In this amusing story, an old Woman encounters an eagle for the first time.
This tale is specially presented for children by Afghan author Idries Shah, who for more than 30 years, collected stories from the Sufi tradition and adapted them to contemporary West.
Her efforts mirror a common pattern of human thought: altering the unfamiliar to make it acceptable.
Perplexed by its unfamiliar appearance, she decides to change it to suit her own ideas of what a bird should look like.
In this amusing story, an old Woman encounters an eagle for the first time