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May 30, 20203 min read
The Two Frogs - A Japanese folk tale
Once upon a time in the country of Japan there lived two frogs...
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May 30, 20202 min read
The Strawberry Story – A Cherokee story
When the world was young, there lived the First Man and the First Woman. First Man and First Woman had an argument...
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DISC blog
May 30, 20202 min read
Buttering the Bread – from ‘The Wise Men of Chelm and their Merry Tales’ by Solomon Simon, Poland
Some time ago, in the town of Chelm, on the far east border of Poland, a young man lived, known by the name of Yossel...
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May 30, 20202 min read
The Pig and the Peacock – Les Fables De La Fontaine, France
On the wall of a grand and beautiful estate lived a grand and beautiful Peacock. She was very shy and easily embarrassed...
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May 30, 20202 min read
Don’t shake hands with everybody – The Cow-Tail Switch and other West African Stories by Harold Cour
Frog had a large farm. When it was time to clear and plant he went down to the village to get help...
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May 30, 20202 min read
Creation Story - Send in by Kathleen van der Weerd
Adam was walking the Garden of Eden and called out to God, ‘You used to walk with me every day. Now I never see you anymore. I am lonely...
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May 30, 20202 min read
The bird in the forest - A Jataka Tale from India
Once there was a forest and in that forest there was a tree and in this tree lived a little bird. The little bird loved her home...
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May 30, 20201 min read
Hanging from a cliff - A Zen Tale from Japan
There was once a man who was being chased by a tiger across a field. He ran and ran and ran to escape the ferocious tiger until suddenly...
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May 30, 20203 min read
Fire in the trees – a Native American Story
A long time ago, all fire belonged to the Fire Gods who lived in a tipi on top of a great, big mountain. They kept the fire away from...
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May 30, 20202 min read
Three fish in a lake – a Persian story by Rumi
Once upon a time there was a big lake in a faraway country. Three shiny, fat fish lived in it, very peacefully...
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May 30, 20202 min read
An old dog in the Jungle – an African Tale of Wit & Wisdom
Once in the deep Jungles of Africa, an old dog had wandered away from the village and got lost. He could not find his way home...
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DISC blog
May 30, 20203 min read
Soup stone – a Global Tale - with thanks to Desirée van Keulen
Once upon a time, a man travelled the roads and came to a small village looking for a place to stay the night...
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May 30, 20202 min read
The Rabbi and the Monastery – a Hasidic story
For centuries, an impressive monastery stood on top of a hill overlooking the area. People came from far and wide...
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May 23, 20202 min read
The Little Gnome who had to stay home – by Susan Perrow, Australia
Little Gnome was confused. Why did he have to stay home? Didn’t everyone know how little gnomes love to roam!
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May 23, 20202 min read
The Father And His Sons - a Fable by Aesop, Greece
A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. Every day, something small would set one of them off and...
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May 23, 20203 min read
The sleepy Samurai – a Japanese Tale
There once was a young Samurai who was rather brave but at the same time very lazy and this was a problem...
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DISC blog
May 23, 20202 min read
The Legend of the Dreamcatcher – a Lakota story, North-America
Long ago, when the world was young, a Lakota spiritual leader placed himself on top of a high mountain, lay a willow hoop around him and...
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May 23, 20202 min read
Birth of the Butterflies - an Aboriginal Dreamtime story by Michael J Connolly/Munda-gutta Kulliwari
Long ago in the Dreamtime when the world was very young, all the birds and animals spoke the same language and lived forever, until...
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May 23, 20202 min read
The Story of the Phoenix – from Greek mythology
There is a bird that lays no eggs and has no young, yet he always exists. He was here when the world began and is still with us today...or?
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May 23, 20203 min read
The Storyteller - Extracted from Jan Swagerman’s “The Death of the Storyteller, the end of HIS story
There once was a Storyteller. He loved telling the stories of his father very much and often retold many famous old story. And sometimes...
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