Ten tales from different cultures

A retelling of a traditional Turkish tale about a trickster named Nasrudin.

A retelling of an American Indian tale about how the fly saved the river from the thirsty moose.

A Swedish retelling of the traditional tale about a ragamuffin who tricks an old woman into giving him the ingredients to make a delicious soup for them to share.

A retelling of a Mexican story about a rabbit uses his quick wits to save himself from a coyote.

A retelling of a Czech tale in which a woman tricks Death.

A retelling of a Malaysian folktale about a tiger who returns home from vacation to find that Mrs. Mousedeer has taken over his cave.

A retelling of a traditional Korean folktale about Mr. Mole who decides that only the most powerful being in the world may marry his daughter.

A retelling of a traditional British tale in which Jack pretends to tell the future to trick a farmer out of his gold.

A retelling of an Aboriginal myth about how the world was created.

A retelling of a traditional African tale about a hare who sets out to discover who is eating all of the calabashes from his garden only to discover it is a hungry elephant.