They also are found in most cultures, but how are they different from folktales?

它们也存在于大多数文化中，但它们与民间故事有什么不同呢？

They seem to be less realistic than folktales, like they have something improbable happening—a frog turning into a prince, say.

它们似乎没有民间故事那么真实，包含一些不太可能发生的事，比如一只青蛙变成了王子。

Folktales are imaginative stories that like folk legends, they've been passed down orally from storyteller to storyteller since ancient times.

就像民间传说一样，民间故事是从古至今口耳相传的想象力丰富的故事。

In the case of folktales, each storyteller would specify a particular location and time, though the time and location would differ for different storytellers.

在民间故事中，每个讲故事的人都会指定一个特定的地点和时间，尽管时间和地点会因讲故事的人不同而发生改变。

Now we can't really talk about fairy tales without first talking about folktales because there's a strong connection between these two genres, these two types of stories.

如果不先讲民间故事，我们就不能讲童话因为这两种类型的故事之间有很强的联系。