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THE TRUE STORY OF THE 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS
by Haji Ismail Sloan
Once there were two brothers. One brother was the King of Samarkand. The other brother was the King of Bukhara. One day, the King of Samarkand said to himself, "It has been twenty years since I have seen my brother. I long to see him now."
With that, the King of Samarkand decreed to all of his realm that he was going to visit his brother. A grand caravan was organized and, within a few days, they all started out on their journey to Bukhara.
A few miles out of Samarkand, the king suddenly remembered an important gift that he had been planning to give to his brother. Not wanting to break the pace of the long caravan, which was by now well on its way to Bukhara, the king decided to return by himself alone, after ordering the caravan to proceed onward without him. The King of Samarkand would catch up later.
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