The Spoiled Boy with the Terribly Dry Throat / L'enfant gâté à la gorge affreusement sèche – hinnat ja saatavuus

(Bilingual English-French edition) When a little boy wakes up with a dry throat, those around him run about trying to work out what caused the condition. One by one, servants, doctors, and medical students try remedies that only complicate the situation and make the condition worse, ignoring what readers will see as the obvious solution. This is one of a series of illustrated books for the young written by the Afghan philosopher and educator Idries Shah, whose collections of narratives and teaching stories have captivated the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life. It belongs to a rich storytelling tradition from Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Middle East that is more than 1,000 years old. Teaching stories are designed specifically to foster thinking skills and perception. They suggest in their structure and in the movement of their characters ways of looking at difficulties that can help solve them. This story illustrates in a very humorous way just how foolish people can be when they fail to consider a situation before springing into action.( dition bilingue anglais-fran ais) Un petit gar on se r veille un matin avec la gorge s che. Toutes les personnes de son entourage se d m nent pour trouver la cause du mal dont il souffre. Les uns apr s les autres, serviteurs, m decins et tudiants en m decine essayent des rem des qui ne font que compliquer les choses et aggraver le mal, laissant de c t ce que le lecteur voit comme tant la solution vidente. C'est un des titres de la collection de livres illustr s pour les jeunes crits par le philosophe et ducateur afghan Idries Shah, dont les recueils de r cits et d'histoires-enseignements ont captiv le coeur et l'esprit de lecteurs de tous horizons. Il s'inscrit dans une tradition f conde et plus que mill naire de storytelling qui a sa source en Afghanistan, en Asie centrale et au Moyen-Orient. Cette histoire illustre de fa on tr s humoristique quel point les gens peuvent se montrer stupides quand ils ne prennent pas la peine de r fl chir avant d'agir.