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The University of Wisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street Madison, Wisconsin 53711 www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/ 3 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8LU, England Copyright © 2005 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System All rights reserved 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data African tales / compiled by Harold Scheub. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-299-20940-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-299-20944-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Tales—Africa. I. Scheub, Harold. GR350.A366 2005 398.2´096—dc22 2004025639 And Shahrazad saw the dawn of day and stopped her storytelling. Then Dunyazad said, “My sister, how pleasant your tale is, and how tasteful, how sweet, how generous!” Shahrazad replied, “And what is this compared to what I could tell you in the night to come, if I live and if the king spare me?” The king thought, “By Allah, I shall not kill her until I hear the rest of her tale, for it is truly wonderful.” So they rested that night in mutual embrace until the dawn. After this, the king went to his court, and the minister and the troops came in and the court was crowded. The king gave orders and judged and appointed and deposed, bidding and forbidding during the rest of the day. Then the council broke up, and the king entered his palace. When it was the third night, and the king had had his will of Shahrazad, Dunyazad, her sister, said to her, “Finish for us that tale of yours,” and Shahrazad continued her story. . . .1 [34.204.196.206] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 10:26 GMT) ...