Sabra and the Lion: Malicious Words Dwell in The Heart and Waken as New in The Morrow. Bilingual Tale English-French

By Mohamed Bacha

Sabra and The Lion - Sabra et le Lion: Folktale from Tunisia. Bilingual book: English - French In 'Ayoun Essid', an isolated village in the Kingdom of Tunisia where locals communicate mainly through proverbs, lived Sabra, an ambitious and idealist girl. After a divorce, she flees her village and the malicious gossip to live with a lion with mysteriously humane eyes. Together in the forest, they found the utmost happiness and enjoyment; a semi-human, semi- animal life. Sabra tried to satisfy Sultan's inner longing to be a Man But honestly, she was also satisfying her own old desire for The Perfect Happiness. Was she wise to try to 'Convert' Sultan into Humanity? Hasn't she escaped 'The World of Men?' An oral tale adapted to written English, keeping the magical spirit of the original. The story is built around a core Tunisian proverb: "O Sabra, the wound can be cured with a bandage, but the Maliciou Word dwells in The Heart and Wakens as New in The Morrow". A 'Ayoun Essid', un village isol dans le royaume de la Tunisie o les habitants communiquent principalement par proverbes, vivait Sabra, une jeune fille ambitieuse et id aliste. Apr s un divorce, les ragots et les pressions des habitants du village lui deviennent insupportables. Elle decida de fuir son village pour vivre avec un lion: Sultan, un puissant animal aux yeux myst rieusement humaines. Ensemble, ils ont trouv le plus grand bonheur et le plaisir, une vie mi-humaine, mi-animale. Sabra a essay de satisfaire le d sir int rieur de Sultan d' tre un homme Mais honn tement, elle cherchait galement a satisfaire sa propre vieux d sir pour le bonheur parfait. A t-elle t sage d'essayer de convertir Sultan vers l'humanit ? N'a-elle pas chapp le monde compliqu des hommes? Un conte oral adapt l'anglais et le francais crits, en gardant l'esprit magique de l'original. L'histoire est construite autour d'un fameux proverbe tunisien: O Sabra, la blessure peut tre gu rie avec un bandage, mais le mot malveillant demeure dans le coeur et se r veille comme nouveau dans le lendemain"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493622412
• ISBN13: 9781493622412
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"