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