Books with author Anon E. Mouse

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 363In this 363th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE PRINCE AND THE LIONS”.ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, in an Eastern city there once lived a young Prince named Azgid. He was virtuous and accomplished, but had one fault—he was a bit of a coward!Prince Azgid's father had recently died, and he was looking forward to his coronation. A few days before the day fixed for the ceremony, the old Vizier called upon the Prince and informed His Royal Highness that before he could ascend the throne he must in accordance with an ancient custom, fight a certain huge red lion which was kept in a den within the precincts of the palace.The Prince, upon hearing this, was so frightened that he made up his mind to run away. He rose in the night, dressed himself hastily, mounted his horse, and left the city. Thus he journeyed for three days.In the course of the third day, as he rode through a beautiful thickly-wooded country, he heard the sound of exquisite music, and presently overtook a handsome youth, who was leading a few sheep, and playing upon a flute. The young man having courteously saluted the stranger, Prince Azgid begged him to go on playing, for never in his life before, said the Prince, had he listened to such enchanting strains. The player then told Azgid that he was the slave of the wealthy shepherd named Oaxus, to whose abode, which was close at hand, he offered to conduct the traveller.The Prince gladly accepted this invitation, and in a few moments was entering the house of Oaxus, who accorded him a hearty welcome, and placed food and drink before him. When Azgid had finished his meal, he introduced himself as the prince. After which he was given a tour of the estate. After wandering awhile amidst romantic scenery, the two young men sat down to rest upon a rock in a shady valley. The slave put his flute to his lips, and began to play. The prince loved music passionately, and the idea had already occurred to him that, if he ever left this fair retreat, he would like to purchase from Oaxus his accomplished slave. Suddenly Isdril broke the spell of the Prince's enjoyment by rising to his feet, with the words: "It is time for us to be going.""Wherefore?" queried the Prince. "Why should we quit this delicious spot so soon?""Because," replied the other, "the neighbourhood is infested with lions. It is well, therefore, to retire early within our abodes, and close the gates for our protection.”What happened next you ask…? Did they make it back in time or did they have to face the lions? Well many things happened, some strange, some silly and some serious. To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out!Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

The Maidu live in the central Sierra Nevada of California, to the north of Yosemite. They were not particularly numerous to begin with and were decimated by the incursion of Europeans.These 18 folklore stories, myths and legends were collected by linguist, Roland B. Dixon at the beginning of the 20th century. In these texts Coyote is the central character. He is first seen in the company of Earth-Maker, giving him advice about how to build the world. The 18 stories in this volume are:Creation Myth. Part I,Creation Myth. Part II,Coyote's Adventures,Coyote And Muskrat,Coyote, The Mountain-Tossing People, And The Wind-Man,Thunder-Boy And Lizard-Man,Thunder-Boy And Lizard-Man (Variant),Thunder And Mosquito, And The Theft Of Fire,Sun-Man And Frog-Woman,The Girls Who Married The Stars,Rolling Skull,Night-Hawk-Man,The Serpent-Lover,Bat-Man,The Frightener,Fisher-Man,Mountain-Lion And His Children,Mouse-Man.Of particular interest in Native American folklore is their Creation Myths. The volcano, Mount Lassen (also known as Lassen Peak), erupted often enough in prehistoric times to form the mountain, so it is little wonder the Indians in the northeast corner of California believed the world began there at the desire of a Great Man back when the earth resembled a molten mass. When it cooled, they believed that the deity made a woman to live with him, and from those two came all humans, including the Maidu.A second belief existed among some Maidu as to their origin. This legend starts with the belief that the tribe once inhabited the Sacramento Valley. One day an immense body of water overcame everyone, and everything in the valley was swept away. This ocean covered the entire valley and allowed only two persons to escape. The Great Man blessed this pair and they produced offspring from which the present people came.While both myths have parallels with the biblical stories of creation, whatever the truth, Maidu folklore are an important part of Native American culture. So join with us and journey back to a time when these stories were told around campfires, to the delight of young and old alike.10% of the net sale will be donated to charities.-------------------------KEYWORDS/TAGS: Maidu, Folklore, fairy tales, myths and legends, fables, central, Sierra Nevada, California, Yosemite, Creation Myth, Part I, Part II, Coyote, Action, Adventure, Muskrat, Mountain-Tossing People, Wind Man, Thunder Boy, Lizard Man, Thunder, Mosquito, Theft Of Fire, Sun-Man, Frog Woman, Girls, Marry, Stars, Rolling Skull, Night Hawk Man, Serpent Lover, Bat Man, Frightener, Fisher Man, Mountain Lion, Children, Mouse Man, campfire stories, mount lassen, lassen peak, Sacramento Valley, Great Man, Roland B. Dixon, earth maker, Native American, American Indian, culture, North America, USA, American Indian children, native American children, native American tribe, American Indian tribe, native American stories, American Indian stories,

