Classic Tales

By Georgeta Dumitrescu

Two Big Enemies - a story about how a young tiger learns to respect his biggest enemy, the man.
The mountain and the River - it is about courage and altruism for a little girl to save her people and the yields from death.
What Matters Most - a story about what lays inside to us is more important than the way we look, and being united we are strong, and when we aren't we get vulnerable.
The Little Girl - a story about a rich man who shared bread for poor children during the war time and a little girl who, with his help, became a doctor and saved the man's life when he got old and sick.
Little George - a story about a talented boy who lost his confidence and creativity.
A Helping Hand - it is about the general of the division who helped a platoon to repair a rail track way.
Treasure - a story about a boy who was looking for a treasure on the map, and he found new friends.
The Boots - it is about a father who bought a pair of boots for his lazy son and hided them in a heap of wheat.
The Wise Emperor - it is about the people who shared their own food were the happiest ones.
The Poor Man - a story about how a poor man fooled rich people.
Three Friends- a story about finding out who is the real friend.
The Lion and The Sheep - a story about the importance of knowing yourself.
The story of The Ear of Wheat - it is about courage and risk for saving other lives.
The Peasant and The Bear - a story about how a peasant fooled a bear.
The Legend of a Cornflower - a story about a young man who was ploughing and fell in love with a beautiful girl who picked curing herbage.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Jul 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524592813

Georgeta Dumitrescu

Born in Craiova, Romania, Georgeta Dumitrescu is the only child of a photographer and a tailor. Georgeta graduated University of mechanics in her native city, and she had worked at National Railways in her mother country as a mechanical engineer. After a nine years of an unsuccessful marriage with two children, and a very difficult divorce, Georgeta left Romania and moved in London. Here she worked in different places, like restaurants, supermarket as a store assistant, hotels and private houses as a housekeeper. In 2013 Georgeta started up a new maintenance company and she works there as manager.

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Copyright © 2016 by Georgeta Dumitrescu. 737182

Illustrations by Dragos Mihai Dumitru

ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5245-9280-6

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Rev. date: 07/05/2016

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Contents

Two Big Enemies

The Mountain and the River

What Matters Most

The Little Girl

Little George

A Helping Hand

Treasure

The Boots

The Wise Emperor

The Poor Man

Three Friends

The Lion and the Sheep

The Story of the Ear of Wheat

The Peasant and the Bear

The Legend of the Cornflower

Two Big Enemies

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Once upon a time there was a very old tiger, who lived in a bushy forest. This tiger was very wise and all the animals heard about his wisdom. But one day the time had come for him to die. Then he asked for his only son to come to him, whom he asked: ‘My son, do you know who has the strongest teeth in the world?’

‘The tiger, of course!’ the son answered.

‘That is true! But do you know who has the sharpest claws in the world?’ the tiger asked again.

‘The tiger, of course!’ the son answered again.

‘This is also true! And now, tell me, who runs the fastest?’

‘Of course, the tiger!’ the son answered without thinking too much about it.

‘I’ll ask you now the last question. Who is the strongest being in the world?’

‘Tiger, tiger, tiger!’ the son shouted!

‘You are wrong, my dear! Remember this: The most powerful being in the world is the man! Beware of getting in his path! Avoid any fights with him! Go around him!’

Saying these last words, the old tiger give his last breath.

The baby tiger then pondered for a long time over what his father told him in the last moments of his life.

‘But how could I find this man? I would like to see, even with only one eye, his teeth and his claws!’ the baby tiger thought.

Later on, he decided to go and find the man. Walking day and night, the baby tiger met a mule who was grazing on a meadow.

‘Could this one be the man?’ the tiger thought and shouted out loud with all his power: ‘Hey, are you the man?’

‘No, I am a quadruped friend of him,’ the mule answered.

‘Then, tell me, please, how the man looks,’ the tiger said. ‘Is it true that his teeth and claws are sharper than mine?’

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‘What are you talking about, tiger?’ the mule wondered. ‘The man doesn’t have any sharp teeth or claws. He’s strong because of his mind!’

‘Oh, mule, you’re such a fool! My father told me quite a different story about the man!’ the baby tiger said, and very upset, he walked away.

At the other end of the glade, the tiger met a camel. He began to ask the camel about the man. When the camel said that the man is short of stature, and he has to stoop on his knees any time he needs to mount it, the tiger wouldn’t believe it.

‘My deceased father told me that the man is the strongest being in the world, and that means he is also the biggest!’ the tiger replied, and very plaintive, he once again walked the world in search for this man.

He wandered many days and nights through the valleys, looking for the man. The poor