Stories in a Nutshell

A Collection of Concise Folktale Plots for Student Retelling
by Heather Forest

• The Sack...a Sufi Story from the Middle East
• The Purse of Gold...A Jewish Folktale
• The Stolen Ax...A Chinese Taoist Tale by Lieh Tzu
• The Gift of a Cowtail Switch...A Folktale from West Africa
• The Fir Tree and the Bramble...An Aesop's Fable
• The Lion and the Rabbit...A Fable from India
• You Don't Know...An Eastern European Anecdote
• The Boatman...A Sufi Story from the Middle East
• The Banquet...A Sufi Story from the Middle East
• Fate...A Hebrew Folktale
• New Shoes...A Chinese Taoist Tale by Han Fei
• A Flock of Birds...A Tale from India
• The Golden Touch...A Greek Myth
• The Talkative Turtle...A Tale from India
• Cooking by Candle...A Sufi Tale from the Middle East
• Wild Goose...A Folktale from China
• The Strawberry...A Zen Story from Japan
• The Skull...A Tale from West Africa
• The Fighting Rooster...A Taoist Tale from China by Chuang Tzu
• Ten Jugs of Wine...A Tale from Japan
• Visits of Kings...A Folktale from the Middle East
• The Monkey and the Pea...A Tale from India
• The Gnat and the Bull...An Aesop Fable
• A Big Quiet House...An Eastern European Folktale
• The Tale of Echo...A Greek Myth
• The Smuggler...A Sufi Tale from the Middle East
• The Honeybee's Sting...A Tale from Ancient Greece
• The Tale of Bausis and Philemon...A Greek Myth
• Anansi Goes Fishing...A Folktale from West Africa
• The Traveler and the Nut Tree...A Tale from India
• Cat Woman...A Tale from Ancient Greece
• The Sunflower...A Tale from Ancient Greece
• Three Fish...A Tale from India
• Why Turtles Live in Water...A Tale from West Africa
• One Good Meal Deserves Another...A Tale from West Africa
• Who Is King of the Forest?...A Tale from China

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