Category: World Folk Tales
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Ling Dang and the Red Fruit Tree
In ancient China lived a poor boy called Ling Dang. Ling Dang’s mother died when he was just five. His father soon married another lady. His stepmother was cruel to Ling Dang right from the start. Once her son, Baodan, was born a few years later, she became even more hateful. Eventually, Ling Dang’s father…
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MAGIC MIRROR
Long ago, there lived a fisherman name Xia Wu Dong, who was very poor but kind-hearted. One day, when he went fishing, a big carp fish got caught in his net. “At last,” thought Xia Wu Dong. “This carp is the biggest fish I have ever seen. I will get good money if I sell…
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How Bear lost his Tail
We all know bears have a short tail now but as the story goes, there was once a time when bears had long bushy tails. The following story is a Native American folk tale. Many years ago, there once lived a bear who was very proud of his tail. The tail was thick, black and…
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Issun-Boshi
Once upon a time, there lived a kind old couple on a small farm. The couple was childless for many years, which made them very unhappy. One day, they went to a nearby shrine and prayed to the deity for a baby. “Please let us have a child,” appealed the man. “We would be happy…
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