My Favorite Animal

The novel’s events revolve around children and nature. The novel begins in one of the schools where the teacher asks the students to bring their favorite animals to school. In class the next day, each student introduces their favorite animal and the characteristics that distinguish that animal. Indeed, each student brought their favorite animal, and they explained the advantages and characteristics of each animal, until one student brought a very large animal that amazed everyone with its presence in the school. What was that animal?! ...

October 6, 2017 · Qasas

The Mouse in the Farm

Events of the story revolve around two friends, Zainab and Zuran. One day, Zainab invited Zuran to the farm to spend a day in the open air with her and her family. When Zuran arrived at the farm, Zainab knew all the animals in the farm well. She gathered eggs for Zuran from the chickens, then fed them bread and the chickens. Then they played with the lambs and the little donkeys. In the farm, there was a pond where Zuran played with the fish. They had a wonderful day there. ...

The Hen and the Wheat Spike

While the hen Karkar was pecking and looking for food, she found a wheat spike, and was amazed by its golden appearance, so she took it with her beak, ground it, and baked it. So she would get a complete delicious meal. The hen and the beetle: While she was on her way to the nearby field, she encountered a beetle. He had taken some dirt from her, so she pleaded with him to help her with the heavy load on her back. But he apologized to her because he didn’t have time at the moment, so she didn’t care about what the beetle Daniel did, but she continued on her way. ...

The Wedding

The wedding was supposed to be in January, but after that we were surprised that my father had become seriously ill, and immediately after that my mother got sick too. Even Bonnie’s parents suffered from severe illness, and they had to go to the hospital. Since then, Bonnie and I put all wedding plans on hold, and we considered ourselves Mr. and Mrs. Cahill, even though in reality she was Bonnie Mayfield and I was Richard Cahill!! ...

October 5, 2017 · Qasas

The Story of Hadiya

It is told that one day there was living a small girl named Hadiya with her parents and her four brothers. She was the youngest of the children and her age was twenty years. Her brothers loved each other a lot, and therefore they were treating her as a small child. Even though Hadiya’s brothers were not evil, they were treating her with kindness, and they did not think that she should sit with them or to participate with them in their doings. ...

The Story of Noor and the Fake Moon

In the evening, the moon was bright and beautiful. So Noor said to her mother: “Look, oh mother, how beautiful the moon is! It is like the night’s lamp.” The mother laughed and said to her: “True, oh Noor, but how far, for in reality it has neither water nor air, and it is full of holes.” Noor went out to the garden of the house, and she was thinking about her mother’s words. She sat to play with her ball, and between the ball and the time she was looking at the moon and saying to herself: “How beautiful you are, oh moon. I wish I could reach you.” ...

The Story of the Palace and the Hut

There was a king known for his justice and kindness. He tried to help everyone with their problems. The people in the good king’s kingdom were happy, and everyone loved him and rejoiced because the king was just. One day, the king decided to build a palace on the bank of a river. He asked his workers to inspect the building from the start, so that he could start the work. The workers started the work, and within a few days the palace was ready. Before the king arrived to see the palace, the minister decided to go to make an early inspection and to ensure that everything was good. ...

The Village Mouse and the City Mouse

There were two friends from mice, one of whom lived in the village where there’s countryside, vegetables, and crops, and the other lived in the city where there are buildings, towers, and markets. One day, the two friends met and each of them talked about his life. The village mouse decided to invite his friend from the city to see life in the countryside between the fields, to get to know his way of life and taste his food. The city mouse friend agreed immediately, as the idea amazed him, and indeed the two friends met the next day. ...

The Story of the Queen of the Wolves

Kay and Girada were two close friends for stories. Kay’s grandmother used to gather with them to tell them a scary story every day. One day, the grandmother sat with Kay and Girada to tell them the story of the queen of the wolves, that evil sorceress who turns human’s heart into a heart of a wolf, and he becomes after her a servant and follows her. During the telling of the story, Kay wished to meet with the queen of the wolves. Suddenly, he felt pain in his heart and cried out. Girada rushed to her dear friend to comfort him, but he shouted in her face and left with anger and displeasure. From that moment, Kay’s habits changed toward her dear friend Girada, and she became bigger on him, and she was not able to understand her actions those. ...

The Story of the Three Brothers

They lived in a beautiful farm, three brothers with their mother. They used to help their father with farm work. But they argued a lot, which saddened their father. The brothers did not stop arguing even on their way to market to sell their farm’s products of vegetables. One of them would lead the cart and one of them would hold the reins of the mules so that they would not fall to the ground. So they were arguing about which one of them would hold the cart and which one would hold the reins. They argued around each one of them about who would hold the cart and who would hold the reins. The cart was beautiful, and the mules were strong and wonderful. ...