Orphan boy Ahmed works for cruel circus owner. He finds golden egg in the forest. Egg hatches into beautiful young girl whom owner enslaves.  Girl sprouts silken feathers. Boy releases her.  Nightly Ahmed finds feathers in his bed.  The freed girl, Aurelia, comes at night and tells him to put on his feathers and fly away.

Recommended by Frank Hodge, Emeritus Booktalker of HODGE-PODGE Books, New York, USA