The Roc Girl

After years of yearning for a child, the hakim gives a bird egg to the couple to look after it for forty days. Not believing in the hakim, the husband throws the egg away. The roc bird takes the egg away and a beautiful girl hatches out whom the roc looks after and teaches her to fly. One day the prince sees the girl and wants to marry her but is unable to catch her. An old woman comes to help who turns out to be an evil witch, planning to make her own daughter marry the prince instead. The roc girl becomes stranded and helpless in the fields…  How can the prince hear her shouting for help through the melody of a shepherd’s reed?

The Roc Girl is a story of magic, nature, and wisdom, showing how malignant behavior fails as the truth will out in the end. Through a sweet narrative and amusing illustrations, children go on a journey with The Roc Girl, to learn that what is meant to be, will always find its way; regardless of all the hardships and obstacles.