THE CROW PERI--A Turkish Fairy Tale
- Authors
- Anon E. Mouse
- Publisher
- Abela Publishing
- Tags
- baba indaba , children’s stories , childrens , folklore , fairy , folk , tales , bedtime story , legends , storyteller , fables , moral tales , myths , happiness , laughter , bird , crow , padishah , youth , ship , bird-catcher , palace , forty , king , lala , ivory , queen , beautiful , boy , day , mountain , medicine , owner , sail , man , appear , kiosk , flew , bath , tree , return , feather , little , caught , catch , fetch , young , time , wine , sing , trap , far , ill , one , elephants , delighted , inquired , marriage , shoulder , alighted , creature , inspect , wagons , waggons , enough , garden , desire , affair , forest , lovely , beg , lions , large , board , peris , tusks , built , build , world , poor , wish , maws , wood , cage , foot , saw , see , drinking-trough , fairy-servant , ravishing , trapped , crow-peri , apartment , monarch , liberate , stupefy , seashore , father , joyous , console , stroke , husband , maiden , anchor , golden , voyage , master , royal , vezir , evil , spy , canoe , love
- Date
- 2018-07-08T23:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.68 MB
- Lang
- en
ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 444 In this 444th issue of the Baba Indaba's Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Turkish Tales "The Crow Peri." In case you're wondering, in old Turkish a Peris are exquisite, winged spirits renowned for their beauty A boy is orphaned and taking up his late father's occupation of bird catcher goes to the wood to set traps. Soon a crow flew into one of the traps. He was about to seize the bird from the trap when it spoke to him pleading for its release. Never faced with a speaking bird he released it. He reset the trap and was surprised when a bird of exceeding beauty flew into his trap. Thinking he would take it to market where it would fetch a good price, he was about to put it into his bag when the crow alighted onto a branch near him and told him to take it to the Padishah (king). This the boy did and the Padishah eagerly bought it. Then he set the boy a challenge.... What was the challenge and...