"Set out into the world and seek the most skilled carpet weavers. And whoever brings me the most valuable carpet shall inherit the crown after my death," said the old king. He led his three sons in front of the castle, blew three feathers into the air, and said, "Wherever they fly, you shall follow them." The imaginative illustrations by Gab Heller often make us smile due to their subtly interwoven references to the present in this historical narrative.