(Bilingual English-Turkish 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.

(?ngilizce-Türkçe ?ki Dilli Bask?) Küçük bir o?lan bo?az? kurumu? halde uyand???nda, etraf?ndaki herkes bu duruma neyin sebep oldu?unu anlamak üzere ko?u?turmaya ba?lar. Hizmetçiler, doktorlar ve t?p ö?rencileri, okuyucunun bariz çözüm olarak gördü?ü çözümü göz ard? ederek, teker teker farkl? çareler denerler ancak bu denemeler durumu daha karma??k, hastal??? da daha kötü hale getirmekten ba?ka bir i?e yaramaz. Elinizde tuttu?unuz bu kitap, öykü toplamalar? ve ö?retici hikâyeleri ile her ya?tan okuyucunun kalbini ve zihnini fetheden Afgan filozof ve e?itimci ?dris ?ah'?n resimli kitap serilerinden birine ait ve Afganistan, Orta Asya ve Orta Do?u'da 1000 y?ldan uzun süredir devam eden zengin hikâye anlatma gelene?inin bir parças?. Bu hikâye insanlar?n bir durum kar??s?nda harekete geçmeden önce yeterince dü?ünmezlerse nas?l ahmak durumuna dü?ebileceklerini gösteriyor.