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A prince is riding his horse. He sees the forest. He can see towers behind the trees. "What’s that in the forest?" he asks a farmer. "There is a kingdom in the forest. Everybody in the kingdom is sleeping," says the farmer. The farmer tells the prince the story about the bad fairy and the beautiful princess. "We call the princess Sleeping Beauty," says the farmer. "One day, a prince will kiss her and she will wake up." The prince is curious. He wants to see Sleeping Beauty. The prince goes into the forest. He cuts the trees with his sword. He cuts and cuts. He’s very tired. The good fairy is hiding in the forest. She helps the prince. She waves her magic wand and the trees move. Now the prince can find the kingdom. The prince goes into the palace. It’s very quiet! The people and the animals are sleeping. The prince is looking for Sleeping Beauty. He sees some stairs. He goes up the stairs and he finds her in the tallest tower. Sleeping Beauty is sleeping on her bed. She’s very beautiful. The prince falls in love with her! The prince kisses Sleeping Beauty. Suddenly, she wakes up! She opens her eyes. She sees the prince and she smiles. The princess falls in love with the prince. "Thank you, handsome prince," she says. Everybody in the kingdom wakes up. The King and Queen wake up. The men and women wake up. The children wake up. The animals wake up. The prince and princess marry. Everybody in the kingdom is happy again.
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Everybody in the kingdom is sad. The men and women aren’t singing or dancing. The children aren’t playing. They want to see the princess again. One day, the King goes to the good fairy. He wants her help. "I can’t wake up the princess," says the good fairy. "But I can help you." The good fairy goes to the top of a hill. She looks at the kingdom and she waves her magic wand. Suddenly, everybody in the kingdom falls asleep. The King and Queen fall asleep. The men and the women fall asleep. The children fall asleep. The animals fall asleep. The good fairy waves her magic wand again. Suddenly, a forest grows around the kingdom. The trees are very tall and they hide the kingdom. For one hundred years, nobody goes there.
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The princess is a young woman now. She’s beautiful, clever and kind. She can sing and dance. She’s always happy. But she’s also very curious. Today is her birthday. She’s sixteen. The princess is walking in the palace. She sees some stairs. Suddenly, she hears a noise. The princess is curious and she goes up the stairs. The stairs go up a tower. There is a room at the top of the tower. The princess opens the door. She sees an ugly woman. It’s the bad fairy! "Hello. What are you doing?" asks the princess. "I’m spinning. Do you want to try?" says the bad fairy. "Yes. I do," says the princess. The princess sits down at the spinning wheel. Suddenly, she cuts her finger and she falls asleep! The King and Queen find the princess. They put her in her bed. They remember the bad fairy’s words. The King and Queen are crying. "We mustn’t cry," says the King. "Remember the seventh fairy’s present. Our beautiful daughter won’t die. She’s sleeping. She will sleep for one hundred years."
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It’s a bad fairy. She is very ugly. Everybody is afraid of her. The bad fairy is angry because the King didn’t ask her to come to the party. "I want to give the princess my present," says the bad fairy. She points to the baby princess and she says. "When she’s sixteen, she’ll cut her finger on a spinning wheel and die!" The bad fairy laughs and leaves. Everybody is very sad. But the seventh fairy can help. "Don’t worry. Here’s my present. The princess won’t die. She will sleep for one hundred years," she says. "Then a prince will kiss her and she will wake up." The King and Queen are afraid. The King wants to hide all the spinning wheels. He sends a messenger to the town. "Hide your spinning wheels. We must save the princess," says the messenger.
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One day, a good King and his beautiful Queen have a baby. They are very happy. "Let’s have a party," says the King. The King and Queen invite their friends to the party. They also invite seven good fairies. Today is the party! Everybody gives a present to the baby princess. The fairies also give presents. Their presents are very special. "You will be beautiful," says the first fairy. "You will be clever," says the second fairy. "You will be kind," says the third fairy. "You will sing," says the fourth fairy. "You will dance," says the fifth fairy. "You will always be happy," says the sixth fairy. Suddenly, somebody knocks on the palace door.
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One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to a cool spring of water with a rose in the middle of it, she sat herself down to rest a while. Now she had a golden ball in her hand, which was her favourite plaything; and she was always tossing it up into the air, and catching it again as it fell.
After a time she threw it up so high that she missed catching it as it fell; and the ball bounded away, and rolled along on the ground, until at last it fell down into the spring. The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that she could not see the bottom of it. She began to cry, and said, 'Alas! if I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.'
