Reading Notes: Arabian Nights, Part A
- The Sultan of the land was horribly hurt by his wife deceiving him.
- The Sultan changed after being betrayed and decided that all women were horrible and would marry a new woman every night, only to have her killed before morning came.
- The grand-vizir had a daughter that was extremely clever and wise and she wanted to put an end to the sultan's treachery, so she asked her father if he'd give her to the sultan to marry.
- The grand-vizir opposed at first, worried about losing his eldest daughter, but soon after agrees to the plan.
- The eldest daughter needed her younger sister as part of the plan, so she begged the sultan if her sister could sleep in the same room as them. He agrees.
- The younger sister awakes her before dawn and begs for a story, both she and the sultan agree.
The Story of the Merchant and the Genius
- The eldest sister plan dives into action. She started telling the story of a genie and a merchant and when the sun rises, the sultan permits her to see another day so he can hear the end of the story. The eldest sister is wise and continues to add characters so the story will go on every single night.
The Story of the Second Old Man, and of the Two Black Dogs
- The grand-vizir's daughter continues to tell the sultan stories to distract him and live another day. after this story she asks him if she can tell him more the next night and he agrees to let her live another day.
The Story of the Parrot; The Story of the Ogress
- in this story, the daughter tells of a good man that had a beautiful wife. the man bought a parrot and used it to tell him what his wife had been up to while he was out of town.
- the wife decides to trick the bird into thinking it was thundering and lighting all night so when the husband asked what the bird had seen, the bird said he couldn't see anything because of the storm.
- the husband was angry because he thought the bird had lied so he threw the bird down accidentally killing him. The husband immediately felt bad.
- in the story about the ogress, an ogress tricks a prince into following her and found out she had tricked him into coming so she and her kids could eat him.
- The price ran away and made it home safely, but after telling his father of the danger he'd just been in, the king immediately had his son strangled.
The Story of the Sultan and the Fish
- in this story, the eldest daughter comes back to the story about the genie and the fisherman.
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