The Arabian Nights Entertainments - online book

Children's Classic Fairy Tales From The East, Edited By Andrew Lang

	THE ARABIAN NIGHTS	3
	' It would be an excellent thing to do,' returned the grand-vizir, ' but how do you propose to accomplish it ?' ' My father,' answered Scheherazade, ' it is you who have to provide the Sultan daily with a fresh wife, and
	SCHEHERAZADE, DINARZADE, AND THE SULTAN
	I implore you, by all the affection you bear me, to allow the honour to fall upon me.' ' Have you lost your senses ?' cried the grand-vizir, starting back in horror. ' What has put such a thing into your head ? You ought to know by this time what it means to be the Sultan's bride !' * Yes, my father, I know it well,' replied she, ' and I