What Do Dandelions Do?

A dandelion was carried away by a soft breeze. She visited different places and delivered many messages. She was saved from drawning and other accidents. After she met a poet who composed a pretty poem for her, she found the real meaning of her life.

Mrs. Apple and Mr. Watermelon

Shahpari wonders what would happen if everything was put upside down. Her doll bear tells her to change the place of objects in her mind and paint them. She put the slide in the sky and the rainbow in the park. She imagines her dad as a groom and her mom as a bride. What if a giraffe neck was changed into wardrobe? What if train wagons were playmates for bears and birds walked on the rail or the cat flew in they sky? What the watermelon would yield if it were grafted to the apple? The answer to these questions was strange and Shahpari paints the strange images.

The Flying Fish

A small colorful fish lived with his grandpa in the sea. The grandpa had a dagger and all the day he tore the nets lay by fishermen and rescued trapped fish. One day the dying grandpa gave the dagger to him and made him promise to save trapped fish. The small fish had a big wish to fly. One day he rescued a big turtle. The turtle presented him with wings and he was able to fly. He flew to the sky and saw many fish caught by fishermen. Pitying their plight the small fish returned to the sea and started cutting the nets.

I Wish

A small boy had many wishes. He wished he had ten mothers; he wished to have more ice cream, to change his size and to travel all the time. He wished he would grow big soon to tell folk what to do. He wished daddy had a bicycle instead of a car to drive him at the front. He wished his mom and dad had twenty brothers and sisters so that he could receive many gifts during New Year holidays, but any one wish came true, having a plate full of strawberries.

Asleep and Awake

At midnight Mahan, the merchant, was called to the gate. A stranger told him he had gained good profit from trade and asked him to follow him. They walked into a desert but the stranger disappeared. He was hungry and thirsty. A woman and a man promised to return Mahan to his hometown but they also disappeared. Mahan was deceived by other demons as well and wandered many days in the desert until he reached a pretty garden owned by witches. In the end Prophet Khizr came to his rescue and took him to his hometown.

The Epic of Siavoosh

Siavoosh, son of King Keykavus was a noble prince. His mother - in -law fell in love with him but Siavoosh drove her away. Angered, she told Keykavus that Siavosh was a traitor. Keykavus threw Siavoosh into a big fire to see if he was guilty or innocent. He dashed boldly into the fire and survived unharmed. Afrasiab, the Turanian king, marched into Iran. Siavoosh battled with Afrasiab and defeated his army. He built a magnificent town in the border between Iran and Turan, married Afrasiab's daughter and tried to keep peace between the two countries. Afrasiab dreamed that Siavoosh was destroying his kingdom. He marched against Siavoosh at the head of a big army. Siavoosh fought boldly with his small army but was innocently slain.

Sweeter than Honey

Several thousands years had passed. The creatures on earth didn't look like human beings but were very intelligent. One day they discovered a frozen little boy. When the ice melted the boy said he was a computer that looked like a boy and asked for his mom. They said thousand years had expired since he had frozen and nobody was alive on earth. But he insisted to go to his mom. They said he would become a real boy and mortal if he return to his mom but he insisted to go. He preferred to see his mother one more time and die, ruther than to live for ever.

Farshid

Farshid's father was a labourer in the Sheikdoms. He had broken his hand and wanted to take Farshid to the Sheikdoms to work. Farshid was a clever student and didn't want to go. He was frail and sickly. He asked his brother to stop the father from taking him out of school. His brother was working and earning bread for the family. He protested to his father and promised to cover Farshid's school expenses.

It Is A Pity That! ...

A boy complained to his mom saying it was a pity that his balloon had burst, his shirt had grown small, his stocking was torn or the rain had stopped. He said it was a pity his tooth was loose, the sun was hidden behind the cloud, the night had arrived andhe had to sleep. He was sorry that his mom would become old. The boy made many such complaints but his mom gave him appropriate and soothing answers and eased his childish woes.

The Teacher and the Painter

Ghazaleh painted a strange painting in the classroom. She painted a bird that resembled no bird, a sun that resembled not a real sun and a house that resembled not a real house. The teacher quarreled with Ghazaleh. She said her painting didn't reflect real life and wrote a note to her parents and complained about Ghazaleh's bad painting. That night a famous painter happened to be their guest. He looked carefully at Ghazaleh's painting. Instead of finding fault with it he said it was an excellent performance.

Parinaz or Nazpari

Parinaz who was dissatisfied with her life, found a golden pair of shoes in their street. The magic shoes carried her to a beautiful palace when she wore them. She was treated as a princess in the palace. She enjoyed every comfort and luxury in the palace but no love from her parents. In the evening she had a big wish to return to her humble house and help her mom and dad.

What is Eaten at a Wedding?

Mamali wanted to go to the wedding party but her parents wouldn't take him. His grandpa stayed behind so that he wouldn't feel alone. Mamali asked the chicken, the rooster, the goat, the sheep, the cow, the donkey and the horse what would they eat if they were invited to the wedding party. Each animal had a different answer but they all showed him their loves. Even grandpa preferred to eat his grief! They started a party of their own.

Under the Blue Dome

A little sparrow was very fond of stories, but her mother  was too tired and sleepy in the evenings to tell her tales. When the sparrow learned to fly she built a nest elsewhere. The sky told her that she was a blue dome rather than a grey dome and asked her to tell storytellers to correct that sentence when they start their stories and get a prize. The sparrow went to storytellers and learned to be a good storyteller herself, but never got the prize.

