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Once upon a time, a fire swept through the village of Chelm. The villagers put out the flames, and saved the school, the synagogue and the market. But there was one problem. Hannah's house had burned down, and the people had kept all of the village's calendars in Hannah's house. "We'll make new calendars," the rabbi said. So a group of Chelmites gathered to create the calendars. They sat around a table and began to think. After a while, Mordecai said sadly, "Do you realize we've lost the Sabbath?" Rachel laughed. "It's simple. The Sabbath comes on Friday, at sunset.""But Rachel," Samuel argued, "we don't know when Friday comes!"If no one knew when Friday came, they would not know when to pray and give thanks to God for their blessings. "The Sabbath is lost!" Devorah cried."The rabbi will k ...

Long ago, a family lived in a small village. The family hunted on the veldt, and the father, Mabassa, was an expert carver. He carved statues of the animals that roamed their land. Each evening, the children would grow restless. "Mother," they called to Siphiwe, "it is dark, and we cannot go out and play. How shall we occupy ourselves?" Siphiwe decided to go search for stories to feed the children's minds. The next morning she set out. She looked all around, and finally looked up and saw Inkwazi the fish eagle plunging down to the nearby sea. "Inkwazi, wait!" she cried.Caught mid-flight, Inkwazi screeched, "What do you want?" "Stories!" Siphiwe said. "Ask Ufudu!" said Inkwazi. "Only he can help you." Siphiwe hurried to the sea's edge, and there she found Ufudu the sea turtle. "Can you help ...

Long ago, the monkeys lived in peace in the forest. They ate mangos, and were careful to pick every mango so that the humans would never learn of this delicious treasure. One day, however, one mango fell unnoticed into the river, and it floated downstream.The humans' king found the mango on the river's edge, and was intoxicated by its enchanting scent. The king took a bite."That is the best thing I have ever tasted," the king said. "We must find the source of this delicacy."So the king led his army into the forest to search for more mangos. They soon found the fruit-filled trees, filled with monkeys eating mangos."They're stealing my fruit," the king cried. "Destroy them!" The king's men prepared to attack the monkeys. The monkeys shrieked in terror and looked helplessly at their leader. T ...

Once, on a blazing hot day, a tribe slept in the Australian bush. It was so hot, even the animals decided to take a nap.Everyone slept, that is, except one little girl. New to the world, she wanted only to explore. She crawled toward the waratah plant with its beautiful white flowers. A black snake had been sleeping beneath the plant, but when he heard the child he lifted his head, alert and curious.Everyone knows the black snake is poisonous, but the baby was in no danger, for her totem was the black snake. No totem animal would ever harm one of his people. The black snake was this child's protector. And so, when she lifted her hand to touch the gleaming thing she saw beneath the flowers, the snake lifted his head to greet her. The child gasped at the sight of such a strange and wonderful ...

Once upon a time a woman named Tee Tee baked 26 loaves of bread and placed them inside a bag to take to market. She set off on the shortcut through the forest. Suddenly, a figure dashed past her and into the dense brush to her right. The figure ran so fast, she barely saw him, but she was certain she spotted hooves and a scraggly beard. That was it, then. She had seen Papa Bois, the legendary protector of the forest. "Help! I have trouble," Tee Tee screamed, and she started to run. From the highest treetop, Monkey watched her, curious. He wondered what this trouble was."Trouble!" Tee Tee cried again as she tripped over a big root. She fell, and her bag of bread spilled onto the ground. Just then she saw another flash of hooves. Leaving the bread behind, she fled for home. Monkey scrambled ...