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Mazen and his sister Mona went with their family to visit their grandfather’s house in the countryside. They were delighted by the visit; the weather was wonderful, the fields were carpeted in greenery, and the air was pure. Birds chirped, composing the most beautiful melodies with their songs, while butterflies fluttered by, spreading their colorful wings to create joyful patterns that brought peace to the soul. While Mazen and Mona were lying on the lush green grass, they heard a soft voice calling out to them: “Mazen! Mona!” They looked to the right and to the left, searching for the person calling them, but they found no one. ...

In a small village, there was a poor man named Soufian living in a small house with his small land, working on shore of one of calm seas. Soufian was working with his poor wife. He was very active, agile, and hardworking. He inherited his profession from his father and grandfather. He would plow land, plant its soil with good plants. Every day Soufian would get up at dawn to search for work, load luggage, and put food for them. Soufian loved looking at beautiful birds flying on shore, for they were different in shapes and colors and their melodious voices when they called to each other. Soufian was a strong man doing these works every day of his life, his strength and endurance increasing. ...

In the city of Seven Gates lived King Al-Mansour and his son, Prince Faris. King Al-Mansour was a just king whom the people loved. The king went out one day to hunt in the desert. The sun was hot, so the king sat under a tree and slept. A snake came, bit the sleeping king, and suddenly stung him. The horses returned with the king to the city. The king remained sleeping continuously, neither speaking nor moving. Faris was sad about his father and did not know what to do. ...

The sun said to the hawk one time, “I need some money. I hope you give me some of the money you have, and I will return it to you very soon, very soon within days.” The hawk gave some money to the sun. The days passed, and the week passed, and the month passed, but the sun did not return the money. She waited another month for the money to return, but without benefit. ...

In one of snowy mountain forests, a group of animals lived in peace for a long time. One day, a group of wolves came to forest, weak and hungry. After a while, wolves spread in forest parts, and disease spread everywhere. Animals of forest feared from wolves, so owner of forest lion king strong asked to rescue them from wolves. Lion summoned strong news from wolves and told them news of all animals suffering from their diseases. ...

In ancient times and ages past, there was a girl of extreme gentleness and beauty named Rawan. Rawan was alone with her parents, and she was the one who stayed up attending to their comfort. She would prepare breakfast for them in the morning, then her father would go to work. Then Rawan would start arranging and organizing the house’s affairs and its cleanliness. Days passed one after another until she became a young woman. Despite her extreme beauty, no one proposed to her. ...

A group of beautiful gray ducks live on the farm. The ducks would wake up every morning and go to a small river near the farm to swim and play happily. One day, the white arrogant duck came, boasting about her white color and long feathers, feeling she was more beautiful than the gray-colored ducks. The gray ducks had become accustomed to the white duck’s arrogance. They didn’t care about her words, and when she asked to play with them, they refused because she was arrogant. She kept repeating words of arrogance and admiration for her beauty, even belittling the gray ducks and describing them as ugly. ...

It is told that one day, in a quiet place near a house, there was a valley between hills. A river was flowing from between hills. When sunlight shone on golden rays on river’s surface, river water appeared like gold chains, so people named it Golden River. All trees on both sides of river were covered with fruits of good flavor, so people named this valley Fruits Valley. But these trees belonged to three brothers: Ruman, Ruslan, and Shihab. The two older brothers Ruman and Ruslan were evil. Despite their great wealth, they never gave charity to the poor. They even killed all camels and birds living in valley so they wouldn’t eat from their fruits. Their younger brother Shihab was greedy and harsh like them. ...

There was a rabbit and a rabbitess living together in a small house in one of the forests. Days passed, and the rabbitess became pregnant. The two started building the small nest together until the rabbitess would give birth in it. A full month passed, and the rabbitess gave birth to five small rabbits. They rejoiced at the birth of their children, and they danced and sang. The rabbitess started nursing the small children every day. As for the rabbit, he would gather clover and herbs for her to eat so she could nurse her little ones. ...

The animals and birds went to the lion in his den to complain about their condition and tell him their problems, hoping he would find a suitable solution for them. He was the king of the forest and had enough mind and wisdom to solve their problems. The wild chicken said: My lord, king of the forest, vegetables have become scarce in the forest and don’t suffice for all the birds. The lion said to his minister the leopard: Write down the chicken’s problem so we can work on solving it. ...