Enlight How the manager was taught a lesson It once seemed to the estate manager that the workers at night threshing spend more time hanging around the barn and lying on their sides than working. He made his way into the barn before the workers... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight Magic wand A boy lived in one estate. He was ordered to herd a white goat, but he did not want to. The manager whipped the boy and drove the goat into the field to graze. A boy stands in the middle of a field ne... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight How the wolf got his fur coat A wolf was walking through the forest and saw a woodpecker hammering away at a tree. He says to the woodpecker: “Oh, you woodpecker, you’re chiseling a tree, but you haven’t eaten the honey.” And the ... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight Free diploma Previously, when the dog and the cat had free diplomas, they lived happily at home. But they didn’t live like this for long, because none of them knew how to properly read and write. The cat kept his ... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight How the cockerel and the hen went for nuts Let's send the cockerel and the chicken to the nuts. The cockerel climbed onto the hazel tree, to the very top, and the chicken stood below, waiting. The cockerel picked one nut and threw it on the gr... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight Smart guy One day a gentleman, while walking, saw a swineherd and asked: - Hey guy, what's your dad doing? “My father makes two roads into one!” - Two? .. To one? . . How is this possible? - What a stupid maste... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight How a wolf dragged a goat The wolf grabbed the goat and dragged it into the forest. And the goat shouts after him: - Hubby, Mikin! You are leaving home, but will you be back soon? “How things go,” the goat answers, “maybe I wo... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight How the poor brother remained right Once upon a time there were two brothers: one was rich, and the other was poorer. So a poor man came to a rich man for help, and at that time one of his cows was dying. All the same, apparently, she w... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight How the ram taught the wolf a lesson One day a big-horned ram strayed from the herd. The poor fellow is running around, bleating, looking for sheep. And suddenly he came face to face with a wolf. - Stop! - the wolf barked. “I need you, I... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight How did the old man get food for himself? Once upon a time there lived an old man who earned his bread by making kneading dough. But somehow the old man had no work for a long time, and he had nothing to buy bread with. Fortunately, his owner... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight Clever farmhand Once a farm laborer was herding horses and a pitchfork by the lake. The devil crawled out of the lake and asked: - What do you need ropes for? “I want to dump mountains into the lake,” the farmhand an... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales
Enlight How the hare argued with the frost Frost once said to the hare: “I can turn you into an icicle in an instant!” - But you can’t! - answers the hare. - And I say - I can! - And I say - you can’t! So they argued and argued and almost came... Fairy Tales Latvian Fairy Tales