A young woman was troubled. She told her mother, “It seems that as one problem is solved, a new one crops up.” Her mother filled three pots with water. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second eggs and in the third coffee beans. After boiling them, she took them out. Turning to her […]
The fairy prince told Hatim that they could not enter the capital of Barzakh without proper protection. He asked Hatim to wait for him in the nearby garden, while he went to his parental country, which was near by. From there, he brought back an army for their defence. The prince was given a grand
At the edge of the Kaharman desert was the ocean, where lay the island of Barzakh. The huge expanse of water looked impassable. The prince of Tuman had crossed this region before. He told Hatim, “You wait here, while I go and get ourselves rides.” He came back with two beautiful horses. Hatim could not
It was common for fairies and demons to walk in each other’s territory, but for a human it was a dangerous task. Hatim said to his companion, “We must be careful; you fly in the sky and I will take the form of a demon so that we may not be caught.” Hatim took out
Once, a merchant owed some money to a mean moneylender. Now, the moneylender had an eye on the merchant’s daughter. One day, he said to the merchant, “I have a proposition. I will put two pebbles–black and white–in a bag. If your daughter picks a black pebble, she will become my wife. And if she
Vertebrates, the animals with backbones, first appeared on the Earth during the Palaeozoic period. Agnathids were the oldest vertebrates which resembled fish. Rocks from late Palaeozoic period revealed 75 different species of amphibians. Most of the fossils resembled today’s salamanders. Body, cast and trace fossils of dinosaurs have been found during exploration. Fossils of the
Hatim and his companions were crossing the territory of demon prince Muhaikal, when his spies, seeing them from afar, caught them and took them to him. Muhaikal, after knowing that all of them except Hatim belonged to the fairy race, said, “You may leave; I just want this human!” The fairy prince of Tuman, knowing
One day, Hatim and his escorts were resting on top of a mountain, when they heard a cry of anguish. Hatim approached the concerned person and asked for his story. The person said, “I am the prince of the island of Tuman. I have fallen in love with the daughter of the king of Barzakh.
The demons believed that Shams Shah was dead. So, they roamed around the area fearlessly, disregarding the saint’s instructions and attacking innocent travellers. The fairy king Shams Shah decided it was time to teach them a lesson. He gathered thirty thousand of his best soldiers and made a surprise attack on them. There was a
Once upon a time, there was a farm. A frog also lived on the farm. One day, he was hopping around the farmyard. He became somewhat careless. Suddenly, he ended up falling into a pail half-filled with milk. He tried to get out. As he swam about attempting to reach the top of the pail,
Shams Shah was indebted to Hatim. Thus, when he heard the difficult task Hatim had undertaken, he ordered four of his best fairies to escort him across the dangerous land of the demons. Midway, they all got tired and decided to rest. Two fairies went in quest of food, while the other two guarded Hatim.
Hatim was resting in the beautiful garden, when he saw some fairies approach him. They offered him food of the finest quality. He was hungry and tired. However, he refused to eat anything until the sender of the food came in front of him. Hatim wondered who his host was, when the serpent appeared once
Hatim walked in wilderness for days, until he reached Mountain Kaf; crossing it, he came to a great expanse of desert. There was nothing but sand wherever he saw. He walked and walked until he got tired. Hatim looked for some place to rest. At a distance he saw some foliage. He walked near it
The benevolent Hatim could never leave any creature in distress. He went straight to the hunter’s house and said to him, “I have come a long way and I need your help. I am suffering from a rare disease that causes my joints to pain so much that I become immobile. My physician advised me
Invertebrates, the animals without backbones, first appeared on the Earth during the Cambrian period. The most common early animals were arthropods, the trilobites. They were soft-bodies animals living mostly in the sea. Another important fossils of invertebrates found during the Paleozoic time were molluscs, echinoderms, crinoids (sea lilies: cup-shaped body), starfish and corals. Fossils of