The Song Village

All the people used to sing in the Song Village when they ploughed the ground, sprayed the seed or harvested their crops. But Wolf - Ali who had dwelt with wolves sang like wolves and attracted wolves to the village. The elders decided to feed Wolf - Ali all the time so that he would forget to sing. Love - Ali attended Wolf - Ali and sung sweet songs all the time. One night the wolves attacked the village. Wolf - Ali sung a strange sweet song and scared the wolves away.

The Furious Snake

Morad was poor. He had lost his farm and was working for others. One day he visited a cave in the mountain and saw a gray snake. He fed the snake and the snake gave him a gold coin. Next day he again visited the cave and received another gold coin from the snake. On another day he took medical herbs to the town and sold them. Then he went to the cave and throws the snake that had frozen from cold into his bag and closed the mouth. When the snake was warm enough he was furious with the herbs. He jumped out of the bag and stung Morad and his donkey. The donkey died but Morad didn't die. A hunter patched his wound. He gave him a farm and told him to attend to farming instead of fortune hunting.

Elijah

Prophet Elijah preached divine worship and cursed idol worshippers. The son of the king of Heliopolis was very ill. Nobody could cure him. The king sent an army to the mountain to bring Elijah to cure his son. Elijah sent fire and burnt the army. The king sent another detachment along with Elijah's followers. Elijah returned to Heliopolis but the prince had died. The angry king decided to kill the prophet. Elijah and his companions escaped from the city and the king killed some of his companions. Elijah cursed the heathen king. An enemy attacked Heliopolis and defeated and destroyed the king. After that the people suffered from extreme famine. They attacked Baal, the grand idol, and shattered it. Elijah returned to Heliopolis. The people welcomed his faith and Elijah prayed for them. Rain fell abundant and rivers swelled with water. The people thanked God for his blessings.

The Fairy of Dreams

Sepideh who was living in an orphanage felt lonely and abandoned. The Fairy of Dreams told her she possessed a  precious treasure and asked her to protect it. Sepideh woke up and searched everywhere but couldn't find the treasure. In the dark she slipped and fell down from the stairs and broke her leg. She was taken to the hospital and her leg was bandaged. Then she understood that her biggest treasure was her health.

Jungle

The wind tossed a little boy's painting outside the house. All the colours were angry because they had been drenched in the rain. But the brown colour said they could make a jungle if they helped each other. The colours joined each other with the help of raindrops and painted trees and flowers beside the paper. The clouds moving above rained over the painted jungle. Next day the little boy saw a small jungle beside his painting.

Green, Blue, Yellow

Grandmother is blind but she can recognize every color from their smell. She addresses her grandchildren as Green Nadir, Green Nargess or Green Shireen. She always dreams about her childhood, the green trees, the blue sky and the golden sun. When Shireen walked to the window Grandmother remembered how she painted the window frame when she was a child. Her head hit the windowpane and her finger was wounded.

The Adventurous Face

The nose had caught a cold and was upset because he couldn't smell. The eyes wept, the mouth sneezed and the eyebrows frowned. All the body members wanted to help the sick nose. The legs carried the nose to the doctor and received medicine. The mouth drank the medicine for a couple of days, till the nose was cured and could smell again.

Wedding

A cock fell in love with a fox. The fox had very beautiful eyes and a pretty tail. The cock wholly lost his head. He went to the turkey and the goat and asked them to court the fox for him. They refused with much alarm. He asked the donkey to court the fox and the silly ass courted the fox for the cock. A wedding party was held but no hen or cock came. All foxes came and devoured the cock.

Aunt, Dear Aunt, Kind Daddy

A girl left her home and went to her aunt because she didn't want to marry her unborned nephew. Her aunt gave her two eggs. One egg gave birth to a hen, the other to a cock. The hen went to an old lady and the cock went to an old man. She asked the old lady to deliver the hen. She said the hen had laid eggs but they were stolen by a demon. The girl went to the old man and received wheat instead of her cock.

Mushrooms in the Rain

This is a collection of poems entitled the images of spring, stars, mushrooms in the rain, a doll and snowman. The poems portray the colors of spring, the freshness of rain, the game of a girl and her doll and building a snowman.

 

I Love Pretty Colors

One day a sparrow was alarmed to see that the blue colour of the sea, the green colour of jungle and the brown colour of mountain had disappeared. The flowers had lost their colour and everything was colourless. Night said it could paint everything black, the star said it could paint them silvery the sun would paint things in gold colour. The sparrow saw soldiers marching and firing everywhere, but they were defeated by nature. The mountain, the plain, the jungle and the sea and flowers recovered their pretty colours and everything was restored to its original shape.

The Pea-Shaped Boy Visits his Dad

An old couple had no child until God favored them with a small son. He was as small as a pea and his mother named him Pea - Boy. The pea-shaped boy was strong and carried a big soup pail on his head to his father in the farm. In the marketplace the village folk were surprised to see a big pail moving by itself. They learnt that the old pair had a son. The old father was surprised to see the pea-shaped boy  but thanked God for having a son. Three theives came to him and rented the Pea – B0y for two days.

Three Mysterious Citrons

A king lived with his beautiful daughter, but the princess caught a strange illness and nobody could cure her. An old doctor said three magic golden citrons brought by a virtuous man would cure the princess. The king proclaimed he would marry his daughter to the man who brought the citrons. Bahman, a poor youth, went to search for the citrons along with many others. He reached the distant orchard, picked up the citrons and treated an old woman with respect and received good directions. The princess ate the citrons and recovered her health and beauty, but the king was reluctant marry her to a poor peasant. Bahman performed several miracles and married the princess.

