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Leo Tolstoy was one of the greatest Russian writers, and Tolstoy loved peace. He had written many good stories, and each story conveyed a certain moral value. Some of Tolstoy’s stories were long, and others were short. What you will read in the coming lines is one of Tolstoy’s stories, which he wrote in simple language to suit all ages. The winter season was extremely rainy in Russia. In some villages, rain accumulated in the streets like small streams, and the sky rained a lot without stopping. There were two little girls playing in the street with rain water. ...

Three wise men came to the city of Juha and stayed in the Sultan’s palace. While they were having lunch, they asked if there were intelligent men in the city who could solve difficult riddles. The Sultan thought a lot about the matter and found that Juha was the most intelligent of the intelligent ones in his city, so he ordered him to be brought immediately. Juha put on the finest clothes and tied his turban on his head so that he would appear like a wise man. When he reached the palace, he found a crowd of people gathered to watch how he would answer the three wise men’s questions. ...

There was a wolf named Chandrava. One day, Chandrava was very hungry and couldn’t find any food in the forest. Therefore, he decided to wander in a nearby village looking for food. Immediately, he set off to this village, almost starving from hunger. But he didn’t expect what he saw there. As soon as he reached the village, a group of dogs from every direction gathered around him, kept barking, and attacked him with their sharp teeth. The wolf decided to save his life by fleeing far from this fortified village by dogs. ...

It is told that there was a crow living in a nest on a tree, and beside its tree was the burrow of a large black snake. Whenever the crow laid eggs, the snake would wait until the crow’s chicks hatched from the eggs, then attack the chicks and eat them. The crow became sad and went to a friend, telling him what the snake was doing. He said to his friend, “I will lie in wait for the snake’s burrow until it sleeps, then I will attack it and peck its eyes in revenge for my chicks.” His friend replied to him, “Do not do that, my friend. Perhaps if you do that, the snake will kill you, and you will become like the bird who lay in wait for the crab and killed itself.” So the crow asked his friend what the story of that bird was. His friend told him: ...

One day, a dispute occurred between the sun and the winds about which of them was stronger. The sun claimed strength, and the winds did not agree with her, saying that she moved the trees and swept the waters, and did what the sun could not do. The dispute between them continued for a long time, and finally they agreed to conduct an experiment to prove that each of them was stronger by trying to take off the coat of one of the travelers on his mount in an open road. The winds started first and said to the sun, “Wait, oh sun, and see what I will do to the poor rider. I will attack him and take the coat he is wearing.” The winds began to blow with all the strength they had. ...

There was a carpenter named Fuad living in a village. His mother had been deceased for a long time, and he had an elderly father named Ya’qoub living with Fuad. Ya’qoub was extremely weak, so he could not even walk in a regular manner. As for Ya’qoub, he was extremely weak because Fuad did not give him any food. He would give his father a porcelain plate and put in the plate an extremely small quantity of rice. Fuad was a wicked man and always evil to his father always. ...

The events of the story revolve around the intelligent child Majid, the child who wanted his mother and father to teach him swimming so he would become a skilled swimmer. Indeed, his mother gave him advice and his father gave him instructions about swimming. Majid obeyed them until he was able to swim alone. He was very happy and proud of himself. Beginning of the story: Majid said to his mother while happy and holding her hand: “We’re on our way to go to the sea. I want you to teach me swimming, please, Mother.” His mother said to him: “Good, I’ll teach you swimming as you want.” ...

Long ago, in a small village, an old woman lived with her daughter. The old woman worked hard all the time, while the girl was very lazy and extremely selfish. They had a bull, and the old woman always told her daughter: “You must take good care of the bull.” The girl always mocked her old mother’s words and told her: “The bull is an animal, an animal that must serve us and we benefit from it, not us serving it.” There was a pond at a distance from the old woman’s house. Every day at noon, the old woman would take the bull to this pond and give him a drink herself, making him drink from the pond. Meanwhile, the lazy girl would only eat and sleep. ...

In the kingdom of Vidagan, there was a kind and wise king. All the citizens of the kingdom were happy, but the king was always worried and sad, for a devilish snake had entered his son the prince’s body. Neither medicine nor magic could save the prince or heal him from the devilish snake. When the prince grew up and became a young man, he thought that his father felt sadness and worry because of him. One day, the prince decided to leave the palace. He wandered through the kingdom and went to another kingdom. There, he found an abandoned temple and decided to live inside it. He would beg for his food. ...

Once there was a miller who had a beautiful daughter. Her father always praised her, but unfortunately, he often lied about his daughter’s abilities. The daughter was often angry with her father because of his lies. He would apologize to her and promise her that he wouldn’t lie again, but he soon went back on his promises. One day, the miller went to the king and began telling him about his daughter. He told the king that she could spin gold from straw. The king was very happy and asked the miller to bring his daughter to the palace. The miller was confused and feared for himself and his daughter. When he told her, the girl didn’t know what to do. But they had no choice but to go to the king’s palace, otherwise he would kill them. ...