The Thousand and One Nights
This king married a new wife each night.
Shahryar
The animal who was king of the beasts.
lion
The place where the debate happened.
island
The famous poet who wrote these teachings.
Rumi
The wise bird who guided the journey.
Hoopoe
The brave storyteller who saved lives by telling stories.
Shahrazad
The clever but jealous jackal.
Dimna
The ruler who listened to both sides of the argument.
king
The large animal the visitors touched in the dark.
elephant
The king the birds were searching for.
Simurgh
The country where the king ruled.
Dimna’s wiser brother
Kalila
The group that claimed animals were their slaves.
humans
The tiny creatures who argued about drawing.
ants
The number of birds who finally reached the palace.
thirty
Shahrazad’s sister who helped with the storytelling plan.
Dinarzad
The bull who became friends with the lion.
Shanzabeh
One group of creatures chosen to speak in the debate.
insects
The valuable object the bird said was inside its body.
pearl
The long places the birds had to travel through.
valleys
The magical being trapped in the bottle in the fisherman’s tale.
jinni
The animal in the warning story who talked too much while flying.
turtle
The special ability humans said made them different.
choice
The loyal servant in the story of the secret chamber.
Ayaz
The mythical mountains where the Simurgh lives.
Kaf