On a cold winter day, Abu al-Husayn was suffering from pain and regret as he returned to his den. He had searched most of the day for food for his little ones but didn’t find anything. While he was wandering right and left, he saw the fur of one of the shepherds hanging on an olive tree trunk. It was close at hand, so he took it and wore it, walking proudly with it. ...
Once upon a time in one of the lands, there was a king who loved painting and nature very much. Therefore, he wanted to place the most beautiful painting in depicting natural landscapes in his kingdom. The king summoned a group of painters who lived in the kingdom. Then one morning, he took them to the natural landscape that he loved and saw as the most beautiful. When the king arrived with the painters to the place he loved, he said: I have never seen that landscape in any painting inside the kingdom. Therefore, whoever can paint that landscape in its beautiful form will receive glory and fame as a skilled painter. ...
It is told that in ancient times, a crow lived in its nest. The days passed by the crow in calm and tranquility, enjoying what was around it. Then one day, he saw a hunter. He said: My God, who brought this hunter here? I who thought I was safe, but wait, it seems this hunter is on a mission. The hunter was setting his net on the ground and scattering grain on it, then the hunter hid behind one of the trees. The crow said: What a treacherous one. ...
The beautiful rabbit Simsimah is a good-hearted rabbit who loves her friends from the forest inhabitants. One day, Simsimah went out searching for food for her little children. She wandered through the forest, right and left. During her usual wandering like every day, she heard a voice coming close to her, crying for help: Help… let someone help me… save me. Simsimah stopped a little to determine the source of the sound, then continued her way toward the small bushes a few meters away. As soon as she moved them aside, she found a small lion cub stuck in a hunters’ net. Simsimah thought a little: What if I saved him, then he became a lion, grew up, and tried to catch me to eat me? Simsimah the rabbit thought a lot and was terrified by the idea that the cub would grow up and eat her, so she decided to leave him and depart. ...
Once upon a time, there were two brothers who loved each other. They were always friends, accompanying each other in everything, and playing together all the time. But one day, they argued over one of their games, where both of them wanted the same game, and they disagreed over who would take it. From that day, the two brothers decided each to play alone. They had many toys, so they sat dividing those toys. However, they also disagreed over choosing the games, where they would choose the big games and leave the small ones, also arguing over who would take this game and who would take the other. ...
One day, God Almighty gave the lion a command not to return to him until he found a lost ant and ate it, and he ate all the animals that eat meat. The lion was very arrogant and did not care about anyone. The bird sang with a loud voice for this command that I will eat everything and I will go to Paradise and the living creatures will go to it. ...
Once upon a time, there was a large kingdom known for an ancient prophecy speaking of a princess without a palace. The prophecy said she would be the most just and wise wherever she was. In the kingdom lived a noble family of kings who owned a palace of great beauty. Generations of that family lived inside it. After many years, a great earthquake occurred, causing a catastrophe for that royal family. The earthquake completely destroyed the palace. The king and queen also died in that painful incident, leaving only their two daughters, Nour and Sabina. ...
When there were no flowers on the face of the earth, not even a single flower, when flowers were a dream unknown, a little girl was playing in the garden in front of her house. She repeated the words she knew. She loved words and loved to repeat the word she learned before others. Mama, she repeated ten times. She repeated it as if it were a sweet candy and chewed it as if it were a red berry. ...
It is told that the wise Shuparnasiti sat with his disciple Chakradara and began recounting his usual stories. The topic of today’s story was about accepting advice and taking action when angry. He told him the story of the bird with two heads, saying: There was a large bird called Bharunda living on the shores of a lake. It had two heads and one body. Once, when the bird was wandering on the shores of that lake, it found some delicious fruit. One of its heads turned and said: Oh, how lucky I am. This must be a gift from the heavens to me. ...
One night, two angels decided to descend from heaven to bless some families and bestow upon them abundant gifts and wealth after testing them. The two kings disguised themselves as two little girls. Their clothes were tattered, and signs of extreme poverty and need appeared on them. The two disguised angels chose two houses. The first was located at the town’s entrance, a large house that looked like a luxurious palace with many floors and rooms. The two girls knocked on the door, and its owner opened for them. When they asked him to allow them to spend a night in his home to protect them from the cold and darkness of the night, he refused. ...