Scaly dragons and knights in armor. . .magic swords and magic spells. . .great battles and deeds of courage! Nearly every part of the world has stories filled with such things---tales of mighty...
Follow the leader
A school has a principal. A football team has a quarterback. An army has a general. All these people are leaders. It's their job to run the school, or the team, or the army. Countries have leaders,...
Theseus and the Minotaur
from Stories of the Gods and. Heroes by Sally Benson Myths are the wonderful tales that people long ago told about their gods and heroes---tales that still fascinate people today. Here are two Greek...
How the Turtle Saved His Own Life
a Jataka Tale from India retold by Ellen C. Babbitt A king once had a lake made in the courtyard for the young princes to play in. They swam about in it, and sailed their boats and rafts on it. One...
The Foolish, Timid Rabbit
a Jataka Tale from India retold by Ellen C. Babbitt Once upon a time, a Rabbit was asleep under a palmtree. All at once he woke up, and thought: "What if the world should break up! What then would...
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
> a West African folk tale retold by Verna Aardema One morning a mosquito saw an iguana drinking at a waterhole. The mosquito said, "Iguana, you will never believe what I saw yesterday." "Try me,"...
Three Little Guinea Pigs
###Three Little Guinea Pigs a Danish nursery rhyme adapted by N. M. Bodecker Three little Guinea pigs went to see the King. One brought a rose; one brought a ring; one brought a turnip to give to...
Old King Cole
> Every fiddler, he had a fiddle, And a very fine fiddle had he; Oh, > there's none so rare As can compare > > With King Cole and his fiddlers three. Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry...
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king? The...
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses, And all the King's men, Couldn't put Humpty together again.
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