These are my notes on the Persian Tales unit.
Fayiz and the Peri Wife: The man and woman get married but she has a secret, she is Peri. He did not tell his first family about her. His family at home wanders where the wealth came from and if he doesn't tell, he will lose his wife and children. He ends up losing the Peri woman because he tells his family eventually about her and ends up sad and alone.
The Hemp-Smoker's Dream: He smoked hemp, got a hair cut, and then thought he was the handsomest man ever. Of course, he could have any woman he wanted! So he goes for the Princess of China. The King challenges him to eat all the ash and other tasks. The man's comrades all fight over the Princess. It was just a dream, though.
The Story of the Wolf-Bride: A man's son is fated to die by a wolf, so he imprisons him in a dungeon. The kid is taught by a tutor. Even the kid's wife ends up in the dungeon once he's old enough to wed. Turns out the wife turns into a werewolf and tears him to pieces. I like werewolves.
The Man Who Went to Wake His Luck: There are two brothers, one with luck and one without. People of the country, a gardener, a King that is a woman, a wolf, and a thorn-gather all ask him to ask Luck why their life is no good when he finds it. Luck tells the poor brother straight up the facts why everyone's life is no good and the poor brother takes back all the messages. The poor guy gets eaten by the wolf because of Luck.
Tortoise Bowl-On-The Back and the Fox: The Fox and the Tortoise race it out for the rights to the grains, but the tortoise has his brother stand at the finish line to trick him. Guess the Fox wasn't the only one that tried to pull a fast one on the Tortoise.
The Shepherd Who Found a Treasure: This is about two shepherds. One fell asleep and the other thinks the fly is the sleeping man's soul. The fly gives the other shepherd his tale of a dream where he was searching for treasure but was awaken. Turns out the dream was real and the shepherd that hadn't fallen asleep stole it.
The Merchant and the Saffron: Malik Ahmad, a wealthy merchant, ends up with some bad luck and loses everything. Someone remembers him from when he unloaded saffron in the mud. It's the man he bought the saffron from. The guy helps him out for years until his luck returns. Pretty happy ending. Nice people.
Shah Abbas and the Poor Mother: Shah Abbas helps the poor mother out since she can't feed her children. The baker doesn't believe that Shah gave her the ring and seizes her, pretending the ring was his. She gets her ears cut off. Shah returns and is able to reprimand the baker... But the baker and the Darogha get crucified in punishment for hurting the wrong person. The wealth all went to the mother and children.
The Apparition of the Prophet Khizr: The poor man makes a deal with the King to produce the Prophet Khizr in order to pay his debt. When he comes back without him, some of the Wazirs want to murder him in various ways but the last one proclaims the poor man to be Prophet Khizr.
The Story of the Baker and the Grateful Fish: So a baker throws all his burnt bread into the river and the fish eat it. A Merchant tricks the Baker into a deadly position so he can get rich and leaves him to die. He throws himself in the river but the fish recognize him and carry him home. He in turn tricks the Merchant into the same position and leaves him to die, except the fish did't save the Merchant.
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