Fairy Tales in Order of Publication Page 10
The Grateful Crane
A story from Japan about a poor farmer who rescues a crane and finds that his luck changes for the better until his curiosity gets the better of him.
The Emperor’s Dream
A dreamy, eastern love story.
The Desolate Island
A slave asks for his freedom and then sets out on an adventure. This parable from the Middle East has a mysterious and spiritual tone, and is also rather intriguing.
When the Sun Hid in Her Cave
An legend from Japan about how the world was plunged into darkness when the Sun goddess sulked. The other gods gathered to remedy the situation, and invented fun and music.
The Leap-frog
Hans Christian Andersen’s short but perfect tale about three animals that have pretentions to marry a princess and ‘leap” above their stations in life.
Urashima
A Japanese fairy tale about a kind-hearted fisher boy who catches a turtle and lets it go free.
Tom Thumb
An adventurous and amusing fairy tale from England.
The 1001 Nights
How to enchant a terrible Sultan through the art of Story-telling.
The Wild Man
A wild man of the woods is kept prisoner in a cage in the courtyard of the castle. A boy takes pity on the curious captive, and sets him free – only to meet him again later.
The First Strawberries
A legend of the Cherokee Indians. The first man and the first woman quarrel, and the sun reunites them with a very special gift.
Fairytales and legends including many that you have probably never heard before. Rumbustious and amusing, or gentle and spiritual, these tales are a world tour of stories ! We have adapted many of these stories especially for Storynory.