https://readtoyourchild.com/origin/adaption/Recent content in Adaption on Read To Your ChildHugoen-usSat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-thirsty-crows-clever-adventure/Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-thirsty-crows-clever-adventure/A thirsty crow finds water at the bottom of a pot he can't reach, and figures out a clever way to bring it to him.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-farmer-and-his-four-sons/Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-farmer-and-his-four-sons/A dying farmer teaches his four quarrelling sons a lesson about unity, using nothing but a bundle of sticks.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-caterpillar-with-too-many-shoes/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-caterpillar-with-too-many-shoes/A tidy caterpillar forgets how to walk once he starts overthinking which of his hundred feet goes first.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/six-blind-men-and-an-elephant/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/six-blind-men-and-an-elephant/Six boastful old men of the Brahmaputra valley set out to settle an argument about what an elephant is really like, and each comes back certain he alone is right.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-understood-the-world/Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-understood-the-world/A count despairs of a son who spends three years learning only the language of dogs, of birds and of frogs, and never guesses where it will lead him.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/how-the-rabbit-became-white/Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/how-the-rabbit-became-white/Lost in a blinding snowstorm, the hunter Eye of the Eagle is guided home by a small brown rabbit, and rewards it with a gift of white fur.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-pea-princess/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-pea-princess/A prince searches the world for a real princess, until a soaking-wet stranger and three tiny peas prove what truly matters.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fisherman-and-the-magic-fish/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fisherman-and-the-magic-fish/A fisherman catches an enchanted fish and grants his wife's ever-growing wishes, until her greed asks for too much.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-emperors-thrush/Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-emperors-thrush/An emperor forgets the plain little bird whose song once healed his heart, until he needs it most.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-sun-and-the-wind/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-sun-and-the-wind/The Sun and the Wind argue over who is stronger, and settle it with a contest to make a traveller remove his cloak.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/how-people-learned-to-boil-water/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/how-people-learned-to-boil-water/When sickness strikes a village's water supply, Rabbit and Owl discover that fire can make water safe to drink.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-stag-at-the-mirror-pool/Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-stag-at-the-mirror-pool/A stag admires his magnificent antlers in a still pool and is ashamed of his thin spindly legs, until a panther comes through the bushes.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-3-the-third-race/Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-3-the-third-race/A night-time third race between Rocco and Tina ends with a surprising lesson about friendship over winning.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-2-the-rematch/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-2-the-rematch/Rocco the rabbit demands a rematch, but an eagle overhead has other plans for him.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-1-the-first-race/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-race-between-the-rabbit-and-the-tortoise/part-1-the-first-race/A boastful rabbit challenges a slow but steady tortoise to a race, with a classic lesson about overconfidence.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-cried-ankylosaurus/Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-who-cried-ankylosaurus/A dinosaur-mad boy plays the same prank on his village once too often, and finds that nobody believes him on the day it turns out to be true.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-jealous-sole/Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-jealous-sole/A humble herring surprises everyone by winning a swimming race, and a boastful sole is left with a permanently twisted mouth.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-who-lost-his-tail/Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-who-lost-his-tail/Having lost his own splendid tail in a trap, a proud fox calls a grand meeting to persuade every other fox in the forest to cut theirs off too.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-and-the-cat/Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-and-the-cat/A boastful fox with a hundred tricks meets a humble cat with only one, and learns which trick actually matters.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bull-the-goat-and-the-lion/Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bull-the-goat-and-the-lion/A bull escapes a lion by squeezing into a goatherd's cave, where a small goat decides that a trapped bull is a fine chance to try being the boss.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bear-the-bees-and-the-big-splash/Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bear-the-bees-and-the-big-splash/A hungry bear finds a hollow log full of honey, gets one small sting on the nose, and loses his temper very badly indeed.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-little-crab-and-the-big-lesson/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-little-crab-and-the-big-lesson/A proud mother crab tells her son to stop walking sideways and to march straight ahead like a dignified crab, then tries to show him how it is done.