Reading Notes: Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights 

Bibliography: Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang arabian-nights-merchant-and-genius.html

An old man was wandering around a city when someone came up to him and accused him of killing his son. The man said he did not do it but he said he did and he threatened to kill him as punishment. The man begged to say good bye to his family. The old man asked to tell him a story and if he still wanted to kill him after he could. 

The wife of this man killed his slave and sent away his son. The women splashed water on the calf and it turned into a young man again. The son went away and the man continued to search for him. 

The next story he told included three brothers. The oldest brother travelled. The second brother sold all his stuff and wished to travel as well so he did so. The brothers travelled and came upon a seaport. A women came up tot the man and asked him to marry her. The man began to love her a lot and it made his brothers very jealous. The women turned his brothers into dogs. 

There was a poor fisherman. He was forced to throw things from his boat yet he was so poor. He threw his net into the water again and found a yellow pot. There was a genius in the pot and he told the man that he had been captive for so long. The genius went back in the vase and the man would not let him back out. 

There was a Greek king, he was very clever and and knew much about medicine. The king was ill and the man offered to heal him with his knowledge of medicine. He told him certain steps to take and the man completely cured him. Someone thought that the man was there to kill the king but he said he would tell him another story. 


Here is a picture of a castle from the Arabian Nights. 
Arabian Nights


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