Caliph Haroon Al-Rashid was taking a walk with Jaafar, the Barmecide, when he spotted a few women drawing water from a well. The Caliph was thirsty, so he approached one of the girls. The prettiest of them started reciting a beautiful poem on seeing the Caliph. The Caliph was amazed and asked the girl if […]
There was a man who loved his wife and cared for her so much that he wanted to do everything she asked for. He had a garden that he tendered very carefully and lovingly. One day his wife inquired about the garden about which the husband was passionate. And he explained to her about all
A dissolute man, when heard of a beautiful woman in his neighbouring country, set out with a present and a note for her. He expressed his desire to meet her when she was alone. The woman consented and welcomed her to her abode with honour and entertained him with meat and drinks. There, the man
One day, there was a banquet ceremony arranged by the king in the palace. A poor man dressed in rags came to the palace to attend the banquet. Out of courtesy he was admitted but, because of his tattered clothing, he was seated at the very end of the banquet table. By the time the
A fisherman used to make a good living out of his daily business. One day, he saw a huge fish which he thought would give him a relief from his daily job for a long period if caught. So, he decided to go along with the fish in the waters to catch him. He plunged
Chapter 28 If Emma had still, at intervals, an anxious feeling for Harriet, a momentary doubt of its being possible for her to be really cured of her attachment to Mr. Knightley, and really able to accept another man from unbiased inclination, it was not long that she had to suffer from the recurrence of
A crow and his wife made a comfortable nest on the branch of a tree. They planned to hatch a young crow in the nest built by them. As they approached the nest, they were frightened to see a snake crawl the tree that stayed there during all summer. The crow was deprived of a
Once upon a time, there was a small pond where a number of fishes lived. They lived happily in water. Drought was setting in at that time. The water level was receding and it became a cause for their concern that in a few days’ time the remaining water would also dry up and they
Chapter 27 Mrs. Weston’s friends were all made happy by her safety; and if the satisfaction of her well-doing could be increased to Emma, it was by knowing her to be the mother of a little girl. She had been decided in wishing for a Miss Weston. She would not acknowledge that it was with
One day, a scholar had to cross the river. He saw a boatman near the bank of the river. The scholar asked the boatman to row him across the river. The journey was long and slow. The scholar was bored, so he started his conversation with the boatman, “Boatman,” he called out, “Let’s have a
Once a certain man gave a dirham to his wife to buy rice and she went to the rice-seller. Seeing her beauty and loveliness, the seller told her that he would give her not only rice but also good sugar, if she agreed to stay with him for an hour. The lady agreed. He then
Chapter 26 This letter must make its way to Emma’s feelings. She was obliged, in spite of her previous determination to the contrary, to do it all the justice that Mrs. Weston foretold. As soon as she came to her own name, it was irresistible; every line relating to herself was interesting, and almost every
Abu Amir, the Wazir of Al-Nasir, sent some expensive gifts to him along with a very handsome boy about whom he had told Al-Nasir that he was from the Allah. Later, Al-Nasir became the favourite Wazir of the King. One day Abu Amir received a beautiful slave-girl. Al-Nasir thought that he would be punished by
Hind was the beautiful daughter of Al-Nouman. Al-Hajjaj came to know of her beauty and sought her hand in marriage. An amount of two hundred thousand dirhams was fixed as the amount he would have to return in case of divorce. After the marriage, he flooded her with expensive gifts and treasures. But one day,
Once there lived a fox that was as cunning as a fox should be. One day, he went out of the forest and entered the shop of a currier. In the shop, the man had lots of skins kept for trading. The fox went inside and started playing with the skins till they all got