This little book contains stories found elsewhere, in collections such as Speak, Bird, Speak Again! and Arab Folktales, but there are a few that are new.
TABLE
- Le roi des oiseaux [The King of the Birds]
- Jloûkoum [Jloukoum]
- La ruse d’Abou l-Housayn [The Cleverness of Abou Housayn]
- L’oiselle demoiselle [Little Miss Bird]
- Châhîn [Shahin]
- Celle qui avait le mieux compris [She Who Understood Best]
- Hassan le rusé [Hassan the Clever]
- Dâwoûd, le prince banni [Dawoud the Banished Prince]
- Abou l-‘Adas, le mangeur de lentilles [Abou ‘Adas, Eater of Lentils]
- Mon fils, mon mari [My Son, My Husband]
- Crotte de Bique [Dunglet]
- La Justice de Qaâqoûch [The Justice of Qaraqouch]
- Le pet des riches et le pet des pauvres [The Rich Man and the Poor Man]
- Petite marmite [Little Cooking Pot]
- Le chameau fiancé [The Camel Husband]
- Graine de Granade [Pomegranate Seed]
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