It was a prince and
he really wanted a son. The heavens opened and gave him a son which he named
Miemun. The son grew up and married Khojisteh. One day at the market, Miemun
bought the parrot for a large sum of 1,000 huns. The parrot told about people
coming to the city, and it turns out he was right. Miemun bought a second bird
then so that the parrot wouldn’t be lonely.
Miemun went on a journey and left Khojisteh all by herself.
She was very sad that her husband was gone. She couldn’t eat or sleep. After
six months went by, Khojisteh noticed a new prince that was in town, and he
took notice to her as well. He invited her over. Khojisteh talked to the
parrots female friend, and asked her what she should do, saying that she was
very lonely and wanted to take the new prince up on his offer. The bird told
her of what dishonor it would cause and how terrible a deed it would be.
Khojisteh was so angry that she took the bird out and smashed it into the
floor, killing it. Khojisteh then went and asked the parrot, who knew if he
refused her she would probably kill him as well. So he said that he would act like the parrot
of Ferukh Beg in order to keep the peace between her Miemun.
A parrot of a merchant witnessed his wife cheating on him
every night while the merchant was away. The merchant was gone for a year and a
half. When the merchant got back, he asked the parrot what had happened while
he was away, and the parrot told him about everything but the affair. However,
the merchant found out from a stranger what had happened with his wife while he
was away. The wife thought it was the parrot so she plucked his feathers off
and threw him out. The husband was so enraged that he then threw the wife out.
The parrot although thought to be dead, slowly recovered and his feathers grew
back. The parrot saw the woman who was kicked out and hiding in the same place
he was, so he told her to cut off all her hair and fast for 40 days and if she
did that, then he would reunite her with her husband. And the parrot did. As
the parrot of Miemun finished this story he told her to go see her new prince,
but since dawn broke she could not. The parrot had kept her up all night
telling her the story, so she just went to bed instead.
The parrot continues to tell stories to Khojisteh to keep
her from her lover. This is the next one. Four men on watch fell in love with a
figure. They each had given her something, her shape, her jewels, her clothes,
and the prayers of the hermit brought her to life. Then a old man appeared and
said they needed to go to the tree of decision. The woman then became part of
the tree since she was originally from wood. It was an odd and confusing story. The parrot it done telling the story and it
is morning again so the Khojisteh cannot cheat.
A man fell in love with the daughter of Kinoje. He fell so
much in love that it drove him mad. He was told that if he were to bring an
elephant load of gold, that he would be brought the daughter. So the man went
to the royroyan of an elephant load of gold. He was granted the gold and
brought it to the king. The king noticed that his plan had failed, so he upped
the ante saying he needed to now bring the head of the royroyan. So the poor man went to the royroyan and told
him he needed his head. The royroyan had him tie a rope around his neck and
present him in front of the king, willing to give up his own life. The king was
shocked at the generosity of the royroyan and gave his daughter to him, saying
that he could give her to whomever he wanted.
It was then hat daylight struck and the woman was separated
from the king again.
A parrot and her babies were trapped in a net. She devised a
plan for them to act like they were dead, so the person who captured them would
set them free. The fowler who captured them was enraged when he saw the birds
fly away after acting dead. He went to kill the parrot when she told him that
if he spared her life, he would be able to sell her for a price so high, he
would never have to worry about money again. She even stated that she could
cure the prince of the disease he had. So the fowler went and sold the bird to
the prince for a large sum. The parrot half cured the prince when she asked if
she could be let out of her cage to search for another cure. The prince then
let her out. She flew away, reunited with her babies, and never went back.
This story was very confusing. Basically, a husband leaves
his wife to go trade for six years. He comes back and is unable to get into his
house. He decides to go stay somewhere else, but wants the company of a lady.
He sends for one. His wife comes not knowing that it is he, and they both get
excited at their reunion. So from what I understand, they both go to cheat and
end up accidently being back together.
There was a lion that was being bothered by some mice. So a
fox suggested to him that he get a cat to stand watch at night so he could get
some rest. The cat did a great job in keeping the mice away, but she never
killed them because she was afraid that if she did, she wouldn’t have a job
with the lion anymore. One day she asked the lion of she could run some
personal errands that night and leave her kitten to watch. The lion agreed.
When she came back the next day, she noticed that the kitten had killed every
single one of the mice. Days later, the lion fired the cat because he didn’t
need her anymore.
A frog named Shapoor was doing a bad job of ruling the other
frogs. So they overruled him and chose a new leader. Shapoor went to the whole
of a snake and got him to come out. The frog and the snake teamed up together.
The snake went and ate all of the other frogs as revenge for Shapoor. But then
the snake was hungry again. Shapoor told him he would go get other frogs from
another well to come so the snake could eat them, but after he left to go get
them, he hid himself from the snake and never went back.
Four men were friends and each were poor, so they went to a
philosopher and asked him for advice. He gave them each a ball and said
wherever it falls is your destiny. So they went out. One man found silver,
another found metal, and the third found gold. The fourth man rather than
staying with the friend who had the gold, kept going thinking he would find
something better. Instead he found iron. He went back to try and find his
friend with the gold mine and couldn’t find him. He then couldn’t find any of
his friends. So then he was poor and friendless from him greed.
Besheer was a young man, and Chunder was older and married.
The two started to have an affair. Chunder’s husband found out and they moved
away. Besheer then was determined to go visit her and asked an Arab to
accompany him. The two were reunited under a tree near her house at night. She
would have the arab go into her house and wear her clothes so her husband
wouldn’t notice. One night the Arab went and did what Chunder had said and
completely ignored the husband, which made the husband so mad, he flogged the
Arab thinking it was Chunder. Chunder’s sister went to go talk to her, and it
was at that instance that the Arab revealed himself and told her how Chunder
was with Besheer. He then asked to sleep with her so conceal the secret, and
the sister agreed. The Arab went back to Chunder in the morning and told her
about the flogging, Chunder felt bad but the Arab wasn’t too upset because his
night turned out better than he had thought.
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