Wisdom

If you love animated cartoons, you’ve likely watched one of the episodes of the Masha and the Bear cartoon series, where the small girl lives in the forest with the bear, and together they do funny situations. Masha and the Bear is a Russian television series consisting of five seasons. It is one of the most-watched series in the world, with one of its episodes getting 4.4 billion views in 2021, making it one of the most-watched works on YouTube of all time. ...

The story of the Twelve Months is a Slovak folk tale, first mentioned by a Czech writer, scientist, lexicographer, and Prague university professor named Mistr Clarit in the fourteenth century. The story was rewritten several times and published in several languages afterward as a children’s fantasy story. In 2014, Russian writer Svetlana Bagdasaryan published a children’s book with the same name. Each time, several modifications were made to the original story. ...

The story of Mother Holle (Frau Holle) is a German children’s fantasy story written by the Brothers Grimm, published in a children’s stories book in 1812. The character of Mother Holle is one of the legendary figures famous in ancient Germanic culture. The Brothers Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob adopted her because of their love for reviving ancient traditional stories. Mother Holle It is told that in ancient times, a mother lived with her two daughters, Stella and Bella. Stella was an active and beautiful girl, while Bella was ugly and lazy. But the mother loved Bella and didn’t love Stella, because Stella wasn’t her mother but was her husband’s daughter - she was actually her stepdaughter. ...

Once upon a time, a queen was sitting beside the window of her castle. She was sewing, and the window was open to see the winter snow falling. Suddenly, she pricked her finger with the needle, and three drops of blood fell on the window. The blood was red, the snow was white, and the window frame was black. The queen said: “I wish I had a daughter as white as snow, with lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony wood.” ...

Kalila and Dimna: “The Hunter and the Gazelle” It is told that one day a hunter went to the forest with his bow and hunting tools. He hit a gazelle with his bow, took it, and returned to his home. On his way back, a wild boar blocked his path. When the hunter saw it, he shot an arrow at it. The arrow went far away. The boar attacked the hunter with his strong tusks and struck him with a powerful blow that knocked the bow from his hand. Both fell to the ground dead. ...

The Tortoise and the Hare This story revolves around a small hare who was known for moving very quickly. There was also a tortoise who was known for moving very slowly. At the beginning of the story, the hare, who had won many races, decided to have a running race with the tortoise. The hare simply wanted to prove to everyone that he was the best and satisfy his pride. The tortoise agreed, and the race began. ...

The Lion and the Mouse In one of the forests, there lived a lion. One day, the lion had a heavy meal and fell asleep under a tree. After falling into a deep sleep, a mouse came and began playing on top of the lion. Suddenly, the lion woke up in great anger and looked for what was disturbing his beautiful sleep. He found a small mouse trembling with fear. The lion pounced on him and tried to kill him. The mouse asked the lion to forgive him. The lion felt pity and let him go. The mouse then ran far away from the lion. ...

The Farmer’s Story There was a farmer named Joe. Farmer Joe used to work very hard. He spent many years growing grains on his field. And he used to sell the grains in the market and use the money to bring his three sons all what they need. But farmer Joe had grown old and his three sons had turned out to be very lazy. They didn’t do anything useful in their life but eat, play and sleep. ...

Once upon a time, oh fortunate one, in a very large forest filled with different animals and plants, there was a monkey who lived on a tall tree. He was extremely naughty, constantly mischievous, and loved pranks and fun greatly. The monkey was accustomed to deceiving all his friends and often stealing bananas from them. One day, there was a monkey named Maimouna who found much bananas in the forest’s areas. She gathered them together. ...

In that distant forest lived some chickens. The chickens would gather with each other frequently. They felt much overflowing happiness in their settled lives. One day, a black-colored chick came to that group of chickens. One of the eggs hatched. Strangely, those chicks never loved that black chick and were repelled by his dark appearance. The reason was that the black chick wasn’t like the other small chicks. The mother hen was greatly sad about her small black chick, dark in color. She always tried to make the other chicks talk to him and mingle with him, but the rest of the chickens always refused to gather with him, and would distance him from them with their beaks, expressing their rejection of him among them. ...