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Now, the two kings finally realized that, in all the world, there is not even one woman who can be trusted. Women are all the same. No man can trust his wife out of his sight, the two kings realized.
Realizing this, the two kings sadly parted. They both went back home, each to his own kingdom.
When the King of Samarkand arrived back in his home, he now realized that no woman could be trusted out of his sight, but still he needed a wife. Finally, he thought of a solution to this vexing problem. The King of Samarkand called his grand wizard. He ordered the grand wizard to find a pure and innocent young girl to be his wife.
The grand wizard went out of the royal palace and, before long, returned with an innocent young girl. The king immediately married her. The king then spent the night with his new wife. The next morning, after the king and his new wife woke up, the king called his guards and ordered them to take his wife out and to chop off her head.
After being satisfied that this had been done, the king then called the grand wizard again. The king ordered the grand wizard to bring him another innocent young girl. Once again, the wizard brought a young girl and the king married her. Once again, the king spent just one night with the young girl. Once again, the next morning, after a satisfying night with his new wife, the king called his guards and ordered them to take her out and chop off her head.
From that day on, the King of Samarkand did the same thing every day and night. Every day, he had a new young girl brought to him. Every day, he married the girl. Every night, he spent just one night with his new wife. And every morning, he had her taken out and had her head chopped off.
This continued on for three years. After three years, the kingdom started running out of young girls.
All this time, the grand wizard himself had two beautiful young daughters. The grand wizard kept his two daughters hidden in his house. He never allowed his two daughters to go out into the yard and play with other girls. The grand wizard was afraid that the king might see his daughters and want to marry them.
The eldest daughter of the grand wizard was named Sheherazade. Sheherazade was charming, witty and beautiful. Sheherazade also liked to read. It is said that she possessed a thousand books. She knew all the great books; books about science and art and history and astronomy. However, Sheherazade was very sad because so many of her girlfriends had been taken away for marriage and then had their heads chopped off, by order of the king.
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