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Savitri, a beloved princess in India, is searching for a husband. While on a journey to meet the princes in the region, she meets Satyavan, a former prince. They soon marry, but Satyavan is cursed to die in one year. Instead of letting her husband go, Savitri challenges Yuma, the god of death. Will she be able to save her husband?

Ali and his wife, Noura, wish to travel to Mecca but they don’t know where to hide their gold for safekeeping. Ali wants to ask his friend to watch it, but Noura doesn’t trust him. To settle the dispute, Noura comes up with a plan to hide the money in plain sight. All she needs is a jar of olives!

A timeless folktale from India about how three lazy sons are tricked by their mother into working for what they think will be gold, but instead they discover the true riches that come from hard work.

In this story from India, a farmer's three lazy sons don't want to work. They sit around dreaming of making a lot of gold. When their mother tells them of gold buried in a field, they ask her how to bring the gold to the surface. Through clever suggestions, their mother explains how to thed the fields as they discover the true riches offered by hard work. Illustrated by Tom Wrenn.