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Arabic: A Thousand and One Nights
No full textThe story is about a princess, Scheherazade, who tells bedtime stories to a king for a thousand and one nights. But every night, just as the story is getting exciting and intriguing she stops and the king, who is very curious, has to wait until the following night to find out what happens. The first story Scheherezade tells the king—which I read--is about a rich merchant who encounters a bad genie. The genie threatens to kill him but the merchant convinces him to give him time to go home, make arrangements to spend time with his family, which he does. Scheherezade ends the story that night just when it is time for the merchant to go back to the genie.https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/globalstorytelling/1019/thumbnail.jp
Sinhala: හිවලුන් සහ මිදි [hivalun saha midi] The Fox and the Grapes
No full textBased on the classic Aesop fable, this story has the following moral: There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/globalstorytelling/1012/thumbnail.jp
Korean: 거북이와 토끼 [geobug-iwa tokki] The Rabbitt and the Turtle
No full textThis story is a traditional Korean story based on Aesop\u27s Fable The Tortoise and The Hare. In the story, the two animals run a race. Just like The Tortoise and The Hare, the Rabbit falls asleep during the race, and the Turtle wins.https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/globalstorytelling/1002/thumbnail.jp