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Children"s story told in English

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Stories from around the world, told in English, for children to read along with.

kids & family stories for kids

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00:06:41

Snow-white and the seven dwarfs

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/27

PART FOUR Once home the wicked Queen asked the magic mirror, “magic mirror upon the wall, who NOW is the fairest one of all?" at last it answered, “You are the fairest now of all.” Then her evil, envious heart found peace, as much as any evil, envious heart can. The dwarfs, when they came home in the evening, found Snow-white lying on the ground, there came no breath out of her mouth, the poor child was dead, and remained dead. They laid her on a bier, and all seven of them sat around it, and wept

00:06:46

Snow-white and the seven dwarfs part three

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/27

PART THREE When the wicked woman got home she went to her mirror and said, “magic mirror upon the wall, who is the fairest one of all?" The mirror answered as before, “Queen, thou art of beauty rare, but Snow-White living in the glen with the seven little men is a thousand times more fair." When she heard that she was so shocked that all the blood left her heart, for she knew that Snow-white must still be living. “But this time,” she said, “I will do something that will be her ruin.” And by

00:06:50

Snow-White and the seven dwarfs part two

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/27

PART TWO When it was quite dark, the masters of the house came home. They were seven dwarfs, who worked all day digging underground among the mountains for gold and precious stones. When they had lighted their seven candles, and it was bright in the little house, they saw that someone had been there, things were not as they’d been left in the morning. Then one of them looked at his bed and saw Snow-white lying there asleep. “Look!” He said. The others came running up, crying out in their

00:07:03

Snow-White and the seven dwarfs part one

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/27

SNOW-WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS PART ONE It was the middle of winter, and snowflakes were falling like feathers from the sky. A Queen sat at her window, working at her embroidery. As she worked, gazing at times out on the snow, she accidentally pricked her finger, and there fell from it three drops of blood on the snow. When she saw how bright and red it looked, she said to herself, “Oh I wish I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the ebony wood of this embroidery

00:00:57

The Fox and the Crow

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/25

The Fox and the Crow A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. "That's for me!" said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. "Good-day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds." The Crow lifted up her

00:01:14

The Lion and the Mouse

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/25

The Lion and the Mouse Once when a Lion was asleep a little Mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him. "Pardon, O King," cried the little Mouse: "forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows, but I may be able to do you a turn one of these days?" The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go. Some time after, the Lion was

00:01:10

Man and the Serpent

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/25

Man and the Serpent A Countryman's son by accident trod upon a Serpent's tail, which turned and bit him so that he died. The father in a rage got his axe, and pursuing the Serpent, cut off part of its tail. So the Serpent in revenge began biting several of the Farmer's cattle and caused him severe loss. Well, the Farmer thought it best to make it up with the Serpent, and brought food and honey to the mouth of its lair, and said to it: "Let's forget and forgive; perhaps you were right to punish my

00:03:07

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/25

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Now you must know that a Town Mouse once upon a time went on a visit to his cousin in the country. He was rough and ready, this cousin, but he loved his town friend and made him heartily welcome. Beans and bacon, cheese and bread, were all he had to offer, but he offered them freely. The Town Mouse rather turned up his long nose at this country fare, and said: "I cannot understand, Cousin, how you can put up with such poor food as this, but of course you cannot

00:05:08

RUMPELSTILTSKIN part 3

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/25

PART THREE So sad the king was dead, (ha, ha!) but the queen was expecting his baby, she brought a beautiful child into the world, and she never gave a thought to the goblin who had helped her and saved her life. But one day there he was, in her room, and he said, "Now give me your first-born, as you promised." The queen was horror-struck and offered the goblin all the riches of the kingdom if he would leave her the child. But the goblin said, "Don’t bother me with that rubbish, I don’t need it – I

00:03:26

RUMPELSTILTSKIN part 2

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/25

PART TWO The girl was crying again, when the door magically opened, the little man came in and said, "What will you give me if I spin the straw into gold for you this time?" "The ring on my finger," answered the girl. The little man took the ring, again he began to turn the wheel, and by morning had spun all the straw into glittering gold. The king rejoiced beyond measure at the sight, but he wanted even more gold, and he took the miller's daughter into a still larger room full of straw, and said,

00:04:40

RUMPELSTILTSKIN part 1

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/25

PART ONE Once there was a miller who was not only poor, but a bit stupid as well. He had a beautiful daughter, who was cleverer than her father but, being clever hadn’t done her much good, so far. Now it happened that the miller had to go and speak to the king, and in order to make himself appear important he said to the king, "I have a daughter who can spin straw into gold." The king said to the miller, "Ooh! That’s nice, I happen to have a lot of straw! If your daughter is as clever as you say,