The Tale of Golden Wing's Grief

Golden Wing was a very pretty rooster with plumes looking like gold. His only fault was he didn't bath and wash himself. One day he fell ill and all his golden feathers dropped. The doctor ordered him to bath three times a day. After few days regular bathing and sunning his golden wings grew again.

On the Highest Mountain

A boy wanted to fly to the highest mountain in Iran on his kite. His marvelous kite took him to a rooftop, then to a cypress tree and then to a very high tower. The kite flew higher and landed on Mount Damavand's summit. It was the highest point in Iran. The sky stood over his head like an azure blanket and the sun shone brilliantly. The winding towns and villages below looked like a rainbow.

 

The Black Goat and the Palm Tree

Black Goat was strong as a bull and was the champion of mountain folk. Palm Tree was the tallest tree in the plain and was worshipped by the farmers. The two groups faught each other to replace one another. The goat and the palm tree were both injured. It was then that people realized how great was their loves and how small was their demand.

See you in spring

A little bear played all the day with a rabbit and squirrel in the jungle. His friends said in winter the jungle was all white and very fine to play. The little bear decided to remain awake in the winter although his parents objected. When his parents fell into winter sleep he walked out of his nest. A thick snow had fallen. At first he was pleased with the scene, but then he felt very cold, hungry and sleepy. He couldn't find his nest either. The rabbit and the squirrel found the bear's warm nest and he slept beside his parents.

Uncle Chain Weaver

For many years Uncle Chain Weaver used to weave chains of friendship for children. He lived in the mountain and loved all the children. The kids joked with uncle and he answered them with good humor. One day the old man didn't answer the kids. Worried and sad the children marched to his hut behind the mountain with gifts. They clasped each others' hands like chain. Uncle Chain Weaver was moved to see their friendship.

Nobody was Alone Except God

The man and woman were living alone on earth. God gave strength to the man to build a house and beauty and art to the woman to cheer the house and asked them to love each other. Angels brought seeds to them and the earth was full of trees and flowers. The woman bore a baby. The people multiplied and prayed God for his blessings. God was happy because nobody was alone except himself.

The Giant Worm

Haftvad's daughter is living with her seven brothers in Gozaran. One day she finds a worm in an apple. She believes the worm would bring good luck and tries to make more money by working harder. Gradually as the worm grows big her family gain more money and power and become worm worshippers. They rebel against King Ardeshir and fight and defeat the king. Ardeshir finds his way into the fort with the help of friends under the guise of a rich merchant. He kills the giant worm and beats the worshipers of worm. Since then the people in the fort worship Almighty God only and region is named the land of Kerman.

 

The Wisest of the Wise

The Queen of India did not want to obey King Anooshirvan of Iran. She sent a delegation to Iran with their invented chess and demanded the king to reveal the trick of the game otherwise India would not obey him. Bozorgmehr, the wise minister, discovered the technique of the game and proved that Iranians are wiser. Bozorgmehr, in turn, invented the game of backgammon. He went to India and asked the Indian philosophers to discover the techniques of the game. They were unable to do so and the Queen had to present precious gifts to Iranians and accepted Iranian domination.

Son of Thunder

Son of Thunder learns that a dragon has captured the Tara Land. He has poisoned the waters and has put the lives of all creatures in Tara in danger. Son of Thunder marches to fight the dragon. He seeks help from his friends in his way and acquires the weapons by which he can kill the terrible dragon. In the battle with the dragon and other evil creatures he is about to loose his life but is saved. He emerges victorious and returns joy and happiness to Tara.

Rainbow

Little Shadi walks to the mountains to meet her friends. There she plays in the yellow cornfield with the blue scarecrow, red flowers, orange fish, green frog, golden corn poppies and the violet mountain. She is flying her balloon and manages to put the seven beautiful colors of rainbow together. Thus she creates her own rainbow by the real rainbow whenever it rains and the sun starts to shine.

 

The Sin of Garshasp

Garshasp was the strongest man on earth. Earth was warm by fire. The cattle grazed in green fields and people worked happily in farms. Hurricane Devil roared and destroyed everything except the fire that burnt on the mountaintop. But Garshasb was brave and fought and defeated Hurricane Devil and Earth blossomed again. Satan changed Hurricane Devil into a beautiful fairy. Garshasb fell in love with the her. The fairy tempted him to extinguish the fire. The earth grew cold. He had committed a sin. Only the fire can pardon his sin.

Ebrahim Adham

Ebrahim Adham was a ruler of Khorassan. One night he heard the thieves searching after camels on the roof of his palace? Surprised Adham abandoned his palace, lived like poor men and darned his shirt. He knew every mystery in the world and was loved by God. When he threw his needle into the sea, Hundred thousand fish swam to the top each bearing a golden needle. He was the ruler of hearts now.

The Good Man and the Bad Man

Good man was seeking his fortune. In the desert he helped Bad Man but Bad Man stole his horse and fled. Good Man found a cave where a leopard, a wolf and a fox told about the milk that could cure Princess Mahpari, a hidden spring and gold coins. Good Man received the milk from the shepherd and cured Mahpari. He dug the spring and irrigated many farms and gave gold coins to the poor and was married to the princess. Bad Man went to the cave to learn their secrets but the beasts attacked and killed him.

Golden Cricket

Neda was alone in the house. She found a Black Cockroach in the garden. He was looking after his daughter. Golden Cockroach had left the house because she had quarreled with her daddy. Neda found Golden Cockroach and asked her to respect her dad and return home. Golden Cockroach asked her daddy to excuse her and promised not to be cross again. Little Neda was happy.

