Showing results for "Wise" in Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

In Muslim storytelling, the wise fool is a popular figure that appears as different people in different stories. In these two funny stories, see if you can tell who the wise fool is and who is not. In one story, a father shows his son how it is impossible to please everyone. In the other, a court jester shows that he is more than just a common fool.

A whimsical tale of a man so wise that all the people near and far seek his advice. But what about the big man from Cumberland who claims to be even wiser? Hilarity ensues as the two brainiacs clash in a battle of (nit)wits.

Orphaned by the death of her grandmother and her father’s disappearance, nine-year-old Wise Child is taken in by Juniper, a healer and sorceress. Soon enough, the young girl finds herself flourishing under Juniper’s care—learning about herbal lore, and even introductory magic. But just as she begins to feel at home in the Scottish village, the girl’s mother—the black witch Maeve—returns. Forced to choose between Maeve and Juniper, Wise Child has a difficult decision to make. She could stay with Juniper, or leave with Maeve and adopt a life of luxury.

Based on the favorite nursery rhyme, "The Three Wise Men of Gotham" tells the story of three men who, wise though they may be, are just full of bad decisions!

When a tiger plays a trick on a wise man, how will he escape being eaten, especially when it seems that all the animals are against him? Will the jackal help him, or is it simply another trick? This traditional Indian tale, retold with a twist by Andrew Fusek Peters, provides an opportunity for talking about man's impact on the natural world.

Pour les vacances de Pâques, Simon et Elliot partent en Angleterre chez Elizabeth, la grand-mère d'Elliot. Elizabeth adore les contes et tous les soirs raconte aux deux garçons des histoires fabuleuses à travers lesquelles ils rencontreront des personnages hors du commun comme Antoinette la poule savante, le grand dinosaure, Mr Loyal, un ancêtre d'un château hanté... La compagnie In-sense propose pour les enfants de quatre à huit ans une nouvelle version des petits contes musicaux d'Isabelle Aboulker, dont les textes sont chantés et racontés en français et en anglais.

Imagine you made something that was so beautiful and powerful that everyone wanted to take it for themselves. And then you had to watch them destroy it. Would you fight for it? Meet Gaia, the ancient Greek goddess who created the Earth and the universe that stretched beyond it in this fascinating graphic novel. She raised trees from their roots to the sky, sent waterfalls tumbling over cliffs and created the tides that sloshed on the shore. But she also created a force she couldn’t control: the ambition of gods...

Сказка о том, как царь Искандер Двурогий задумал подчинить себе подземных жителей и обитателей морских глубин и заставить их платить дань, как получил от них волшебную чашку с волшебной мукой, о том как из муки вышли волшебные лепёшки и достались они бедному юродивому, который благодаря им стал великим и мудрым лекарем.

Сказки о мудрецах и глупцах для детей от пяти до двенадцати лет. Сказка "Мудрый табунщик"- о том, как простой табунщик, благодаря своей находчивости и мудрости стал правителем города.

7 yoshdan 12 yoshgacha bo’lgan bolajonlar uchun mo’ljallangan odamlar haqidagi hayotiy ertak. Ertak oddiy qiz haqida bo’lib, bu qiz o’tkir zehni va fahm-farosatini ishga solib, shohga erga tegishi va juda qiyin vaziyatdan chiqa olishini bayon qiladi.