Hosni the Dreamer: An Arabian Tale

Hosni is a shepherd for the sheikh. Rather than spend time with the other shepherds, Hosni listens to the elders' tales of faraway places and longs to travel. When the sheikh takes his sheep to the city, he brings along his shepherds and gives them a gold dinar. Rather than buying food or exotic items, Hosni spends his money on words of wisdom. On the way home, Hosni is ridiculed for wasting his money on words. However, those words soon save him. Well written and beautifully illustrated, this is an engaging and interesting folk tale. ( )

This story is a about an Arabian shepard who spends his days alone caring for his sheep.at night he listens to the elders talk about the big city . one day the shepard’s dream comes truethe elders were taking their camals to sell them in the city and they invited the shepard to go with them. On the way to the city the group of travelers cross a dry river bed. While in the city the shepard's only purchase was a verse from a fortune teller . the fortune teller said don’t cross the water till you know its depth. On the way back to their home when they approached the river bed it was no longer dry the other shepards and elders tried to cross it but the poor lonely shepard remembered the fortune and did not cross. The others who had not listened got swept away by the water. A girl that was to be married off was also at the river bed the shepard and her went on their way and end up falling in love and living happily ever after.

I wasn’t to impressed with this story I didn’t lke the ending on how it just kinda stoped and said they live happily ever after

class room ideas-

1) a class discussion on times when someone had given us advice and we did not take it.
2) partner up and make up our own fortunes