The myth of Wisdom

Earth was lawless and everybody was against everybody. Greed and tyranny raged and hope was lost because Satan had stolen wisdom and jailed it in hell. Jamshid, the guardian of Earth, was angry. He descended the seven circles of dark  hell and suffered much hardship to find and return wisdom to Earth. On his way back he killed many demons. Earth smiled and the people heard music, friendship and kindness in their heartbeats.

I've Come to Love You

This is a collection of poems about the soup served by the good mom, a friend who writes poems and shut the window to sadness, a book which is the best companion during lonely hours, the shadow which never leaves you, a grandmother who is blind, September when children meet each other again in the school, a sister who doesn't seem to love her brother and a kind flower vendor...

Return

Habib and Khodadad worked in the summer time and earned some money. They were returning to their village by a pickup. Habib decided to steal his friend's money to buy a motorcycle and live in the city. In the darkness he managed to take the money and jumped down from the van, but then he felt uncomfortable, alone and ashamed. He returned to the van and to Khodadad who was worried for his lost friend.

A Punctured Sock

One day the housewife threw a punctured sock into the dustbin. The punctured sock went here and there to find a good friend. The cockroach and the sparrow didn't like the sock, but the mouse made a cap out of her. Some years later, the mouse found a punctured boot and made a bed of it. The sock, the mouse and the shoe lived with each other happily ever after.

Capped Bear and Capless Bear

A bear found a cap on a river. It kept her head warm and she loved it very much. The fox told her that her friend had sent a new cap and honey for her and took the old cap. The bear who was deceived complained to the crow and the turtle. These two told the fox that the hunter who had lost his cap had returned with a gun and would kill he who had stolen the cap. The fox retunred the cap to the bear.

The Cat with a Bell

The cat had made life difficult for the mice. One mouse said she would dig a well and throw the cat in it. Another mouse said he would kill her. Little Mouse took several pieces of meat and a bell with a string. She threw the meat to the cat and shook the bell. In this way she managed to hang the bell over her neck. The cat couldn't kill the mice any more because the bell rang and they escaped!

Wings to Fly

Daedalus longed to escape from the Death Island in which he was imprisoned. He couldn't escape by the sea. The only  passage was the sky. Daedalus was an artful and wise man. He gathered feathers and fastened them to each other by wax. He made two pairs of wings for himself and his son. He told his son he shouldn't fly too low or too high near the sky. But Icarus forgot his father's good advice and approached the sun. The wax melted and he dropped into the ocean...

A Girl Called Golbahar

Golbahar was the servant of a greedy landlord. Shahin was a young farmer who had a farm near her master's farm and loved her. But the landlord was greedy and wouldn't release her. Once he said she must plant pea seeds and grow beans instead. Another time he asked Golbahar to thresh all the popcorns in the warehouse within a night. The animals shifted the place of pea seeds in the farm and the piegons threshed the popcorns because they all loved Golbahar. She was freed and married to Shahin.

Rain is Falling

Too much rain had fallen and the ground in the jungle was all soaked. A little crow saw marks on the muddy ground. She followed the marks and found them to be the footprints of a lion, an elephant, a zebra, a rabbit, a squirrel, and... She had never seen footprints. Then she discovered her own footprint and taught the duckling to see her footprint too...

 

Three Brothers

Tall Lord and Brave Lord were the elder brothers of Small Lord. When Small Lord grew into youth he continued to be called Small Lord. The three brothers went to a distant country to kill three demons and earn wealth. Small Lord surprised the three demons during dinner. They threw him into a room in the king's castle to fetch the princess for them. Small Lord killed the three demons. The chief guard said it was he who had killed the demons but Small Lord proved that he had been the real killer and married the fair princess.

Spectacled Kid and Capped Kid

Spectacled Kid didn't like his glasses and Capped Kid hated his cap. They exchanged the glasses and cap and tried to play indoor games. Spectacled Kid couldn't see well and fell all the time. Capped Kid felt cold and sick. They couldn't  play or watch the television. In the end they returned the glass and cap. Spectacled Kid could see well and Capped Kid felt no more chilly. They ran out and played in the snow with the children.

Little Stories

A little boy who was affraid of his panther design blanket could finally make freinds with him. Then the panther laughed and tossed all the time. he panther went out for a walk at nights and watched the moon so that the boy could sleep in peace and dream. Blue mirror wouldn't show his face because he was dirty. The boy washed his face and combed his hair and they became friends again. He made a little ship of his bathtub and became the captain. The soap, the shampoo and the sponge washed the sailor. He had a good bath and a good journey.

Water Tap and the Flowery China Dish

Poor water tap had fallen in love with a flowery china dish. But he was too shy to declare his love. The pots and pans loved the water tap and the dish but the ladle envied him. He jumped up to hit the water tap, but fell down and broke the flowery dish. The housewife threw the broken dish away. The water tap was very sad and cried. His friends tried to comfort him but he cried all the time and drops of tears fell into the sink...

Look, Look, Like This

Little Frog loved his song "ghoorr ghoorrr..." One day he was hungry and heard a "gharr ghoorr sound". It was a strange sound he hadn't heard before and it came from his belly. He was hungry but didn't know how to eat. Animals taught him how he must eat but he didn't like their food. His mom taught him to hunt mosquitoes. His belly was full and didn't rumble any more.

Lady Stork

A motherless little girl wanted to find a mother. She caught a stork and asked her to fetch her a mother. The stork had no mother and could not help her. The little girl ran into her room and grew big and bigger. Then she gave birth to a mother for herself. Mother embraced and kissed her. The stork also laid an egg. It grew big and bigger and gave birth to a mother...

