sufis

"The original version of Fatima the Spinner and the tent was published in 1979 in Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching-Stories of the Sufi Masters over the past thousand years by Idries Shah"--Title page verso.

A series of misfortunes finally brings Fatima to China where she is asked to make a tent for the Emperor.

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 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.

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 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.

A series of misfortunes finally brings Fatima to China where she is asked to make a tent for the Emperor.

A young boy determinedly follows the instructions of the Grand Master in the hope of gaining knowledge, only to be surprised as how he acquires it. Based on a Sufi tale.