It is told that one day there was living a small girl named Hadiya with her parents and her four brothers. She was the youngest of the children and her age was twenty years. Her brothers loved each other a lot, and therefore they were treating her as a small child. Even though Hadiya’s brothers were not evil, they were treating her with kindness, and they did not think that she should sit with them or to participate with them in their doings. ...
In the evening, the moon was bright and beautiful. So Noor said to her mother: “Look, oh mother, how beautiful the moon is! It is like the night’s lamp.” The mother laughed and said to her: “True, oh Noor, but how far, for in reality it has neither water nor air, and it is full of holes.” Noor went out to the garden of the house, and she was thinking about her mother’s words. She sat to play with her ball, and between the ball and the time she was looking at the moon and saying to herself: “How beautiful you are, oh moon. I wish I could reach you.” ...
There was a king known for his justice and kindness. He tried to help everyone with their problems. The people in the good king’s kingdom were happy, and everyone loved him and rejoiced because the king was just. One day, the king decided to build a palace on the bank of a river. He asked his workers to inspect the building from the start, so that he could start the work. The workers started the work, and within a few days the palace was ready. Before the king arrived to see the palace, the minister decided to go to make an early inspection and to ensure that everything was good. ...
They lived in a beautiful farm, three brothers with their mother. They used to help their father with farm work. But they argued a lot, which saddened their father. The brothers did not stop arguing even on their way to market to sell their farm’s products of vegetables. One of them would lead the cart and one of them would hold the reins of the mules so that they would not fall to the ground. So they were arguing about which one of them would hold the cart and which one would hold the reins. They argued around each one of them about who would hold the cart and who would hold the reins. The cart was beautiful, and the mules were strong and wonderful. ...
There was a child orphan living with his brother and his wife. But his brother’s wife was an evil mistress who always used to beat her husband’s son and make him carry heavy water from the well to the house, and she never gave him food. The brother of the orphan was weak and afraid of his wife. One day, the brother’s wife decided to get rid of the orphan because he no longer stayed at the house, and she ordered her husband to take him to a remote distant island and leave him there. When the brother refused, his wife threatened that she would kick both of them out of the house. ...
The events of the story take place in one of the Arab countries, about Goha, the famous character known for his intelligence and wit. When one of the village’s goats invited him to a dinner feast, and this goat was known for his severe miserliness. All the invitees were amazed by the heavy dinner that he had prepared for them. But when Goha arrived, the goat stood up to prevent the guests from eating food. Goha discovered his trick with his intelligence. ...
Hind was a small girl, the youngest in the family. She was much younger than her brothers, and younger than her sister, and younger than her mother, and much, much younger than her father. Everyone loved her and pampered her because she was small. But Hind used to think that as long as she was small and did not do what adults did, she was not important. One day, the family decided - the father, the mother, the older brother, and the older sister - to eat fish. Her older sister said: “Lemon tastes always good with fish. I will go to the market and buy vegetables for the lemon sauce.” ...
There was a king who left a group of tamed monkeys as pets in his palace. He treated these monkeys as if they were the king’s special pets. He provided them with the best food and the finest care. The leader of these monkeys was very wise. He observed the flatterers who visited the king and learned many lessons from them. He always tried to teach the other monkeys. But they had become satisfied with their haughty lives. On the other hand, the king loved two of the cooked dishes. ...
One day, a mosquito saw a lizard drinking from the river and said to her: “Do you believe what I saw today, my friend?” The lizard replied: “What did you see?” The mosquito said confidently: “I saw a farmer harvesting potato fruits from his field, and each fruit was as big as my head.” The lizard replied mockingly: “And what is the size of your head, oh mosquito, compared to potato fruits? By God, deafness is better than hearing this nonsense.” The lizard took two reed sticks and closed her ears with them, then continued on her way in the forest. ...
There was a smart sheep standing at the edge of the river, waiting for its owner, when it was surprised by the fox grabbing it and saying: “Finally, you have fallen into my hands, oh sheep. I will eat you immediately and leave nothing of you.” The sheep thought of a trick that would save it from the fox and save it from the death that had become imminent. It imagined itself and the fox devouring it, and its body shuddered. ...