Classic Tales

An Emperor's vanity causes him to behave extremely stupidly. / A poor but honest young boy learns the true value of money. / A very smart cat uses his wits to create a new life for himself and his poor master. / Tiddalik the frog drinks all the water in the world and the other animals must work out what to do. / A King offers a reward to anyone who can find where his daughters disappear to.

A poor young man finds a leprechaun and thinks his luck has turned for the better. / A strange little man saves the life of a young woman but demands a terrible price in return. / A beautiful young woman shows great courage in releasing her brothers. / A mean and surly giant bans all children from playing in his castle garden. / A poor woodcutter and his wife's lives are changed profoundly.

A mouse shows a lion that what he lacks in size and power he makes up for in courage and brains. / A story which shows how love and determination can overcome everything. / A swallow and a statue unite to bring kindness into the lives of those who need it. / An ancient myth which explains how humans obtained their emotions. / A fable that shows how Nature rewards those who are kind to it.

A girl endures much hardship but eventually finds her perfect match. / A lion terrifies all the other animals until a clever hare proves more than his match. / A family of rats proves that the thing you yearn for most can be found right under your very nose. / With the help of magic, a poor girl is able to provide food for her whole village. / A Pharaoh in ancient suffers dire consequences.

A young boy and his sister are abandoned in the forest and must overcome their danger. / A brave young woman confronts a terrible monster in order to save her tribe. / In ancient China a man's hunger for gold takes him to the moon. / When a lazy young man finally starts to do some work, he's rewarded in a surprising way. / A king learns that there are far more important things in life than gold.

On a cold Christmas night, a poor, little orphan girl finds peace at last. / Some lost and lonely animals form an unlikely choir. / Laughed at for being ugly, a little duckling runs away. / With the help of a very special goose, a young man finds that his kindness is repaid many times over. / A queen wants to find out if a young girl really is a princess and sets her a most unusual test.