The Glass of Milk

There was a poor boy named Kevin who worked as a traveling products seller at homes in addition to his studies, so that he could complete the necessary expenses to finish his studies. Once, while this little boy was wandering between one house and another, he felt extreme hunger and could no longer take one more step. He thought about knocking on the first door he passed and asking its owners for food. Indeed, the boy headed shyly and knocked on the door. A beautiful girl opened it for him. After a little hesitation, he asked her for a cup of water despite his extreme hunger. The little girl noticed his condition and saw hunger in his eyes. ...

Good Deeds Never Go Unrewarded

In one of the distant villages in India, there lived a small boy named Chandrā with his small family. His father had married another woman after his mother’s death, and the village at that time was suffering from the scarcity of waters, to the extent that all people in the village were going to a distant water well to bring water from there. The small boy would wake every morning to obtain water from that distant place for himself and for his family. The task of bringing water was heavy upon him because of the length of the road and its difficulty, where he would go alone every morning and return. ...

The Garden Princess

Once there was a beautiful girl, pure as snow in heart. She was as fragile as glass. She lived in a small cottage with her parents in a high region atop one of the mountains, far from everything happening in real life. She enjoyed constant happiness with her family until one day an evil sorceress appeared. She wanted to destroy that happiness and began to work her magic in order to make evil dwell in that happy family. ...

Little Mike and the Bike Dream

Mike was an eleven-year-old boy, the only son of his poor parents. His father worked in carpentry, while his mother was a housewife who didn’t work. Although Mike’s family wasn’t rich, it was a small, happy family. Mike’s school was a mile from his home, so he wished to have a small bike to go to school with it. With the approach of his birthday, when he would complete his eleventh year, he asked his father to buy him a bicycle to go to school. ...

Simsimah the Rabbit

The beautiful rabbit Simsimah is a good-hearted rabbit who loves her friends from the forest inhabitants. One day, Simsimah went out searching for food for her little children. She wandered through the forest, right and left. During her usual wandering like every day, she heard a voice coming close to her, crying for help: Help… let someone help me… save me. Simsimah stopped a little to determine the source of the sound, then continued her way toward the small bushes a few meters away. As soon as she moved them aside, she found a small lion cub stuck in a hunters’ net. Simsimah thought a little: What if I saved him, then he became a lion, grew up, and tried to catch me to eat me? Simsimah the rabbit thought a lot and was terrified by the idea that the cub would grow up and eat her, so she decided to leave him and depart. ...

Peter and the Magic Tablecloth

There were three brothers who lived together in a house in a forest after the death of their parents. The oldest was named Jaafar, the second Faris, and the youngest Peter. The two older brothers always treated the small badly and blamed him for every mistake that happened. He would bear the bad treatment because he was small and weak, unable to defend himself against his two older strong brothers. ...

Cinderella

Cinderella was a beautiful child living happily with her father and mother in their beautiful palace. Cinderella’s father was a wealthy merchant, but one day Cinderella’s mother passed away. The father chose a female relative who had two daughters to marry, so she could take care of his daughter Cinderella. At first the woman pretended to love Cinderella, but after that she began to show her true self, treating Cinderella badly. ...

The Farmer and the Apple Tree

One day, a farmer lived in a village near the forest. The farmer had a large garden, and in that garden was an ancient apple tree and many beautiful plants and flowers. Many pet animals lived in the garden. When the farmer was a small boy, he used to spend beautiful times with the apple tree, but now the tree had stopped producing apple fruits. The farmer thought it had become useless because it had remained for many years without bearing the delicious red apples. ...

The Snow Mouse

There was a mouse named Airez who lived in a small house in the forest. One day, the mouse woke up shivering from the extreme cold. He got out of bed, put on heavy clothes, and went back to bed, but he still felt very cold. He got up again and put on his woolen hat. The mouse went back to sleep in his bed, but he felt he was still shivering from the severe cold. He looked at the clock and saw it was eight in the morning. Then he looked out the window and the sun wasn’t shining yet. Instead, he saw snow completely covering the window. The mouse realized that heavy snow had fallen the previous night. The mouse decided to go and make hot vegetable soup to warm up. ...

The Story of the Generous Ant

Two ant families lived in one of the large trees. One day, the weather became severely cold, and the rain was heavy, so the ant swarms hurried to their home and entered quickly into the large tree. The rain continued to fall for several days, and the ants would not be able to go out to gather food for themselves. The little ant felt severe hunger, so she went crying to her mother from the severity of hunger. But her mother told her that all the food they had was gone. ...