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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 Remarkable Rocket
Oscar Wilde’s witty tale about a rocket who is convinced that he is by far the most remarkable firework in the pack.
The Christmas Beauty
Princess Talia has no home to go to at Christmas. Her college friend Sally invites her to her house in Liverpool, where Talia’s strange behaviour does not entirely win favour with her family.
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.
Fairy tales 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.