Short Stories Fairy Tales

Klassiker der russischen Literatur! In der Ukraine strömt im Sommer das Volk auf den Sorotschinsker Jahrmarkt. So auch der verwitwete Bauer Solopij Tscherewik, der zusammen mit seiner Tochter Paraska und seiner zweiten Ehefrau Chiwrja anreist. Paraska verliebt sich in den jungen Grizko. Wer auf dem Jahrmarkt allerdings was verkaufen möchte, wird bitter enttäuscht, denn der Teufel macht allen Händlern einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Der Jahrmarkt scheint verwunschen und doch windet sich am Ende alles zum Guten. Eine spannende Geschichte über Liebe und Tod im Russland des 18. Jahrhunderts!

"Questa è la sola storia vera che io abbia raccontato fino adesso," dice Miller nell'epilogo scritto per questo bellissimo racconto. Un'affermazione strana perché si tratta forse della sua unica storia di fantasia pura. Ma Miller chiarisce: "I miei personaggi sono tutti reali, presi dalla vita, dalla mia vita, mentre Augusto è l'unico che nasce dal regno della fantasia. Ma che cos'è questo regno della fantasia che ci circonda e assedia da ogni parte, se non la realtà stessa?".

Tano è un ragazzo intelligente e acuto nelle sue osservazioni. Precocemente maturo per la perdita del padre, ucciso in un agguato da due malviventi, vive con la madre. Di lui si occupa anche una tata perché la madre è molto assorbita dal lavoro: è infatti avvocato penalista. In una bella giornata estiva, mentre gioca sul prato contiguo al giardino della sua villa, Tano trova interrato un fucile, che comincia ad intessere un dialogo col fanciullo il quale, allibito, deve accettare il fatto che "alcuni fucili parlano".

En este audiolibro se incluyen las leyendas de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer: - "El miserere": Se desarrolla en la época medieval, durante la noche de Jueves Santo, en la célebre abadía navarra de Fitero, en las ruinas del monasterio. Además se cree que esta leyenda está inspirada en el monasterio de yerga Autol. -" El rayo de luna": Manrique ama la soledad.

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, was an Irish writer known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo. His book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, comprises two parts, the first being the "Kwaidan Proper" and the second, "Insect-Studies", which consists of an essay each on ants, butterflies and mosquitos. According to the author, most of the folk tales and ghost stories in the first part were translated from old Japanese texts. The themes encompass resurrection, sacrifice, magic, and the realm of dreams.

Colección de audiolibros de cuentos de Smile and Learn. Cuentos educativos y entretenidos que enseñan valores y conocimientos a través de cuentos con encanto.

Verona is a bottom feeder. She is the one mer in her clan who is considered the ugliest and least intelligent. Growing up with constant bullying and abuse wasn't the worst of what her kind had in store for her. At 17 years old, she must now endure The Reckoning. The scales will measure her worth to her clan. Will she endure 30 days as a land-walker to gather information and knowledge to appease her clan and return a valued member?

Eight short tales to walk us across a variety of timeless landscapes through the turning Wheel of the Year honoring the eight Celtic seasonal celebrations. Eight opportunities disguised as challenges. Eight ways for nature to teach us her deep lessons. As we are spellbound by nature's splendor, magic brings us fairies, ghosts, and goddesses to inspire meaning, making, and a lesson or two along the way. Perfect for young and old alike.

A time so very long ago decided the very fate of our race. Men and women once survived below the core of the Earth's crust. Visit a world where Vampires, Witches, Elementals, Demons, and Humans once ruled the land. In Part Six, Grythe kidnaps Moira while she dreams, sending her sister Kyla out on a journey to save her with Gitch. While this is taking place, the demon king Abatu sends his trusted warrior to aid in the safe return of Moira, while Gerwulf's bloodline prepares for a surprise.

12 stories from all over the world: "Lovely Ilonka", "Lucky Luck", "The Hairy Man", "Little Wildrose", "Paperarelloo", "The Gifts of the Magician", "The Strong Prince", "The Crab and the Monkey", "The Cottager and his Cat", "The Stone-Cutter", "How The Wicked Tanuki Was Punished", "The Colony of Cats", "Clever Maria", "The Magic Kettle". The imagery in fairy tales (such as personified animals, adults represented as giants and allegorical magic vegetables) allows the child to explore their fears in remote and symbolic terms.

Fairy Story Shorts offer beautiful retellings of traditional tales, and are especially suitable for playing for children at bedtime! This tale is taken from the collection Fairy Stories & Fairy Stories: Traditional Tales for Children, Contemporary Tales for Adults by Clive Johnson.

Echo, violated by Zeus and banished by a jealous Hera, rediscovers love, only to have it cruelly snatched away. Scylla, whose great mistake was falling for the lover of her rival, Circe, faces an eternity trapped in the body of a monster. Psyche, raised up on a pedestal as the embodiment of Aphrodite, is married off to a monster whose face she shall never see. Three goddesses emerge from the sands of time to set the record straight.

It is both amazing and wonderful that so much of the richness of our language and our moral education still owes a huge debt to a Greek slave who was executed over 2,000 years ago. Yet "sour grapes", "crying wolf", "a dog in a manger", "actions speak louder than words", "honesty is the best policy", and literally hundreds of other metaphors, axioms, and ideas that are now woven into the very fabric of Western culture all came from Aesop's Fables.

Für dieses außergewöhnliche Hörbuchprojekt haben sich der Lübecker Komponist Kai Beller und der Hamburger Autor Maximilian Ponader zu einem kongenialen Kreativ-Duo zusammengeschlossen. Gemeinsam erschaffen sie ein einzigartiges Hörerlebnis, das die Seele berührt. Ponaders philosophische Märchen sind sinnliche und poetische Texte, die zum Innehalten anregen und zur Reflexion von Gedanken jenseits unserer Kategorien von Zeit und Raum anregen.

From creation stories and explanations of natural phenomena to fables and cautionary tales, ancient Basque mythology has endured for centuries thanks to a strong oral tradition and, quite simply, love of a good story. In this unique collection, Basque-American author Caryn Larrinaga explores and expands upon the rich, traditional folklore from her family's homeland. Dive into stories about love, loss, greed, and revenge. Meet creatures like the mischievous Galtzagorriak, the deadly Gaueko, the beautiful Lamiak, the legendary Erensuge, and more.

This is a sci-fi novel about the origins and ultimate destruction of Atlantis and the Earth. The characters are colorful and personable. The listener should come away with a good feeling about space travel and the future of mankind.

Recollected under the theme of magic, these three tales originally from volumes one and two of the Dreamwood Tales series were chosen to be the best platform for a consummate narrator to create an audiobook. That narrator's name is Jon Caruth. Each tale speaks of magic, exists in magical places, or turns on our heads our concepts of what is magic.

Ozzee the cat always dreams of a life away from his present misery. When someone appears to come to the rescue, should Ozzee take a chance or play it "safe" where he is? The unexpected find of a witch's broomstick could mean uncertainty and danger, or could it lead to excitement and adventure? Will Ozzee find new horizons and friends, or will his decisions lead to disaster? Click the "buy now" button at the top, and enter Ozzee's world today.

“In villages where women bore most of the weight of a constricted life, witches flew by night on broomsticks,” said Italo Calvino of the way imagination bridges the gap between everyday existence and an idealized alternative. The 15 stories of Animal Wife are each about girls and women who cross this threshold seeking liberation from family responsibilities, from societal expectations, from their own minds.

Come in and sample an entirely different sort of fairy tale - coming to you from a faraway land and written by authors of whom you have never heard.