Chandamama Stories

Two friends who lived in the same village were also companions in misfortune. This predicament had come about be- cause both of them had gone

There once lived a merchant, bad-tempered and mean, with never a kind word for anyone. Unfortunately, his wife was no better. Perhaps they would have

Once there lived a poor peasant whose wife had died, leaving with three sons. When they were old enough, he called his sons together. “I

Many years ago, there lived a- farmer in Russia with three sons. The youngest of the three was called Ivan, but he was a halfwit.

Once upon a time, a king had a troop of monkeys. It was in charge of a giant monkey. As the king’s gardener was going

Once, on a far-away island in the sunny South Seas, a king lived with only one son. The people were happy, for the sun always

Chiang was a tobacco seller. He was too poor to own a shop, so he pedalled his wares in the streets. He would put his