Whilst she was speaking, a frog put its head out of the water, and said, 'Princess, why do you weep so bitterly?'
'Alas!' said she, 'what can you do for me, you nasty frog? My golden ball has fallen into the spring.'
The frog said, 'I do not want your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep on your bed, I will bring you your ball again.'
'What nonsense,' thought the princess, 'this silly frog is talking! He can never even get out of the spring to visit me, though he may be able to get my ball for me, and therefore I will tell him he shall have what he asks.'
So she said to the frog, 'Well, if you will bring me my ball, I will do all you ask.'
Then the frog put his head down, and dived deep under the water; and after a little while he came up again, with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the edge of the spring.
As soon as the young princess saw her ball, she ran to pick it up; and she was so overjoyed to have it in her hand again, that she never thought of the frog, but ran home with it as fast as she could.
The frog called after her, 'Stay, princess, and take me with you as you said,'
But she did not stop to hear a word.
The next day, just as the princess had sat down to dinner, she heard a strange noise - tap, tap - plash, plash - as if something was coming up the marble staircase, and soon afterwards there was a gentle knock at the door, and a little voice cried out and said:
'Open the door, my princess dear,
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.'
Then the princess ran to the door and opened it, and there she saw the frog, whom she had quite forgotten. At this sight she was sadly frightened, and shutting the door as fast as she could came back to her seat.
The king, her father, seeing that something had frightened her, asked her what was the matter.
'There is a nasty frog,' said she, 'at the door, that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning. I told him that he should live with me here, thinking that he could never get out of the spring; but there he is at the door, and he wants to come in.'
While she was speaking the frog knocked again at the door, and said:
'Open the door, my princess dear,
Open the door to thy true love here!
And mind the words that thou and I said
By the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.'
Then the king said to the young princess, 'As you have given your word you must keep it; so go and let him in.'
She did so, and the frog hopped into the room, and then straight on - tap, tap - plash, plash - from the bottom of the room to the top, till he came up close to the table where the princess sat.
'Pray lift me upon chair,' said he to the princess, 'and let me sit next to you.'
As soon as she had done this, the frog said, 'Put your plate nearer to me, that I may eat out of it.'
This she did, and when he had eaten as much as he could, he said, 'Now I am tired; carry me upstairs, and put me into your bed.' And the princess, though very unwilling, took him up in her han -
The Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never yet been beaten," said he, "when I put forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race with me."
The Tortoise said quietly, "I accept your challenge."
"That is a good joke," said the Hare; "I could dance round you all the way."
"Keep your boasting till you've won," answered the Tortoise. "Shall we race?"
So a course was fixed and a start was made. The Hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the Tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the Hare awoke from his nap, he saw the Tortoise just near the winning-post and could not run up in time to save the race.
Then the Tortoise said: "Slow but steady progress wins the race." -
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.
"That's for me, as I am a Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree.
"Good day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking today: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds."
The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.
"That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future: "Do not trust flatterers." -
A Wolf found great difficulty in getting at the sheep owing to the vigilance of the shepherd and his dogs. But one day it found the skin of a sheep that had been flayed and thrown aside, so it put it on over its own pelt and strolled down among the sheep.
The Lamb that belonged to the sheep whose skin the Wolf was wearing began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep's clothing. So, leading the Lamb a little apart, he soon made a meal off her - and for some time he succeeded in deceiving the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.
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The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said, "I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin." So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give up in despair. Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.
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The Fox and The Crane
It was long, long ago when the Fox and the Crane were close friends. One fine day the Fox invited the Crane to dinner with her and said to him:
«Come, buddy! Come, my dear! I’ll treat you heartily!”
And so the Crane came to the Fox for the dinner party. The Fox had cooked semolina for the dinner and smeared it over the plate. Then she served it and treated her guest.
“Help yourself to tasty dinner, my dear godfather. That was me who cooked it!”
The Crane went peck-peck with his beak, knocked and knocked but couldn’t pick even a bit of fare. The Fox kept licking the cereal until she had eaten it all.
When there’s no cereal at all, the Fox said,
«Don’t feel offended, buddy. There’s nothing more to treat you”.
«And thanks hereon, dear,” the Crane said, “now it’s your turn to visit me”.
Next day the Fox came, and the Crane made okroshka and poured in into a tall pitcher with a narrow neck and treated the fox.
“Help yourself to tasty dinner, my dear godmother. Honestly, there’s nothing more to entertain you”.
The Fox spinned around the pitcher and licked it and sniffed it but couldn’t extract even a drop of the soup. Her head wouldn’t fit the pitcher at all.
