"And he declared that he was quite sure that at bottom all women were as wicked as the sultana..."
This story started out with a bang to say the least, while describing a woman who deceived the Sultan and the Sultan discovered death and put her to death.
"I have only a year to live" the merchant said as he agreed to return to the genius in a year to be killed.
This part of the story also uses great imagery in describing the merchants journey with his horse.
"During this time she studied magic in order to carry out her wicked scheme" This quote shows how cruel the wife of the Old Man was as she did not want to kids and was creating some sort of wicked scheme while she was asked to take care of them while the Man was gone.
Later when the man returned, he was told that his "slave is dead" and she had not seen the child for months.
"At first I refused, but she begged so hard and promised to be a good wife to me, that at last I consented. I got her some beautiful dresses and after having married her, we embarked and set sail. During the voyage, I discovered so many good qualities in my wife that I began to love her more and more."
"This man is the most faithful and virtuous of men. If he wished to take my life, why did he cure me?"
"The bird replied: my good master, the lightning, thunder and rain disturbed me so much all night long, that I cannot tell you what I have suffered." The reason I liked this quote was because my plan for my storybook style is animal stories I found it interesting reading this right after I decided I might want to tell my story from an animal perspective.
"Take these fish and carry them to the Sultan, who will give you more money for them than you have ever had in your life..."
"Then this wicked enchantress changed the capital, which was a very populous and flourishing city, into the lake and desert plain you saw. The fish of four colors..." I like the style of this writing and will consider adopting it when writing my own story because of the detail.
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