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 90In Issue 90 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Aesop’s fable of BELLING THE CAT. A fable about mice who, despite talking a good talk, find it a bit more difficult to implement their plans to confront Belling the Cat. So, what did they talk about and why was it so hard to put into practice? Download and read this story to find out just what went on.Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps.BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN'S STORIES FOR ONLY $133% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS

Even in the midst of the death and destruction of war there are strange and funny occurrences. Occurrences made hilarious and farcical because of the circumstance in which they occur. These hilarious occasions are more often than not recalled with greater ease and much mirth long after the war has ended and everyone has gone home. Their recall is made easier if only because soldiers would prefer not to recall the painful memories that come with the experience of having been in battle.Herein are over 300 short stories, anecdotes, pranks, jokes and laughable affairs recalled by servicemen after the Great War patiently collated and published with care by Carleton B. Case in 1919.

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 334In this 334th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE GOLDEN GOOSE”.A forester has three sons and a daughter. The eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood, fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine for lunch. She meets a little gray man who begs a morsel to eat and a swallow of ale but is rebuffed. The eldest brother meets an accident and is taken home. The second brother has a similar task, also meets the strange man, rebuffs him and meets a similar fate. The youngest son, Simpleton, is sent out with a biscuit cooked in the ashes of the hearth and soured beer, is generous with the little old man and is rewarded with a golden goose when he cuts down a tree. The goose has been discovered within the roots of the tree chosen by the little gray man and felled by Simpleton.With the goose under his arm, Simpleton heads for the market but stays at an inn along the way, and that’s when the fun starts…… It seems that everyone wants a piece of Simpleton’s Golden Goose.What happened next you ask…? Well many things happened, some silly and some serious. To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out!Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 392In this 392nd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Toltec Fairy Tale of "TEZCATLIPOCA AND THE TOLTECS”.A long, long time ago in the land of Anahuac, in the days of Quetzalcoatl there was abundance of everything necessary for subsistence. The maize was plentiful, the calabashes were as thick as one’s arm, and cotton grew in all colours without having to be dyed.But this blissful state was too fortunate to last. Envious of the calm enjoyment of the god and his people the Toltecs, three wicked “necromancers” plotted their downfall and these wicked necromancers invaded the Nahua tribes. The deities Huitzilopochtli, Titlacahuan or Tezcatlipoca laid evil enchantments upon the city of Tollan, and Tezcatlipoca in particular took the lead in these envious conspiracies.Disguised as an aged man with white hair, he presented himself at the palace of Quetzalcoatl, where he request an audience with Quetzalcoatl.The pages refused this and showed him out. advised him to retire, as Quetzalcoatl was indisposed and could see no one. He requested them, however, to tell the god Tezcatlipoca was waiting outside and he was granted admittance.On entering the king’s chamber, the wily Tezcatlipoca simulated much sympathy with the suffering god-king. “How are you, my son?” he asked. “I have brought you a drug which you should drink, and which will put an end to the course of your malady.”“You are welcome, old man,” replied Quetzalcoatl for he had been suffering and had been indisposed for quite a while. Tezcatlipoca assured him that if he partook of the medicine, he would immediately experience a great improvement in health. Quetzalcoatl drank the potion, and at once felt much revived. The cunning Tezcatlipoca pressed another and still another cup of the potion upon him, and as it was nothing but the wine of the country, and the King speedily became intoxicated.What happened next you ask…? Was the King totally overcome by the evil machinations or did he succeed in breaking free of Tezcatlipoca’s hold over him? And what of the people and the country? Well many things happened, some silly and some serious. To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out for yourself!Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.Buy any of the 390+ Baba Indaba Children’s Stories on Google Play using the URL listed in the book.ALSO INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 78In Issue 78 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates two of Aesop’s fables – “The Raven and the Swan” and “The Frogs and the Ox.” These fables have been simplified and rewritten for children and, as per usual, each has an easily understandable moral for children.Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN’S STORIES FOR ONLY $1, 6 for $1.50, 8 for $2 etc.33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 382In this 334th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Native American Fairy Tale "SHIN-GE-BIS FOOLS THE NORTH WIND”.Long ago in the time when only a few people lived upon the earth, there dwelt in the North a tribe of fishermen. They knew they best fish were to be found in the summer season, far up in the frozen places where no one could live in the winter at all. For the King of this Land of Ice was a fierce old man called Ka-bib-on-okka by the Indians—meaning in our language, the North Wind.Though the Land of Ice stretched across the top of the world for thousands and thousands of miles, Ka-bib-on-okka was not satisfied. If he could have had his way there would have been no grass or green trees anywhere; all the world would have been white from one year's end to another, all the rivers frozen tight, and all the country covered with snow and ice.In the summer the fishermen went north for the good fish. But when the South Wind began to dimish, the began to grow thick and the wind cold, they said it is time to go. That is all except Shin-ge-bis, the diver. He only laughed. The fishermen looked at him with amazement as they packed up and left.And so Shin-ge-bis stayed ready for the challenge Ka-bib-on-okka would bring. When Ka-bib-on-okka saw this he was insulted and thought Shin-ge-bis should be taught a lesson.What happened next you ask…? Well many things happened, some silly and some serious. To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out!Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIESTAGS: Baba Indaba, Children’s, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime stories, myths, legends, storyteller, Ka-bib-on-okka, American Indians, North Wind, Shin-ge-bis, fishermen, fishing, summer, winter, challenge, upstart, teach, lesson,

