There was a very strong giant in the kingdom who could over power everyone and a small dwarf challenged him to a fight. The dwarf tricked the giant into thinking he was strong and they became friends and didn't fight. The dwarf continued to trick the giant into thinking he was strong throughout their friendship.
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The grasshopper and ant were good friends and they tried to cross a river where the any was caught in the current and drowning. This sent the grasshopper on the wild goose chase to get bristles to save the ant. By the time he was able to get all the things his friend was dead. This teaches the lesson help is only good in if it is done in time.
The King and the Sage
A beloved king asked his people to propose him with a question that would only be answered by "That is impossible." On the first two days nobody could stump the king but on the 3rd day a man proposed many questions. These questions all answered by, "That is possible," lead up to a final question that stated the kings father owed the man's father money. The king had to answer the question "That is impossible," and he laughed and gave the man many gold coins.
Teeth and No Teeth
The Shah offered a splendid meal to the hungriest people in his village. Two men, an old man and a young man, came up and both said they have not eaten in three days. While they were eating both of them started weeping. When the king asked why the old man replied that he had no teeth and was sad watching the young man eat up all the food because he can chew. The young man replied that he was sad watching the old man eat all the food because he can swallow it whole.
The Fool's Good Fortune
There were three brothers and one of them was a fool and never knew what to say. He was beaten for saying the wrong things in bad situations. He then was in a tree with a bell where robbers were meeting. He knew he had to outsmart the robbers to take their money. He did and he built three palaces.
Two Losses
During a great storm a skipper was giving orders but a learned man could not understand him. The scholar said the skipper should have spent more time learning to speak correctly. The boat sprung a leak, so the skipper asked the scholar if he could swim and he replied no. The skipper told him he should've spent more time learning to swim.
The Story of The Dervish
A man was told to go talk to the Dervish to hear some crazy stories. The dervish was sitting with an ass and a she-ass and started telling his story. He caught his wife cheating with their neighbor, but his wife turned him into a dog, and somehow he became the protector of the princess. Swans would attack her and the dog killed ten out of eleven swans and the eleventh said that she would help with his situation with his wife. The swan turned him back into a man and said he could whip his wife and turn her and his neighbor into any beast. He turned them into an ass and a she-ass.
The Fathers Prophecy
A father told his son that he would never become a good man. The son grew up to be a pasha and ordered to see his father, who was a sick old man. The pashas men dragged his father to him where he confronted him and said that he is now a good man because he is a pasha. The father replied that he not a good man because of the way he retrieved him.
The Kings Counsellor
The king's counsellor wanted to test the love and loyalty of the king and his wife. The counsellor stole a royal goat and cooked it for his wife. The king said he would marry any women who found the thief of the goat and the counsellors wife turned him in and the counsellor was supposed to be executed, but he ran away. The king started to miss the hard work of the counsellor and the friend told him and he came back.
The Hermit Philosopher
There was a philosopher who spent most of his time outside and he wondered about natures symmetry. He asked why walnuts grow on bug trees and pumpkins and melons grow just on vines in the ground then he fell asleep under the walnut tree. A small nut fell on his nose and he understood nature, because if it was a pumpkin it would've crushed his head.
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