Folktale

Kay and Girada were two close friends for stories. Kay’s grandmother used to gather with them to tell them a scary story every day. One day, the grandmother sat with Kay and Girada to tell them the story of the queen of the wolves, that evil sorceress who turns human’s heart into a heart of a wolf, and he becomes after her a servant and follows her. During the telling of the story, Kay wished to meet with the queen of the wolves. Suddenly, he felt pain in his heart and cried out. Girada rushed to her dear friend to comfort him, but he shouted in her face and left with anger and displeasure. From that moment, Kay’s habits changed toward her dear friend Girada, and she became bigger on him, and she was not able to understand her actions those. ...

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. ...

One day, the Crusaders gathered and decided to attack Jerusalem in Palestine. They seized it and occupied it. The Crusaders engaged in looting and theft in the land. There was an elderly woman living in an old house with her only son, Ahmed. His mother said to him one day: “Oh Ahmed, the Crusader soldiers have seized everything your father left for us and took it by force. We have only one cow left. Be very careful that the Crusaders do not see it so that they do not take it. Take care of it, oh Ahmed, so that we may drink its milk, for we have nothing left but it.” Ahmed said: “At your command, oh mother. I will take care of it and preserve it, and I will take it now to the field to eat and drink.” ...

There was a man who worked as a woodcutter, and he had seven daughters, and his wife was about to give birth to their eighth child. He wished from God to be granted a son, and he made a vow that if his wife gave birth to a boy, he would offer a pound of gold as a gift for his birth. One day, while the woodcutter was working cutting trees in the forest, his youngest daughter came and told him that his mother had given birth to a boy. The woodcutter felt overwhelming joy and could not believe the news. He hastened to the house to see the boy. ...

In one of the African villages located on the banks of a river that flows into the black forests of Africa, that was the day that the inhabitants of that village had been waiting for with great anticipation. Today the heir of the tribe leader would be born. They held celebrations and began beating drums until the arrival of that newborn was announced. But it was not a single newborn, for the wife of the leader gave birth to two sons, but only one of them could be the heir and become the leader of the tribe. The twin brothers were named Crandar and Kenya, and they received good care and equal treatment. ...

There was once a simple farmer living in one of the villages, but he was distinguished by ambition and activity. He also produced in his land the best crops at the village level from vegetables such as cucumbers and tomatoes. All the villagers used to brag about Uncle Muhammad’s crops. One day, a journalist visited the village to do some reports about the village. He passed by Uncle Muhammad’s field and the shape of the fresh red tomatoes caught his attention. He asked Uncle Muhammad to taste them. Uncle Muhammad picked some tomato fruits, then washed them with clean water and gave them to the journalist, who was very impressed with the taste of the delicious fruits. ...

The events of the story take place in ancient times between Juha and his neighbor, the stingy man, who lived by borrowing things from other people, using them, and refusing to buy for himself, despite being very rich. The events of the story revolve around what Juha did with him to teach him a lesson he would learn from: to stay away from people’s things, abandon the bad trait of stinginess, and use his money to buy his needs. ...

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. ...

One day there was an old carpenter named Geppetto. The old man worked in making wooden dolls, and because he was alone, he considered those dolls his family. He made a wooden doll and considered it his son, naming him Pinocchio. Geppetto cared for Pinocchio and wished from all his heart that he would become a real child. One day, Geppetto went to sleep and left the doll Pinocchio in the bed designated for it. When he woke up in the morning, he found Pinocchio moving as if he were a real child. Geppetto rejoiced greatly because God had answered his prayer. He began teaching Pinocchio everything, and he saw that Pinocchio must go to school to learn like other children. ...