"The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey" and "The Tale of the merchant and His Wife" While "The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey" and "The Tale of the Merchant and His Wife" are not stories told by Shahrazad they are equally as important. Acknowledgement: This work has been summarized using the Penguin 1973 edition (Tales from the Thousand And One Nights) translated by N. J. Dawood 1954, revised 1973.. Overall Impression: This large and heterogeneous collection consists of clever stories, fables, fairy tales, romances, legends, parables, anecdotes, morality tales, adventure stories, bawdry, etc. The story starts with a king, Shahzaman, whose wife has committed adultery with a kitchen boy. It went on for a thousand and one nights. Three Kalandars and the Caliph and his Wazir (disguised) enter the house. A Thousand and One Nights: Arabian Story-telling in World Literature. They end at her home where he is invited on one condition: if you speak of that which does not concern you, you will hear something unpleasant. The tale is about the ox complaining to donkey that he always had to work hard night and day whilst the donkey got to be lazy and have lots of leisure. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, also known as One Thousand and One Nights, is a collection of interconnected stories, an amalgamation of Arab, Persian, Indian, and other fairytales which were reshaped and retold by storytellers throughout the medieval Islamic world. Shahryar postponed thekilling for one more day. A porter is invited by a lady to help her carry things. A bull tells an ass that the ass has a better life, since he has better food and a clean stall. He kills both of them and declares that he shall leave immediately for his brother’s kingdom in India. The story collection known as The Thousand and One Nights has long been considered a treasure-house of literary styles and genres—not surprising because it was compiled over a period of several centuries, and it incorporates material from Arab, Persian, Turkish, Greek, and Indian sources. A fearsome jinni appears in a rage, saying that one of the date stones struck and killed the jinni's son. A story related to Scheherazade by her father. A blog post at "4 Corners of the World: International Collections and Studies at the Library of Congress" on 2017-10-26. The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights study guide contains literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. The ass advises him to play sick for a couple of days, and this ploy works. Tales from the Thousand And One Nights (the Arabian Nights; 1001 Nights) ... for instance, the Richard Burton 16-volume The Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night, a translation of the Calcutta II edition.)