(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.

(Ketnyelvu angol-magyar kiadas) Egy gazdag kereskedo legbecsesebb tulajdona egy gyoenyoeru madar volt. A kereskedo, aki tulsagosan is szerette madarat ahhoz, hogy szabadon engedje, megtanulta, hogy az allatok sokszor koennyebben okulnak a peldakbol, mint az emberek. Koenyvuenk resze egy illusztralt, gyermekeknek szant sorozatnak, melyet az afgan filozofus es tanito, Idries Shah irt, kinek oesszegyujtoett toertenetei, oktato celu mesei vilagszerte rabul ejtettek az olvasok szivet es lelket. A toertenetmeseles Afganisztan, Koezep-Azsia es a Koezep-Kelet toebb mint ezereves, tanito celu hagyomanya. Az olvaso megtudja, hogy milyen hasznos masok megfigyelese, ha tanulni akarunk es azt is, hogy a tettek nem mindig azok, aminek elso pillanatban tunnek.