Wisdom

Once there was a king called Midas. He owned a very large amount of gold, to the point people called him the man who owned the largest amount of gold in the whole world. Despite being very rich, he kept collecting and gathering money. His biggest dream was for his daughter Zoe to become the richest girl in the world. Zoe was a beautiful, gentle, simple, and elegant girl. She was different from her father in everything, as all her dreams were a beautiful garden decorated with flowers and a quiet place to live in. One day, King Midas was sitting in the residence where he placed the gold. Suddenly, a man wearing white clothes came out to him named Silenus. He was the god of wealth who approached King Midas carefully, then said: Your Majesty, I can give you more gold than you own. ...

Once there was a child with a very bad personality, behaving disrespectfully toward others. His father decided to discipline him in a different way. He gave him a bag full of nails and asked him to be calm and patient, and to put a nail in the back wall of the house every day. The little boy had many nails with him, and every day he put a group of them in the wall. His father wanted to control his bad personality and his constant mischief by putting those nails in the wall. ...

At the top of the wide forest trees lived a white dove and a black crow, each on a branch of the branches. They were accustomed to quarreling always from morning to evening, because the crow bird believed he was more beautiful than the dove, but the dove knew she was more beautiful than him, so their friendship couldn’t last more than an hour, and the dispute would return again. ...

It is told that in ancient times there was a king and queen living in harmony. They had twelve children from their offspring. One day, the king said to the queen while sad: Soon you will give birth, and if the thirteenth child who comes to the world is a girl, she will cause the death of her twelve brothers, and the kingdom will become hers alone. The king prepared twelve wooden coffins, placed sawdust in them, left them in a locked room of the palace rooms, and ordered his wife the queen not to tell anyone that secret. But the sad queen couldn’t keep the secret before her little child Benjamin, who was constantly affectionate with her. ...

It is told that in ancient times, there was a king who had three daughters, and God had not blessed him with sons. He loved them very much, but the youngest was closest to his heart. Once, the king wanted to tell them of his love for them, so he brought his eldest daughter and said to her: My precious daughter, tell me how much is your love for your father? ...

Among the beautiful stories that grandparents still pass down to grandchildren is the story of the young man whom the king made a knight. The story revolves around a foundling young man who didn’t own anything of this world’s possessions except a barley grain. This was the only inheritance he received from his parents. The young man decided to travel in God’s vast land searching for sustenance and adventure. The young man set off carrying nothing for provisions except the barley grain. Darkness fell after he had walked a long distance. He knocked on a farmer’s door requesting shelter, and before sleeping, he placed the barley grain on the doorstep. Then he said to the house owner: This grain is all I own, and I hope no one steals it from me. The farmer replied: Don’t worry my son. Then he said: Be at ease, nothing is lost with us. Then the young man slept with peace of mind. ...

It seems something worries the sheep in their pen, as they gather in a circle with their heads and horns touching. A halo of severe anger sweeps over them and makes their life miserable. They whisper among themselves: Why did their shepherd owner bring this huge dog to the farm? Why does he stay behind them in their coming and going? Why does he watch them and scold them as if he has no work but to chase after them, yet with all that the shepherd gives him special care and attention? For this reason, the sheep decided to complain to their owner. In the evening, after the sheep returned from pasture, the sheep approached the shepherd and said in a sad unified voice: Baah, our owner and shepherd, we feel sadness and severe pain. ...

It is told that long ago there was a city with a strange law. Every year, a different king from the previous one ruled it. The people of this city would choose this king and install him on the first day of each year. After his term ended, they would send him to a distant island to spend the rest of his life there. After that, they would choose another king, and so on. ...

In ancient times, there was a great king living with his beautiful queen wife and their beautiful daughter in happiness and prosperity. The king had a wonderful donkey that produced a piece of gold every day. The donkey remained in this state until the king became wealthy and fabulously rich. One day, the beautiful queen fell ill and felt her end approaching. She advised her husband not to marry a woman other than her so as not to mistreat her only daughter. The king promised her that, but after a few years of loneliness, some of the king’s close ones began pressing him to marry another woman. The king agreed and decided to marry. ...

There were three brothers who lived together in a house in a forest after the death of their parents. The oldest was named Jaafar, the second Faris, and the youngest Peter. The two older brothers always treated the small badly and blamed him for every mistake that happened. He would bear the bad treatment because he was small and weak, unable to defend himself against his two older strong brothers. ...