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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...

A good-natured lion sees his reflection in a pool and gasps at the fierce creature staring back at him and is too frightened to drink. Children will learn through the lion how to deal positively with fears and inhibitions that so often arise from situations they as yet may not understand.

Idries Shah's collections of Eastern oral and written literature have established the Sufi teaching-story as an educational instrument. The original version of this story was told by the 13th Century Sufi poet Jalaluddin Rumi.

Ingrid Rodriguez has illustrated this tale, bringing the animals...

The Magic Horse is the story of two brothers, one skilled in the practical arts, and the other, Prince Tambal, considered by most people to be only a dreamer. Their father, the King, announces a competition to produce "interesting and useful devices" - the entry produced by a woodcarver appears to be only a simple wooden horse - apparently of little value. But, when Prince Tambal looks more closely, he discovers that the horse is able to magically transport its rider to whatever place is in the rider's mind. In this way, Prince Tambal comes to learn a great many things, and...

La vida de FAtima es una serie de eventos aparentemente desastrosos. Su viaje la lleva desde Marruecos al MediterrAneo, Egipto, TurquIa y, finalmente, a la China. Es en la China donde se da cuenta de que, aquellos sucesos que parecieron desafortunados en su momento, fueron una parte integral de su eventual Exito.

Esta Historia de enseNanza es bien conocida en el folklore griego, pero esta versiOn se le atribuye al jeque Mohamed Jamaludin de AdrianOpolis (actual Edirne) en TurquIa, muerto en 1750.

This is a humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak - with surprising consequences. The intriguing events that unfold show in a very amusing way the dangers of being too quick to believe everything you hear.

La Esposa del Granjero y la manera en que saca la manzana del hoyo de la tierra es uno de los muchos cuentos Sufis para nin os. Durante ma s de mil an os este cuento ha entretenido a gente joven que al unirse en un canto recitan este cuento acumulativo, y al mismo tiempo, aprenden las valiosas lecciones sobre la naturaleza de un problema y co mo llegar a resolverlo. Durante ma s de 30 an os la coleccio n de historietas de ensen anza y las narrativas de la tradicio n Sufi de Idries Shah han cautivado los corazones y las mentes de todo tipo de personas. Shah recogio la mayori a de...