The Three Old Ladies

Story for reading - The Three Old Ladies

Inspired by an Italian folk tale

In a little house there lived three young ladies. One was sixty-seven, another was seventy-five, and the third, well, she was ninety-four. Their house had a little balcony, where all three of them liked to watch people walking by on the street and see what was happening in town. 

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The Royal Race

Story for reading - The Royal Race

Once upon a time, there was a fairy-tale land, but there wasn’t a wizard wicked enough to want to kidnap and curse princesses, nor a dragon hungry enough to want to eat princesses or knights. All the witches who lived there were simply too lazy to cast spells. And so, in that kingdom, everything was terribly boring. 

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The Three Sisters

Story for reading - The Three Sisters

Once upon a time, there were three sisters. The oldest was named Rosie, and she hated flowers. She hated them so much she didn’t even want to go outside the house. But that didn’t help much, because her middle sister Daisy  loved flowers and brought them home in pots.

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