In this original story with a folk-tale flavor, an old woman, Miss Annie Mae, lives simply and generously, sharing her meager food supply with her friends, the birds. One blustery night after feeding some ravens, she is visited by the mysterious Raven Reed, who says he's a traveling man.When Miss Annie Mae offers to share her last bit of food with him, he shakes up an old seed bag. Children will delight in the marvelous things that come out of the shaking bag, and appreciate the message of the story: what goes around comes around.