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Story of the Three Calenders - 4
2023-12-05As I had promised I prepared to do as I was told, and giving my hand to the lady, I escorted her, by the light of the moon, to the place of which the ...
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Story of the Three Calenders - 5
2023-12-05Persecuted by ill-fortune, and stricken with grief, there seemed to be only one means of safety left to me. I shaved my beard and my eyebrows, and put...
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Story of the Three Calenders - 6
2023-12-05I had been a wood-cutter for more than a year, when one day I wandered further into the forest than I had ever done before, and reached a delicious gr...
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Story of the Three Calenders - 7
2023-12-05"Alas," answered the princess, "I am too weak even to hold the sabre. And supposing that I had the strength, why should I put an innoce...
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Story of the Three Calenders - 8
2023-12-05"Yes, sire," answered the dervish; "if I am not mistaken, it is the illness of the princess which has procured(获得) me this honour."...
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Story of the Three Calenders - 9
2023-12-05"A monkey!" exclaimed the Sultan."Yes, sire," answered the officials. "They were written by a monkey in our presence."&q...
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Story of the Three Calenders - 10
2023-12-05We all remained where we were quaking with anxiety, when the ground opened in front of us and a black and white cat leapt out, its hair standing on en...
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Story of the Three Calenders - 11
2023-12-05When I reached the top I found the brass dome and the statue exactly as the pilot had described, but was too wearied with all I had gone through to do...
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Story of the Three Calenders - 12
2023-12-05Scarcely had I finished when, looking out to sea, I saw the vessel heading for the island, and, feeling that it would be useless for me to protest my ...
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Story of the Three Calenders - 13
2023-12-05Entering one of the doors which was standing open I found myself in a vast hall where forty young ladies, magnificently dressed, and of perfect beauty...