(Bilingual English-Hungarian edition) A wealthy merchant's prize possession is a beautiful bird. Believing that he loves the exotic creature too much to set it free, the merchant discovers that animals are sometimes better at learning by example than humans. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose collections of narratives and teaching stories have captivated the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life. It belongs to a rich storytelling tradition from Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Middle East that is more than 1,000 years old. These tales are more than entertaining; they are designed specifically to foster thinking skills and perception. They suggest in their structure and in the movement of their characters ways of looking at difficulties that can help solve them. Children will learn that it is good to observe others in order to learn, and that sometimes the actions of others are not all that they first seem to be.
(Ktnyelvű angol-magyar kiads) Egy gazdag kereskedő legbecsesebb tulajdona egy gynyrű madr volt. A kereskedő, aki tlsgosan is szerette madart ahhoz, hogy szabadon engedje, megtanulta, hogy az llatok sokszor knnyebben okulnak a pldkbl, mint az emberek. Knyvnk rsze egy illusztrlt, gyermekeknek sznt sorozatnak, melyet az afgn filozfus s tant, Idries Shah rt, kinek sszegyűjttt trtnetei, oktat cl mesi vilgszerte rabul ejtettk az olvask szvt s lelkt. A trtnetmesls Afganisztn, Kzp-zsia s a Kzp-Kelet tbb mint ezerves, tant cl hagyomnya. Az olvas megtudja, hogy milyen hasznos msok megfigyelse, ha tanulni akarunk s azt is, hogy a tettek nem mindig azok, aminek első pillanatban tűnnek.