The teacher, Patrick Healy, traveled around the world, talked with people in different places, and collected around half a 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 25 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