Vietnamese Tale
The Carambola Tree and the Magic Raven
In this traditional Vietnamese tale you will find out about a magic raven and about why it’s not worth being greedy. You’ll also learn about a tasty exotic fruit.
Long ago in the city of Krakow there lived a respectable
One day, Sir Twardowski was sitting, as usual, in his
All of a sudden, right in the middle of the library a tall thin figure
“How may I be of help, Sir Twardowski?” the devil asked.
For a moment, the nobleman was completely speechless. But when it became clear that the devil was not going to hurt him, he plucked up his courage and said:
“You have no idea how much I would love to learn to do magic! Magic that really
The devil laughed. “Why, I shall teach you willingly, dear sir, on one very small condition.” And he explained that he would teach Sir Twardowski whatever he wanted as long as he sold him his
Sir Twardowski was no fool and he knew very well…