The Gosling

In the village farm, a white gosling lived with the rest of the geese, who were gray in color. His color was less beautiful than the white gosling’s color, who was vain with himself, proud of his different color. He went and came among the birds, priding himself, happy with the birds’ gazes around him at his attractive feather and clear color. But the birds began to be annoyed by his pride in himself, ignoring him or saying to him: Why all this boasting? Do you think there is no white gosling in the world except you? The goose noticed that the birds started looking at the black rooster. ...

The Gluttonous Woman

In one of the countries overlooking the river, there was a beautiful farm with a spacious house where a gluttonous woman lived, who loved food very much, especially chicken eggs. She would go out every day from the house to the farm where she raised chickens to get delicious eggs, and she would thank the chickens for these eggs. The gluttonous woman would enjoy eating the chicken eggs and have them for breakfast. One morning, the gluttonous woman went out to collect eggs from the farm. The gluttonous woman collected the eggs as usual, and the woman would enjoy eating the eggs in different ways every morning, sometimes fried and sometimes boiled. ...

The Magic Pot

There was a peasant named Jaber who lived in a village. He had a small plot of land. On a hot day, the peasant Jaber was digging in the ground when suddenly his pick struck something. The peasant decided to continue digging, then he found a large pot inside the ground. The large pot was rich because it would provide the peasant with food for a hundred people. The peasant thought the pot wouldn’t be of any use to him, so he decided to dig deeper, hoping he would find something else. The peasant continued digging. ...

The Story of Big Claus and Little Claus

Once upon a time, in one of the Danish cities, there were two men, one called Little Claus and the other Big Claus. One day, Little Claus went to Big Claus’s house and asked to work in his field. Little Claus was poor and owned only one horse, while Big Claus was rich and owned four horses. Little Claus Borrows the Four Horses: Little Claus worked hard in the field while his big brother watched him until he finished his work in the field. As soon as Little Claus finished working in the field, he asked Big Claus to lend him his horses so he could work with them in his small farm. Big Claus agreed to lend them to him for only one day. ...

September 4, 2017 · Qasas

The Story of Juha and the Goose

It is told that in ancient times, Juha decided to give the Sultan a wonderful gift on his birthday. So he chose to give him a cooked goose. So he brought a fat goose and slaughtered it and cleaned it well, then placed it in a pot with water on the fire, and put on it the spices and water to make it tasty, and all the goose needed so that its meat would cook. And indeed, when its meat cooked, Juha looked at it for a long time, then said: And now, oh my dear goose, the Sultan will eat you alone, with enjoyment and health. ...

Juha and the Stingy Neighbor

The events of the story take place in ancient times between Juha and his neighbor, the stingy man, who lived by borrowing things from other people, using them, and refusing to buy for himself, despite being very rich. The events of the story revolve around what Juha did with him to teach him a lesson he would learn from: to stay away from people’s things, abandon the bad trait of stinginess, and use his money to buy his needs. ...

The Clever Bull

There was a large forest with many birds and animals. One of the times, there was a bull walking in the forest. He stood before a cave. Near the cave was a large pool and a patch of land covered with green grass. The bull thought this place was suitable to be his home. The bull began sleeping in the cave and began turning it into his home. Many days passed. The bull felt that his new home pleased him greatly, to the point that his health became much better. The bull was happy and felt safe. He had many friends in the forest. ...

The Donkey of the Cave

In the large forest, the animals’ houses were close to each other. They would reassure each other, ask about each other when one was absent, and visit each other when one was sick. One morning, the female deer met her neighbor the rabbit. She greeted him and said: “Peace be upon you.” The rabbit returned the greeting: “And upon you peace, oh neighbor deer. How are you? I haven’t seen you for some days, perhaps you were unwell.” ...

The Little Sea Fairy

It is told that one day in the depths of the sea, there lived a king named Tariton, and Tariton was the king of the sea fishes, beloved by all sea creatures, except one evil fairy named Orsola. The king had six beautiful mermaid princesses, and the youngest of them, Arial, was the most beautiful, brilliant, and stunning among them, and she was beloved by all sea creatures. The reason for this was her beautiful voice, as Arial loved to sing with her beautiful voice, and the fishes would gather around her to enjoy her beautiful voice. ...

The Story of Juha and the Ring

The events of the story take place in ancient times, when a small merchant went to Juha to ask him for guidance on a ring maker to make a ring for him, as the price of making the ring would be cheap so he could use it in his trade. Indeed, Juha guided him to a skilled ring maker, but the price the ring maker requested was beyond the small merchant’s ability. So Juha devised a clever trick that got the merchant out of this situation, and he obtained what he wanted with ease. ...