A collection of 15 stories that brings together insights and wisdom from many cultures around the world

Tell me a story --

Spider learns a lesson

(from Ghana and, later, Jamaica) --

Lost coin

(from Galilee) --

Eagle and the jackdaw

(from Ancient Greece) --

How to be happy

(from Arabia) --

Happy ever after under the banyan tree

(from India) --

A bowl of milk

(from Persia and India) --

Don't argue!

(from the Middle East) --

Ant and the grain of wheat

(from Italy) --

A loving gift

(from India) --

Silver on the hearth

(from Afghanistan) --

Not just a pawn

(from Germany) --

Trust the donkey

(from North America) --

Axe porridge

(from Russia) --

Why the wasp can't make honey

(from Jamaica) --

Most precious gift

(from the Near East)