African Tale
Crocodile Skin
The African folk tale reveals why crocodiles have such a rough and scaly skin. It wasn’t always like this though. The story teaches that much pride can be harmful.
Once upon a time in a small village in the Polish countryside, there lived a young boy whose name was
One evening, all the villagers were gathered around a bonfire, telling
That evening, the storyteller was a very old lady. People said that when she was young she had travelled the world and seen things that the other villagers would never even dream of. When everyone was sitting comfortably and gazing into the dancing flames, the lady began to tell a
“Saint John’s night, or midsummer night, is the shortest night of the year. And on that night, deep in the darkest part of the forest, the ferns come into flower. And those are not just any old flowers! They are golden, glittery flowers that will make any wish come true for the person who finds them,” began the old lady, setting the mysterious
The villagers stopped watching the dancing flames and hung on her every word. If only they could find these magical fern flowers too!
Johnny “Snoopy” was also listening excitedly. He decided that next midsummer night, he would set out to look for a fern
“The magical flowers disappear when the cock crows,”…