Shah, Idries

A cumulative tale of a farmer's wife who is trying to retrieve an apple from a hole in the ground. Based on a Sufi teaching tale. Text in English and Spanish.

Contains a Sufi folk tale of a boy who visits another village and helps the townspeople deal with their fear of something that they have mistaken for a terrible, dangerous animal. Presented in English and Spanish.

A Sufi teaching tale from Afghanistan about an old woman who insists that an eagle must really be a pigeon.

An illustrated collection of 65 folktales, each with an introduction outlining the appearance of the tale in various cultures.

A cumulative tale of a farmer's wife who is trying to retrieve an apple from a hole in the ground. Based on a Sufi teaching tale.

A Sufi teaching tale of a boy who visits another village and helps the townspeople deal with their fear of something that they have mistaken for a terrible, dangerous animal.

A Sufi teaching tale of a chicken that has learned to speak as people do and spreads an alarming warning, which causes the townspeople to panic without first considering the messenger.

Because she does not faithfully follow the instructions of Arif the Wise Man, the Queen of Hich-Hich gives birth to a half-boy, who grows up to be very clever and confronts a dragon in an effort to become whole.

As he gapes and growls at his ferocious reflection in a pool of water as shiny as a mirror, a terrified lion grows desperately thirsty.

A Sufi teaching tale of a boy without a name who visits a wise man and acquires both a name and a wonderful dream.