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"One of you will be hanged, the second imprisoned, the third burned and the fourth turned upside down." This is how the children mocked the family of storks that lived on the roof. This frightened the chicks and, to reassure them, their mother spoke of the long journey they would soon take. And, who knows, perhaps one day they would have their revenge on the little tyrants who mocked them in their nest. - Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist.

The caliph is a happy man, living a comfortable life. One day, he is offered a magic powder, which gives him the power to change his form into whatever being he wants! Eagerly, he and his vizier change into storks - but then forget the magic word that makes them human again... Aimlessly, they wander through the world, until they chance upon another animal - and it seems that this animal might be able to help them! Will they be lucky? Find out by listening to one of Wilhelm Hauff's most famous fairytales from the Orient!

V nastojashhee izdanie proizvedenij zamechatel'nogo nemeckogo pisatelja-romantika Vil'gel'ma Gaufa (1802-1827) voshli volshebnye skazki: "Karavan", "Skazka o Kalife-aiste" i "Korabl'-prizrak". Ego misticheskie, inogda grustnye skazki proniknuty duhom Vostoka, no v to zhe vremja, lisheny obychnoj vostochnoj mishury.