All Love and Four Brothers

The housemistress envied All Love, her young mate, because everybody loved her and not Happy Love who was her own daughter. The housemistress asked her to bring roses in the winter, apples in the spring, oranges in summer and snow in autumn. She threatened to threw her out of her house if she failed. The green, red, orange and white brothers who represented  four seasons pitied her and gave her all she wanted. The housemistress disappeared in the snow when she chased All Love and All Love helped her young girl to grew a different person.

 

What Happened to Your Daily Cackling Song?

In this childish play every animal is threatened by a stronger animal. The hen didn't cackle because the jackal was hunting her. The jackal was scared of the wolf and the wolf was threatened by the panther. The panther was not roaming cheerfully in plains and mountains because the tiger was after him. The tiger herself was threatened by a mangy lion and the lion was attacked by a hunter with a rifle. In the and, they all wished they could never see fighting in their life.

National Flag

An old storyteller described the worth of the national flag. In a fierce war the commandar of Iraninan army was slain by the enemy. Zarir, another Iranian knight was about to defeat the Touranian army when he was slain by an enemy warrior by trick. Nastoor, his young son, attacked the man and killed him and defeats the enemy. The bravest knight in the army always hoists the national flag.

Atasay

Atasay devoured a magic pill that made her invisible. The neighbour fed the sparrows in her absence, the shopkeeper remembered her but said others would buy from him. She met another girl called Atasay and another girl replaced her as a prefect in the school. In the evening her mother was crying for her loss. Atasay reappeared and made her mom happy. She realized that there was always others who would replace her if she is absent and never to her mom...

The Mystery of Tomorrows

Vesta borrowed the mountain's white cap and became invisible. She went to the Light Garden to find the book of mystreies. She unlocked every gate and found the book in the chamber of mysteries but the book was very heavy and she could not take it away. The book had cure for every disease and information about everything. In the last page it was written that tomorrows belong to the children.

The Loose Brick

A wall has been built on a loose brick and crashes on a smaller wall. It is as if the little wall has been slapped and abused in front of friends by his daddy. He cries from pain and shame and complains to his daddy. But the whole thing was a misunderstanding. The daddy disdn't weant to her his son. It had simply crashed because it had been built over a loose brick.

Hungry Mazdak

Mazdak is voracious and is never full. He eats from morning until evening. His father takes him to the doctor but the doctor cannot help him. He eats the neighbour's breads and hurts everybody. One day he walks to the neighbouring walnut orchard. The owner asks him to count the walnuts and throw them into a bag. He promises to give him a magic nut if he doesn't eat. Mazdak practices restraint and is cured of his big appetite.

Evergreen

Sarira was a little girl when she was forced to leave her grand parents to go abroad with her parents. Grand father promised to send her the evergreen tree which was loved by her. But this was impossible. Years passed and grand father was still thinking to find a solution. Finally, he started drawing an evergreen tree on a peice of paper. Very soon his evergreen was copied by all different artists and on all different materials. One day Sarira bought a bott of white silk fabric with evergreen design on it. She had received her own tree and she could smell grandfather's house again.

Yusef and Zoleikha

Zoleikha saw a man in her dreams and felt in love with him. This dream was repeated until she lost patience. She travelled to Egypt to find him and married there. Yusef was a beautiful boy loved by his father. His brothers threw him into a deep and dark well. He was saved by people passing by and was moved to Egypt. Zoleikha met him and asked for his love. When Yusef denied, she imprisoned him. Years passed, Yusef was saved, he became the king of Egypt, Zoleikha last his husband and they got married. Yusef pardoned his brothers and they lived in peace.

Passing of a cloud

This very morning something like a heavy cloud slowly entered the room and placed itself over the heart of Ladan.  Her grandmother has felt the heavy cloud too.  The bird said we know that heavy things too, but we turn it over to the wind and wind gives it to the sea and sea gives it to the fishes.  Ladan said to the cloud ,“it is better to go to mountain”, cloud said , “if you help me and run after me until I fly I shall take it with me”. Ladan runs out . The bird said,“What a sunny weather and then Ladan did some painting and colouring with her brother and helped her mother with houseworking.  Ladan feels better now, and that heavy cloud had no more place in her house.

The Big Zero

Once upon a time there were a Big Zero in a dictation book.  Nobody liked the Big Zero, so he dceided to leave.  He went to a drawing and colouring note book.  The first page had a beautiful drawing of a scenery, but without a sun, therefore became its sun.  In the next painting became the wing of a butterfly.  The Big Zero continued his trip and became a nesting tree for a sparrow, a head for a shepherd, a clock on a blank wall, and a clown on a piggy bank.  Now he was very happy, he had drawn many beautiful things.  At last was the grade of his own drawing and became a big 20 which was the full mark.

Amin Bird

Once upon a time therewere a boy named Reza.  He was dissatisfied with his life and everything.  He wanted to be somthing and somebody else.  One day he wished to be a dog so acted as a dog.  Next day he wished to be a cherry tree, so stood in the garden and hanged a few cherries from his fingers and ears.  Another day he wanted to fly like a bird, so he did and hurt himself.  Next he was the sign door way of his school and when his mother came to fetch him, could not find reza.  However after 3.1/2 days he changed to many different characters and at last he was like a two years old girl.  That time he cried loudly and said ,” I want to be only Reza.  The Amin Bird heard his wish and he became Reza.

Think about the Angel

Sometimes passed, a day arrived that Roya’s face was like the colour of moonlight and so innocent.  She was thinking about the angel and the bright halls of the sky.  The sheet around her was like a clould, the clould rised up slowly and went into the sky.  Her parents started to cry.  Roya heard the angel’s call, “Are you coming?”  Roya was laughing and running after flowers.  No more pain was hurting her.

