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The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights Summary

The Arabian Nights is a collection of tales from the Islamic Golden Age, compiled by
various authors over many hundreds of years.

Shahrayar - Haley
Scheherazade – Levi
Narrator - Danika

Though each collection features different stories, they are all centered around the frame
story of the sultan Shahrayar and his wife, Scheherazade. After finding out that his first
wife is unfaithful, Shahrayar kills her
“don’t waste your time to the person who doesn’t even care for your feelings”
and swears to marry a different woman each night before killing her the following
morning to prevent further betrayal.
“stop holding on to people that have to let you go”
Scheherazade, his vizier's daughter, concocts a plan to end this pattern.
“You were born with the ability to change a person’s life – never waste it.”
She marries Shahrayar, and then begins to tell him a story that night. However, she
stops the story in the middle, so that he will be excited to hear the rest the following
night.
“They say time heals all, but without you by my side, time stands still”
The next evening, she finishes that story and then begins another, following the same
pattern for 1,001 nights, until Shahrayar has a change of heart.
“don’t let your past kill your future”
The stories she tells comprise the collection.

Aladdin – Lance
Genie - Charles
Magician - Ranran
Magician’s brother - Haley
Aladdin’s wife - Gwen
Narrator – Kyla

"Aladdin's Lamp" tells of a peasant boy who is tricked by an evil magician into
retrieving a magic genie lamp from a cave.
“God always gives us unexpected things”
However, Aladdin outsmarts him, keeping the lamp for himself.
“You never lose friends. You just discover who your real friends are.”
Through the genie's power, Aladdin grows rich and marries the sultan's daughter.
“Do what makes you happy and be with who makes you smile.”
When the magician steals the lamp back, Aladdin and his wife thwart and kill the villain.
“First you care. Then you get hurt.”
The magician's brother then attempts to avenge the dead man, but is equally defeated,
so that Aladdin lives happily ever after.
Alibaba – Kyla
Thieves –danika, gwen, jepsy
Cassim – Charles
Morgiana – Eda
Narrator – Levi

In "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," hardworking Ali Baba,

“Physically, mentally, emotionally tired”
stumbles upon a thieves' hideout full of treasure, protected by a magic entry.
“The memories are priceless”
When Ali Baba accidentally reveals the secret to his richer brother Cassim, Cassim gets
trapped in the hideout, and killed by the thieves.
“I may not be the smartest, or nicest person in the world, but I can say that I am proud
of who I am”
The villains then try to track down and kill Ali Baba, but their plans are consistently
thwarted by the quick-witted slave Morgiana.
“Be thankful for everybody in your life, good and bad, past and present. They all made
you the person that you are today.”

Fisherman – Kyla
Husband – Haley
Slave – Charles
Jafar – Eda
Caliph – Levi
Narrator - Danika

In "The Three Apples," a fisherman finds a chest in the ocean containing a woman's
body.
“The best things happen unexpectedly.”
Both her father and her husband try to take the blame, but the caliph discerns that the
husband had killed her, believing her unfaithful.
“Real men stay dedicated to one girl.”
He had brought her three rare apples when she was sick, then got mad when he saw a
slave with one of the apples, claiming he had received the fruit from his girlfriend.
“Fake smile on the outside, real pain on the inside”
Believing the slave, he killed the woman. He then learned that his son had actually
given the apple to the slave, who then lied to stir up trouble.
“Can we start all over again? Do it right this time?”
The ruler's vizier Ja'far ascertains that his own slave is the culprit, and the caliph
pardons everyone.

Sinbad – Charles
Narrator – Ranran

"The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor" are told by a famous sailor to an
impoverished porter, to explain the trials and tribulations that the sailor suffered at sea.
“Just stay positive it will get better”
Over the course of his seven voyages, Sinbad faced: various shipwrecks; strange
beasts such as giant eagles, rocs, and giants; malicious figures such as the Old Man of
the Sea; and many other obstacles.
“the nicest people always gets treated like shit”
Even though he dealt with danger on every voyage, Sinbad continued to sail, lured by
the thrill and excitement of the sea.
“Everything is going to be alright, maybe not today, but eventually”
Finally, after seven voyages, he decided to settle down with his wealth.

Fisherman – Jepsy
Genie – Gwen
Sultan – Levi
Narrator - Kyla

"The Fisherman and the Jinni" tells the story of a fisherman whose nets retrieve a
yellow jar from the sea.
“no expectations, no disappointments.”
He opens it to release a dangerous genie, who has been trapped for hundreds of years
and had decided to kill the man who rescues him.
“First you care. Then you get hurt.”
The fisherman tricks the genie into returning to the jar, and then tells him the story of
"The Vizier and the Sage Duban,".
“A relationship where you can act like complete idiots together is probably the best thing
ever.”
After the story, the genie promises to reward the fisherman, and indeed shows him a
magic lake full of strange fish. The fisherman sells the fish to the sultan, who explores
the area of the lake to meet a sad prince who had been turned half to stone.
“She is hurting more than you think”
He helps the prince, and then rewards everyone involved.
“Always know the difference between what you’re getting and what you deserve”

Yunan – Lance
Duban – Levi
Narrator – Danika

In "The Vizier and the Sage Duban," a wise healer named Duban heals King Yunan's
leprosy, but Yunan's vizier convinces the king that Duban is out to kill him.
“keep your friends close and your enemies closer”
Yunan has Duban executed on that suspicion, and Duban gifts him a magic book before
he dies.
“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired”
After the wise man is beheaded, the king flips through the book, and then dies himself
from a poison that Duban has left on its pages.
“Its impossible to find someone who never hurts you, so go for the one who’s worth the
pain.”

Bro1 – Lance
Bro2 – Haley
Bro3 – Charles
Nouronnihar – Jepsy
Grand sultan – Kyla
Narrator – Eda

Finally, "The Three Princes and the Princes Nouronnihar" details the journeys of
three brother princes who each wants to marry their cousin Nouronnihar.
“I find myself secretly stealing glances of you when you’re not looking”
“You’re the best thing that has ever happened to me”
“Just one text from you can make my entire day better”
Their father, the Grand Sultan, promises that whichever brother finds the most valuable
item will win the woman's hand.
“I’d rather be the sarcastic and harsh best friend than be the fake and insecure friend”
They each find amazing items - a magic carpet that transports its owner,
“I can show you the wooorlddd”
a tube that shows whatever the viewer wishes,
“tube, tube on the wall, who is the fairest one of all”
and an apple that heals anyone.
“apple gleam and glowwww let your power shiinee”
When the brothers learn that Nouronnihar is ill, they pool the items and manage to save
her life.
“Hard times reveal true friends”