Tales
Every now and then I write stories.
Do not expect Great Literature. Most tales on this page are short and meant simply for your (and - I admit - my) amusement. If you react allergically to ants who present their spiritual life to a friendly rodent, or if you are likely to get annoyed at wizards chasing each other with balls of fire, or if you think that writing about ridiculous gods is blasfemous, you may be better off visiting a library (or parish church) in your neighbourhood.
If you're interested in using these texts, please be fair : don't make changes in my name, and mention my name where appropriate. If you are not only fair, but also courteous, then just ask me.
- Oh, and by the way : most of these stories are available in Dutch only (watch the flags). Sorry! If you are willing to translate any of them, let me know - you'll make my day.
A fairy tale about a poor frog who has to fulfill an impossible quest, if he is ever to marry his sweetie.
Hemelse zoetigheid
(Celestial sweetness)
The Nandorians are sick of always having to explain their atheism, and decide to adopt a religion after all.
Een ongelukkige
gang van zaken (An unfortunate course of events)
Grops sets out for the proud port of Raina to deliver Fatum's curse to a local maiden. But things don't exactly go as planned ...
Young Lud is born in a country where sculptors are more powerful than generals.
Zeven seconden (Seven
seconds)
One day, entirely by accident, Nature developed an organism capable of simultaneously taking a thousand billion variables into consideration.
De antigodin (The
antigoddess)
The antigoddess is in a quirky mood, as those on the mountain of the gods are about to find out!
Osama I, de thanatografie (Osama
I, the thanatography)
The remarkable death of Osama dun Jaran. A
pseudochristian tale.
(Careful : this text is in for revision. And don't make premature
conclusions : I am not a fan of the pope, quite the contrary.)
For inexplicable reasons, Arth Morthagorn, wizard of the Many-Shaped School for Arcane Interpretation (Reading?), awakens on the planet Earth in a country where everyone drives on the wrong side of the road. With him, a fairy tale like chaos has sneaked into the world. The only solution : more chaos!
Toon Tellegen is a Dutch writer whose repertoire boasts a fabulous collection of animal fabels. The ant, the squirrel, the elephant : they all came to life in his stories.
Have a look at http://home.wanadoo.nl/richard.thiel/auteurs/ttellege.htm .
I couldn't help starting to write about the ant, the squirrel and the elephant, too - fan fiction, you could say.
De mier doet niets (The
ant does nothing)
De muis is verliefd (The
mouse is in love)
De mier heeft niks
gezien (The ant has seen nothing)
Elke dag jarig (Every day a
birthday)
De den en de mol (The fir
and the mole)
De naam van de wezel
(The weasel's name)
De vijver mag
niet overlopen (The pond must not overflow)
Op
een dag waren de vlinders het beu (One day the butterflies got sick of it)
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