A collection of instructive stories.

A collection of instructive stories

Table of contents:

1. Pharaoh and the fingers

A child was born to the Pharaoh and the High Priest at the same time. They were raised as friends...

2. Treasure under the house

Once upon a time there was a poor man who complained all the time...

3. Blind man with a lantern

A blind man walked the streets every night with a lantern...

4. Bench on the outskirts of town

An old bench stood on the outskirts of town...

5. A prisoner who forgot he was free

Once upon a time there was a prisoner who had lived in a dark cell for years...

6. A room of silence

Once upon a time there was a room in which there was always complete silence...

7. A man and a shoe

Once upon a time there was a man walking in the forest...

8. A tree that almost gave up

Once upon a time there was a tree that almost gave up...

9. A poor man and the apple tree

Once upon a time there was a poor man who had an apple tree in his garden...

10. Two masons

Two masons worked on the same church...

11. A donkey and the well

Once upon a time there was an old man donkey who fell into a deep well...

12. The Shell That Was Not a Pearl

Once upon a time there was a shell that lived among other shells...