What was your favorite childhood story?

This is too close to call.
My father use to tell me stories of a spider named Anansi, who is derived from West African folklore.  He got into all kinds of trouble from trying to capture all knowledge and horde it to challenging animals much bigger than he was.
The other is the legend from the Devi Mahatmyam, the demon Mahisasura defeats the male gods of Indian folklore and kicks them out of heaven, to liberate their heavenly domain a female goddess Durga Devi was created.   Always thought it was neat story for a young girl to hear that beauty, power and physical strength were not an unfeminine combination.