00:03:37

Mulan

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/25

A long time ago, there lived a girl in ancient China named Mulan. Mulan's father was a retired general. He had come home sick and frail. He was too old to fight, but not too old to teach Mulan how to ride a horse and use a sword. Girls usually did not learn these skills. But Mulan's father believed everyone should know how to fight, even girls. One day, the government officials sent warriors to Mulan's village. War was coming. Men were needed for the army. The military leader of the group posted a

00:03:28

The jackdaw the eagle and the shepherd

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/25

THE EAGLE, THE JACKDAW, AND THE SHEPHERD Jackdaw sat in a tree, amazed, his eyes fixed on an eagle, soaring overhead. He watched as the eagle swooped over a flock of sheep, grazing on the grassy hills, his wings glinting like gold in the late summer sun. Jackdaw sighed. More than anything he wished he could be like Eagle. “He’s so beautiful.” Thought jackdaw. “So magnificent, and so powerful.” Then, suddenly, Eagle swooped down, fast. He shot past the shepherd on the hill and grabbed a lamb in his

00:03:56

Little Red Riding Hood part four

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/21

Then he ate all the sausages in Little Red Riding Hood’s basket, and the bread and butter, and all the jam and honey. Greedy, that’s what he was, greedy! The wolf, now full of food, including two people, felt happily tired, he lay down on granny’s bed and fell into a deep sleep. Snore, snore, snore! Back in the sturdy wooden home of Little Red Riding Hood’s family, her mother was getting very worried. Little Red Riding Hood should have been home by now. The snow hadn’t stopped falling, making her

00:06:47

Little Red Riding Hood Part three

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/21

“Granny, why is it so dark in here?” Said Little Red Riding Hood.. “I’ve been sick, my child, and the light hurts my eyes. Come closer.” A furry paw beckoned to Little Red Riding Hood from out of the shadows. “Granny! What big, furry, hands you’ve got!” Said Little Red Riding Hood, definitely a bit shocked. “All the better to stroke you with, my child.” Said the trembling voice from the shadows. “Come closer so that I can stroke your beautiful hair.” Two fierce, hungry, eyes glared brightly from out

00:03:05

Little Red Riding Hood part two

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/21

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD PART TWO Little Red Riding Hood walked swiftly along the woodland path, but the snow kept falling and the path ahead disappeared under the frozen whiteness of it, very quickly, Little Red Riding Hood became lost. As for the wolf, he really did know a short cut, he slunk through the tangled woods, over and under fallen trees and soon came to the clearing where Grandmother’s cottage stood. Of course, he arrived there long before Little Red Riding Hood, as he knew he would. The

00:05:27

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/21

Some time ago, when most of the world was covered in deep, dark forests, there was a village. In this village was a sturdy, wooden house where a small family lived; a woodcutter, his wife, who was a baker, and their little girl, whom everybody called Little Red Riding Hood, since she always wore the beautiful, red cloak her mother made for her with the warm hood attached to it. One day, Little Red Riding Hood’s mother asked her daughter to take a basket of food to her grandmother, who lived in a

00:01:54

Never Ask a Fox for Its Skin

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/21

"Long ago, there lived a young man, called Lisheng, who had just married a beautiful woman, but she was spoilt and wilful. One day, she had an idea that a coat of fox fur would look pretty on her. So, she asked her husband to get her one. But a fox coat is rare and too expensive. The helpless husband was ashamed to go home and tell his wife that he couldn’t give her the fox coat she desired, so he took the long way home, over the hills. As luck would have it, a fox walked into view, Lisheng quickly

00:02:12

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/21

There was once a boy whose father, one day, told him that he is old enough to look after the sheep. Every day he had to take the sheep over the grassy fields and watch them as they grazed, munching on the grass all day to become strong sheep with thick wool. The boy was unhappy though. He wanted to run and play, not watch the boring sheep. So, he decided to have some fun. He cried ‘Wolf! Wolf!’ until the entire village came running with stones to chase away the wolf before it could eat any of the

00:03:37

The story about Chinese " NIAN" monster

Children"s story told in English ·

2020/07/21

Chinese New Yearbegan being celebrated many thousands of years ago. It is still celebrated today. It’s a time for enjoying family and friends, for remembering ancestors, for feasting, and for giving gifts of "red envelopes" of lucky money. There are many ancient customs and stories that surround Chinese New Year, and here is one of them: Once upon a time .... A long time ago, there was a monster named Nian. Nian loved to visit a little village in China each year and scare everybody he saw. He

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