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Contents

• The Nightingale Hazaran (Armenian)
• Shah Abbas and the Cobbler (Persian)
• The Pilgrim and the Judge (Arabic)
• The Red Slippers of Honeim (Hebrew-Jewish)
• Saint Michael and the Idle Husband (Arabic)
• The Teacher and his Pupil (Arabic)
• The Peasant and the Donkey (Turkish)
• The Merchant's Son and the Slave (Hebrew-Jewish)
• The Ape and the Two Cats (Arabic)
• A Lie for a Lie (Arabic)
• The Beardless, the Lame and the One-Eyed Thief (Armenian)
• The King Who Tried to Cheat Destiny (Arabic)
• Maimonides and the Bottle of Poison (Hebrew-Jewish)
• The Clever Bride of Tunisia (Arabic)
• Badikan and Khan Boghu (Armenian)
• The Covetous Minister (Hebrew- Jewish)
• Two Water-Melon Stories (Turkish)
• Hani the Simple (Arabic)
• The Goldsmith, the Wood-Carver, the Tailor and the Hermit who Quarrelled Over a Wooden Woman (Persian)
• The King and the Two -Owls (Arabic)
• The Stupid Hunter and the Crafty Bird (Hebrew-Jewish)
• The Three Apples (Turkish)
• Master and Pupil (Georgian)
• The Fowler, the Parrot and the King (Persian)
• Three Times Lucky (Arabic)
• The Story of the Boy Who Couldn't Keep Anything in His Head (Turkish)
• The Tale of the Proverb (Arabic)
• The Ass, the Ox and the Farmer (Hebrew-Jewish)
• Juha and the Dispute Over a Goat (Arabic)
• Juha at the Banquet (Arabic)
• The Magic Dagger (Turkish)
• Zohair and the Witch (Arabic)
• 'Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters' (Hebrew-Jewish)
• Heart and Mind (Armenian)