The Old Man and the Cloud

An old man named Piran looked at the blue sky and the little cloud.  He said to himsself,”it hasn’t rained for a long time, if it rains everywhere will be green.  Piran and the cloud started travelling to a desert and a forest,after that they went to a mountain with its peak in the sky.  Over there he felt the rain drops on his face.  Piran stood in the middle of the soft cloud and said,”Oh white cloud, no wish is as beautiful as my wish”.If it rains, plants will grow green and flowers will be every where.  Piran was very tired and felt into a very deep sleep.  He became very light, the cloud rose to the sky.  there was no sign of Piran, because he was the cloud and cloud was Piran.  The cloud took the shape of Piran, like an old man with curly hair and a long beard.

That Rainy Night

In a small garden Sara, her parents and some animals such as cats, birds, fishes, ducks, hens and cocks were living together.  None of them, but the cock wanted to leave that garden.  One day he jumped on the wall and left the place.  the cock faced many dangerouse things and when it was dark, rain started to come.  He was really frightened, so started going back to that garden and when arrived there, Sara let him inn.  Very soon the cock fall to sleep and in his dream started to count the stars.

The Girl and the Spring

They new each other for a long time, from the very first day she went to the spring to bring water, she saw her friend’s face in the water.  After that anytime she went to the spring could see her.

Now was sitting in her room and thinking about her friend, so decided to go to the spring.  She took her bucket and went there.  That day was very cold and everywhere was covered with snow, when she arrived at the spring could not see her friend, she pushed the snow away and saw her shaking face. She started to run and rubbing her hands.  Her friend did the same.  Now both of them were warm and it was not snowing and sun was appearing in a corner of the sky.

Neither a Star, Nor a Cloud

A small cloud refused to act like other clouds to rain and water the plants. She went to the sun and asked her to be one her following stars. A long time passed. There was a star-looking cloud who neither was a star, nor a cloud, sitting in a corner of sky feeling pity for herself.

My Sunny Day

This is a collection of poems for children about what everthey like and illustrated in a way suitable for them.

Where are you going to, Hassani?

Hassani who had lost his father in the war took all the girls and boys who had also lost their parents to the land where the war actually happened to give enough energy to them to fight their life batlle.

Aunti, Dear Aunti; Daddy, Kind Daddy

A girl who did not want to marry his unborne cousin decided to go to an unknown city. She took the money she did not have with her and did whatever could not have happened to reach a ghoul who had stolen the hen she did not own.

Automnals

The orange and red colours of automn, the fallen leaves and the coul refreshening automn wind are lovable, even to those who are in the automn of their lives and are sick and lonely.A rememberable collection of automnal poems.

Beautiful House

This is a callection of poems for children talking about all the beauties around them. The book is completed by matching illustrations.

Rain Game

A girl named Rain has learned how to enjoy life just by herself.She closes her eyes and imagins all the lovable happenings in life and then draws them for herself. She tells her freind about her hobby and she decides to do the same.

The Play of Ghod-Ghody Hen

By a spring a hungry dog finds a fat hen named “Ghod-GhodY”. Dog wanted to eat the hen but it was not the right food for him, so for a few coins gives it to the jakal.  At this moment fox came along and tried to have the hen, so said to jakal,: “  wolf will arrive any minute”.  Jakal runs away.  Wolf tries to have the hen and suddenly the roar of a lion can be heard “ I am coming”. Wolf wellcomes the king of jungle and leave the hen for the king.  Morad the owner of the hen takes off his lion mask and along with Ghod-Ghody goes home.

Some from a Lot

Alma, the little girl of the story is having a conversation with her doll and cat.  She beleives that it will be nice if people had the right to choose everything, their parents, toys, pets,...During discussion she became aware that her parents are nice people, but she said would have been wounderful if they were very rich, beautiful, cheerful and let her go everywhere and let her do everything.  At this moment the Mio Mio said I think for being happy and satisfied to have some from a lot of what you said is more than enough.

Cotton Champion and Mahpari

Mahpari, the most beautiful girl in the town was stollen by a devon. Cotton Champion went to rescue her. The devon saw his cotton heart and stole it. He suddenly changed and sat

Mahpari free. He gave the cotton heart back to Cotton Champion, but a peice of it was left with him. He changed to a champion himself and married Mahpari.

Poems of Cat and Mouse

The book is a collection of sweet poems for children and all

they love, completed  by suitable illustrations.

Rabbit and the River

A rabbit decided to go and visit his uncle but the bridge was  

broken by the flood and he could not pass the river. He asked for help but with no hope. Finally, the elephant told him that his uncle and cousins have just ride on his back and passed the river to see him.

The Star and Grandfather

A girl who is living next door with her grandparents, stays with them when her parents are away. She is sweet and naughty and has a lot of fun with her grand parents. The book is about her stories.

The Rainbow Sparow

A little sparow who was bored dreamed of an angle sparow who told her to keep her eyes open. She then travelled along the rainbow colours and found out that the world was

 not as bad as she had thought. She started a new life.

Little Bugbear

A little bugbear saw a little boy in his room and got scared.

No one believed him, so he decided to handle the matter by himself. He stayed awake the whole day and talked to the boy. They became friends and decided to see more of each other.

The Secret of the Mirror

A little boy who had never seen a mirror, found a mirror and looked at it. He thought his father was there to look after him. He gave it to his sister and by looking at it, she thought

their mother was there. Their parents thought the same way and went to see the grand parents and took presents

for them. The boy left the mirror on the road so that other

 people could get happy too.

Masoomeh

A girl called Masoomeh went to a new village. She was anew comer to school and very lonely. Her mother was addicted and very sick. She was taken to hospital and passed away. Masoomeh and her father left the village. Idid not know whether I loved her or just pitied her.

