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An old woman encounters an eagle for the first time. Perplexed by its appearance, she changes it to suit her own ideas of what a bird should look like - a common pattern of human thought: altering the unfamiliar to make it acceptable.

In this amusing story, an old woman encounters an eagle for the first time. Perplexed by its unfamiliar appearance, she decides to change it to suit her own ideas of what a bird should look like. Her efforts mirror a common pattern of human thought: altering the unfamiliar to make it acceptable. This tale is specially presented for children by Afghan author Idries Shah, who, for more than 30 years, collected stories from the Sufi tradition and adapted them to contemporary Western culture. Told since ancient times throughout Central Asia and the Middle East, such tales are used to help...

El Caballo MAgico, un antiguo cuento de la tradicional Las mil y una noches, narra las maravillosas aventuras del joven prIncipe Tambal. Considerado un soNador en comparaciOn con su hermano, a Tambal le intriga un caballo de madera que otros desprecian y ven como un simple juguete, pero que es realmente un caballo mAgico finamente tallado en madera. El prIncipe Tambal desaparece en el caballo mAgico y corre emocionantes aventuras antes de conseguir finalmente el deseo de su corazOn y retornar a su tierra.

Esta historia es parte de la rica literatura del...

This story is about a very badly behaved man - how a young boy invents a plan to change his behavior - and, with the help of the other villagers, succeeds.

This book is one of a series of illustrated Teaching-Stories by Idries Shah, stories which have captivated hearts and minds for more than a thousand years. The stories are designed to help children learn to examine their assumptions and to think for themselves. Children, of course, love the idea of an adult behaving badly. At the same time the story helps children learn valuable lessons about initiative, negotiation, conflict...

On the day a boy is born, his parents receive a visit from a wise man who says, "This is a very, very important boy, and I'm going to give him something marvelous one day, but I will have to give him his name first. So please don't give him a name yet." The story tells how the boy seeks and eventually finds his own name - and also discards and an old dream he doesn't want for a wonderful new dream.

This book is one of a series of illustrated Teaching-Stories by Idries Shah which have captivated hearts and minds for more than a thousand years. Among the many insights this story gives...