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In this traditional Korean folktale, a bird, monkey, and elephant lived near an old tree. One day, while swinging on the tree, the three friends fought over who got to stay on the swing the longest. The elephant claimed he should swing the most since…

This story is a traditional Korean story based on Aesop's Fable "The Tortoise and The Hare." In the story, the two animals run a race. Just like "The Tortoise and The Hare," the Rabbit falls asleep during the race, and the Turtle wins.

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This version of Little Red follows Brothers Grimm’s story: both Little Red and Gramma get eaten by the big, bad wolf, but they are miraculously rescued by a huntsman or a woodcutter who open the wolf’s belly. This ending is more suitable for younger…

Popol Vuh [Book of the People] tells the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people, one of the Maya peoples, who inhabit the Guatemalan highlands, the South of Mexico, and areas of Belize.

About the Spanish language in Guatemala: the Guatemalan…

The story is about a princess, Scheherazade, who tells bedtime stories to a king for a thousand and one nights. But every night, just as the story is getting exciting and intriguing she stops and the king, who is very curious, has to wait until the…

The story starts off with a Brahmin carrying a goat on his shoulder, gifted to him by a rich merchant for fulfilling his priestly duties. The Brahmin is tricked by three thugs into leaving the goat on the streets for the fear that the goat is…

There lived three fish in a reservoir. The first is called Anna. She is proactive and believes in strategically avoiding danger as soon as you sense it. The second fish is called Pratyu, and she only likes to avoid things that are really dangerous.…

Based on the classic Aesop fable, this story has the following moral: There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.

About Sinhalese: Sinhala is one of the official languages of Sri Lanka, spoken by…

Platero y yo [Platero and I] is one of the most popular books written by Spanish author Juan Ramón Jiménez (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1956). Platero and I is a beautiful story told by a child about his donkey, Platero. The first chapter describes…

This version of the classic Little Red Riding Hood follows the Charles Perrault 1697 story with an abrupt and gruesome ending, both Little Red and Gramma get eaten by the big bad wolf. The story has a clear and unequivocal moral: children should not…