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wolf-the-shadow-and-the-giant-mistake/Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wolf-the-shadow-and-the-giant-mistake/A wolf sees his own shadow stretched enormous by the setting sun, decides he must be the biggest beast in the forest, and goes looking for the lion.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-beauty-of-life/Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-beauty-of-life/A Georgian prince refuses to accept that anyone must die, and travels to the edge of the world in search of a land where life never ends.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bell-on-the-cat/Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bell-on-the-cat/The mice of a farmhouse hatch a brilliant plan to bell the cats, and discover that clever ideas are easy, brave ones much harder.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-camel-and-the-jackal/Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-camel-and-the-jackal/A cunning jackal tricks a kind camel into danger for a free meal, and gets a soggy lesson in return.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-donkey-in-the-lions-skin/Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-donkey-in-the-lions-skin/A donkey borrows a lion's skin to earn respect, until one roar gives him away. Aesop's fable on being yourself.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-stag-beetles-and-the-big-bad-rhino-beetle/Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-stag-beetles-and-the-big-bad-rhino-beetle/A retelling of the Three Little Pigs in miniature, as three stag beetle brothers build homes of leaves, twigs and bark, and a big bad rhino beetle comes to knock them down.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-crows-challenge/Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-crows-challenge/Two crows race to fly the highest with sacks of cotton and salt, and the rain decides who was truly the cleverer flier.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/buttered-lamb-and-the-nasty-witch/Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/buttered-lamb-and-the-nasty-witch/A timid boy nicknamed Buttered Lamb outsmarts a witch not once but twice, and earns himself a braver name.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-the-river-and-the-unhelpful-passerby/Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-boy-the-river-and-the-unhelpful-passerby/A boy swims out of his depth and calls for help, and the important-looking man on the bank decides that what he needs most is a good telling-off.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-young-man-and-the-golden-mountain/Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-young-man-and-the-golden-mountain/A treacherous master strands his servant on a mountain of gold, in an old warning tale about greed and betrayal.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-lion-and-his-partners/Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-lion-and-his-partners/A tiger, cheetah, and hyena agree to hunt as equal partners with a lion, and learn the hard way what his idea of "fair" really means.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-demon-at-the-bridge/part-2-the-bridge-of-small-and-brave/Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-demon-at-the-bridge/part-2-the-bridge-of-small-and-brave/A tiny ant, a rabbit, and an old friend teach a defeated demon that kindness wins where trickery failed.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-demon-at-the-bridge/part-1-the-hermits-bargain/Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-demon-at-the-bridge/part-1-the-hermits-bargain/A demon offers to build a bridge in exchange for the soul of the first to cross it, but a wise hermit has other plans.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-the-goat-and-the-deep-wet-hole/Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-the-goat-and-the-deep-wet-hole/A careless fox falls into a well and cannot climb out, until a very thirsty goat comes along and offers him exactly the ladder he needs.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/catherine-and-the-cheeses/Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/catherine-and-the-cheeses/A cheerfully lazy farm girl keeps sending her cheeses rolling downhill on their own, certain they will find their own way to market.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wolf-the-horse-and-the-field-of-gold/Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wolf-the-horse-and-the-field-of-gold/A hungry wolf finds a field of oats he cannot eat, and generously offers the whole thing to a passing horse, purely out of friendship.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-remarkable-rocket/Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-remarkable-rocket/Retold from Oscar Wilde's story of a firework so busy boasting about his own greatness that he forgets to shine.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-golden-bird/Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-golden-bird/A gardener's youngest son follows a helpful fox across three kingdoms in search of the golden bird, and learns the hard way what happens when good advice is ignored.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wooden-calf/Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-wooden-calf/A poor man carves himself a wooden calf, and a wise judge's ruling turns a rich man's own excuse against him.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-eagle-and-the-arrow/Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-eagle-and-the-arrow/The proud king of the sky believes nothing can reach him on his cliff, until an arrow finds him and he sees what its flights are made of.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bear-and-the-travellers/Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-bear-and-the-travellers/When a bear blocks the path, one friend climbs a tree to safety, and the other learns a hard lesson about true friendship.