Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
A poor woodcutter overhears the magic words, "Open, Sesame!", that open a robbers' cave full of treasure.
Andrew Lang was a Scottish writer and folklorist best known for collecting and retelling folk and fairy tales. Here you’ll find stories such as “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” and “The Twelve Dancing Princesses,” each free to read or listen to in a natural voice.
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Every night the king locks his twelve daughters in their room, and every morning their shoes are worn through with dancing.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
A poor, idle boy, a wicked magician, a cave full of jewelled fruit and an old lamp with a genie inside.
The Fisherman and the Genie
A poor fisherman pulls up a copper jar sealed with Solomon's seal.
Beauty and the Beast
To save her father, Beauty goes to live in the palace of a terrible Beast.
The Enchanted Horse
At a Persian new-year feast, an inventor shows the Sultan a mechanical horse that can fly.
The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor
A rich old merchant tells a poor porter how he earned his fortune: seven voyages, seven shipwrecks, giant birds, a valley of diamonds and the Old Man of the Sea.
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