Meanwhile the Crane sucked the soup with his long bill. When everything had been eaten, he said to the Fox,
«Don’t feel offended, dear. There’s nothing more to treat you”.
The Fox got very angry as she hoped to be full up for the whole week along. So she left empty-handed.
And that was a tit for tat! So, the Fox and the Crane hadn’t been friends anymore since then. -
Grandmother grew a very big turnip. The grandfather came to pick it out, he tried so hard but couldn’t pull it out.

He called the grandmother. She pulled the grandfather, and he pulled the turnip but they didn’t manage anyway.

Then they called the granddaughter. They tried but still — no success.

The granddaughter called the dog. They tried to do it but the story happened again.

Then the dog called the cat but still they didn’t pull out the turnip.

Then they called the mouse. And finally they pulled the turnip out!
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An old man and an old woman lived poorly. The man asked the woman to make a bun. —“We have no flour. What do I need to make it?” She found some flour, made a bun and placed it on the open window to cool. The little bun suddenly rolled off.

The bun was rolling along the forest and faced a hare. The hare said: “I will eat you!” The little bun asked not to eat him and sang a song for the hare. While the little bun was singing, the hare distracted and didn’t get when the bun ran away.
The little bun rolled on and faced a wolf. And everything happened as with the hare. He sang a song and rolled away. The same happened with the bear. The little bun ran from everyone until he met a fox. She wasn’t as stupid as other animals. She asked the bun to sing.
When he finished she said: “What a beautiful song. But sweet bun, I am so old, so can you sit closer on my nose and sing to me one more time?” The bun did as he was asked and — bump — the fox ate him!
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Long time ago all the birds could talk like people. Most of all the birds, people liked the talkative parrot because this honest bird always told the truth.
He lived with a dishonest cruel man. One night the man killed his friend’s cow. When the friend came to look for it in the morning, he asked the dishonest cruel man, «Did you kill my cow yesterday?»
«No, I didn’t,» said the man.
«Is that the truth? Let’s ask the parrot, because he always tells the truth.»
«Yes, he did. This dishonest cruel man killed the cow,» answered the parrot.
When night came, the man had an idea. He put a great cup on the parrot’s head. Then he poured a lot of water on the cup.
In the morning his friend and some other people came to his house again.
«I know that this dishonest cruel man killed my cow. The parrot says that he did.»
«You are wrong! That parrot tells lies. He will not tell the truth even about what happened last night. Ask him if there was the moon in the sky yesterday.»
«No,» said the parrot. «There was no moon, it was raining all night.»
«It is impossible! This bird tells lies! What shall we do?» the people said. «Fly away! You can’t live with us!»
So the parrot flew away unhappily into the forest where he met a mocking-bird (пересмешник) and told him his story.
«Why did you not repeat words as I do?» asked the mocking-bird. «Men always think their words are clever.»
«But the man told lies and he was not intelligent,» said the parrot.
«That is nothing,» answered the mocking-bird. «Say what they say, and they will think you are a wonderful and polite bird.»
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Once upon a time there lived a Flower Fairy. She lived in a lovely garden full of flowers and trees. The Fairy was beautiful and kind, everybody loved her. There were young princes and princesses who lived with her in the garden. All of them were very happy because they were near her and they never left her until they grew up. When the time came and they had to leave her, she gave to each of them a gift.
In her garden there was a Princess whose name was Sylvia. The Fairy loved her with all her heart as she was the nicest and the youngest.
Two princesses Iris and Daphne grew up and left the beautiful garden. Once the Fairy wished to know how the princesses were doing.She decided to send Sylvia to them because it was the time for Sylvia to leave her and the girl did not know what gift she was going to ask. So, Sylvia got on a chariot drawn by butterflies and went to see Iris and Daphne.
First, she arrived to the garden of Princess Iris. Iris got the gift of beauty from the Fairy. But unfortunately, she became ill and her beauty was gone. That is why Sylvia would not like to get the same gift.
Then Sylvia was sent to Princess Daphne. Daphne was one of the princesses who asked for the gift of beautiful speech. Of course, she spoke well but she never stopped talking. So Sylvia did not like this gift, too. When she returned to the Fairy it was the time to get a gift. The Fairy asked what Sylvia wanted to take with her into the great world. Sylvia paused for a moment and then answered, «Happiness. To be happy in the world is all I want.»
