Enlight Who should water the donkey? Once upon a time there lived a husband and wife. They had a donkey. Once the couple agreed that whoever said the word first would go and water the donkey. They sat silently opposite each other: they s... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Man and Swan Comparing a person with a swan, we are convinced that the lot of the sons of men is grief. When a baby is born, it cries a lot, but the swan sings loudly even in its hour of death, thereby proving its... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Lion and bulls A lion fought with two bulls. But since they acted together, he ran into their horns everywhere and could not defeat his opponents. And the lion decided to act with cunning. Approaching one of the bul... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Ox, lion and goats The ox, having run away from the lion, hid in a cave. But there were wild goats there, and they began to stab him with their horns. “Well, we’ll have to be patient,” said the ox. “After all, it’s not ... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight How brothers shared an ax There lived two brothers. They grew up orphans and were very poor. When the brothers grew up and matured, they got married. But very soon, trouble began between the daughters-in-law: the women could n... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight How the Tiarians measured the depth of the gorge One day, after talking among themselves, the Tiarians discovered that none of them knew the depth of the Karkiryan Gorge. “It would be interesting to know,” they said, “how many people must stand on e... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight The naive dyer and the talking donkey Once upon a time there lived a husband and wife, and they had a donkey. The husband did not dare to leave the house after sunset, as he was very cowardly. When he absolutely had to go somewhere in the... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Stubbornness There lived a husband and wife. She once said to her husband: “Go and quarrel with your parents, and I’ll quarrel with mine.” In the evening I will cook fatty pilaf, and there will be no need to treat... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Water mill without water One day one of the residents of Tiari needed to go to the mill. He took with him a leather skin containing grain to grind the grain into flour. Arriving at the mill, he said to its owner: “I want you ... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Marriage of Maryam Once upon a time there lived a young man who wooed a girl named Maryam. She had one hundred dinars and proposed to her fiancé: - Let's agree this way. I will give you three mules loaded with musk. Tak... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Wolves and the river The wolves found a sheep skin at the bottom of the river. They decided that it was a live ram, and began to think about how to get to it. They thought and thought and decided to drink the river and th... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
Enlight Hunters, lion and mouse Hunters caught a lion in a net. A mouse came, chewed the knots, the lion freed himself from his bonds and thus escaped. “No one should be despised and one should never lose hope. I, a mighty lion, sur... Assyrian Fairy Tales Fairy Tales Enlight
