A branch of apple blossoms, cut from a tree by a passing prince, begins to get an inflated sense of itself until the sun reminds it that every flower is beautiful.
Twelve-year-old Ahmed, lost and alone in the vast desert, awakens the ancient god Gonn-Ben-Allah with his crying, and together the two embark on a night of spectacular, and for Ahmed, life-changing, adventures.
Contains a collection of twenty of Aesop's fables for children including "The Fox and the Crow, " "The Tortoise and the Hare, " and "The Lion and the Mouse.".