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 377In this 377th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR”.One day a tailor is preparing to eat some jam, but the sweet aroma of the jam attracts flies and when flies settle on it, he kills seven of them with one blow. He makes a belt describing the deed, reading "Seven at One Blow". Inspired, he sets out into the world to seek his fortune. The tailor meets a giant who assumes that "Seven at One Blow" refers to seven men. The giant challenges the tailor. When the giant squeezes water from a boulder, the tailor squeezes milk, or whey, from cheese. The giant throws a rock far into the air, and it eventually lands. The tailor counters the feat by tossing a bird that flies away into the sky; the giant believes the small bird is a "rock" which is thrown so far that it never lands. And so the Valiant Little Tailor continues his journey……What happened next you ask…? Well many things happened, some strange, some silly and some serious. To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out!Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 88In Issue 88 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the Estonian tale of Tontlawald (Tontla Forest or Tontla Woods.) The story goes thus, a peasant had remarried, and he and his new wife quarreled, and she abused her stepdaughter Elsa. One day, the children were gathering strawberries when a boy realised they had wandered in to Tontlawald; the rest ran off, but Elsa did not think the woods could be worse than her stepmother. She met a little black dog with a silver collar, and a maiden dressed in silk who asked her to stay and be her friend….. Download and read the stories to find out just what happened after that. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps. BUY ANY 4 BABA INDABA CHILDREN'S STORIES FOR ONLY $1 33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 319In this 319th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates two "TWO IROQUOIS CHILDREN’S STORIES” – The Little People and How the Iroquois give Thanks.The Iroquois call fairies Jo gah oh, or "Little People," because they are so small. They Little People can do wonderful things. Whatever they wish, they can do. There are three tribes that make up the Jo gah. What are they?In the second story we read about how the Iroquois give thanks for almost everything in their lives. In fact they are a grateful people. A true Iroquois never rises after eating without saying, "Niaweh," which means, "I am thankful." The others reply, "Niuh,"—"It is well."The Children never pick a flower without thinking how kind the Great Spirit has been, to cause the flowers to grow. They like flowers, and no matter how poor the Indian cabin, flowers are always to be found near.To find out more about these two stories, you will have to download and read these stories for yourself.Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 291In this 291st issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Egyptian story of “THE PRINCE AND THE THREE FATES”.A son is born to great Egyptian pharaoh but when the fairies visit to bless this future ruler, they tell the pharaoh ‘It is written in the books of fate that he must die, either by a crocodile, or a serpent, or by a dog. If we could save him we would; but that is beyond our power.’So the pharaoh builds a high tower and with a sad heart places his son in the most inaccessible room with round-the-clock guards to protect him.Time passes and the son grows into a fine young man. Straight limbed and handsome. He tells his father, “I know all about the prophecy that was made at my birth, but I would far rather be killed at once than live an idle, useless life here. So give me arms, and let me go, I pray you; me and my dog too.”Realising the prince is right, with a heavy heart the pharaoh grants his wish and sets his son free.What follows recounts the journeys and adventures of the young prince finding his way in the world.Does the prince survive? Can he overcome and break the curse that is written in the book of fates? Does he fall in love and, does his path cross that of a crocodile, serpent or dog – or maybe all three?Download and read the story to find the answers to these questions and if the prince returns home safely.Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES