Story Prism

Today’s story, Judge Rabbit and Tiger is an adapted folktale from Cambodia. The story is about a witty and clever rabbit who tricks Tiger.   Free activity sheet available at  https://www.rituvaish.com/judge-rabbit-and-tiger Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Tiger was mad. Judge Rabbit had tricked him again. Poor Tiger’s tail hurt because of that trick. So, he was chasing Rabbit...

Today’s story, ‘Friends Forever’ is a folktale from Ghana. It’s a story that proves an old African proverb: ‘Do not dig too deep a pit for your enemy because you may fall into it yourself.’   Free activity sheet available at  https://www.rituvaish.com/friends-forver Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript There once lived a mouse and frog who were very good friends. Every morning the...

Welcome to the Turtle Tales series. The Singing Turtle is an adapted folktale from Japan where a turtle helps a hard-working man to earn money by singing. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources are available at  www.rituvaish.com/the-singing-turtle Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Once upon a time, there lived two brothers. These two brothers lived with their mother a littl...

Today’s story, The red leather shoes, is about a shoemaker who extends kindness to someone in need. And what she gets in return, she never saw coming!   Free activity sheet available at  https://www.rituvaish.com/the-red-leather-shoes Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Long, long ago, in a small village in a sprawling kingdom, there lived a shoemaker. Customers travelled from all...

Welcome to the Turtle Tales series. ‘Why Turtles Live In Water’ is A Turtle Tale from West Africa, about a quick-witted turtle who saves himself from the hunters. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources are available at  www.rituvaish.com/why-turtles-live-in-water Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript A long-long time ago, the turtles used to live on only the land. The...

Brer Rabbit is a trickster in many of the American folktales. In today’s story, Brer rabbit saves himself from drowning in the well.   Free activity sheet available at  https://www.rituvaish.com/Brer-Rabbit-Falls-Down-The-Well Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript One day, Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox and Brer Racoon and Brer Bear and a lot of other animals decided to work together to p...

Welcome to the Turtle Tales series. Limu, the blue turtle is an adapted folktale from Hawaii. Originally written by Kimo Armitage, it’s a story about perseverance, friendship, and being kind at heart.  Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources are available at  www.rituvaish.com/limu-the-blue-turtle Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Every year, thousands of baby turt...

The Town Musicians is an adapted folktale from Germany. We all have heard humans play music. But this story is about a group of animals forming an orchestra. Their statue was constructed and is still standing tall in Bremen town.     Free activity sheet available at  https://www.rituvaish.com/The-Town-Musicians Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Once upon a time, there was a donk...

Welcome to the Turtle Tales series. 'The Turtle Who Couldn’t Stop Talking is a Jataka tale about a turtle who didn’t follow the instructions that were given to him and faced the consequence. r turtle stew. After she is caught, her only hope for escape wit. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources are available at  www.rituvaish.com/the-turtle-who-could-not-stop-talking Se nd your...

Thumb Ali is a story from Turkey where a boy as big as a thumb proves that even if you are different from others you are capable of many things. In today's story, Thumb Ali saves people from thieves.   Free activity sheet available at  https://www.rituvaish.com/Thumb-Ali Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Once upon a time, a couple had a baby boy whom they called Ali. The bab...

The Lucky Goat and Ram is a folktale from Finland. In the story, a witty pair of a goat and a ram outwit the foxes and live happily in the forest   Free activity sheet available at  https://www.rituvaish.com/the-goat-and-the-ram Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript The fox easily got into trouble with the farm folks. With sore ribs and a back aching from the beating that farm folk...

The Turnaround is a story that teaches children about different kinds of penguins and that getting angry doesn’t help anyone. Free activity sheet available at www.rituvaish.com/the-turnaround . Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript On a beautiful snow-covered Antarctic island with steep cliffs, there lived a rookery of chinstrap penguins. The black strap on the chin was like a strap...

Welcome to The Ant Tales series. The Lost message is a folktale from Africa. The story is about different kinds of ants falling prey to other animals as they don’t live in harmony. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/the-lost-message Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Since time immemorial, the ant has had many enemies and that wa...

Welcome to the Fox Tales series. The Four Fox Cubs is a folktale from Pakistan where the four fox cubs learn a lesson about the importance of knowing and befriending neighbors for help and protection. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/the-four-fox-cubs Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript There was once a family of foxes who lived...

The Mouse Deer And The Crocodile is a story about the Mouse Deer tricking the crocodile to have his favourite fruits, shoots, and roots.   Free activity sheet available at  https://www.rituvaish.com/the-mouse-deer-and-the-crocodile Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript One day, the Mouse Deer went down to the river. He was very thirsty and wanted to drink some water. But he knew Cro...

Welcome to the Turtle Tales series. Anansi And The Turtle is a story about tit for tat. Anansi, the trickster, tricks the turtle. But in return, the turtle tricks him back. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/anansi-and-the-turtle Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Long long time ago, in the deep jungles of Africa there lived a sp...

Welcome to the Turtle Tales series. The Dancing Turtle is a folktale from Brazil. In today’s Story: The Turtle loves to dance and play the flute. But her exuberance puts her at risk when her music attracts the attention of a hunter who brings her home for turtle stew. After she is caught, her only hope for escape wit.  Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvai...

Welcome to the Turtle Tales series. The Story; Why The Turtle Has A Cracked Shell is a fun legend about how the cunning turtle got a cracked shell. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/why-the-turtle-has-a-cracked-shell Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript A long time ago, when the animals could still talk, there was a big famine in...

The Alphabet Escapades of Letter K is a story where letter K’s friend, a prince, has a wonderful dream of something that his heart desires. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/alphabet-escapades-letter-K Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Once there was a big kingdom ruled by a very king. When the king is nice all the people of th...

Welcome to the Fox Tales series. Scrapefoot and the three bears is a story about a fox who enters the castle of the three bears but is thrown out of the window. This has many similarities to the fairy tale; Goldilocks and the three bears. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/scrapefoot-the-fox-and-the-three-bears Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail...

Welcome to the Fox Tales series. The Fox and the elephant is a story from Panchatantra about a clever fox who helped the animals of the jungle by teaching a lesson to the big and cruel animal. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/the-fox-and-the-elephant Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Once upon a time, a huge elephant lived in...

Welcome to the Fox Tales series. The greedy Fox is a story where the fox learns a lesson of not being greedy. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/the-greedy-fox Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript It was deep mid-winter and Felix the Fox was very, very hungry. But Felix was an extremely lazy fox and was always eyeing other people’s...

Welcome to the Fox Tales series. The two stories in the episode are about the proud fox learning a lesson that he should not be boastful. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/twin-stories-from-romania Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript   The first story is: The Seven-Witted Fox and the One-Witted Owl   One day an owl met a fox, and...

The Alphabet Escapades of Letter J’s story is about letter J’s first visit to a carnival and having fun. Free activity sheets and other downloadable resources available at  www.rituvaish.com/alphabet-escapades-letter-j Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript In the city of Jaipur, India, every year there was a winter carnival in the month of January. Every year, come January, and all...

The Mouse-deer and the farmer is a delightful trickster tale from Southeast Asia. In this story, the Mouse-deer tricks the farmer not once but twice!   Free activity sheet available at  https://www.rituvaish.com/the-mouse-deer-and-the-farmer Send your artwork to rituvaish@gmail.com. Transcript Mouse-deer loved to eat the fruits, roots, and shoots of the forest. But he loved something else even mor...