"If a Tree Falls" This is a very short story of a buck that was admiring his horns in the water's reflection and feeling bad about his skinny legs. When a hunter tries to kill him, his big horns get stuck in some tree branches, but his skinny legs manage to pull him free. The moral is that what is truly valuable is often unappreciated.

"African Creation Story"According to this Bakuba account of the world's creation, the Earth was once just darkness and water and it was ruled by the giant Mbombo. One day Mbombo felt some sharp pains in his stomach, which caused him to vomit the sun, moon, and stars. The sun's rays evaporated the water covering the Earth, which created clouds, and soon the dry hills emerged from the water. Still feeling some pains in his stomach, Mbombo vomited again, this time expelling the world's first man and woman, all of the animals, and the trees

"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" Sir Gawain is King Arthur's nephew, and this is the story of how Gawain met a challenge from a giant knight dressed in all green armor. The story is very serious and is told as though it were true; many people believe that King Arthur was a real person, but this story is probably not true. If it were true, it has been greatly exaggerated.

The Ant and the Grasshopper" One summer day, the grasshopper saw the ant gathering food and he said, "Hey, Ant. Why don't you chill a bit?" The ant said, "I've got work to do, and so do you. WInter's coming." The grasshopper said, "I'll do that later." Soon winter set in and the grasshopper was hungry. He went knocking on the ant's door and the ant said, "You shouldn't have played around so much, and he shut the door. Work comes before play.

"The Fountain of Youth" According to many tales passed down over the ages, there is a fountain that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. In this text Juan de Leon discusses many accounts of the waters of life and theorizes as to the location of such a spring.