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-tortoise-and-the-ducks/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-tortoise-and-the-ducks/A restless tortoise finally gets to see the world when two ducks fly him across the sky, on one condition: he mustn't open his mouth.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-frogs-and-their-royal-trouble/Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-frogs-and-their-royal-trouble/The frogs of the marsh grow bored of governing themselves and beg Jupiter for a proper king, and Jupiter obliges them twice over.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-little-red-fish-and-the-shark-gang/Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-little-red-fish-and-the-shark-gang/A small red fish delivering kelp to his grandmother outsmarts a gang of sharks who try to claim him as their prisoner.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dolphin-and-the-bragging-monkey/Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dolphin-and-the-bragging-monkey/A dolphin rescues what he takes to be a young Athenian gentleman from a shipwreck, and finds out otherwise when his passenger claims to be great friends with a harbour.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dog-in-the-manger/Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dog-in-the-manger/A small dog makes his bed in the cattle's manger and will not let the hungry, hard-working cows eat the hay, even though he cannot eat a mouthful of it himself.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/apollo-and-the-shepherd/Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/apollo-and-the-shepherd/When a humble shepherd's flute-playing rivals Apollo's own music, the proud god of music resorts to a trick to win the contest.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-grasshopper-and-the-ant/Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-grasshopper-and-the-ant/A cheerful grasshopper sings all summer while the ants store food for winter, and learns why planning ahead matters.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-proud-chicken/Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-proud-chicken/A quarrelsome, prideful rooster drives away his flock one by one, until his own boastful crowing catches an eagle's attention.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-flies-and-the-golden-trap/Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-flies-and-the-golden-trap/A jar of honey tips over on a kitchen table, and a swarm of flies dives in without a single thought for how they will get out again.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-billy-goats-gruff-2-0/Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-billy-goats-gruff-2-0/A modern, funnier retelling of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, where the cleverest goat solves the troll problem with a job offer instead of a fight.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-traveller-and-the-king-of-the-jungle/Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-traveller-and-the-king-of-the-jungle/A man and a lion argue all the way up a mountain about who is stronger, until they come upon a statue that seems to settle it once and for all.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-horse-and-the-revengeful-wish/Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-horse-and-the-revengeful-wish/A horse is so angry at the stag who ruined his meadow that he asks a hunter for help, and agrees to wear a bridle and saddle to get his revenge.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-little-sharks-and-the-big-bad-orca/Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-three-little-sharks-and-the-big-bad-orca/An underwater retelling of the Three Little Pigs, in which three shark siblings build homes of seaweed, shell and stone, and a big bad orca comes calling.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-seven-sisters-and-the-hunter/Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-seven-sisters-and-the-hunter/How seven sisters escaped a stubborn hunter and became the twinkling star cluster we know as the Pleiades.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-demon-of-stone-mountain/Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-demon-of-stone-mountain/A greedy elder brother takes everything but a strip of maize land, only for his honest younger brother to stumble on the mountain's hidden treasure.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/minecraft-the-three-little-pigs/Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/minecraft-the-three-little-pigs/The classic Three Little Pigs tale rebuilt in the world of Minecraft, complete with zombies at the door and one very unbreakable obsidian fortress.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-goose-that-laid-golden-eggs/Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-goose-that-laid-golden-eggs/A dishonest man steals a goose that lays golden eggs, and lets his greed cost him everything.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-crab-that-played-with-the-sea/Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-crab-that-played-with-the-sea/A giant, rule-breaking crab makes the tides run wild, until a magician teaches him a lesson about staying humble.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dancing-teapot/Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-dancing-teapot/A kind ragman rescues a trapped badger, and receives an extraordinary teapot able to dance for crowds and repay his kindness.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-brave-little-tailor/Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-brave-little-tailor/A little tailor swats seven flies with one blow, stitches himself a boastful belt, and talks his way past giants, a unicorn and a king.https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-and-the-crow/Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://readtoyourchild.com/stories/the-fox-and-the-crow/A crafty fox flatters a crow into singing, hoping she'll drop the tasty cheese in her beak.