Random Story To Tell

1. The Road

It’s ten o’clock at night. Yakob and Daud are going home. They sold two cows in the town today, and they have got a lot of money. The moon is not shining. It is dark.

A small dog is walking in front of them. It is Daud’s dog.
Daud is Yakob’s son. He’s saying, “Father this is a long road, and I am very tired. Look at my dog. It’s thirsty. I am not thirsty, but I’m afraid, because the night is Continue reading

Very long ago, in China, there was a powerful King. He wanted to build a beautiful big temple to the Goddess of Heaven. It would be the most beautiful temple in the world.

Now the King needed a lot of money to build this temple. So he called on the rich lords and merchants and landowners to help. They were to bring their gifts of money or jewels to the King’s officers.

These officers stood in front of the palace and waited for the people to come with their gifts. They had Continue reading

The Fire of Dupelopa – The Lesser Sunda Islands

At the beginning of time, Heaven was so close to earth that the people who lived in Heaven could easily climb down to Earth on a ladder. The Heaven people and Earth people often went visiting each other so there was a lot of traveling to and from between the two places. This didn’t please Bai Ngao, a giant who lived on Earth. He didn’t like the noise people usually made when they were traveling.

Bai Ngao was very Continue reading

There were once three sisters who lived by themselves in the heart of the thick forest. The two elder sisters were mean and bad tempered, but the youngest sister was very kind hearted and helpful.

Every summer they used to go out into the forest to collect all the different kinds of berries which were there, and there were so many berries to pick that it was often growing dark before they returned home.

One summer evening the eldest sister had just filled her basket when she Continue reading

Captain Kangaroo sang happily to himself as he puttered around the Treasure House.
He wound the old grandfather clock, and dusted around with his big feather duster.
Then he went to the window.
“For goodness sake,” he cried in amazement.

Coming up the path to the Treasure House was his friend, Mr. Green Jeans. And tumbling along his side was the cutest animal that Captain Kangaroo had ever seen!

“Hello, Captain,” said Mr. Green Jeans. Continue reading

“Wagon Train” is one of the most popular shows on television. It tells about pioneers, about the people who went West in wagon trains to build new homes, to farm new lands. Here is a wagon story about a boy and his dog; a dog that wouldn’t be left behind.

It was the first day out with the wagon train. The line of canvas-covered wagons, California bound, moved slowly west from the Missouri River.
Major Adams, the wagon master, was in Continue reading

A group of men from Kadambawa were on their way to Putallam. They had some important business there. They had started early in the morning from Kadambawa and hoped to reach Putallam by nightfall. But when darkness came, they were still quite far from Putallam. So they decided to rest in a clearing in the forest. They cooked and ate their evening meal together. Then each man spread his mat and went to sleep.
Suddenly, in the middle of the night there was a terrible shout, Continue reading

Story from Java

The whole village knew Pa Dungu as a hard worker and an honest man, but his name was “Dungu” and “Dungu” means stupid, and unfortunately Pa Dungu was indeed what his name implied.

One day Pa Dungu’s wife told her husband she wanted to sell their kerbau. “Early tomorrow morning you take the kerbau to the market,” she orderet, “and sell it for two hundred and fifty rupiahs, not a cent less!”
Pa Dungu Continue reading

One day, a man came to King’s court. He waited until it was his turn to speak, then he went up the Lion Throne.

“Your Majesty,” he said, “two days ago a traveller was passing trough our land. I gave him food and shelter in my house. He asked me if you, our King, were a good and wise ruler. I said “Yes.” “If he is a wise man,” the traveller said, “he’ll know the answers of three questions.” Then he told me three Continue reading