The Arabian Nights' Entertainments: Stories From the Thousand and One Nights, Told for Young People

Excerpt from The Arabian Nights' Entertainments: Stories From the Thousand and One Nights, Told for Young PeopleThe vizier himself had two charming daughters, the elder of whom was called Scheherazade and the younger Dinarzade. The former had read many books of history and stories of past times, and when she saw her father sad and downcast she said to him: Why do I see thee so changed and oppressed with grief? One of our poets has said, Tell him who is anxious that this will not last; As happiness passes, so passes anxiety.Then the vizier told her all that had happened, and she said to him: 0 my father, give me in marriage to the king! If I die, I shall at least save one other woman, and if I live, I shall be the deliverer of all the rest.In vain did the unhappy vizier protest against his daughter's plan. Finding all his arguments of no avail, he finally betook himself to the king. Meanwhile Scheherazade unfolded her plan to her sister and obtained the promise of her assistance.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.