The King and the Seamstress Daughter

It is told that a prince of a region wanted two centuries according to what is the Chinese law, to marry the emperor’s daughter, and he has to choose his future wife appropriately, and he had to find the girl who deserves his status and love. In the emperor’s palace, a wise woman was serving as a seamstress, for that she was extremely skilled at sewing, so she knew that her daughter was extremely skilled at sewing too for the emperor, and when the wise woman went home she informed her daughter of the emperor’s call, and her daughter said to her mother: Mother, I will receive that party and be among the candidates, so the wise woman said to her daughter: If you are from those who will come to that party and are extremely modest, and you are the emperor’s daughter, be extremely happy and modest for the reality of what might be painful. ...

The Lioness of the Forest

This lion is the kingess of the forest. When the sun sets, he looks around him, and many animals go to the river to drink, then says to the elephant: I am a great one but I am weak from him, then the lion looks at the two lions crouching and roaring, so he says: This is sweet and fast but his escape is too easy. Then the lion looks up and sees quickly the tiger, the fox, the deer, and many other types of animals, then says: I am the king of all these animals, I am the strongest of them all, then the lion raises his head high and fills his chest with roar, then roars until the forest’s animals hear him. Then the lion says: Yes, I am the king of all animals who fear me. ...

The Story of the Wisdom Seller

It is told that once upon a time, a certain governor went out disguised as a merchant to wander through the old market. He wished to see the condition of the commoners and his subjects firsthand. As he was walking, his eyes fell upon an ancient shop that showed no outward sign of having any goods for sale; the storefront was almost entirely empty of anything that might catch a person’s interest. ...

My Cage

Every morning when my mother places our piece of golden, before I go to school and read us its news which our grandmother taught her to show its bright heart, I try helpful, and great works. I was all of us extremely happy when he places the news in his chest with its appropriate value. A small dream suit which I will buy its colors and present to the teacher, and I will buy a flower of roses of a white one my mother who brought it to us, which he gave her to me as a safe gift. ...

Lady Mawza

It is told that one night they gathered at the table of the great Sultan, with a graceful, polite face, fragrance, and sweetness, and pomegranate. When the pomegranate was large in size, it destroyed the pomegranate from it. She said addressing her intelligent granddaughter: You are hurting me, so I am eating from your tree, so if my face turned red from shame, it’s your fault for addressing me by your name without preserving it. ...

The Clever Monkey

Long ago, there was a poor couple living together. They didn’t have any offspring except a small hut they lived in and a small piece of land they survived from. They would build it and rely on earning their living from fruits growing on it. But what happened wasn’t according to expectations. One day, his wife became severely ill and went to work alone in the small hill, starting work, and she felt in her belly an intense beating. When she struck with her hand, she looked to see what it was, and there was a gold piece of pure gold. ...

The Deer and the Monkey

Once there was a monkey known to be truly fast in running. But he was seeking to win by any method, whether fair or cunning. His main concern was the small deer, who was walking slowly, which made it difficult for him to reach the finish that would begin at the last time. During the running races, the fox was responsible for organizing the competitors. One day, the fox announced in every place that the best competitor he had in the next race was the small deer. ...

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 Forty Days

It is told that there was an Arab cloth merchant called Ajjub. He went out one day on a journey with his friends across the sea. When they were enjoying eating, drinking, and playing, suddenly a severe storm struck them, destroying the ship completely until it drowned all his friends. But he was able to save himself with a miracle, through swimming and swimming to the shore of one of the nearby islands. Ajjub was extremely hungry, so he started searching for water and food in all parts of the island. After several hours, he heard a noise coming from the direction of the shore. ...

The Photographer Elephant

There was once an elephant of beautiful color. He thought he was a famous photographer one day, considering his intense love for photography. But his friends were always mocking his opinion and making fun of him. When he would say to his friends that he wanted to be a photographer who captures all images, they would laugh at his speech. Some of them would say: What foolishness! Don’t you learn there is no camera for photographing elephants! And others would say: You are wasting your time in something useless, as there is nothing to photograph for him in this place anyway. ...