Mother Intelligence

There was a small village where a righteous man lived. One day, the righteous man had to visit another village to perform some work. He prepared to go. His mother said to him: Why do you travel alone? Take someone with you. The righteous man said: I know I must travel through the forest, but there’s nothing we fear. There are no wild animals or thieves in the forest. His mother said: But it’s better to take someone with you. The righteous man said: Don’t worry, Mom, and don’t fear. Listen, Mom. I will go alone and return tomorrow evening when I finish my work. After that, the mother went to a pond in the house courtyard and took out a turtle from that pond. She said to her son: I don’t agree with your going alone. Therefore, take this turtle with you. The righteous man took the turtle from his mother. ...

Mechanical Hanaa

One day, Hanaa was sitting in her room after a tiring day of performing many household chores. Her mother called her repeatedly, saying: Please, tidy your room, Hanaa. Wash the laundry, Hanaa. Put your dish in the sink. Hanaa hated household chores. Suddenly, an exciting idea occurred to her: What if I invented a mechanical girl exactly like her, who would perform the chores instead of her? The little inventor started working, and after staying up late, she completed her invention successfully. The first day was wonderful. She locked her room door and sat playing electronic games throughout the evening. ...

The King and Luck

Once upon a time, there was a just and wise king. One day, this king summoned one of his guards, then asked him: Do you believe in luck? The guard answered him immediately, saying: Yes, Your Majesty the King, I believe in the existence of luck. The king looked at him smiling, then said: Can you prove its existence with evidence? The guard answered with complete confidence: Yes, Your Majesty the King, I can do that. ...

Bahlul and the Arrogant Merchant

There was once a man called Bahlul who was walking in his habit in the markets of Baghdad. He met one of the merchants in his path, who greeted him, then said: I want your advice in a matter concerning my trade. Bahlol wondered, saying: What took you away from the wise ones to come to my advice? Then he stopped for a while and completed his speech, saying: Please… what is it that you want from me? ...

The Flying Turtle

It is told that near a small lake in the middle of the forest lived a small turtle and two ducks in love and harmony. The turtle was known for her chatter and inability to refrain from speaking. In the summer season, severe drought afflicted the place around the lake to a pond that almost dried of water. The two ducks decided to leave in search of a water source to live near. When the turtle heard their decision, she was very sad and knew that her end was inevitable. She couldn’t live without water, nor could she travel long distances due to her extreme slowness. ...

Alaa and the Watermelon

Once upon a time, there was a smart child who loved helping others, named Alaa. While he was walking with his friends one day, he met his stingy neighbor who called out to him. But his friends advised him not to pay attention to that stingy man’s call. Alaa knew the faults of the stingy man, but he stood thinking about what he would do with him. One of his friends said: Don’t pay attention to this man’s matter, Alaa. Have you forgotten what he did to our friend Ahmed when he tricked him and took his money until he completed his purchases? ...

The Story of the Sinner Sami

Our merciful religion, so we learned from it to be compassionate in our dealings with people, for we do not answer them with evilness, but we answer them with kindness, for it is the most effective way to defend from their evil with good deeds, and we strive against their evil with our deeds, so that they will not succeed in harming us with their evil, and the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, has forbidden us from oppressing them, he has forbidden us from harming them, and he has forbidden us from being aggressive with them, and we must be good to them as they are to us, so that God may love us. ...

The Story of a Generous Lady for Life

Before many years, everyone was rich and healthy, where they were eating with a good and healthy system food very varied, and especially the rich and the children and the animals, they were all practicing the daily good works and they were learning with the good and the love, and the earth was the most beautiful place that can be lived in, and from the wonderful that all of the mountains and the children were suffering from the love and the bad disease. ...

The Story of a Young Woman and a Bright Light

I passed by all people ever, or they had achieved or failed, but the one who cannot reach is the fool, for he controls that brilliant lights, to fool and deceive. The story: Hadia was a very young girl, she is the only one who had great grandfather and wise, for all of her ancestors had been wise, and she had become very wise after them, from her father and wise mother, except that her grandfather did not treat her as he used to treat them. For they always used to treat them very severely, and she was always complaining about him to her father, or that she does something that he would blame her for, for he was treating them with great kindness. ...

The Story of Dreams Under the Rain

Because I was young small girl, so I heard a strange story since long time, I tell it to you. It happened when I went to visit my aunt Nina where she was living in a house with my grandfather, who was breaking a lot of cups. And I loved to stay with my aunt Nina a lot, because I used to enjoy playing with her cups in the morning, and I was very sad whenever she would destroy them, and I was always trying to make cups from those cups and especially the big cup, and I try to make various forms from them and from the faces and personalities that I love, and in one of the Fridays happened something strange. ...