The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III

Produced by JC Byers, Ralph Zimmerman, Renate Preuss, Anne
Soulard, and Coralee Sheehan
Editorial Note: Project Gutenberg also has the translation of this work by Richard F. Burton in 16 volumes.
Now First Completely Done Into English Prose and Verse, From The Original Arabic,
By John Payne (Author of The Masque of Shadows, Intaglios: Sonnets, Songs of Life and Death, Lautrec, The Poems of Master Francis Villon of Paris, New Poems, Etc, Etc.).
In Nine Volumes:
London Printed For Subscribers Only 1901
Delhi Edition
Contents of The Third Volume.
1. The Birds and Beasts and the Son of Adam 2. The Hermits 3. The Water-Foul and the Tortoise 4. The Wolf and the Fox a. The Hawk and the Partridge 5. The Mouse and the Weasel 6. The Cat and the Crow 7. The Fox and the Crow a. The Mouse and the Flea b. The Falcon and the Birds c. The Sparrow and the Eagle 8. The Hedgehog and the Pigeons a. The Merchant and the Two Sharpers 9. The Thief and his Monkey a. The Foolish Weaver 10. The Sparrow and the Peacock 11. Ali Ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar 12. Kemeezzeman and Boudour a. Nimeh Ben er Rebya and Num his Slave Girl 13. Alaeddin Abou Esh Shamat 14. Hatim et Yai: His Generosity After Death 15. Maan Ben Zaideh and the Three Girls 16. Maan Ben Zaideh and the Bedouin 17. The City of Lebtait 18. The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth 19. Ibrahim Ben el Mehdi and the Barber-surgeon 20. The City of Irem 21. Isaac of Mosul's Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamoun 22. The Scavenger and the Noble Lady of Baghdad 23. The Mock Khalif 24. Ali the Persian and the Kurd Sharper
When Shehrzad had made an end of the history of King Omar teen Ennuman and his sons, Shehriyar said to her, I desire that thou tell me some story about birds; and Dunyazad, hearing this, said to her sister, All this while I have never seen the Sultan light at heart till this night; and this gives me hope that the issue may be a happy one for thee with him. Then drowsiness overcame the Sultan; so he slept and Shehrzad, perceiving the approach of day, was silent.