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After my sixth voyage, I felt that I had enough of travel. I had decided to settle down because I was much older now. But alas! That was not to be. One fine morning, a royal messenger knocked at my door. He told me that the Caliph had asked for me. I
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Before a year after my fifth voyage, I was on my sixth voyage, the longest of all my voyages. As we set sail we had a calm sea. After some days the weather grew bad and huge waves threatened to drown us. One afternoon, the captain of the ship looked
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Once there was a rich man named Zubair. He was a merchant also. He traveled from one place to another and sold the goods in the market. One day he met a beautiful girl in the market. Amazed by her graceful appearance She is noble by birth he thought
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Next evening Sindbad, the sailor received Hindbad and the other guests. After a delicious feast, the guests were eager to hear of Sindbad's second voyage. So Sindbad began his story : After a few years, I again grew tired of an easy lifestyle. I met
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Once upon a time there lived three brothers. They were Ali, Hassim and Khaieel. Before their father died, he asked his sons to divide the wealth into three equal shares. After their father's death, they divided the wealth into three parts. Ali starte
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Once a fisherman lived in a village. He led his life with his earnings from fishing. One day he cast his net into the sea. He waited for some time and pulled the net out. But there was nothing in the net. He felt worried and thought in his mind, To d
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Hindbad was a hardworking but poor porter. He lived in Baghdad and earned his living by carrying various packages to given addresses. All his toil from early morning till late at night earned him just enough to get by. He was very bitter about his co
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Long time back, ours was a happy and prosperous family. We were three brothers who loved each other very much. In due time, our old father became very ill. He left for heaven and willed each of us a thousand gold dinars. We were clever so we invested
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My fifth voyage was made on a trade ship that I owned. Some merchants made them ready to be my companions. We soon set sail. After many days, we threw anchor at a deserted island. There I discovered a roc's egg as I had seen on my second voyage. 1 sh
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Once in the city of Baghdad there lived Jaffar a young man of love with his wife Hasina. Hasina was very beautiful. Jaffar loved her very much. Hasina thought that she was very fortunate to have such a young man as her husband. The people in the city
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I live in a town far away from your kingdom. I married and got myself a beautiful wife. Many years passed but we didn't have any children. I had a slave woman who had served me loyally for many years. I decided to adopt her child as my own. I soon de
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Once upon a time, a very rich merchant lived in a city. He had a loving family and had all necessities of life provided for. Many a time, he left home to visit other kingdoms to spread his business and make new contacts. Once when he was to cross a d
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Long ago there lived a gifted farmer. He had a bull and an ass in his form. The former was able to understand what the animals spoke. It was a gift by given god from his birth. The bull was used to plough the fields and the ass to carry the goods to
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The people were rejoicing in Shiraz, Persia. They were happily celebrating the feast of the New Year. That day the Sultan had arranged for great fairs and festivals in the main square of the city. The Sultan sat on his throne and watched his subjects
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说某事不可能实现，汉语中有很多形象的说法，比如：天方夜谭、白日做梦、太阳从西边出来、异想天开、痴心妄想、天上掉馅饼、猴年马月而英语中也有一个形象搞笑的说法，就三个词：w
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Once upon a time in ancient Kashgar, on the borders of great territory, a tailor lived with his wife. The couple were deep in love with each other. One morning the tailor was working busily in his shop. A little hunchbacked came and sat by the shop's
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Once upon a time there lived two neighbours. One was Kasim and the other was Fahin. Kasim had enormous wealth but Fahin had to fight for his daily bread. So Fahin was jealous of his neighbours wealth. Day by day the jealousy grew further more and fin
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Once upon a time in Arabia there ruled a Sultan. He had a son. His name was Arfan. One of the courtiers was a witch. She hated the prince Arfan. So she poisoned the mind of the Sultan against his son. She said, You will be over powered by your son pr
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Long ago in the land of Persia there ruled a Sultan called Mustafa in the kingdom of Nasra. He ruled the kingdom wisely and just. The people in the kingdom were in peace and prosperity. The Sultan had a very beautiful wife but had no child. The Sulta
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Many, many years ago, there was a large kingdom. The kingdom stretched all the way from Persia to China. It then crossed the borders of China into India where the holy Ganges flowed. For early four hundred years, this prosperous kingdom was ruled by
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