1. To entertain us regardless of our age, gender or class;
2. To help us all, young and old, to make sense of our ever-expanding inner and outer worlds (either in realistic or symbolic terms).

• The Tale of Mousey the Merchant  >>
  A Picture without walls
  A short, millennia old Indian Tale from the Kathasaritsagara
  (The-Ocean-of-Streams-of-Stories) of Somadeva
  
  
• A Nasty Rumour  >>
  A short Indian tale from the same source as the tale of Mousey the Merchant above
  This old tale about the power of gossip is still as relevant today as it was
  in the old days
  

• The Three Goats  >>
  a popular, richly illustrated rhyming fable about three goats and a wolf
  
  
• The Crow and the Fox  >>
  a funny, old fable in rhyme from Aesopus with plenty of illustrations
  
  
• The Louse and the Flea  >>
  An old tale first written down by the brothers Grimm
  It is particular popular with young children but its hidden message is important for young and old
  
  
• The Hare and the Tortoise  >>
  A very short, very old and very wise tale
  
  
• The Frog and the Snail  >>
  An old Dutch Tale
  
  
• The Pumpkin  >>
  An old Russian folktale with an important message
  
  
• Motu  >>
  An old, short tale from Africa
  It all starts when Motu's bananas go missing
  
  
• The Princess and the Pea  >>
  A well-known and popular fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
  with a hidden message that is further explored by Brigitte Franssen
  

• The Story of Scrapefoot  >>
  The old Tale that precedes the Tale of Goldilocks
  
  
• The Princess of the Tower  >>
  A Jewish Tale of Old
  
  
• The Two Traveling Angels  >>
  A very popular and well-known Tale
  about how things are not always what they seem
  
  
• The Earthquake  >>
  A short, old Indian Tale
  reminding us of a widely ignored aspect of the human psyche
  
  
• The Hermit and the She-Wolf  >>
  A shorter than short tale from the Desert Fathers
  

• Ali the Persian  >>
  An Old Arabian Tale with a Modern Theme
  from the Book of a Thousand Nights and A Night
  
  
• The Proud King  >>
  One Tale from the Book of a Thousand Nights that right after it ends continues not once but twice
  
  
• The Three Apples  >>
  A wonderful old Tale from the Book of a Thousand Nights and A Night
  
  
• The Tale of Abu Hasan  >>
  A Tale from the Book of a Thousand Nights and A Night
  about wind and a very embarrassed Arabian man called Abu Hasan