This tale is a social fable. It speaks of the fear that seizes us in front of the unknown, in front of a stranger, even a simple cat. It tells how this fear can grow until it paralyses a whole kingdom... A Persian tale illustrated, in the respect of the tradition, by the patchworks of a major Iranian illustrator of this beginning of century.

"This tale, told throughout the Middle East in different versions, is about initiation. Not the little one, but the big one, the real one, the one that turns the monster into a human." "The illustrations set a funny, light-hearted tone to this potentially scary tale of devouring."

Une fois son blé moulu, Abou az-Zoulouf s’empresse de rentrer chez lui. Il fait déjà nuit, la route est longue et dangereuse. Bientôt, il s’aperçoit que le loup le suit. Abou az-Zoulouf, malgré sa candeur apparente, a plus d’un tour dans son sac. Il se tire de ce mauvais pas d’une manière qui, à coup sûr, fera du loup la risée de tous les lecteurs.

Un conte traditionnel de Syrie.

Every morning, before leaving, mother goat repeated to her three kids: "lock the door and don't open it to anyone". The kids locked the door and mother goat left...

Thus begins this traditional Palestinian tale, of which there are many variants in other cultures.

Le loup, le lion et le renard vont ensemble à la chasse. Chacun court, chacun attaque, chacun attrape. Mais chacun aura-t-il sa part ?

Un conte où l’on découvre que le meilleur partage n’est pas toujours celui qu’on croit.

Tout le monde craint le roi de la savane. Le lion sait d'ailleurs profiter de son pouvoir pour terroriser les autres animaux et s'offrir de bons repas ! Personne n'oserait le contrarier, mais un jour arrive un petit lapin bien rusé...

Comment va-t-il réussir à sauver sa peau ?

Ce conte est bilingue français-arabe.

"It is said that in the city of Isfahan, in Iran, there lived a princess, young and beautiful. To keep her close to him, her father, the king, came up with a ruse: he would only agree to marry her to the man who told him the biggest lie." A subtle farce in the straight line of the oral tradition...

In an Eastern country, a rooster devoted to his poor mistress, found a diamond coin one day. Happy with his discovery he wanted to bring it back to her, but suddenly the emperor of Turkey who was passing by saw the diamond coin and stole it from him. The rooster in a rage went to the emperor to get the coin. Who of the emperor or the little rooster will keep this treasure...

The text is in French and English.

A tale where we discover that the smartest one is not the one we think... "Open up my children, I am your mother..." says the hungry fox, imitating the voice of the hyena. Unless... Bilingual French / Arabic

After several unsuccessful fisheries, a poor fisherman is surprised to find a vase in his net. Inside, a genie, but not the one expected: it is a genie so bitter by the long centuries of waiting in his vase that he has sworn to kill the one who will deliver him.by cunning, the fisherman will manage to save his life and send the genie back to the depths of the ocean.a tale of the 1001 nights, narrated by Yves Pinguilly