Moral stories for children

The clever hare wearing a bushbuck-skin mantle in an African folktale

The Story of Hare: A Traditional African Folktale of Trickery and Survival

African Folktales·West African Folktales

Once upon a time, long ago when animals still spoke like humans, they gathered together to build a great kraal. Inside it, they stored a large supply of precious fat, which was to be shared among them all. The fat was a treasure, and so the animals agreed that one of their number must guard the gate each day, to

Parchment-style African folktale illustration of tortoise and lizard at hidden yam cave, with OldFolktales.com in corner.

African Folktales·Ghanaian Folktales·West African Folktales

The Tortoise and the Lizard

In the time when animals walked and talked as freely as humans do today, a terrible famine swept across the land like a merciless wind. The rains had failed for many seasons, and the earth lay parched and barren under the scorching sun. Rivers that once flowed with crystal-clear water

Parchment-style illustration of miller and son carrying donkey across bridge,

The Miller and Donkey Fable

The morning sun cast long shadows across the cobblestone path as an

The Story of Hare: A Traditional African Folktale of Trickery and Survival

The Tortoise and the Lizard

The Miller and Donkey Fable

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