My Stories

I am a boy of four and have many questions to ask and so many things to learn. This is the story of how I learned about the important events of life.

Sugared, Honeyed, salted

There were three sisters who lived with their mother. A ghoul seized two eldest sisters. The youngest went to rescue them. She could get hold of his life bottle and destroyed him. All his prisoners were free and three imprisoned prince married them.

Freinds who did not recognize each other

A worm fall in the water and a little fish rescued her. When the water was drying, the worm took her fish freind to the sea and saved her life. Some time later, a butterfly was talking to a frog when they realized that they were the same worm and fish i.e. the old friends.

Beautiful World of Hoopoe

A wild goose made friends with a hoopoe. Hoopoe looked after one of her chicks who did not learn how to fly during the winter and helped her. The chick survived and the wild goose returned with other geese in the spring.

The Song Festival

The birds in a distant jungle knew not how to sing. One day a strange bird arrived and told them to go to the song festival in an Indian jungle to learn singing. Two birds traveled to India. Before the feast began the big bird fell asleep and heard knocking of doors for admittance to the festival. But the little bird remained awake and attended the song festival. Every guest sung a pretty melody and the little bird learned them all. When the festival ended they returned to their jungle. The nightingale warbled sweetly but the big bird made only a peck peck sound. She is a woodpecker.

A Pea-Shaped Boy is Born

An old woman who was cooking a delicious pottage for her old husband wished to have a son. Suddenly one of peas inside the pot called her and asked her to take him out of the hot water. He became their son and promised her to help them have a new happy life. To start with he carried the pottage pot to the farm for his father.

The Moonlight Doll

The moon came into the sky to make the children happy like every other nights. She decided to play a game for the kids. She asked the stars to help her and together they made a beautiful doll in the sky. They jumped, laughed, danced, sung and told stories the whole night. The children fell asleep with moonlight smiles on their lips.

The Small Garden

In a small garden a woodpecker was pecking the barks of an old tree. A beautiful bird came to her and deceived her to leave her chicks and fly with her to a new forest. The life was well organized in that forest but the woodpecker felt sad. When that incognito bird went on a trip, the woodpecker was helpless because she did not know how to return to her small garden.

The Woodpecker who became a Woodpecker

A woodpecker was pecking the barks of an old tree when a duke passed the tree. She wished to be a duke and she was. But it was hot and she could not bear it. She wished to be a sun and she was. She changed her mind quickly and turned into different things. Finally, she decided to be the same woodpecker that she was.

The Fountain of Youth

Alexander of Macedonia decided to go and find the fountain of youth. He gathered his army and the things needed for such a long trip and started on the move. When they reached the dark lands he decided to split his remaing group in two. Khezr and his uncle Elias led one of the two and he led the other. Khez and Elias made it and became immortal but alexander did not. These two prophets are still alive and helping lost travelers and lost sailors.

The Moon in the Jungle

The eagle saw the owl sleeping in her nest and decided to make friends with her. The owl invited her to dinner. She was wondering what to prepare and asked the fox for his advice. He suggested to eat pheasant who was a good friend of the owl and made her angry. But he was planning to catch both the pheasant and the eagle. The owl found out and helped her friends. The fox was down hearted and embarrassed and left into the jungle.

Apple Mother

There was a pine tree next to an apple tree who wished to be a mother like the apple tree and have some apples. The apple tree did not give her even one apple. One night when a typhoon came, a little apple separated from her branch. The pine tree caught her and held her tight the whole night. Next morning the pine tree smelled of apple. She was only mother for one night.

All the Quicker

The little girl and her brother had come to live with their grandmother who had a big yard in her house. There were several trees in the yard and a white hen who laid eggs. The crow was used to get up earlier and take the eggs for her chicks. Grandmother bought a rooster to wake her up very early. She took the eggs but left some cheese and walnuts for the chicks.

The Ghoul of Darkness

The little boy was always scared of everything. He was nicknamed "Little Mouse". One night he decided to " change himself and became friends with the Ghoul of Darkness. The Ghoul helped him to get revenge from other kids and promised not to hurt the one who invites him. One night, he forgot to invite, the Ghoul and Ghoul was invited by another boy. The Ghoul came to him.

Maybe..!

It was a hot sunny day and the little girl was told not to go out of the room and only play indoor games. She went to bed early to get over with the day, but could not sleep. Mother suggested counting sheep but a loud sound made her scared. It was thunder caused by clouds who wished to turn into rain. She got happy thinking of a cool and nice tomorrow and went to sleep.

Green and Black

One day when Joseph the carpenter and his young apperntice Jesus were at the workshop, a young man came crying and asked for a coffin for his wife. Jesus was told to make it. Next morning when the man gave the good news to them that his wife was not dead, everybody realized that Jesus had made a cradle for their newly born son. Joseph decided not to make coffins anymore.

Where is our House

Mrs. Hen and Mr. Rooster gathered their belongings together and left to look for a bigger and more comfortable house. They went to a green forest, a seaside, high mountains and a vast dry desert. Finally, they realized that their original home land which was a farm where they were living with all their old friends was actually the most beautiful place an earth for them.

The Cotton Champion and Cotton Nanny

Cotton Nanny was an old lady who had no one and was used to make cotton figurines all day long. One morning one of the fingurines started talking and told her that he wanted to be her son. He then went to cotton-picker, cotton carder and cotton fluffer and helped them to get some cotton as his wages. He grew big enough to be a Cotton Champion to make all Cotton Nanny's wishes come true.

