http://thetales.com en-us http://thetales.com N/A edy@edyonline.net Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:45:15 EDT 20 http://thetales.com/articles/70/1/The-Wise-Little-Girl Once upon a time...in the immense Russian steppe, lay a little village where nearly all the inhabitants bred horses. It was the month of October, when a big livestock market was held yearly in the main town. Two brothers, one rich and the other one poor, set off for market. The rich man rode a stallion, and the poor brother a young mare. Edy Lee Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/69/1/Yunus-and-the-Well-of-Sweetness Once upon a time there lived a man called Yunus, who wanted to get married. He had often seen a pretty girl at the window of his neighbor's house, and wondered if she were of marriageable age. Edy Lee Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/68/1/The-Princess-and-the-Mouse Once upon a time there lived the daughter of a king. Her name was Safia. Her father and mother loved her very much, and would deny her nothing in the world. Edy Lee Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/67/1/The-Three-Brothers-and-the-Fairy Once upon a time there was a man who had three sons. He asked them what they would like to be, so that they could go out into the world with a chance of earning good money. Edy Lee Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/66/1/Sasha%2C-Mansor-and-the-Storks Once upon a time...in Persia there lived a handsome young man called Sasha, who was the Ruler and greatly loved by all. Sasha had only one enemy, Kashenor, a cruel wicked wizard whose desire was to put his own son Mizrah on Sasha's throne. Edy Lee Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/65/1/The-Wooing-of-Becfola We do not know where Becfola came from. Nor do we know for certain where she went to. We do not even know her real name, for the name Becfola, "Dowerless" or "Small-dowered," was given to her as a nickname. This only is certain, that she disappeared from the world we know of, and that she went to a realm where even conjecture may not follow her. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/64/1/The-Four-White-Swans In the days of long ago there lived in the Green Isle of Erin a race of brave men and fair women--the race of the Dedannans. North, south, east, and west did this noble people dwell, doing homage to many chiefs. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/63/1/The-Storyteller-at-Fault At the time when the Tuatha De Dannan held the sovereignty of Ireland, there reigned in Leinster a king, who was remarkably fond of hearing stories. Like the other princes and chieftains of the island, he had a favourite storyteller, who held a large estate from his Majesty, on condition of telling him a new story every night of his life, before he went to sleep. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/62/1/Hudden-and-Dudden-and-Donald-O%26%2339%3BNeary There was once upon a time two farmers, and their names were Hudden and Dudden. They had poultry in their yards, sheep on the uplands, and scores of cattle in the meadow-land alongside the river. But for all that they weren't happy. For just between their two farms there lived a poor man by the name of Donald O'Neary. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST http://thetales.com/articles/61/1/The-Story-of-Deirdre There was a man in Ireland once who was called Malcolm Harper. The man was a right good man, and he had a goodly share of this world's goods. He had a wife, but no family. What did Malcolm hear but that a soothsayer had come home to the place, and as the man was a right good man, he wished that the soothsayer might come near them. Edy Lee Sun, 08 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST