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Meet Zezé—Brazil’s naughtiest and most loveable boy, his talent for mischief matched only by his great kindness. When he grows up he wants to be a ‘poet with a bow-tie’, but for now he entertains himself playing pranks on the residents of his family’s poor Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood and inventing friends to play with. That is, until he meets a real friend, and his life begins to change.

Everything that you’ve always loved about Ruskin Bond is back His mesmerizing descriptions of nature and his wonderful way with words—this is Ruskin Bond at his finest.Read on as Rusty tells the story of his grandfather’s relationship with the trees around him, who’s convinced that they...

The Juniper Tree begins with a grieving mother, a long-awaited child, and a family torn apart by jealousy. When a terrible act shatters their home, the truth is hidden beneath the roots of a juniper tree…but not forever. What follows is a gripping journey of loss, transformation, and justice, where innocence finds a voice even in the darkest moments. Through a magical bird’s song, a boy’s spirit reveals the truth piece by piece, guiding the story toward a powerful reckoning and a heart-stirring ending.

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Fir Tree is a poignant and timeless holiday tale that reflects on the themes of longing, joy, and the passage of time. The story follows a little fir tree, who dreams of growing up and experiencing the grand adventures of life beyond the forest. As it watches the world around it change, the fir tree discovers the importance of appreciating the present moment and the bittersweet lessons that come with growing older.

Are you nice and cosy? Join us in the forest for the tale of a young fir tree who longs to be older.

Originally published in 1844 in one of CA Reitzel's New Fairy Tales collections, "The Fir Tree" is a moralistic tale that reveals the importance of appreciating what you have. In it, a young fir tree is so fixated on growing up that he does not value his life in the forest. But when Christmas comes, he discovers that what he thought he wanted wasn't what he expected it to be. This presentation of "The Fir Tree" was recorded as part of Dreamscape's Classic Christmas Stories: A Collection of Timeless Holiday Tales.

The Fir Tree, a classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Masterfully narrated by award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti, the fir tree finds that you don't always get what you want and you don't always want what you get.

The Bojabi Tree is a version of a traditional West African story. Scarce rainfall has hit the African plains. Animals are becoming more and more desperate to find something to eat when they happen upon an amazing tree with enticing fruit. The problem is that they don’t know the name of the tree and if the fruit is safe to eat. The starving animals decide to send messengers to King Leo, the king of the beasts, to learn the name of the tree. But each messenger returns having forgotten the name of the tree.

"Out in the woods stood a nice little Fir Tree. The place he had was a very good one: the sun shone on him: as to fresh air, there was enough of that, and round him grew many large-sized comrades, pines as well as firs. But the little Fir wanted so very much to be a grown-up tree..." So begins...

A little fir tree stands in the woods. All he can think about is growing up into a big tree. When a hare hops over him, emphasizing how small he is, he is embarrassed. Children call him the baby of the forest. Find out what happens to the little fir tree in this far from happily-ever-after tale for older children.

A wealthy and pious couple pray every day for God to grant them a child. One winter, under the juniper tree in the courtyard, the wife peels an apple. She cuts her finger and drops of blood fall onto the snow. This leads her to wish for a child to be as white as snow and as red as blood. Six months later, the wife becomes gravely ill from eating juniper berries and asks her husband to bury her beneath the juniper tree if she dies. A month later, she gives birth to a baby boy as white as snow and as red as blood.

"The Fir-Tree" is a literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 with "The Snow Queen", in Copenhagen, Denmark, by C.A. Reitzel. One scholar (Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager) indicates that "The Fir-Tree" was the first of Andersen's fairy tales to express a deep pessimism.

"The Fir Tree" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. It is a melancholy story, warning about the dangers of always expecting greater glory just around the corner, only to be disappointed or to regret the unappreciated instants; only the moment is worthwhile.

This is a short children's story about a vain and conceited little Christmas tree. By the end of this charming tale, he becomes humbled and very happy.

Skazka «El'» - odna iz pervyh napechatannyh skazok datskogo detskogo pisatelja G. H. Andersena. Malen'kaja elochka ochen' neschastna. Ona hochet bystree vyrasti, chtoby uvidet' mir za drugimi derev'jami, ili dazhe stat' machtoj na korable. Nakonec ee mechty o chem-to bol'shem sbyvajutsja, i pered Rozhdestvom ljudi zabirajut Elochku v bol'shoj dom.

Journey to the enchanted garden of Shut-Eye Town to discover "The Sugar-Plum Tree" and sail away in a wooden shoe into a sea of dew with "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod". This includes readings of all eight poems.

Hören Sie Hans Christian Andersen's bezauberndes Weihnachtsmärchen Der Tannenbaum in diesem spannenden Hörbuch begleitet von schöner Musik und Klangeffekten. Auf Deutsch gelesen von Samy Andersen. Der kleine Tannenbaum, der im Wald zwischen all den großen Bäumen steht, hat es so eilig mit dem Wachsen, daß er die schönen Dinge um sich herum gar nicht erlebt. Er denkt nur an all das was er erleben wird wenn er größer, älter und klüger ist.