Everybody has read a fable about animals at least once in their lives. Animals are the best ones to explain us how to behave and what not to do. A bear, a hare, a fox, a crow, a stork – they all speak to our soul in animal fables.
A little mosquito was flitting about the countryside. He liked to fly over the ponds where he could look at his reflection. This mosquito was very conceited. As he flew past a fly that was resting in the shade, he fluffed up his snout and the few hairs on his head.
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A grasshopper and an ant lived in a meadow. The grasshopper spent her days jumping in the sun, while the ant worked hard and was always carrying something somewhere. The grasshopper was amazed, and came up to him and asked him questions:
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Once upon a time there was a kingdom where everyone was sad. Their beautiful princess was kidnapped by an evil witch who made her her maid. In her house, the princess had to sweep and wash the floors, brush the cobwebs, cook, chop wood and take care of the animals.
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It was a hot summer day. The crow was flying around the countryside, just returning home, he was very hot. The midday sun was beating down on his black feathers and the crow soon became thirsty.
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In one village there was a mill on the bank of a river where a clever donkey helped the miller with his hard work for many years. But as time went on, the donkey grew older and did a little less work each year. Eventually the miller decided that the old donkey was no longer of any use to him, and instead of thanking him for his years of help, he drove the donkey out, saying: “Get out of here, you’re no use to me anyway.”
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There was once a fox who always liked to feast on anything she could find. One day she was walking past a vineyard where some beautiful large grapes of wine had just ripened. They were so blue that the fox got a terrible craving to taste them. They looked very sweet.
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Once there were a hare and a tortoise who lived in a forest. The hare boasted that he was the fastest animal in the whole forest. Everyone knew the tortoise was the slowest. The hare often taunted the tortoise.
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Once upon a time there was a great lion who was the king of the animals. One day the lion was sleeping under a tree in the shade when a little mouse ran over his head. It tickled the lion’s whiskers and woke him up. The lion was angry.
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Armida went in search of the Ice Tiger, the sorcerer who alone could lift the curse from her land and create spring again. But his castle was far away, and before her stretched white and endless fields of snow. Armida was frozen to the bone, the wind leaning against her and slowing her down, and on top of that she was sinking into the snow that was falling at the moment.
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Once upon a time there was a kingdom in which there lived a king and a queen. To them a girl was born. At night, as is the way of things, two good fairies appeared at her cradle.
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