The Hunters' Punishment

In the beautiful forest with its dense trees, where animals live in different shapes, colors, and sizes, large numbers of huge elephants lived alongside the animals. These elephants cooperated with great love and sincerity with the other animals. In truth, they all understood the value of cooperation in work and in defending one another. Whoever needed help found all the animals behind him, helping him and standing by his side in his affliction. ...

The True Owner of the Bulls

In one of the distant villages of India, a farmer returned one evening while holding two bulls in his hand. He had bought them from the market and decided to benefit from them. The farmer was happy because he wouldn’t graze from others anymore, and with the presence of those bulls, he could cultivate his land by himself. The farmer was also planning to gain money by grazing the bulls for his farmer colleagues. ...

The Camel and the Donkey

Saad al-Din traded in spices and silk, bringing them from India and distributing them to small merchants. He wanted to deliver a quantity to one of his customers in a semi-desert area, a day and night’s journey from his town. He took with him the camel and the donkey. He placed a light load on the camel and the rest on the donkey’s back. After one day: After a journey of one day, the donkey began walking with difficulty, unable to continue walking because of his heavy load. The donkey complained to the camel about the weight of his burden. ...

Robin Hood

In the middle of Sherwood Forest in England lived a skilled young man named Robin Hood. In his childhood, he was deceived by some nobles, so he decided then to rob the rich of their money and give it to the poor. He would steal only from the rich and give what he stole to the poor because he saw that the rich didn’t deserve what they had. When Robin Hood’s fame spread, the sheriff of Nottingham placed many rewards for capturing Robin Hood. But because he was the champion of the poor, many people loved him and made him their leader. They would watch the sheriff and know his schemes to warn Robin Hood about them step by step. So the sheriff couldn’t capture him, and he began plotting to trap Robin Hood in his nets. But Robin was a cunning young man who calculated all his steps. ...

The Story of the Prince and the Just Judge

It is told that in ancient times there was a just prince in a country of Muslim lands. One day he heard that the new judge of the country was spoken about by everyone for his justice and cleverness, and that no one could deceive him. The prince wanted to know the secret of his wisdom and confirm the news that had reached him. The prince disguised himself as a merchant, took his horse, and headed toward the city. On his way, he found a disabled man who stopped him asking for charity. The disguised prince gave to him and wanted to leave, but the disabled man stopped him and pulled him by his cloak. The disguised prince asked him: What is the matter with you? I have given you the money you requested. The disabled man said to him: I wanted you to do me a favor and carry me to the city square on your horse. ...

The Story: Woe to the Judge of Earth from the Judge of Heaven

One day a man bought a chicken and wanted to remove its bones and slaughter it, so the man went to the chicken seller and asked him to do that. The seller told him: Wait a few minutes and you will find it ready, Allah willing. After the chicken owner left, the city judge came to the chicken seller and asked him about chicken to buy. The seller told him that he had no chicken except this one, and its owner would return after a few minutes to take it. So he said to him: I will take it, and if its owner returns, tell him that your chicken has flown away. ...

The Story of the Iron Box

Mahir was the son of one of the largest and wealthiest businessmen. When Mahir’s father died, Mahir found an iron box among his father’s things. There were things in the iron box that Mahir didn’t know. At the same time, Mahir was traveling to the city to conduct some business, so he couldn’t open the iron box. He took it with him to work. During work, Mahir gave the box to his colleague and business manager. His business manager’s name was Razi. ...

The Little Judge

The story’s events take place in a market of one of the cities in ancient times. A spice merchant in the market accused his neighbor, the oil merchant, of stealing his money. The case was brought to the judge for a ruling. The judge was confused between them, and the case was postponed. By chance, while wandering in the city, the judge found a group of children playing and acting out the case, with a small boy playing the role of the judge. He solved the case that had greatly confused the city’s judge. ...

The End of the Evil Monkey

There was a forest called Champak Forest, and there lived a monkey with a bad reputation named Chino the Monkey. That monkey was very mischievous and harassed all the forest animals, where he would scratch and wound rabbits with his nails. The Animals and Birds Are Angry at the Monkey: Chino the monkey would also climb trees and throw baby birds’ eggs to the ground where they would break, and destroy their nests. All the animals and birds in the forest were afraid of the monkey Chino and angry at his harmful, evil behaviors. ...