A Short Story for Children

For a long time, in a very watery kingdom lived a very beautiful princess. She had red hair that was long, and she loved roses to the extent that all the birds called her Princess Rose. Every evening after the sunset, Princess Rose would go out to her balcony and clap her hands, and a golden bird would descend from afar and land on her shoulder. Immediately the princess would start feeling excited and her face would shine with a bright red glow. ...

The Story of the Magic Bed

In ancient times, there was a beloved prince named Prince Adam. One day, during a journey to another kingdom, Prince Adam became separated from his soldiers. After walking for a long time on his donkey, he felt the fatigue, so he sat to rest under a tree. He had felt the hunger, so he took out a piece of food from his bag and found an ant on it. He placed it on the ground and took out another piece and found two ants on it, so he placed it, and he took out a third piece and found three ants on it, so he placed it with the others. He didn’t realize that the ants had gathered on all his food. ...

The Story of the Princess Gold Bear

One of the days, in one of the very distant lands, there was a kingdom ruled by a king. He had a daughter named Rose. The king loved his daughter greatly and never allowed her to leave the palace at all, fearing that harm would befall her if she went out to face the world. The princess wished to see the world and didn’t know why her father prevented her. She cried a lot. The king knew that his daughter was suffering, but he said to himself that this wouldn’t be good for her. ...

The Story of the Brave Girls

It is told that once upon a time, there was a small girl named Sarah who lived in a kingdom ruled by a queen called Mili. This kingdom was called Monoli, and Sarah lived with her grandparents in Monoli with happiness. She loved her grandparents very much. She had a friend named Lucy whom she loved very much, and Sarah and Lucy worked always with happiness all the time. But in the recent past they didn’t work always because their families were exposed to a big danger. This danger was about a big villain called “Gink” who ruled by killing “a thousand” every year. And they would call his name in a “G.” And this evil deed had started by sticking to the queen of the kingdom Mili. ...

The Bogey-Beast

Once upon a time, there was an extremely kind woman, even though she didn’t possess wealth. Therefore, she was kind and merciful and generous. She lived in a small old house and earned a little wage through doing some errands for neighbors. Whenever she obtained a small wage due to her service for neighbors, she would become rich and charitable to the poor! On a rainy dark night, while she was returning to her home, her way was filled with pits more than any time that passed. She didn’t see anything along her home’s way except a large black object inside a hole. ...

The Story of My Mother’s Hand

One day, after the mother breastfed her little daughter Marjorie and she slept, she placed her in her crib. She said to herself, “I will go to my neighbor to give her these things and return in one minute before the girl wakes up and feels my absence.” The mother hadn’t seen her neighbor for a while, so when she went to her, the neighbor stood to talk with her about some matters. While the mother was talking with her neighbor, they heard a fire alarm and the smell of smoke throughout the area. ...

The Story of the Sapphire Prince

One day in the land of Persia, a beggar went to the banks of a river, and suddenly the river receded, leaving behind silt. The beggar started searching in it for fish that the river might have left, but he found something more valuable. He found a large sapphire. The beggar rushed to his friend who worked in the royal Shah’s kitchen and showed him the sapphire. He said to him, “Where did you find it?” The beggar said, “On the shore.” Then he said, “My friend, you helped me a lot, but can you give me free food again? How many meals can I buy with this stone?” He said to him, “It’s a sapphire, you fool, and it could change your life. Take it to the Shah immediately.” ...

The Story of the Magic Mirror

One day in the beautiful streets of Granada, this discussion occurred. A man said, “What a sad thing. He’s a handsome man but hasn’t married.” Another said, “Will he ever choose a wife? Have the women of Granada run out?” Another said, “Will he remain alone?” Another said, “Don’t say that. He deserves a wife to be our queen.” Another said, “Let’s all pray for the beloved king to find his beautiful wife.” Another said, “The king is a generous man and looks for the suitable lady.” Another said, “And who will this lady be?” This question puzzled all the residents of Granada for a long time. ...

The Story of the Prince of the Bees Mountain

There was a young prince, not the most handsome, but the most kind and pure. One evening of the summer evenings, the prince was walking on the bank of the river. When he looked up, he saw in the horizon the three planets in the space, three beautiful satellites, not stars but three beautiful girls. The girls spread their wings and descended to bathe in the lake. The gentle young man prepared to get two wings and hid. After the beautiful girls finished spending some time in the water and put on their clothes all of them, the youngest girl did not find her wings, while her two sisters had put on their wings. In the end, they agreed that the two girls would fly to the sky, and they would make two wings for the small one, who remained crying alone. ...

The Lake of the Princesses

There were two beautiful princesses living on a distant island with beautiful lands. When they were still small, they were kidnapped by a king hostile to their parents. This king arranged to transfer them to a lake where they were abandoned on that small island. Thus they had to remain forever under the guard of the terrifying lake monster. When the evil king was overthrown and tried by sorceresses and fortune-tellers, it became known that the brave prince had decided to free the princesses from their captivity. When the winds brought these news to the island, the lives of the princesses were filled with hope. The younger princess was more beautiful than her sister. ...