🌸Thumbelina

Thumbelina

Once there was a woman who lived alone after her husband died. She was lonely and wanted to have a child. She went to a good witch and gave her a seed in return for barley grains. She planted the seed, and a beautiful plant grew from it the next morning. It had a beautiful flower that blossomed and a beautiful little girl about the size of a woman’s thumb. She named her Thumbelina. She took away the women’s loneliness.

One day, a toad fell in love with Thumbelina and kidnapped her to marry her. She escaped with the help of butterflies and fish but was trapped by beetles. When she is abandoned, she gets adopted by a mouse. She was then forced to marry a mole but rescued by a swallow. It took her to warmer land, where she found the king of flowers. She fell in love with him, grew wings and married him to become the queen of flowers.

🌸The Princess and the Salt

 The Princess and the Salt

Once there was a king and his three daughters. One day, the king wanted to know who loved him the most. So he asked them how much they loved him. The youngest daughter said, ‘As much as I love salt.’ He became furious at being compared to salt and banished her.

She wandered in the forest and met a wealthy merchant from a neighboring village. She told everything to him, and soon they fell in love. They married and lived in a mansion. The king lost his way and reached the merchant’s place one day. Though he was r

, they did not talk to him. The daughter prepared a variety of delicious food for him. When the king started eating them, he realised there was no salt in any of them. The king, furious, demanded to meet the cook.

He was astonished to see his daughter. She said, ‘The food is terrible without salt. Now, do you know how much I love you?’ The king apologised and promised never to doubt her love for him ever again.

🌸Princess Rose and the Golden Bird

 Princess Rose and the Golden Bird

In a faraway kingdom, there was Princess Rose. She had a longing for a red rose. So every evening, she went out to the balcony, clapped her hand, and a golden bird flew out of nowhere and sat on her shoulder. Her hair began to shine red. She sang a lullaby, and everyone in the village fell asleep and had good dreams.

One day, an evil witch discovered this and cast a magic spell on her. That evening, her hair turned black. And that day, everyone fell asleep after the lullaby but had bad dreams. So, the princess asked the golden bird for help. The bird advised applying rose water to her hair. The next day when she sang, her hair turned red, and everyone had a good dream. When the witch found out, she cast another spell and stole all the roses from the kingdom.

Princess Rose began to cry; at that time, a prince came with a string of red hair. Her tears fell on the hair, and they became a rose. She put the petals in water, applied them to her hair, breaking the spell. When asked, the prince said, ‘She gave me a sign of loyalty, and I gave her mine.’ The king announced their marriage. For her wickedness, the witch died, and roses once again bloomed in the kingdom.

🌸 Pinocchio and the Fairy

 Pinocchio and the Fairy

Once, a carpenter named Geppetto. He carved the figure of a young boy out of wooden logs and named him Pinocchio. A good fairy made the puppet come alive, and he took him as his son. Geppetto wanted Pinocchio to go to school. But the boy met an evil puppet master who wanted to use Pinocchio for money one day. The master asked him to go to the ‘fun island’ to become a real boy.

As Pinocchio started walking with the master, the good fairy overheard them. She asked Pinocchio where he was going. He lied, and his nose grew. Every time he lied, his nose grew. He became sad at seeing this and wept. Finally, he told the truth and apologized to the fairy. Seeing how sorry he was, the good fairy restored his nose to its normal size. One version of the story ends with Pinocchio turning into a real boy and reuniting with Geppetto.

🌸The Frog Prince

The Frog Prince

There was a king who had beautiful daughters. The youngest daughter used to play near a deep pond. One day, her golden ball fell into the pond. It was deep, and a frog told her that her tears could melt stones. He asked the princess to keep him if he returned the ball. She promised. The frog found the ball and gave it to the princess, but she didn’t keep her promise.

The frog showed up at her door and asked her to keep the promise. When the king came to know about it, he ordered her daughter to keep the promise. She forcefully agreed and kept him. The next day, the frog said to the princesses that he would leave forever if she kissed him. To get rid of him, she kissed him, and soon he turned into a handsome prince. Unfortunately, he had been suffering a curse that could only be broken with a princess’s kiss.

🌸Jack and the Beanstalk

 Jack, a poor country boy, trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, much to the dismay of his widowed mother. However, that very night, the beans grow into a massive, towering beanstalk reaching up into the clouds. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant. Jack goes inside and finds the giant's wife in the kitchen. Jack says, "Could you please give me something to eat? I am so hungry!" The kind wife gives him bread and some milk. While he is eating, the giant comes home, whereupon the wife hides Jack in the oven.

The giant, who is very big and looks very fearsome, senses Jack's presence and cries, "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I'll have his bones to grind my bread!" The wife says, "There is no boy in here!" So, the giant eats his food and goes to his room. He takes out a sacks of gold coins, counts them and puts them aside. Then he goes to sleep. In the night, Jack creeps out of his hiding place, takes the sack of gold coins and climbs down the beanstalk. At home, he gives the coins to his mother. His mother is very happy and they live well for some time.

Jack climbs the beanstalk and goes to the giant's house again. Once more, he asks the giant's wife for food, but while he is eating, the giant returns. Jack leaps up in fright and hides under the bed. Again the giant suspects that somebody is there, but his wife asserts otherwise. After eating, the giant goes to his room, where he takes out a hen. He shouts, "Lay!" and the hen lays a golden egg. When the giant falls asleep, Jack takes the hen and climbs down the beanstalk. Jack's mother is very happy with him.

After some days, Jack once again climbs the beanstalk and goes to the giant's castle. For the third time, Jack meets the giant's wife and asks for some food. Once again, the giant's wife gives him bread and milk. But while Jack is eating, the giant comes home. "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I'll have his bones to grind my bread!" he cries again. "Don't be silly! There is no boy in here!" says his wife.

The giant has a magical harp that can play beautiful songs. While the giant sleeps, Jack takes the harp and wants to leave. But the magical harp cries out, "Help master! A boy is stealing me!" The giant wakes up and sees Jack with the harp. Furious, he runs after Jack, but Jack is too fast for him. He runs down the beanstalk and reaches home. The giant follows him down. Jack quickly runs inside his house, fetches an axe, and chops down the beanstalk. The giant falls and dies. Jack and his mother are now very rich and live happily ever after.

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