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It tells the story of a princess who summons into her room a prince named Sobur (Arabic: صَبْر, romanized: ṣabr, lit. 'Patience'), or variations thereof, by the use of a magical fan. [1] Spurred by envy, the princess's sisters hurt the prince with glass shards, causing him heavy injuries; the princess then goes after him to cure him.
Fairy tales from India, short stories that belong to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic , enchantments , and mythical or fanciful beings. India portal
Children's short stories are fiction stories, generally under 100 pages long, written for children. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of bedtime stories for children by Oscar Wilde, first published in May 1888.It contains five stories that are highly popular among children and frequently read in schools: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket."
Princess Aubergine (Baingan Bádsháhzádí) is an Indian folktale collected by Flora Annie Steel and sourced from the Punjab region. It concerns a princess whose lifeforce is tied to a necklace, and, as soon as it falls in the hand of a rival, the princess falls into a death-like sleep - comparable to heroines of European fairy tales Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. [1]
The three-breasted princess V.10 The Brahmin and the soft-foot fiend V.11 The old pious lady Gautami II.3 (6 additional stories) 141-146 The false friend I.3 The merchant's bride I.8 The cat who became superfluous II.4 The canny procuress II.5 War (frame) III.1 The goose and the crow III.5 The crow and the quail III.6 The faithful servant III.9
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It is a phantasmagorical story that begins in a city so miserable and ruinous that it has forgotten its name. [2] Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for problems existing in society at the time of its publication, especially in the Indian subcontinent. It presents these problems from the perspective of the young protagonist, Haroun ...