Indian Fairy Tales – The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal
Once upon a time, a tiger was caught in a trap. He tried in vain to get out through the bars, and rolled and bit with rage and grief when he failed.
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Indian Fairy Tales – Loving Laili
Once there was a king called King Dantal, who had a great many rupees and soldiers and horses. He had also an only son called Prince Majnun, who was a handsome boy with white teeth, red lips, blue eyes, red cheeks, red hair, and a white skin.
Indian Fairy Tales – The Cruel Crane Outwitted
Long ago the Bodisat was born to a forest life as the Genius of a tree standing near a certain lotus pond.
Indian Fairy Tales – The Magic Fiddle
Once upon a time there lived seven brothers and a sister. The brothers were married, but their wives did not do the cooking for the family.
The Broken Pot – Indian Fairy Tales
There lived in a certain place a Brahman, whose name was Svabhavakripana, which means "a born miser."
Punchkin – Indian Fairy Tales
Once upon a time there was a Raja who had seven beautiful daughters. They were all good girls; but the youngest, named Balna, was more clever than the rest.
The Lambikin – Indian Fairy Tales
Once upon a time there was a wee wee Lambikin, who frolicked about on his little tottery legs, and enjoyed himself amazingly.
How the Raja’s Son won the Princess Labam – Indian Fairy Tales
In a country there was a Raja who had an only son who every day went out to hunt. One day the Rani, his mother, said to him, "You can hunt wherever you like on these three sides; but you must never go to the fourth side.
The Lion and the Crane – Indian Fairy Tales
The Bodhisatta was at one time born in the region of Himavanta as a white crane; now Brahmadatta was at that time reigning in Benares.
Japanese Fairy Tales – THE STONES OF FIVE COLORS AND THE EMPRESS JOKWA – AN OLD CHINESE STORY
Long, long ago there lived a great Chinese Empress who succeeded her brother the Emperor Fuki. It was the age of giants, and the Empress Jokwa, for that was her name, was twenty-five feet high, nearly as tall as her brother.
Japanese Fairy Tales – HOW AN OLD MAN LOST HIS WEN
Many, many years ago there lived a good old man who had a wen like a tennis-ball growing out of his right cheek. This lump was a great disfigurement to the old man, and so annoyed him that for many years he spent all his time and money in trying to get rid of it.
Japanese Fairy Tales – THE OGRE OF RASHOMON
Long, long ago in Kyoto, the people of the city were terrified by accounts of a dreadful ogre, who, it was said, haunted the Gate of Rashomon at twilight and seized whoever passed by.
Japanese Fairy Tales – MOMOTARO OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH
Long, long ago there lived, an old man and an old woman; they were peasants, and had to work hard to earn their daily rice.
THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE – Japanese Fairy Tales
The insignia of the great Japanese Empire is composed of three treasures which have been considered sacred, and guarded with jealous care from time immemorial.
Japanese Fairy Tales – THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES
Long, long ago, when all the animals could talk, there lived in the province of Inaba in Japan, a little white hare. His home was on the island of Oki, and just across the sea was the mainland of Inaba.
Japanese Fairy Tales – THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB
Long, long ago, one bright autumn day in Japan, it happened, that a pink-faced monkey and a yellow crab were playing together along the bank of a river. As they were running about, the crab found a rice-dumpling and the monkey a persimmon-seed.
THE JELLY FISH AND THE MONKEY – Japanese Fairy Tales
Long, long ago, in old Japan, the Kingdom of the Sea was governed by a wonderful King. He was called Rin Jin, or the Dragon King of the Sea.
THE STORY OF THE OLD MAN WHO MADE WITHERED TREES TO FLOWER – Japanese Fairy Tales
Long, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who supported themselves by cultivating a small plot of land.
Japanese Fairy Tales – THE HAPPY HUNTER AND THE SKILLFUL FISHER
Long, long ago Japan was governed by Hohodemi, the fourth Mikoto (or Augustness) in descent from the illustrious Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess.
Japanese Fairy Tales – THE SAGACIOUS MONKEY AND THE BOAR
Long, long ago, there lived in the province of Shinshin in Japan, a traveling monkey-man, who earned his living by taking round a monkey and showing off the animal's tricks.