Spinning from the Clouds

Picture Book Review

There was a boy who could spin thread from the clouds: gold in the morning, white in the afternoon, and crimson in the evening. He wove them into cloth. He spun just enough, and sang a tune his mother had taught him as he went along:

"Enough is enough and not one stitch more."

One day, the king rode through the town market. His greedy eyes immediately noticed the boy's beautiful golden, white and crimson scarf and ordered the child to make him one as well. A long, long...