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The Enchanted Horse - 4
2023-12-05In common politeness the prince could hardly refuse this request, and the princess set about inventing every kind of amusement for him, and succeeded ...
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The Enchanted Horse - 5
2023-12-05Meanwhile the Indian had turned the horse in such a direction that, before many hours had passed, it had entered a wood close to the capital of the ki...
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The Enchanted Horse - 6
2023-12-05The prince looked, and beheld the princess reclining on a sofa with tears in her eyes, singing softly to herself a song bewailing(悲恸) her sad destiny,...
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Merchant of Bagdad - 1
2023-12-05In the reign of Haroun-al-Raschid, there lived in Bagdad a merchant named Ali Cogia, who, having neither wife nor child, contented himself with the mo...
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Merchant of Bagdad - 2
2023-12-05"Oh certainly," said he, "I am only glad I could be of use to you in the matter. Here is the key of my shop; you will find the vase in ...
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Merchant of Bagdad - 3
2023-12-05"Stop a moment!" said the little Cadi, "before we come to oaths, I should like to examine the vase with the olives. Ali Cogia," he...
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The Story of Sidi-Nouman 1
2023-12-05The Caliph, Haroun-al-Raschid, was much pleased with the tale of the blind man and the dervish(托钵僧), and when it was finished he turned to the young m...
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The Story of Sidi-Nouman 2
2023-12-05A short time after Amina entered as quietly as she had gone out. She undressed and stole into bed, congratulating herself apparently on the cleverness...
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The Story of Sidi-Nouman 3
2023-12-05The baker, who had of course been only in joke, was exceedingly surprised at my cleverness, and the woman, who was at last convinced that the man spok...
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Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla 1
2023-12-05I was born, Commander of the Faithful, in Bagdad, and was left an orphan while I was yet a very young man, for my parents died within a few days of ea...