Once there was a fish who wanted to fly. Oh how he wanted to fly! But no-one could tell him how to do so. No-one, that is, until a wise old fish tells him the secret. But that is only the beginning of his adventures… Length: 43:47 For ages: 7+
An old man and woman toiled away at their farm, struggling to feed themselves and their two grown sons. But no matter how hard they persuaded the boys to work, nothing could shift them from their beds. One day the mother decides to take matters into her own hands, with unexpected results… Length: 25:18 For ages: 7+
A farmer finds an apple tree growing in a field he has always left fallow. When the autumn comes it bears a single golden apple… Length: 10:24 For ages: 7+
Three interwoven tales… A man is given shelter on a freezing winter’s night by a group of strangers… A King with a terrible affliction seeks the help of a carpenter who makes magical chairs… A potter is astonished to find one of her pots speaking to her… Length: 39:28 For ages: 7+
Late at night, and looking bedraggled and tired, the mathematician turned up at the carpenter’s door. The carpenter fed him and gave him a bed for the night but the following morning he asked what a mathematician was doing wandering the world like a tramp.
“I am searching for infinity” the mathematician replied. “It has eluded me in the university, and in the laboratory, and now I have vowed to walk the world until I find it.”
The carpenter was suddenly gripped by a strong impulse. “Wait here!” he said, and went into his workshop and returned with a chair unlike any he had ever made. “I’ve been waiting for the right person to give this to, and I think it might just be yours…” Length: 14:00 For ages: 7+