Arabian Nights: The Merchant and the Genie - The Arabian Nights Children's Collection (Easy Classics) (Unabridged)

An adapted, easy-to-read edition of The Merchant and the Genie - with engaging illustrations throughout.When a heartbroken sultan goes mad, a brave woman has a plan to stop him hurting innocent people. For a thousand and one nights, Scheherazade will use the magic of storytelling to bring the sultan back to his senses.In a story about forgiveness, a merchant angers a genie and faces death unless three strangers' tales of animal transformation can save him. Will Scheherazade's plan work? Or will she suffer the same fate as the donkey who took advice from an ox ...