Hope's Hopes

 Hope is a little girl who has colourful hopes. She draws her hopes. Then she learned how to draw the other paople's hopes and made them happy. She was happy too. This was how her wishes were granted.

The Guest of Star

Little star looked out of her window and saw that the wheat had fallen asleep from thirst. A draught had come. She asked the moon to call the clouds and ask them to come and rain. Moon could not help but led her to dig the ground until her fingers felt wet. Moon was sitting next to her in the puddle and wheat were looking happily at them.

Neeloofar's Smile

Neeloofar had strangely lost her smile. She searched every where but she could not find her smile. She turned the pages in her drawing book, hoping to find her smile. All the faces looked frowning. She picked up her pencil and decided to draw a beautiful smile for each and every one of them. She began to laugh by looking at the happy faces and suddenly her smile reappeared.

A Girl is Born

The father of the family is devastated that the third girl is born and taunts and belittles her mother in various way. This makes the mother feel guilty and miserable. The grandfather of the family is also furious that his granchildren are not boys and is afraid that his family lineage, is on the verge of extinction. This is because according to the tradition, the family name carries forward only through males.The baby and her sisters go through many degrading experiences as victims of a male dominated pattern of thinking.

She finally manges to make the family accept her as a girl who is after all the daughter of the family.

The Mirror Stories

A girl named Mirror makes friends with the mirror over the shelf in their house and learns many At first, she searches her childhood and the doll which she had lost when secrets. her lost childhood. she was a kid. She has many questions to ask the mirror, because the mirror knows all the secrets.

Mirror learns how to reconcile selfish people with each other to become friends and teaches every one everything she has learned from the mirror.

Hassani, oh dear Hassani

In a crisis-stricken poor city the ruler is being chosen by pigeons. The flying Pigeon sits on the head of a bald person and he becomes the ruler. The owners of pigeons, the dealers of pigeons, the outlaws and all sorts of other groups and bands start arriving at ruler's place to persuade him how important their role has been in the bird's choosing him as a ruler. The Bald and his mother come to live in the palace. His ministers and the millitary chief as well as dozens of other gather around the Bald man, but he is unable to decide what are all these people good for. In the end, he manages to settle the problems and rescue the city. When everything is the way he wants, he decides to marry who ever has a pigeon loved by his pigeon. The day comes, but he leaves the earth to join the sky birds.

Mazdak

Mazdak is a clergyman who claims to be a prophet and ask his followers to share everything, even their wealth and wives. The crown prince who wants to save his country pretends to beleive in him and after recognizing all his followers, kills them and rescue the country.

The Story of the Dragon and Champion Malek

There is an old story about the fight between a green-eyed dragon and a champion called Malek who kills the dragon. People who did not want this to happen decide to change the story and send them to different directions. The villagers find out that their dreams have also come true.

Spring Colours

Spring is coming but with no colour. Birds bring the yellow first. Then they bring the blue and red is next to complete three main colours. Then, by mixing yellow and blue, green was formed. Orange was a mixture of red and yellow and purple was from red and blue. Now, everywhere was colourful.

The Trip of a Rose Petal

A rose petal that was fed-up of being a prisoner in the receptacle with the other petals, separated herself and started a trip with the wind. After facing mishaps and dangers and nearly losing her life, she was returned to her bush by good faith. Her friends asked her to stay there and wait for them so that they would join her to make the soil of the garden. Next year, when a rosebush blooms from the soil, they will be once again together. This happened.

The Messenger

A dandelion grows in the field. Being unknown to others, she creates great surprise and astonishment among insects and birds. Then she gets detached of its stem by a shove she receives from a dragonfly and begins to fly with the wind. It is only now that she realizes she has got a heavy responsibility to fulfill. As the first step, she reconciles between a scarecrow and the farmer who owns the land and then continues her journey to render her services to those who need them.

Tear and Water

Yasamin was a spoiled girl. She used to cry all the time with no specific reasons. She always caused trouble for others. One day when she was crying, the stars of her eyes dropped into the water. To regain them Yasamin had to seek help from everybody. When she found her stars, she finally decided to stop crying so as not to lose them again.

The Short-Legged White Hen

A beautiful white hen, who is admired by all, finds a valuable diamond. With the aim of getting married to the King of the Roosters, she starts a long journey. She faces many obstacles in her way, which she manages to overcome by using the miraculous power of the diamond. The diamond swallows the obstacles into its cuts. She is treated unkindly after arriving in the King's court. She is even about to lose her life at one time. But each time, she manages to escape with the help of the miraculous power of the diamond which makes one of the swallowed obstacles grow larger and go back to the original size. Finally, when the unjust court of the King of the Roosters collapses, she gets married to him and settles down.

Cutie

A hardworking farmer couple finds coins as an award to their good deeds. Using the money they get from selling the coins and also thanks to their hard work day and night, they manage to gain comfort and prosperity. They spend their lives happily with the beautiful daughter God had bestowed them and also with their little beautiful cat.

The Blue Tree

Nastaran had come to live with her grandmother so that she could attend her school easily. She told her classmates about the blue tree in her granny's yard, but they laughed at her and nobody believed her. When she fell ill at home, her teacher came to see her and saw the tree. It was a painted tree and the birds sitting on it were talking of a tree the leaves of which could make the blind see and also make Nastaran friends with her classmates.

Two Jackals

Two jackals, who were brothers, lived in a forest by a group of other animals. One of them was an honest and kind jackal but the other was fraudulous and ambitious. To bring himself closer to Lion, the king of the forest, the cheating brother did everything evil and never listened to the advice of his brother Once when he had prepared for the murder of a cow that was one of the closest and dearest aids of the Lion, his own treachery was discovered a