The Secret of Happiness

There were three brothers living together in a small cabin near the forest. The first was named Samuel, the second Timothy, and the third Zander. The three were hardworking and honest. They worked every day in the forest cutting wood, then went to the market to sell it at a suitable price. To spend on themselves and be able to live, their lives continued this way, but after a period of time they became dissatisfied with their lives, for each one of them wanted to live differently. ...

Changing the World

It is told that in a distant kingdom, for a long time people lived happily under the rule of a good king. In his reign, the kingdom was prosperous and the people felt comfortable and satisfied. There was no hungry or needy person in his time, because the king was always thinking of his people and trying to please them. One time, the king decided to take a tour of his kingdom and visit historical places and distant places of worship. Because he was a just ruler who felt for the people, he decided to travel on foot so that he could interact with the people and see them and be seen by them up close. ...

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 Piggy Bank

Every morning, my father distributes our share of coins to us before we go to school, and he repeats to us the advice we have memorized by heart: Buy useful things. Each of us was very happy when putting the coins in his pocket and drawing in his mind a small adventure that suited the value of these pieces. I will buy colored chalk and give it to the teacher. I will buy a plate of fava beans from Abu Mahmoud. But my brother Wael would hurry to the wooden cabinet that his mother had given him, at the bottom of whose shelf he placed his piggy bank. ...

Najma the Robber

Arab heritage stories, filled with many stories carrying horror and terror, to sons and grandsons, from which they obtained horror and terror through those stories, and story of Najma the robber is one of stories, the heritage that grandsons narrate to their sons, and this is its descendants. The Story: There was a group of small girls who all lived in a small village surrounded by great, wide forest, and in that forest there was no inhabited house. She would appear every period, and disappear in another period. ...

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. ...