Category: Folktale
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Description of the tale Header navigation Jack and the Beanstalk is a fairy tale about a poor boy who trades his cow for magic beans that grow into a giant beanstalk. He climbs the beanstalk and finds a kingdom in the sky where a cruel giant lives. He steals some of the giant’s treasures and…
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a classic fable about a boy who lies to the villagers that a wolf is attacking his sheep, just for fun. He does this twice and the villagers come to help him, only to find out that he was lying.
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The Tortoise And The Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare is an Aesop’s fable about a race between a slow but steady tortoise and a fast but arrogant hare. The hare is confident that he will win easily, so he stops to eat some carrots and take a nap along the way. The tortoise, however, keeps moving forward at a…
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The Three Little Pigs
The Three Little Pigs is an English fairy tale about three pigs who build their houses out of different materials: straw, sticks, and bricks. A big bad wolf tries to blow down their houses and eat them, but he fails to do so with the house of bricks. The pig who built the house of…
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The Three Billy Goats Gruff is a Norwegian fairy tale about three billy goats who want to cross a bridge to reach a green pasture, but they have to face a fearsome troll who lives under the bridge. The first two billy goats trick the troll by telling him to wait for their bigger brother,…