The Arabian After the first night of each marriage, Nights he would have Jafar, by his orders, have The long-reaching story begins in exotic each new girl beheaded and then start But had a plan in mind for 1001 Nights Full of lively, colorful and odd characters, Persia, where a king by the name of from scratch, fresh, each day. These a) dealing with Shahryar and b) staying not marvelous journeys, chilling villains, Shahyar had gone a little nuts in the head. days, that would land Shahryar in the dead. Jafar was beside himself in horror and and swashbuckling heroes; dozens of Shahyar, it seems, had discovered that nuthouse and also gain him a cheery and fear for the life of his daughter, knowing stories are told within its pages and ALL his first wife, the queen, had been doing realistic title like “the Butcher.” Back full well that it would be HIS ax that would of them are stories told within the ONE some seriously vicious cheating on him then, it just was what it was; if the king take her head off at the end of her night story of the Arabian Nights, and ALL OF with a member of the king’s court behind wanted a fresh bride every night, then with the king. Yet Scheherazade stood firm THEM are the brainchild of a particularly his back. Big, big mistake, he quickly that’s what he would get, no questions and told her old man that she had things brave, wily, cunning, beautiful and had them both beheaded. Boom. Done. asked. After a while of that ghastly well under control, with a little help from persevering young woman who serves as Yet the king, cooling down after awhile, setup, naturally, Jafar started having a her little sis, Dinarazade. And so, with a one of the main characters of the entire was again lonely for the company of a pretty rough time finding new brides sinking feeling in his gut, Jafar penciled book. This beyond-awesome womanly wife, and decided to jump back into the for the guy; not too many bachlorettes his daughter in as the next bride-to-be. mastermind, fighting for her life using dating pool. Turning to his , Jafar, were willing to hang out in plain sight On the night of the wedding, as Shahryar her wits, intelligence and golden tongue, Shahyar demanded that the perfect wife to be found once word got around that was about to spend the evening with his was none other than SCHEHERAZADE a be found for him. But there was a twist they’d be on the chopping block the next new bride-of-the-day, Scheherazade asked beyond gorgeous Persian princess who to this request; Shahyar was completely morning. By the time things had gotten the king, her husband, if she could at least got flung into a situation from which it freaked out by his experiences with his seriously serious, over 1,000 ladies had say one last final goodbye to her beloved appeared there was only one exit; death. ex-wife and didn’t want to go through that met their end via Jafar’s large, sharp ax. sister. Dinarazade had a special task to again, so he decided that he would get take care of once she was brought into the married EVERY DAY to a new girl, hand- king’s chambers, and she knocked it out of picked from across the kingdom by Jafar. the park. She whipped up some fake tears,

Design: Andreina Zahalka cried profusely and begged Scheherazade mesmerized and bewitched the king to tell her one last of her amazing stories. with her magical storytelling mastery. Sighing, Shahryar gave in and allowed Important Stories Chronology his bride to begin telling what became a At long last, on the final night, very detailed, engaging and amazing tale Scheherazade told the king that, so sorry, full of totally believable characters, good she was completely fresh out of new plot twists, magical weirdness, genies hanging there with the story completely ghosts and macho heroes. And once again, stories. By that point, Shahryar had long (djinn) and a whole assortment of stuff unfinished, the heroes in a crazy Scheherazade set Shahryar up by danging forgotten the whole “kill the bride every that makes a story outstanding. The king situation and the outcome in question. another cliffhanger under his ears just as morning and get a new one tomorrow found himself totally getting into the Shahryan demanded that she finish, but the sun came up, forcing him to anxiously night” thing; he’d completely fallen in love rhythm of the story as he lay back on his Scheherazade reminded him that the sun spare her life yet again. Night after night, with Scheherazade’s mind, lovely voice bed, listening to his new wife spin magic was coming up, morning had arrived and Sheherazade wove her stories from all of and gorgeous eyes. She’d never cheated with her beautiful storyteller’s voice. So that she was due to get the ax shortly. the knowledge in her head, and every night, on him in several years, had opened his into it that he didn’t realize that at some Unable to contain his curiosity, the king she’d leave the king wanting more. Every imagination to exquisite stories of heroes decided, just this once, to spare his new King Shahryar and His Brother morning, he’d spare her life just so that unknown point, the sun was coming up; The Three Apples and legends and proved to him that a she’d been telling the story throughout bride’s life, just so that she could continue 's Lamp he could get his awesome Scheherazade woman COULD be the most amazing the entire span of the night! Yet she and finish the story the next night. Sucker. The Seven Voyages of story fix when the sun went down again! and trustworthy person ever. She had was still not done with the tale she had Part One of the plan had worked like a and the Forty Thieves softened his heart, won his soul and tamed

charm! Score one for Sheherazade. Night The Three Princes and the Princes Nouronnihar This marathon of the coolest, most begun. Scheherazade ended the tale st his anger; he went ahead and made her Night 1 Abdullah the Fisherman and Abdullah the Merman imaginative stories ever told went on with a situation that has annoyed and th his official queen with not a doubt in his Sure enough, when night fell again for 1,001 nights straight. The stories of agonized readers of stories for centuries, 20 mind that she was truly queen material, and the palace was quiet, Sheherazade Night Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, Sinbad the th she gave him a cliffhanger. She left him Night and the two had many children and grew continued where she’d left off the night th Sailor, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, old together in marital, royal bliss. 514 Night

before, finishing the story with an 537 stories of love, kissin’ and sweetness, th amazing flourish, only to start a new tale Night the story of the Seven , the tale of th

that flowed out of the last one. The king 623 the Three Apples, the Hunchback’s Tale, Night 711 never noticed the sly little transition and th the City of Brass and the Adventures of

listened just as intently as he had to the 941 Bulukiya; all of these stories were related previous story of insane creatures, weird in stunning detail by Scheherazade, who