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    Tales of the Moon
    Tales of the Moon
    Tales of the Moon
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    Tales of the Moon

    By Z.G. De Vincentiis

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    A collection of short stories about children, animals, kings and fairies and their adventurous lives around the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZ.G. De Vincentiis
    Release dateJul 21, 2012
    ISBN9781476494456
    Tales of the Moon
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    Z.G. De Vincentiis

    I am a three times round-the-world traveller and writer. I hold a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, dropout from PhD. In 2001, after teaching at the university for ten years, I set out on a 15 months overland world tour. Seven years later, I did another world tour, this time by sea- lasting a year, where I met my Italian husband. Seven more years later came another world tour, this time as a family with our then 3.5-years-old daughter, “Around the World in 99 Days”.Travelling the world so extensively gave me first-hand knowledge of places and an overall view of the world. I became obsessed with borders, security, justice, human behavior, anything related to world affairs. I feel I belong everywhere and nowhere. In 2016, I started a mission to go to every country and I have travelled to 152 countries out of 195. (193 UN countries plus 2 observer states.)I write because “Looking for words, you find thoughts." I live life so that it would make a good story. So far, not so bad.

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      Book preview

      Tales of the Moon - Z.G. De Vincentiis

      Tales of the Moon

      Thirty stories to be read in a month

      Z. G. De Vincentiis

      Illustrations:

      Dolunay May

      Copyright © 2019 by Z. G. De Vincentiis

      Smashwords Edition

      Index

      I - The Pauper and the Magic Pan

      II - Frogs Who Envied the Ladybug

      III - The Little Fish and the Little Girl

      IV - Black Crow-White Seagull

      V - The Goldfinch and the Giraffe

      VI - The Hippopotamus and the Baboon

      VII - The Short Land Adventure of the Seahorse

      VIII - Naughty Kangaroo Ciap-tip-top

      IX - Soft Paw Cheetah

      X - The Woodpecker Kava

      XI - The Baobab Tree

      XII - Nine-Headed Dragon Under the Seventh Layer of the Earth

      XIII - The Ornamental Nightingale of the Palace

      XIV - The Seahorse and the Grizzly Bear

      XV - The Secret of the Enchanted Forest

      XVI - The White Donkey Mino

      XVII - White Horse Mila

      XVIII - The Little Girl and the Panther

      XIX - The Adventures of the Little Fish

      XX - Mistiyaki and the Fairy Girl Shiba

      XXI - Ribino, Sons and Dogs

      XXII - From Seed to Tree, From Tree to Ashes

      XXIII - Quintet Story

      XXIV - Tupi and Buki

      XXV - Time for Cleaning Up

      XXVI - Chimp and the Circus Fairy

      XXVII - The King's Fool and His Dog

      XXVIII - The Eggplant and the Flatterer

      XXIX - Corn People

      XXX - A Little Bit Witchy, a Bigger Bit Fairy Tale

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      Hello children,

      I'm the fairy of September, the month in which leaves start changing color and falling, the month autumn sets in.

      I'll be taking you to the depths of the forests and to the boundless skies. There'll be times we stroll into mysterious labyrinths on our own; other times, we'll roam the high seas on the deck of a ship with the crowd. We'll journey into unknown lands. We'll be meeting good people, and frightful monsters too.

      Are you ready to take a journey of tales with me? Come along, hop on my wings…

      I Night

      I listened to this story from my mother on a warm autumn night many years ago. I opened the drawer of my childhood memories and took it out for you.

      The Pauper and the Magic Pan

      The young man was so desperate. His mother was sick. He neither had the money to take her to the doctor nor to buy medicines. He knew his mother had to eat something to be able to pull herself together a bit. But there was nothing more than two slices of dry bread in their house. He grew sad at his helplessness. Not knowing what to do, he went out.

      Out, but where? He didn't know. Perhaps he'd find work someplace or come across a good-hearted person to help him somehow. He went down to the riverside. I could fish, he thought. But then again, he didn't have a fishing line.

      Perhaps I can catch fish with my hands, he muttered to himself. Deciding to put this into action, he dived. Hopeful...

      He swam with effortless strokes towards the bottom. Then, out of the deep blue, there appeared two beautiful fairies before him. The blond one said:

      We know you are a good son and that you love your mother so very much.

      The young pauper was puzzled by what he was seeing. He rubbed his eyes, and could only say:

      Bu-, bu- but you... stuttering.

      The red-haired fairy hushed him. Shush... Don't say anything, she said in a whisper. We are going to give you a secret. And you will find the food to satiate your mother’s hunger. This special meal will also be healing.

      The pauper was still puzzled. He pinched his arm thinking he might be in a dream. Ouch, it hurt. Which meant he was awake. The blond fairy went on to explain:

      But you need to be careful; the secret word that my sister will give you is to be known only by you, nobody else. If you can keep this secret, the stockpot in your house will feed and heal you and those around you without end. However, if you write the word down some place not to forget it, or if you tell it to anyone, the magic will be lost forever.

      As the fairy completed her words, her sister leaned over the pauper’s ear and uttered the words that nobody else could hear.

      The pauper wanted to ask the fairies who they were and where they came from. But before he could open his mouth, they had vanished out of sight. He felt sad once more. He had not even had the time to thank them.

      Well... he figured out, Fairies do not need thanks. Besides, he was sure they knew that he would be indebted to them all his life.

      The pauper was eager to get home to his mother, to make her well. He swam up to the surface fast and hurried home. His mother was still in her sick bed. Her eyes twinkled when she saw her son.

      Where have you been my son? I was worried, she said.

      The boy answered: Don't worry anymore mother. Everything is going to be fine from now on. Saying thus, he hurried into the kitchen to follow the fairy's instructions.

      He took out the pot from the cupboard. He went out to gather some wood, kindled the fire, put the pot on, whispered the secret words three times. Voila, it was just like the fairies had described. A delicious smell filled up the room as he lifted the lid. Eating the food, his mother recovered.

      From that day on, mother and son never needed anybody's help. The boy grew up and started working. He made money but continued to use the pot for the poor and the sick. Of course, he didn't tell anybody the secret words. He couldn't. When he grew old and died, the pot was still there. But now, there was nobody in the world who knew the secret of the pot.

      II Night

      Ah yes, just like you, I wonder what those secret words

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