Read Short Fairy Tale / Folk Tale Stories
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
In Olden Times: Princess Britney
By
Martin Green
A farm boy sets off to rescue a princess from an evil wizard.
An African Story of Kompa Nanzi
By
Rev. Peter E. Adotey Addo
A Folk Tale From Ghana Of How Ananse the Spider arrived on the Island of Curacao In the Dutch Antilles and the Caribbean islands.
HOW WISDOM SPREAD ALL OVER THE WORLD
By
Rev. Peter E. Adotey Addo
This is a very old story, told when the world was young. It is about how Mr. Ananse, the Sly and greedy one among all the animals in the forest, outsmarted himself.
The Heart of Spring
By
William Butler Yeats
A young man helps an old friend cross the threshold to the great beyond, and the fairies, birds and flowers celebrate a new day.
The Elephant's Child
By
Rudyard Kipling
Classic short story for children about how the elephant's nose became a long trunk.