother saw her and asked: What are you crying about, Fatimah? Fatimah said: I went to visit my friend Hibah, and when I arrived at her house, I found the door wide open. I pushed the door and entered her house, and I began calling out to her. Her mother Hibah came out of the kitchen, and when she saw me, she asked: How did you enter here, Fatimah? I said to her: I entered through the door. So she answered me, angry at me: Why didn’t you knock first? So I told her I found the door wide open. She said to me: You are mistaken, Fatimah. You should have knocked so I could answer, and now what do you want, Fatimah? I answered her: I want my friend Hibah to play with her. ...

In the village farm, a white gosling lived with the rest of the geese, who were gray in color. His color was less beautiful than the white gosling’s color, who was vain with himself, proud of his different color. He went and came among the birds, priding himself, happy with the birds’ gazes around him at his attractive feather and clear color. But the birds began to be annoyed by his pride in himself, ignoring him or saying to him: Why all this boasting? Do you think there is no white gosling in the world except you? The goose noticed that the birds started looking at the black rooster. ...

There was a large forest with many birds and animals. One of the times, there was a bull walking in the forest. He stood before a cave. Near the cave was a large pool and a patch of land covered with green grass. The bull thought this place was suitable to be his home. The bull began sleeping in the cave and began turning it into his home. Many days passed. The bull felt that his new home pleased him greatly, to the point that his health became much better. The bull was happy and felt safe. He had many friends in the forest. ...

In the large forest, the animals’ houses were close to each other. They would reassure each other, ask about each other when one was absent, and visit each other when one was sick. One morning, the female deer met her neighbor the rabbit. She greeted him and said: “Peace be upon you.” The rabbit returned the greeting: “And upon you peace, oh neighbor deer. How are you? I haven’t seen you for some days, perhaps you were unwell.” ...

It is told that one day in the depths of the sea, there lived a king named Tariton, and Tariton was the king of the sea fishes, beloved by all sea creatures, except one evil fairy named Orsola. The king had six beautiful mermaid princesses, and the youngest of them, Arial, was the most beautiful, brilliant, and stunning among them, and she was beloved by all sea creatures. The reason for this was her beautiful voice, as Arial loved to sing with her beautiful voice, and the fishes would gather around her to enjoy her beautiful voice. ...