🌸The Ugly Duckling

 The Ugly Duckling

Once, an ugly little duckling lived on a farm. The others mistreated him, so he ran away from the farm. Wherever he went and whomever he met, everyone used to mock him. This forced him to wander through frozen winters alone.

He flew to a lake where he met three swans. They greeted him cheerfully. He was confused as he was always chased away by others. And then, he saw his reflection on the lake. He was surprised to see that he had grown into a swan. A young girl who was throwing bread at a swan called him beautiful. He was happy.

🌸The Prince with Donkey Ears

 The Prince with Donkey Ears

Once there was a king and a queen. They didn’t have any children, so they went to three fairies. After listening to the king, they decided to give him a son. The beautiful fairy granted the child beauty. The intelligent fairy granted him smartness, and the wise fairy granted him two donkey ears. As promised, the prince was born. He grew up with two donkey ears but was the smartest and most handsome. He always wore a hat to hide his ears and could not take it off.

One day a royal barber came to cut his hair and saw the donkey ears. He couldn’t keep it to himself, and soon word spread across the kingdom. Everyone started making fun of the prince. Finally, one day the prince pulled off his hat and confessed that it was true. He then said sorry for pointing out others' faults when he had bigger ones. The wish fairy appeared and got rid of his ears. She said, ‘I granted you these ears so you wouldn’t become selfish. Now be compassionate with everyone.’

🌸The Prince in the Dragon’s Skin

The Prince in the Dragon’s Skin

Once there was a king and queen who lived in a golden castle. They had a beautiful princess. One day, an ogre captured her and locked her up in a tall tower. She cried for help. The king sent all his knights, but they got scared away by the ogre’s roar.

One day, a dragon flew over the tower and heard the princess crying. He saw her and fell in love with her. He blew fire breaths and killed the ogre. The dragon then rescued the princess and took her to fly over the mountains and oceans. She thanked and kissed him. The dragon soon after turned into a handsome prince. He had been cursed by the ogre a long time ago. The king married the princess to the prince, and they lived happily.

🌸Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

This is the story of a beautiful princess, Snow White, named for her skin colour. She lost her mother, and her father married another woman. The new queen was equally beautiful and had a magic mirror. She was proud and used to consult the mirror often, asking, ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest among all?’

As Snow White began to grow, she became more beautiful. The queen’s mirror started to say her name when asked. Out of jealousy, she hired huntsmen to kill Snow White and bring her heart. They pitied the princess, asking her to go far away and never return. The huntsmen gave the heart of a pig to the queen.

Meanwhile, Snow White started to live her life with seven dwarfs. The queen found the truth when she consulted her mirror and decided to kill Snow White herself. Disguised as an old woman, she convinced Snow White to eat a poisoned apple. She ate it and went into a deep sleep. The seven dwarfs kept her in a glass coffin. At the same time, a prince was passing by. He was mesmerised by her beauty and kissed her hand to bid farewell. The poison got dislodged as soon as he kissed her, and she woke up. They both got married and lived happily together. The evil queen fell sick and eventually died.

🌸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.