A student passed by one of the ladies, while she was crying. So he asked her about the reason for her crying. She said: The teacher ordered us to memorize a great speech, and whoever memorizes it and brings it to me by a great sign will obtain a great reward. But I am weak in memorizing, and I fear that the sign will go to others, with my strong desire to obtain it. ...
It is told that there was once a great emperor who ruled a vast land, a kingdom that stretched far and wide. This emperor possessed every means of happiness and comfort, yet despite all this, he was not happy. He had no friends—not because of any cruelty or harshness in his dealings with others, but rather because of his majesty. Everyone feared him, including his ministers and closest advisors. No one could confide any secret to the emperor, who remained alone, suffering from deep sorrow. He did not know what to do or how to escape this state, until he thought to himself: “People keep their distance from me because they know I am the emperor. But if I want to have a friend, I must hide that from them.” ...
For a long time in an Italian city they built a beautiful tower, which everyone who passed by it admired and at a short distance from the road. In a neighboring city they built many towers in beauty. Everyone knew the two towers well, but the inhabitants of the second city who were envious and hateful of the first, wanted to destroy the neighboring tower so that their tower would be the most beautiful. ...
It is told that there was a child named Majid. The child Majid was very fond of food, and he loved to eat with his brothers at home on one table. So once, he filled his plate with meat and rice, and went out of the house heading to the garden of the home, and sat under the olive tree with its wide shade. The Wild Cat in the Garden of the Home: Majid settled in that place to eat away from the eyes. But a cat smelled the food and the meat from a distant place, and began walking in the direction of the good smell, following its sense of smell, until he reached the olive tree. Majid found with him a plate full of good food. The cat’s eyes became green and yellow, and it licked its lips, and began approaching slowly to steal from the child some of the food he had in his plate. ...
Martin felt that his father gave him a book as a gift on his birthday this year. For his father had given him a book as a gift, but without any pictures in it appropriate for his age as a child. His father noticed a mark of anxiety on his face, so he said to him: My son, this is not just an old book. It is a magic book, but its magic is secret, and knowing its secret will be difficult for you when you read it first. ...
In the morning, the spring sun spread its brightness over the earth. In the morning, the children woke up and opened the windows to the spring sun. In the morning, the little birds emerged from their mothers’ wings. In the morning, the animals in the large animal zoos and the small animals woke up. Thus, the spring sun awakened all the creatures. The Spring Sun Awakens All the Creatures: The creatures that fly, and the creatures that don’t fly that live in the burrows, and those that live in the large and small trees, the weak and the strong, the tall and the short. The lion with his roaring, the birds with their chirping, the rooster with his crowing, the horse with his neighing, the bees with their buzzing, the donkey with his braying, the bull with his bellowing, the dove with her cooing, the wolf with his howling, and thus all creatures were awakened by the spring sun. ...
There was a young prince, not the most handsome, but the most kind and pure. One evening of the summer evenings, the prince was walking on the bank of the river. When he looked up, he saw in the horizon the three planets in the space, three beautiful satellites, not stars but three beautiful girls. The girls spread their wings and descended to bathe in the lake. The gentle young man prepared to get two wings and hid. After the beautiful girls finished spending some time in the water and put on their clothes all of them, the youngest girl did not find her wings, while her two sisters had put on their wings. In the end, they agreed that the two girls would fly to the sky, and they would make two wings for the small one, who remained crying alone. ...
Years ago, a dance troupe gathered in Prasta, a village located near Stora Milosas in Sardinia, to hold a grand celebration in honor of the birth of the feast. People from the villages and their cities flocked to the village on that specified day, for that occasion, great and small. When they learned that the famous violin player Nurnabis would participate with his violin, which would make them enjoy an amazing melody. It was said that he was not an ordinary violinist, but was extremely talented, and when he heard the word “play” in simple tones, he would organize himself and raise his bow to the heavens. ...
In the morning, the spring sun spread its brightness over the earth. In the morning, the children woke up and opened the windows to the spring sun. In the morning, the little birds emerged from their mothers’ wings. In the morning, the animals woke up in the large animal zoo and small animals. Thus, the spring sun awakened all creatures. Spring and Its Awakening of All Creatures: The creatures that fly and the creatures that don’t fly that live in burrows, and those that live in large and small trees, the weak and the strong, the tall and the short. The lion with his roaring, the birds with their chirping, the rooster with his crowing, the horse with his neighing, the bees with their buzzing, the donkey with his braying, the bull with his bellowing, the dove with her cooing, the wolf with his howling, and thus all creatures were awakened by the spring sun. ...
One day, the teacher assigned tasks to the children. This was one of the most exciting activities for them in the classroom. On that day, each boy and girl was given a task that they would be responsible for for the rest of the school year. As is the case with everything, some tasks were more exciting than others, and the children were eager to get one of the best tasks. ...