The book includes the most popular and developing stories and tales for children and adults: most popular fairy tales, fairy tales for babies, good fairy tales, easy short fairy tales, story tales in English, fairy tales to read famous authors and folktales. from The Fables of Ivan Krylov (c.1769 - 1844)Always are the weak at fault before the strong.In history we hear a host of examples,But history we are not writing:Here is how they tell of it in Fables.The tricksy Monkey, the Goat, the Ass, and bandylegged Mishka the Bear, determine to play a quartette.Trishka's caftan was out at elbows. Why should he ponder long over it? He took to his needle, cut a quarter off each sleeve; so mended the elbows. The caftan was all right again, only his arms were bare for a quarter of their length.

Over great forest regions flying,A splendid eagle sped, preceding far his mate.They purposed on a mighty oak to wait,Until among the branches should be lying,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, as I am a Fox,' said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. 'Good-day, Mistress Crow,' he cried.One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch.Two men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches.It was so beautiful out on the country, it was summer- the wheat fields were golden, the oats were green, and down among the green meadows the hay was stacked.

There the stork minced about on his red legs, clacking away in Egyptian, which was the language his mother had taught him. Round about the field and meadow lands rose vast forests, in which deep lakes lay hidden. Yes, it was indeed lovely out there in the country.Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on her still more. This good woman had a little red riding hood made for her. It suited the girl so extremely well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.