The Secret of the Mountain Lake

“Once upon a time, far, far away (even farther back and farther away than where all the stories begin)… In an Eastern land, when wonders still lived, evil and good spirits walked the earth, and one could meet genies; when the land was ruled by wise sultans, kind-hearted caliphs and noble-hearted kings; when Scheherazade, the daughter of the grand vizier, told her stories to the ruler for a thousand and one nights, this story took place…”