And the Fairy presented her with this gift. Sylvia never wanted expensive gold rings or big castles, she never envied anybody and was always happy. And all people around her were happy, too. -
Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife who were happy to own a goose that laid a golden egg daily. In spite of their luck, however, they soon stopped being satisfied with their fortune and wanted even more.
They imagined that if the goose can lay golden eggs, it must be made of gold inside. So they thought that if they could get all that precious metal at once, they would get very rich immediately. Then the couple decided to kill the bird.
However, when they cut the goose open, they were shocked to find that its innards were just like any other goose has got! -
This scary story for kids ends with a question, the answers to which can make the story even scarier.
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Once there was a sultan who loved to eat. He ate three or four times a day. One after another, he ate
yoghurt soup
and potatoes with yoghurt
and meat with yoghurt
and fruit with youghurt.
His dining-room was beautiful. There were large mirrors, thick carpets and expensive furniture in it. Music was played. Birds sang in their cages.
Every day, the sultan looked in the mirror. He smiled when he saw how fat and round he was.
‘I’m sure I’m the fattest, roundest sultan in the world’, he thought.
One day the sultan found that it was very difficult for him to walk: his body was too heavy. He couldn’t wear his beautiful clothes: they were too small.
The sultan couldn’t get into his bath. A new bath was made, large enough to hold two elephants! Ten men helped the sultan to get into the bath. Ten men helped the sultan to get out again.
The sultan was getting fatter and fatter. His beautiful expensive bed broke under him, his throne got a crack… Something had to be done.
The sultan called his best magician. ‘I am too fat. I can’t wear my beautiful clothes! I can’t sit on my throne! I can’t walk in my garden! I want to get thinner. Try some of your magic spells!’
The magician tried his best magic spell but it didn’t help. He tried another one. The sultan didn’t get thinner.
‘I’m too old’, said the magician. ‘I can’t help you. You must find a doctor.’
The sultan’s men went out all over the kingdom, crying:
‘Listen! Listen! The Sultan has become too fat. He must have a doctor to help him to become thin again. Who can help Sultan? Your prize will be great.’
Doctors hurried to the palace from all parts of the kingdom. Each one was sure that he could help the sultan.
The first doctor looked at the sultan. Then he said, ‘My Sultan, you must eat nothing but fruit.’
The Sultan tried for a week to eat nothing but fruit. He had fruit for beakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner. He tried to eat nothing but fruit. Oh, he ate between meals now and then. Some potatoes with meat, or white bread with butter and jam… And nothing was better than a few plates of honey cakes.
At the end of the week, the first doctor came to see the sultan. The sultan was fatter than ever.
‘Take him away! Put him in prison!’ shouted the sultan. ‘Give him nothing but fruit.’
Another doctor looked at the sultan. Then he said, ‘My Sultan, you must take nothing but hot tea.’
The sultan tried for a week to take nothing but hot tea for breakfast, hot tea for lunch, hot tea for dinner. Oh, he ate between meals now and then, because he was so hungry. Some rice with meat, some bread with jam and, of course, honey cakes.
At the end of the week, the second doctor came to see the sultan. The sultan was fatter than ever.
‘Take him away! Put him in prison!’ shouted the sultan. ‘Give him nothing but hot tea.’
The third doctor came. ‘Give the sultan hot baths every day,’ he said. The sultan had hot baths every day but between baths he ate and ate. So this doctor was sent to prison, too.
More and more doctors came.
‘Nothing but meat!’ said one doctor.
‘No music at meals!’ said another.
‘Less sleep!’
‘Nothing but yoghurt!’
‘Nothing but rice!’
One after another, forty doctors tried to help the sultan. One after another, forty doctors were put in prison.
As for the sultan, he grew fatter and fatter.
One day a wise hamal passed the palace. On his back he carried the furniture of a whole house.
‘Hamal!’ called the sultan’s page. ‘Come to the palace!’ The hamal put down the furniture. He hurried after the page.
‘You can carry the furniture from a whole house,’ said the page. ‘Lift our sultan into his bed.’
For a minute hamal looked at the sultan. He knew of the sultan’s problems.
‘What does it matter if he sits on his throne or gets into his bed? He will be dead in forty days!’ the hamal said.
‘What did you say?’ asked the sultan.
‘You’ll be dead in forty days,’ said the hamal again.
‘How do you know?’
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The Nightingale and the Rose
by Oscar Wilde
The Nightingale and the Rose was first published in 1888 as part of Oscar Wilde's collection of children's stories entitled The Happy Prince and Other Tales. That collection of children's stories also includes: The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket. - もっと表示する
