Three Little Pigs

Written by: Flora Annie Steel This is an all-time classic story of three little pigs and a big bad wolf. The three pigs each made their houses - one of straw, one of sticks, and the last one of bricks. But the big bad wolf came over to them and blew away the houses of straw and sticks with his huf…

How Jack Went Out To Seek His Fortune

Written by: Flora Annie Steel Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack who decided to seek his fortune. On the way, he kept meeting new animals who joined him on his journey.  Every time he said, "the more and the merrier" and kept increasing his entourage. So finally he was accompanied by a c…

The Fish and The Ring

Written by: Flora Annie Steel Once there lived a baron, who was great at foretelling the future. When he had a son, he checked his fortune and found out that he was destined to marry a very poor girl. He traced this to-be pride and bought the girl child from the poor parents who were already sadd…

Catskin

Written by: Flora Annie Steel Once upon a time, there lived a rich man who wanted a boy for a child. When his wife gave birth to a girl, he decided never to see the face of his daughter again. The daughter grew up into a beautiful lady and when she was 18, an old man came to marry her.  On advice…

The Black Bull of Norroway

Written by: Flora Annie Steel Once upon a time, there was a lady who had 3 daughters. While discussing, who will they like to marry, the youngest and prettiest one said that she doesn't mind even marrying the Black Bull of Norroway, who was considered a horrible monster. Then one morning, a great…

A Little Kind Hearted Girl

Written by: Flora Annie Steel Once upon a time, there was a kind-hearted girl. Since her father had no work, she thought of helping the family and went out looking for work. On her journey, she first helped a bread out of an oven after 7 years. Then she helped a cow who has not been milked for 7 y…

The Three Sillies

Written by: Flora Annie Steel Once upon a time, there was a farmer and his wife, who had only one child. A young boy who had returned home from his travels pursued her. Every evening, he'd stop at the farmhouse for supper, and the daughter would go down into the basement to get the apple juice fo…

Lazy Jack

Written by: Flora Annie Steel Once upon a time, a boy named Jack lived with his mother who got her living by spinning. But Jack was very lazy and did nothing, so people called him Lazy Jack.  Finally, Jack got some work for a day on a farm but he lost his earnings of a penny on the way. His mothe…

Tattercoats

A great ruler had a granddaughter, but he never took care of her. She was neglected as a child, and her torn clothing earned her the nickname "Tattercoats." She spent her days out in the fields, accompanied by a gooseherd. Once, her grandfather was invited to a royal ball, but he refused to bring …

Tom Tit Tot

Once upon a time a woman baked five pies and asked her daughter to keep it aside as they would come again. The peasant girl thought that the pies would come up again magically, so she ate them all. At dinner when the mother had nothing to eat, she took to spinning at the door singing songs about ho…