The Holiday with Walid

Karim was very eager to start the vacation, and his mother kept repeating that there would be a surprise during the vacation. Karim was very enthusiastic to know what this surprise was. After the exams ended and the summer season began, Karim felt that he was free like a small bird. He took his drawing book and got ready to draw and color in it. He was planning to play ball and watch television. Karim decided to do whatever he pleased during the vacation days. ...

The Story of the Rooster That Would not Crow

The Story of the Rooster That Wouldn’t Crow is a tale designed to develop a child’s cognitive skills. At the same time, it is an enjoyable and engaging story that presents a problem faced by a farmer. This problem encourages children to think of solutions, thereby enhancing their thinking and problem-solving abilities. Story Events: Farmer Harpole owned a large farm for growing various crops. However, due to a severe drought this summer, Uncle Harpole was unable to plant his summer crops. The poor weather meant the seeds would not grow well, and he would not have a successful harvest this year. ...

The Fox and the Stork

Children love short stories, even folktales, as they are a means of pleasure and entertainment for the child. In addition, they enrich the child’s culture and convey to them lessons and wisdom of life, and even help guide children’s behavior and refine their morals. When fathers and mothers gather with their children to tell the events of the story, children are filled with feelings of belonging and love for the family, and it increases the bond between them, and also increases the depth of the relationship between parents and their children. ...

The Story of the Shell-Shocked Turtle

Among the stories that highlight the feelings of fear that our children are exposed to, and perhaps we do not know how to deal with them often. Events of the story: The little turtle Owen was afraid to come out of her shell again, because she had been exposed to a strong thunderstorm that struck her shell hard. Since Owen heard the sound of the thunderstorm, she had become very afraid of everything. ...

The Lion and the Hare

In one of the forests, there was a very old and arrogant lion. He prided himself on all the animals around him in the forest, until one day when he was sleeping in his nest and the insects were disturbing his place. The lion woke up from his sleep suddenly on the impact of a hare falling on both of his front paws. The lion struck his leg angrily, but when he saw it, he grabbed it and mocked it, saying: “Don’t you know that the king of animals is sleeping? How did you fall and enter his nest? How do you play and have fun with him without fear?” ...

The Story of the Greedy Crocodile

It is narrated that in one of the nights there was a tree pomegranate beautiful growing on the bank of the river, living on this tree a small monkey who loved to eat the fruit of the pomegranate which is sweet, and which grows on its branches. One day a greedy monkey came to ask him: Do you hear me that I can eat some of the fruit of your beautiful tree? ...

Little Red Riding Hood

The story of Little Red Riding Hood is considered one of the European fable stories, telling about a girl’s relationship with a bad wolf, and it is one of the beloved children’s stories. This story tells about a little girl living in a village near the forests, named Little Red Riding Hood because whenever she left the house, she would wear a red dress, so the village people gave her that name, Little Red Riding Hood. ...

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

The story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is one of the beautiful traditional stories that both adults and children love. Many cinema directors have even made cinematic films about the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Story Events: The events of the story take place in Baghdad in the Abbasid era. It is told that there were two brothers, the elder named Qasim and the younger named Ali Baba. They lived with their father the rich merchant. After their father’s death, he left them a great fortune, much money, and many properties. ...

The Story of the Elephant and Friends

There was a lone elephant who wanted to have many friends, so he decided to enter the forest to look for friends. When he entered the forest, the elephant saw a monkey on a tree. The elephant asked the monkey, “Can you be my friend?” The monkey replied, “You are too big. You cannot swing on tree branches like me.” The Rabbit: The elephant continued his way and found a rabbit. He asked him, “Can you be my friend?” But the rabbit replied saying, “You are too big to play with me in the burrow.” ...

The Three Little Chickens

One day, there were three brothers from chickens. One was a cook, the second a carpenter, and the third a bricklayer. The three brothers decided to build houses for themselves to live in. The three brothers started the decision to build houses and began building. The first decided to build his house from straw, the second decided to build his house from wood, and the third decided to build his house from brick. ...