Once in a forest there lived a cat and a rabbit. They were very good friends.

One day when they were walking together through the forest they found a big piece of cheese. They were very pleased, and agreed to share it. They decided that the rabbit should divide it into two equal shares. The rabbit tried hard to divide it equally, but could not. One piece was a little bit bigger than the other.

They began to quarrel over the pieces, since each wanted to have the bigger piece for himself. Just then a fox come along and asked them what their quarrel was all about. They explained the matter to the fox, and he replied that he could solve their problem, since he could make the pieces equal.

The fox took a bite of the bigger piece, to make it equal to the smaller one. But the bite was too big; now the other piece was bigger. He bit the other piece, but again the bite was too big. One piece was still biggerthan the other. So he continued in this way until both pieces of cheese were finished. 'Well,' said the fox as the last crumb of cheese disappeared, ''I wasn't able to solve your problem, after all. But thank you for the cheese!' and he trotted off through the forest.

The cat and the rabbit loot ed after him as he went. 'Next time,'' the cat decided, 'We'll solve our problem ourselves.'

'And, after all,' added the rabbit, 'the smaller piece would have been better than none at all.'

(courtesy of: http://www.mfa.gov.tr/grupc/cj/cja/ft.htm)

The lion, the wolf and the fox

Once upon a time, a lion, a wolf and a fox became friends. They went hunting because they were hungry. By the end, they had caught an ox, a sheep and a rabbit. Bringing all the catch together, the lion turned to the wolf, saying, ‘Divide them up, so we can each have our share.’

The wolf replied: ‘The ox is yours, the sheep mine, and the fox can have the rabbit.’

The lion then grew very angry, hit the wolf with his paw and knocked him over a cliff. He then turned to the fox, and asked him to divide up the spoils. The cunning fox answered: ‘The ox is your evening meal. The sheep is your lunch and the rabbit your breakfast.’ The lion laughed, and asked where the fox had got the idea from.

‘From our friend who just went over the cliff,’ he responded.

(http://www.kulturturizm.gov.tr/portal/kultur_en.asp?belgeno=557

Precious Salt

Ones upon o time when the fleas were barbers, the camels were town criers, when I was racking my mother’s cradle,

They have told this fairy tale like this.

Ones upon a time, there was a Sultan and his three daughters. One day, the Sultan has gathered his daughters and asked how much they loved him. The most elderly daughter answered as like worlds, middle daughter so much as this hugging, the youngest answers that she likes him as much as salt.

The sultan has got angry with this answer, say himself does a human being can be loved as much as salt, following has given his daughter to the executioner.

The executioner has taken the girl to the mountain to cut her. The girl has begged from executioner, as you are also a father, please don’t kill me. The executioner has not resist her begging, instead has cut an animal, put her shirt some of the blood of the animal and brought it to the Sultan.

The young girl has start walking. After a long journey, arrived a village. There she become a slave to one of the rich man, grown up, became a beautiful girl. Her beauty known in every place, and got married with the son of another Sultan.

After long time passed she has told her story to her husband, and said let us invite my father to dinner. Her husband has accepted. The necessary preparations have been made, and her father has invited to the feast.

Her sultan father has come to the feast. When sultan and his friends has sit to the dinner, the dinner has been served. But girl has told her cook before that all meals must be without salt. The sultan has not eaten any.

Same time young girl has told her father that my sultan as I been told you have made your daughter killed because she told you that she love you as much as salt. Without letting sultan to say anything has continued to say that she is that girl and I made cook prepare all meals without salt that you can understand the value of salt.

The sultan has got ashamed what he did and understood the value of the salt.

They have lived happily from that on.

(http://www.kulturturizm.gov.tr/portal/kultur_en.asp?belgeno=1588)