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Welcome to this ever-growing collection of stories as told by our members. We hope that the Story Circle will grow to:
- introduce you to a variety of tellers.
- enable you to enjoy many Asian stories.
- offer valuable demonstrations of different ways of sharing a story.
- give you the chance to compare versions of the same story, and see how each teller has crafted their own version.
- watch a selection of tales told in mother tongue.
| Title | Teller | Tags (Language, country, themes) | Added |
| How to become a Dragon | Roger Jenkins (Singapore) | ENGLISH Taiwan, little vs big, clever, bully |
7/2018 |
| A Taste of Honey | Sheila Wee (Singapore) | ENGLISH Vietnam, love, spooky |
7/2018 |
| Snake and Lizard | Kiran Shah (Singapore/Australia) | ENGLISH Story created by Anne Pellowski to accompany a string trick that can be found in the Philippines various other countries. Animal tale. |
8/2018 |
| Borneo Snake | Margaret Read MacDonald (USA) | ENGLISH Sabah, animal husband |
8/2018 |
| Five Rotis | Jeeva Raghunath (India) & Kiran Shah (Singapore/Australia) Translator: Prasong Saihong (Thailand) |
ENGLISH India, comical, marital dispute |
8/2018 |
| Papa Crow and Mama Crow | Craig Jenkins (UK) | ENGLISH India, Panchatantra, family love |
8/2018 |
| The Cow's Horn |
Debjani Bhadhu (India) | HINDI India, domestic dispute, comic, lighthearted. |
9/2018 |
| Sharing Wisdom | Roger Jenkins & Anamika Bhati | ENGLISH & HINDI & SOME SIGN LANGUAGE India |
9/2018 |
| The Mountain which Loved a Bird | Nupur Aggarwal (India) | ENGLISH India, friendship, loss, renewal | 12/2018 |
| Hats for the Jizo's | Jackie Kerin (Australia) | ENGLISH Japan, poverty, kindness, kindness rewarded | 12/2018 |
| The Rabbit on the Moon | Karen Lee (Singapore) |
ENGLISH Chinese, respect, |
01/2019 |
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Ravan Lifting Mount Kailash and Singing Shiv Tandav Strotra |
Shital Choudhary ( Mumbai, India) |
ENGLISH, WITH SOME SANSKRIT Episode of Ravan lifting mount Kailash and composing Shiv Tandav Strotra from Uttar Kand - Valmiki Ramayan. |
02/2019 |
| The Moon Man |
Prachitara (Bhubaneswar, India) |
ODIA This story waswritten by my Prachitara's father, the eminent Odia poet and children literateur Dr Prasanna Kumar Mishra. Synopsis This is an innocent account of a lonely single child wanting a sibling to play with and care for. Malayabati is a joyous girl who is content in her own imaginary world. Every now and then she wishes for a friend, a younger brother to keep her company. Her parents stay busy due to work and she has no friend to play with. One fine day, an elderly wizard from the moon comes by and allows her to ask for a single wish. Malayabati wishes with all her heart for a younger brother. The wizard grants her wish and hands her a wooden doll. He tells her to sprinkle magical water from the nearby spring to bring the wooden doll to life. He also warns her that if she ever beats him, he shall turn back to a wooden doll. Malayabati’s joy knows no bounds and she plays with him every day. One day things take a turn and Malayabati hits her brother during a fight. He turns back into a wooden doll and Malayabati feels very guilty. She cries and calls for the wizard. The wizard comes back after a long time and scolds her for beating her brother. But, after a while he forgives her and turns the doll back into her brother leaving her ecstatic and promising never to hurt her brother ever again. |
01/2020 |