Jump in Seven-year-old Ali is finally old enough to help his father tend the beautiful carrier pigeons for the wicked Sultan of Cairo. To celebrate, Ali is given a pet pigeon of his own, but warned never to feed it too much. The adventure Feeling sorry for his hungry bird, Ali disobeys. The spoiled pigeon grows greedy and ruins a plate of the Sultan's extremely rare, imported cherries. Furious, the Sultan gives Ali an impossible task: he has just three days to find six hundred new cherries from the snowy mountains of Syria. If he fails, his father will be thrown into a dreaded pit where a giant demon waits. Why it pulls you in Filled with dazzling magic and high-stakes danger, this enchanting original fairytale is a thrilling race against time that proves even the smallest boy can outsmart the most powerful ruler.