The Story of the Wonderful Ring

There was a farmer who did many hard works in his farm, but despite that, he did not have enough to buy food. One day, he went out to plow his farm. He was thinking about a way to increase his income, so that he would have enough money for himself and his wife to buy food. While walking, he met an old woman who told him to walk ahead toward a distant tree, and told him that she had cut it and it was now split. The farmer was surprised by the old woman’s words and thought to himself, then decided to go to look at that tree. ...

Pinocchio

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. ...

The Stingy Woman and the Wool Merchant

There was a woman who lived in a house surrounded by a beautiful farm. This woman was very stingy, and she had a poor servant who worked for her. She entrusted him with all the housework: preparing food, cleaning the house, and washing clothes. She even made him supervise the farm and care for the many sheep she owned. Despite the many years of work, this stingy woman never increased his salary; instead, she would decrease it month after month in order to save money. ...

Hamrun the Lazy Donkey

Uncle Sultan was a simple merchant who owned a small shop to sell salt. Uncle Sultan had a white donkey named Hamrun, and Uncle Sultan loved this donkey, until Hamrun became slow-moving, slept a lot, and worked little. The animals on the farm called him Hamrun the Lazy. One day, Uncle Sultan placed a load of salt on Hamrun the Lazy’s back to sell in the market. Hamrun walked as usual very slowly, talking to himself in distress: “When will I rest from this work? When will I eat and drink, sleep and not work?” While he was talking to himself, he fell into a small pool of water, and he started braying and saying: “What is this? I work and tire myself, and I also fall into water?!” ...

The Dog and the Donkey

There was a worker who washed clothes. He had a dog and a donkey. The dog and donkey helped the worker in many ways. One night, a group of thieves broke into the worker’s house. The dog heard the thieves and started barking at the thieves. The worker woke up from sleep, and the neighbors also woke up. One of the thieves said: What is this? A dog. Let’s escape from here. The thieves felt fear of the consequences of the dog’s barking. They tried to escape, but the neighbors caught them during their escape. ...

The Gift

The story tells about Firas, the skilled young fisherman, and what happened to him in his journey sailing by boat, about the severe storm that threw him onto an island with customs and traditions for receiving guests, and the customs were that the guest of good intention should come with a gift, so how did he behave with that gift, and what the island people did with him. Beginning of the story: It is told that in ancient times, there was a small fisherman named Firas. He would go day after day to the big sea to fish, but as days passed, he no longer tolerated fishing because he would throw his nets in the sea, but unfortunately, they didn’t carry him any catch of fish. ...

The Story of the Blue Fish and the Golden Fish

One day, the blue fish heard some friends talking about the golden fish, and about her beauty and good character. The blue fish felt extreme jealousy, and she sat crying and felt envy, and said: I will make these fish see that I am the most beautiful fish. The blue fish stood before the mirror and said: I want to appear more beautiful than the golden fish, and she spent a long time before the mirror, admiring her appearance before leaving the house every day. The blue fish went out of her house, carrying a basket to collect fruits, so her friends said to her you appear beautiful today. ...

The Story of the Donkey and the Horse

There was a simple man working in cleaning clothes, and he had a donkey and a horse. The donkey carried the clothes to the river, washed them with the water, and the donkey returned another time to the house, and the horse carried the simple man to the market and returned with him to the house. The donkey thought he works more than the horse. On Sunday the man and the horse were sick and the work was on the way to the river with the donkey. The donkey walked with him excessively until he escaped from the river. The donkey was carrying a large basket of dirty clothes on his back. ...

The Story of the Faithful Dog

The events of the story revolve around the loyalty of the dog that the beautiful child Maysoun received as a gift from her mother on her birthday since her childhood. They grew up together, and he became a small dog, and he used to fear for her and protect her. It happened that one day of the holidays of the week, the child Maysoun went out for recreation, but Maysoun fell in the valley alone from the severity of her fatigue, so the faithful dog was the reason for saving her and returning her to her house safe once again. ...

The Story of the Fruit of Altruism

One day there were three friends, Ahmed, Muhammad, and Sulaiman, and these friends had pledged to stand by each other’s side during any crisis that any of them went through, and these friends lived in one village, and this village was famous for the love of its inhabitants for each other, and the absence of hatred and enmity between them. One day, Ahmed’s wife came to him and said to him: my beloved husband, you know that the Eid has approached, and we do not have new clothes for our children, so we want money to buy our children’s clothes. Her husband Ahmed replied to her, his heart filled with sadness and regret: I do not have money to buy new clothes for our children, but wait I will go to my friend Sulaiman to borrow some money from him. ...