(Bilingual English-Polish edition) 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 foster greater mental flexibility and insight in people of all ages. The Old Woman and the Eagle is wonderfully illustrated by Natasha Delmar, who was taught to paint by her father, the celebrated classic Chinese painter Ng Yi-Ching.

(Wydanie dwujezyczne angielsko-polskie) Oto zabawna historyjka o kobiecie, ktora po raz pierwszy w zyciu zobaczyla orla. Skonsternowana obco wygladajacym ptakiem, postanawia sprawic, by pasowal do jej wyobrazen o tym, jak ptak powinien wygladac. Jej dzialania odzwierciedlaja tak typowa dla ludzi potrzebe zmienienia tego, co nieznajome, aby wydawalo nam sie akceptowalne. Bajke te kieruje do nas afganski pisarz i pedagog Idries Shah. Przez ponad trzydziesci lat zbieral opowiesci nalezace do tradycji sufickiej - zarowno ze zrodel pisanych, jak i przekazywane ustnie. Opowiadane od tysiecy lat na terenach Bliskiego Wschodu i Azji Srodkowej, historyjki te maja ogromna wartosc pedagogiczna i pomagaja zachowac elastycznosc umyslu czytelnikom w kazdym wieku.