Random Story To Tell

A farmer and his wife lived near the edge of a forest. They had a very beautiful daughter. One day, the farmer said, “Wife, I think our daughter is ready for marriage.”

“I’ll tell everyone in the village it is time for our daughter to marry,” said his wife. “She’s very beautiful. The boys will come by the hundreds. There’ll be no problem picking a suitable husband.”

And sure enough, hundreds of young men came to see the Continue reading

Many years ago, lived two Naga princess, Chulodera and Mahodera. Both of them wanted a certain gem studded throne.

Chulodera said that it’s his by inheritance, but Mahodera said that it’s his too by gift and custom.
Chulodera said it’s belong to his family for centuries, but Mahodera said that it was given by Chulodera grandfather and had use it for two generations.
They both just claim that gem, and no one let it go.

Soon there was a battle, many Continue reading

Buaya the Crocodile lived a life of ease and pleasure in a river on whose banks grew a large coconut palm tree. Buaya never had to go to the trouble of moving his long body up or down the river to look for food. After a long refreshing sleep, all he had to do was to push himself slowly up to the river bank, lie in the warm sunshine, and wait for one of the coconuts to ripen. He knew when the fruit would fall, and then he would pick up and eat it.

One day Beruk and the Ape came to the Continue reading

Loro Jongrang

Loro Jongrang was the daughter of King Prabu Baka, who reigned over the ancient Javanese kingdom of Prambanan. Prabu Baka was a cruel, powerful king who ruled by sheer terror, and for a long time none dared challenge him; but finally, in a fierce battle, he was killed by the King of Pengging.

This victory was due to the King’s first minister Bandawasa, who fought with a weapon possessing supernatural powers. Bandawasa had named his magic weapon Continue reading

King Duthagamini had only one son. His name was Saliya. Saliya was a gentle person who loved poetry and music. He didn’t care for armies, soldiers and war.

One day Saliya was riding on his elephant in the forest, dreaming, when through the trees he heard a girl singing. It was such a lovely voice that Saliya slid off his elephant and crept toward the sound. What he saw made him stop and gasp.

There, under the Asoka tree, was a young girl. She was filling a basket with Continue reading

Long ago, Anuradhapura was ruled by the good king Gajabuhu. Gajabuhu was a kind and generous king who looked after his subjects well.

One day, an old woman came to his court, “My Lord Gajabuhu, Great Ruler, I’m hungry,” she cried. “I have nobody to bring food for me. My husband is dead. My two sons are with the twelve thousand Lankan soldiers taken prisoner by the King of Chola in your father’s reign. Have pity on an old woman, my Lord.”

King Continue reading

Little Yusuf liked sugar. He liked sugar so much that he ate up all the sugar in the sugar-pot every day. When his mother didn’t put sugar in the sugar-pot, Yusuf opened the cupboard and found the sugar bottle. It didn’t matter that he felt sick. He just ate as much sugar as he could find.

“Oh, Yusuf! What shall I do with you?” his mother cried. “Your teeth will fall out. Your stomach will fill up with worms.” But Yusuf kept eating sugar. When he Continue reading

Once upon a time, in a certain country, right in the middle of the gamarala’s field, lay a huge rock. It was the time to plough the field, and the gamarala wanted to get the rock out.

He tried to lift it himself. But the rock was too large and too heavy. He called his neighbours to help. But the couldn’t lift the rock either. They tied a rope  around it and yoked it to ten oxen. The rope snapped, but the rock didn’t move.

Finally the gamarala offered a large Continue reading

Long long ago, when the world was young, gods lived in heaven and men lived on earth.

One day, Brahma, the greatest god of all, sait to Vishnu and Shiva, “Tomorrow I’ll go down to earth and look around.”

“What do you want to see?” Vishnu asked.

“I want to see if the people I created have become wise. I want to see whether they are ready to come to heaven,” Brahma answered.

So the next day the three gods rode down to earth Continue reading

“Thank you, Antipka,” she said sweetly. “I heard everything. I don’t know how to thank you.”

Before Antipka could reply, the merchant and his wife rushed in and first hugged their daughter and then hugged Antipka. Then the merchant beamed and his wife burst into tears again.

“You shall name your reward, my friend,” said the merchant. “Go away and think it over. And then come back and ask for whatever you want and you shall have Continue reading