Once Upon A Survival
At Timber Tale, we believe a story is sometimes more than a story.
It can become a light in darkness.
A voice in silence.
Something powerful enough to carry us through difficult seasons of life.
That is why storytelling sits at the heart of everything we create.
And perhaps no story captures that better than the story of Scheherazade.
Scheherazade
Scheherazade faced a king who married a new bride each day and executed her the following morning.
To survive, she began telling him stories — leaving each one unfinished by dawn so he would spare her life to hear the ending.
For one thousand and one nights, storytelling became her protection, her voice, and ultimately the thing that transformed the king himself.
That is the power stories can hold.
Not simply to entertain — but to soften hearts, preserve hope, and carry people through darkness.
Featured Symbolic Stories
These stories speak through symbols, emotions, and the quiet parts of ourselves that are often difficult to explain directly.
Each one explores memory, identity, love, growth, and the inner worlds we carry silently through life.
Head in Bloom
She closes her eyes to listen to the quiet within.
A small bird comes to rest gently above her thoughts, drawn toward warmth, softness, and stillness.
And slowly, something begins to bloom.
Not flowers, but hopes.
Not branches, but kindness.
Not roots, but dreams quietly growing beneath the surface.
What would bloom inside you, if your thoughts could take shape?
Embrace Your Moon
She spent so long reaching for the moon, believing its light would make her whole.
Night after night, she stretched toward it.
And when she finally held it close, she saw something familiar reflected back.
Her own face.
The light she had been chasing was never far away.
It had been inside her all along.
Roots & Wings
She stands quietly, like a tree rooted deeply into the earth.
Within her lives a small bird, and another rests gently above her thoughts.
When her children are near, they settle inside her heart, filling it with warmth and song.
And when they grow wings and leave, they remain with her in another way — carried through memory, thought, and love that never truly disappears.
Some bonds are not lessened by distance.
They simply change shape.
Quite Stories About Comfort & Kindness
Some stories do not arrive loudly.
They stay with us quietly — through comfort, gentleness, resilience, and the feeling of being understood without needing many words.
Mountain Spirit
They say she was shaped slowly by time itself — as though the mountain carved its silence into her.
She learned how to stand through storms without losing softness.
How to carry pain without letting it harden her heart.
There is something deeply calming about her presence.
Not because she never suffered — but because she did, healed quietly, and remained kind.
Cinnamon Fox
Some creatures are not meant to be rushed.
The Little Cinnamon Fox did not want to be owned, chased, or captured all at once.
He simply asked for patience.
“Come a little closer,” he seemed to say.
“Not too quickly.”
And with enough gentleness, trust slowly began to grow.
That is how many meaningful things enter our lives — quietly, carefully, and over time.
Quite Bear
He does not speak loudly.
But if you stay beside him long enough, his stories begin to appear quietly — like snowfall settling over the earth.
Stories about stillness.
About patience.
About growing slowly without needing to be seen.
He reminds us that strength does not always arrive with noise.
Sometimes it arrives quietly, gently, and stays much longer because of it.
Doggy Dog
When you place your hand against his small wooden heart, he seems to listen quietly to your own.
Not to words.
Not to explanations.
Only to feeling.
Some companions do not need language to understand us.
They simply stay near — steady, patient, and quietly present through every season of life.
Whimsical Creatures & Little Fables
Not every story arrives with sadness or symbolism.
Some simply arrive with wonder, curiosity, humour, and the strange little magic that makes life feel softer for a moment.
These are the quieter creatures and playful fables that live inside the Timber Tale world.
The Cheese Monster
The Cheese Monster appeared only at night, quietly collecting small pieces of cheese with absolute seriousness and great delight.
No one ever managed to catch him.
But somehow, the mystery always felt more charming than the missing cheese itself.
Mac Penny Penguin
Mac Penny once dreamed of reaching the North Pole.
But somewhere along the journey, the currents carried him toward Scotland instead.
At first he thought he was lost.
Then he discovered the rain, the hills, the warmth of strangers, and the quiet feeling of unexpectedly finding home somewhere he never planned to stay.
Fish in Belly Cat
One year, the rivers dried, and the little gold fish had nowhere left to go.
So the cat let them rest safely inside her belly until the waters returned.
But when the rivers finally filled again, she hesitated.
She had grown attached to their quiet company, their soft movement, and the feeling of carrying something fragile and alive within her.
Sometimes love holds on for one moment longer than it should.
Amen Bird
The Amen Bird is said to fly endlessly through the sky, carrying one quiet word wherever it goes:
Amen.
Some believe that if a person speaks a wish at the exact moment the bird passes overhead, the wish may one day find its way into the world.
A small reminder that hope often survives in the simple act of believing.
Hooty Owl
Each night, Hooty Owl settles quietly near a child’s window, carrying stories soft enough to arrive just before sleep.
Stories filled with warmth, wonder, and the strange calm that only appears at the end of the day.
He reminds us that sometimes the gentlest voices are the ones we remember longest.
More Stories From Timber Tale
Some stories arrive quietly.
Some feel playful.
Some reflective.
Some comforting.
Some strange in ways that stay with us long after we leave them behind.
Each piece carries its own small world.
Why These Stories Matter
The stories behind our pieces are not meant to escape real life.
They are meant to help us hold onto it a little more carefully.
A memory.
A feeling.
A season of life.
Someone we still carry with us.
Over time, certain objects stop becoming decoration.
They become reminders of who we are, what we love, and what we never want to forget.
Find the story that feel like yours
Some pieces stay with us because they remind us of something we never wanted to lose.
A memory.
A feeling.
A person.
A quieter version of ourselves.
Explore the collection and discover the story you want to carry with you.