Kalila and Dimna

Hear, Hear, good people, the fabulous story of Kalila and Dimna! How in India, the chief of the Brahmans, the very Wise Baydaba, imagined, in order to give moral lessons to his sovereign Dabsalim without hurting his susceptibility, to tell amusing stories in which the main actors were animals. You will also learn how the intrepid Barzawayh accomplished the mission entrusted to him by his king, in Persia, by managing to obtain a copy of this book, which was nevertheless buried deep in the chests of King Dabsalîm. You will still know how 'Abd 'Allah ibn al Muqaffa' translated into Arabic and completed this work intended for scholars and which quickly became one of the most popular books in the East. Finally, dear readers, you will revel in the adventures of Dimna, the slightly too devious jackal, and of Kalila his brother, wiser but more sold, as well as those of a whole gallery of characters with fur, feathers and scales. You will have fun and you will perhaps learn lessons that can still help you today, in your daily life.