Father Christmas and His Workshop At his workshop at the North Pole, Father Christmas works all year round to make the toys that children all over the world receive at Christmas. It is an important task and it requires not only imagination, but also skill and organisation. Fortunately, the gnomes of the North give him a hand. They are the most trustworthy of all gnomes, even if they do have some...

Cup named Madonna     A long long time ago, a heavy wagon was stucked in the mud and the wagon driver was unable to free it. Just then, by sheer chance, the Madonna passed by. ‘I am thirsty,’ she said. ‘Give me a drink and I will set your wagon free.’ ‘Willingly,’ said the man, offering her the bottle, ‘but I don’t have a cup.’ ‘I can provide the cup,’...

Bondo The Wolf and The Stray Dog Poor old Bondo, the wolf, was always getting into trouble. But when he met a stray dog, chased away from home and reduced to skin and bones from hunger, Bondo yelped with joy. ‘Now I’m going to make a meal of you,’ he said. ‘Skinny as I am?’ answered the dog, ‘You’d be better off fattening me up a bit, first.’ Bondo the wolf...

Aldebaran and The Celestial Camels Aldebaran, the most luminous star in the constellation of Taurus, fell in love with Electra, the most beautiful star of the Pleiades and he went to ask for her hand in marriage. He had gifts of a herd of camels, but on the way he was attacked by another aspirant for her hand, Alcyon. The fight between them is not yet over. Even now, on calm...

Two Friends and The Bear Vijay and Raju were friends. On a holiday they went into a forest. They were enjoying the beauty of nature. Suddenly they saw a bear coming at them. They were frightened. Raju who knew climbing trees ran up to a tree and climbed up quickly. He did not think of Vijay. Vijay did not know tree climbing. Vijay thought for a second. He had heard animals...

Two Silly Goats There lived two silly goats in a village. There was a narrow bridge over a river in the village. One day, the goats wanted to cross the bridge. One silly goat was on one side. The other one was on the other side. One of them said, “I shall go first. Allow me to pass.” The other goat said, “No. I must cross first. You move aside.” Neither...

The Wolf in Sheep-skin A wolf was walking in the countryside. He found a sheep-skin spread on the ground. He thought, “If I wear this skin and get mixed up in the flock, the shepherd will not suspect me. At night, I will kill a stout sheep and then take him away with me”. The wolf covered himself with the sheep-skin and got mixed up with a flock of sheep. As...

The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats Once upon a time there lived an old goat who had seven young ones whom she loved as every mother loves her children. One day she wanted to go into the forest to fetch some food so calling her seven young ones together, she said, “Dear children, I am going away into the forest. Be careful about the wolf. If he comes here he...