Archive - The Story Birds

“It’s an enormous task, to sort all these stories and put them in books,” said one of the older sparrows. “It takes time to make a book.”

May 18, 2024 •

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February 2024

"We now have so many stories that we can no longer keep them in our heads. We are concerned they will be lost or forgotten. How do we save them and the…

Feb 29, 2024 •

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November 2023

To all our readers!

Nov 12, 2023 •

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October 2023

New directions!

The sparrows embark on further adventures

Oct 31, 2023 •

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The soot had streaked her hand, she saw. As it must have streaked the hands of countless women before her, who too had placed their diyas in that little…

Oct 15, 2023 •

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September 2023

The Tale of the Bent Old Woman, Kujo Buri

“Dear me! There goes that Kujo Buri. Buri, I’m going to eat you.”

Sep 30, 2023

The Sparrows Return

Just then the babblers set up a huge commotion. “They’re back, they’re back, they’re back!” they shouted all together. And sure enough, there they were…

Sep 15, 2023 •

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June 2023

Whatever Happened to Kaga Mama?

“Goodbye, goodbye,” called the sparrows and off they flew.

Jun 30, 2023 •

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Invite your friends to read The Story Birds

Thank you for reading The Story Birds — your support allows us to keep doing this work. If you enjoy The Story Birds, please do share and refer friends…

Jun 21, 2023 •

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The Legend of the Dwarf

One day in her distress, she took an egg, wrapped it in cotton cloth, and put it carefully in a corner of her hut. Every day she went to look at the…

Jun 20, 2023 •

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“I fear Fear itself, mother! Every night I hear it on our way back home at that hour that is the darkest before dawn."

Jun 6, 2023 •

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May 2023

The Legend of Tomiris, Queen of the Massagetae

During the reign of the Achaemenid king of kings, Kir II, whom they also call Cyrus the Great, there lived a warrior queen of the Massagetae Saka…

May 18, 2023 •

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