Enlight About a stupid woman A woman was walking along a mountain road. She climbed halfway up the mountain and met a shepherd. The shepherd tells her: - Sit down, relax. You are coming from afar. The woman asks: - Do you know wh... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight The verdict of a fair judge (story one) There lived two brothers. They were so friendly that they could not spend a single day without each other. Therefore, they built themselves a house together so that they would never be separated, boug... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Stupid monk A monk was walking along a mountain road. The mountain is high, the climb is steep, the monk is fat. So the monk began to ask God: - Lord, I have served you for many years. Serve me too: send at least... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight The rich man and death That's what they say. One rich man was very afraid of death. Therefore, he made an agreement with death like this: when his time comes, death will tell him about it in advance so that he can prepare. ... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Good advice That's what they say. One day the mice gathered for a council and began to think about how they could escape from the cat. - How can you escape from him? He is the smartest of all! - said one mouse. “... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Two cunning people One day he took a jug, poured wet clay into it, put half a circle of oil on top - for show - and went to sell at the market. A little before reaching the market, he sat down to rest under a tree, and ... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Tigress cub and goat cub A tigress cub and a goat cub met on a mountainside and played and frolicked together all day. And when evening came, they went home. The tiger cub came to his mother and said: “I played so well with t... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Three deaf people One man lost his sheep and went looking for them. He walked and walked and saw a woman working in the field, and on her back there was a child tied in a sack. The man stopped and said with respect: - ... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Thank God There lived one merchant. No matter what happened to him, he praised God for everything. His mule dies, and he says: - Thanks be to the merciful God! My sheep are still alive! The mice will spoil his ... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight Other people's advice One man went to the city with his son. The father sat astride the donkey, and the boy walked next to him. — Did you see what was being done? - said the people they met. - How can this man not be asham... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight The verdict of a fair judge (second story) Two people lived next door. One had sheep, the other had a vineyard. One day, the owner of the vineyard saw that his neighbor’s sheep had eaten his vine. Then he went to the owner of the sheep and sai... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales
Enlight About a man whom no one could deceive There lived one old man. In his entire life he never said an empty word. What he knew, he knew correctly. What he didn’t know, he didn’t talk about. Everywhere the old man was honored and respected. B... Ethiopian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales