Chasid, Caliph of Baghdad, buys a magic powder that turns him into a stork, and promptly forgets the word that will change him back. Lucy Weedon’s retelling for young readers includes this tale, “The Story of Little Mouk”, “Fatima’s Rescue” and other stories in Hauff’s Arabian Nights manner.
A good introduction to Hauff’s tales for children, lively and easy to read aloud. Download the free EPUB.