564b

Well, as far as the Story goes, Shaykh Frögü is very pious: He prays, fasts, mortifies himself day and night...
Tsk tsk. It can't be true: He looks too fat!

564a

Sorry, Mistress! Attar can make us drunk. Shall we stop here?
Nah! It's just another silly Persian tale... Please, continue.

"Bacio" (Kiss)

Add your colours to the Froggies!

563d

Me kiss that Bum?!? The Cook! The Cook!! Do call the Cook!!!

563c

So, should you fall in love with Shaykh Frögüddan, you would rather kiss him than eat him... YES?!?

563b

I would never eat a frog! It is unhuman.

563a

Some people would never kiss frogs: they eat them.

By the Fireplace

Add your colours to the Froggies!

562d

This is why Fairy Tales advice us to kiss a frog! A kiss clarifyies what our heart truly stands for.
To kiss a frog ?!? Bleah! How disgusting.

562c

Can we deem holy a city only because we were told: "This is holy" ?!?
We can't. "Holy" is what a heart, not a mind, calls Home.

562b

I guess the Poet means Mecca, THE holy city in Islam.
To Rumi's Lovers, THE holy city is Konya; to Bamba's THE holy city is Touba.

Happy Nowruz!

Happy Nowruz! Today is the Equinox.

562a

Shaykh Frögü lives in a city, the most holy...
Which one? Touba? Konya? Mecca?!?

Logical Fallacy

Do you have pencils? Color the Froggies!

561d

Good News! I see him too!! We can go on drinking!!!

561c

I saw... I saw Shaykh Frögüddan lying in the street!

561b

...And perhaps we should give up drinking this Sufi Tea: it might be Hal-lucinating!
W... What did you see?!?

561a

We must ask the Cook for lighter meals

Under Her Window

Here you can color the Froggies! Mind the Fire, though.

560d

WHAT?!?

560c

Oh! And where does he live, then?!?
...Broke as a Bum, he lives in the street under her window.

560b

...Then he falls in love with a Lovely Frog and loses his mind. He burns his house...

560a

A quick Synopsis, first. Shaykh Frögü is Rich: he has a Mansion, a Teaching Position, Hundreds of Students...

Where Could It Be?

Do you have pencils? Color the Froggies!

559d

Let's have our Tea; I'll tell you the Story.

559c

As if. Sometimes Books are mischievous... They play hide and seek.

559b

Did the Birds...fly away?

559a

Attar... Attar... Mantiq at-Tayr: Where can this damn book be hiding?!?

The Frog Is in the Pudding...

Add your colours on the Froggies!

558d

Then there must be at least one drop of Real Love in it. Love is uncrumpable!

558c

Ooh! Look!! Look at the letter I crumpled!!! It soars intact.

558b

Let's go to the studio and check the poem: the truth about a tale is in the tale itself.

558a

Yes, Dear Lady Francesca: Real tales are real... But how do we sort them from the many fake ones?

Love's First Pillar

Let your colours flow on the Froggies!

557d

Tales ARE real, Mistress! Calvino and Chesterton would surely agree...

557c

What?!? Are you saying this Mr. Frögü jumped out of a book?!? Then he is NOT...real!

557b

Shaykh Frögüddan?!? It is a tale within a long Persian Poem. They even say that Shaykh Frögü's tale is the Heart of the Poem...

557a

Substance! That's Love First Pillar. The Sender signs: Shaykh Frögüddan. Do we know him?!? Is he rich?!?

A Lovely Love Letter

Put your colours on the Froggies!

556d

Emails are lacking Substance!

556c

Aah! Ink!! Your sweet fragrance!!! A girl gets sort of tired of all those Love Emails. Somehow they are lacking...

556b

How romantic! A real letter!! Ink on paper!!!

556a

Mistress! Mistress!! A Love Letter for you!!!

A. A. Mullah - the Playbill

Put your colours on the Froggies!

555d

Starring:

Nanan

as Princess Angelica

a Blue Blood Frog

with a valuable manor

and Mimì as

Francesca-la-fantesca

her faithful Rum Maid

555c

Starring:

Philippe

as Shaykh Frögüddan

the First Frog of his time!

555b Happy Valentine!

The Sufi Magic Theatre

presents:

"A.A. Mullah"

The story of Shaykh Frögüddan

as narrated in the Most Excellent

SUFI POEM

"The Conference of the Frogs"

By:

Abu Hamid bin Abu Bakr Ibrahim Frogid ud-Din

a.k.a. (also known as)

ATTAR of NISHAPOND

(d.1221 CE / 618 AH).

555a

Do you think Phil agrees to play Shaykh Saman?
I bet he will. He loves to play the shaykh.

A Fresher Perspective ;-)

You can color the Frogs with your own colours :-)

554d

You mean that we retell the story from the girl's perspective?!?
Right. And it is about time. Salute!

554c

But... within this we have a story of a villain who is a girl: she repents, converts and dies. Is this funny?
No? Just wait until we unlock its potentiality!