The teacher, Patrick Healy, traveled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around half thousand myths, legends, and folktales and their several alternative versions. His opinion and comments (directly or indirectly) are inevitable.



This is the first volume of his work. Patrick grouped together 33 famous Arabian children's stories and myths with his words. He retold the stories with his own opinion and approach to them. Patrick is an Australian writer who has an abiding interest in the folklore of different cultures. He has lived and worked in Hong Kong for over twenty-five years as a high school teacher. Patrick has traveled extensively throughout Asia and speaks both Cantonese and Mandarin fluently.



Table of contents:

The Arabian Nights;

The First Old Man and of the Deer;

The Merchant and the Genie;

The Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs;

The Fisherman;

The Husband and the Parrot;

The Vizier Who Was Punished;

The Young King of the Black Isles;

The Three Monks;

The First Monk, Son of a King;

The Second Monk, Son of a King;

The Envious Man and of Him Who Was Envied;

The Third Monk, Son of a King;

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor;

First Voyage;

Second Voyage;

Third Voyage;

Fourth Voyage;

Fifth Voyage;

Sixth Voyage;

Seventh and Last Voyage;

The Little Hunchback;

The Barber's Fifth Brother;

The Barber's Sixth Brother;

The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura;

Noureddin and the Fair Persian;

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp;

The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, Caliph of Bagdad;

The Blind Baba-Abdalla;

Sidi-Nouman;

Ali Cogia, Merchant of Baghdad;

The Enchanted Horse;

Two Sisters Who Were Jealous of Their Younger Sister;