Little Tree Who Wished for Different Leaves
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Forest Tale: Traditional Tale with an Australian Flavour
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Continue reading →Baucis and Philemon
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Continue reading →Why Trees Whisper
Estonian Legend Retold by Anne Pellowski In the early days of earth, not long after the trees were created and humans were forced to leave Paradise to work, a man went out to the forest to cut wood. The first … Continue reading →
Why Plants Have Human Characteristics
Iroquoian Myth Retold by Anne Pellowski Before the earth was created there was a land above the sky. Certain beings, men and women with human characteristics but not entirely human, lived among the sky people. These beings grew so numerous … Continue reading →
When the Bemböle People Went to Get Logs
A Story from Finland Retold by Neppe Pettersson Once upon a time the Bemböle people decided to build a new log house in Bemböle. And to build a house, they knew that they would need something to build with the … Continue reading →
The Old Man Who Made The Trees Blossom
A Tale from Japan As retold by Alton Chung Once upon a time there was a very kind old man and his wife living in a certain village. Next door to them lived a very mean old man and his … Continue reading →
The Lady in White
A Czech Tale As Retold by Cristy West Every day, from spring until fall, young Bethushka took her flock of sheep to graze near a grove of birches. In her pocket was a spindle for spinning flax into thread. But … Continue reading →
Silver Fir Cones
A Story from The Hartz Mountains, Germany Retold by Sheryl Ann Karas Once upon a time a miner who had a wife and seven children was confined to his bed with a terrible illness. They were a poor family. As … Continue reading →