Terms of use

Last updated 10 October 2026. By using WishingTales you agree to these terms.

Reading the stories

The stories on this site are free to read for personal, non-commercial use: read them yourself, read them aloud to your family, read them in a classroom. You may not republish them, sell them, or feed them into another service as your own content. If you want to use a story in a way these terms do not cover, ask us first.

Retold classics

Our retellings are new text, owned by WishingTales, even where the underlying story is in the public domain. The public-domain original is free for anyone to use — the sources page says where each one came from, so you can go to the original instead.

Written with AI, checked automatically

Every story is written by an AI model and reviewed by an automated check — mechanical tests plus a second model reading it as an editor — before publication. No person reads a story before it is published. This is disclosed on every story and explained on the about page. We do not present these stories as the work of a human author.

No warranty

The site is provided as it is. We try to keep it accurate, available, and suitable for readers of any age, but we do not promise that it will always be online or free of errors. We are not liable for any loss arising from your use of the site.

Links to other sites

Where we link out — to a public-domain source, for example — we are not responsible for what is on the other end.

Changes

We may update these terms; the date at the top will change when we do. Questions go to [email protected].