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Finally, one day, Sheherazade said to her father, "Oh, my father, I want to be married to the king. I want to become the king's wife."
"No", her father replied. "You cannot become the king's wife, because, if you do that, he will sleep with you for just one night and then he will have your head chopped off the next day."
"Please, my father, I know that", said Sheherazade. "So many of my girlfriends have died that way. But, I have a plan. Please, my father, I beg of you! Allow me to be married to the king."
The grand wizard refused to allow his daughter to be married to the king. But, every day, again and again, Sheherazade asked her father to be married to the king. Finally, with heavy heart, the grand wizard agreed to his daughter's request, and brought Sheherazade to be married to the King of Samarkand.
After the marriage ceremony, Sheherazade was taken to the king's bed chamber. Sheherazade brought a flower as a present for the king. When the king arrived, Sheherazade said to her new husband, "Oh, my husband, my king! I know what you will do with me tonight, and what will be done with me tomorrow morning. But, please, I have just one last request. I have a younger sister, and she is very beautiful. After I give you my flower, I want my sister to be brought here to your royal bed chamber, so that I can see her one last time. I will tell her a story."
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