Reading Notes: The Voyages of Sindbad
Bibliography:
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang and illustrated by h. J. Ford (1898).
The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor
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-Sindbad was a wealthy individual who inherited considerable riches from his parents. As any other normal young kid will do with all that money, he too was foolish and was spending the wealth recklessly upon every type of fun and things he wanted to do.
-In order to spent the rest of his money in a meaningful way, he decided to sell all his belongings and buy a ship in Balsora and head for an adventure.
-They began landing at many different islands where they exchange or sold their merchandise.
-One day, the wind died and they were forced to furl the sails and the captain of the boat gave permission to Sindbad and the crew to go to land for awhile and enjoy themselves.
-Holy shit, this story just took a massive turn. Turns out, the 'island' they landed at was not an island at all but a giant sleeping whale. The crew from the boat screamed to get the rest of the crew back on the ship but it was too late.
-Some jumped off, some made it back to the ship, but Sindbad could holy cling on to a piece of wood that he brought to make fire on the island and the whale plunged deep into the depths of the ocean with him.
-When he finally woke, he was beaten up, but alive, staring at the sun like it was the heavens.
-Okay, this is as far as I'll be writing note on the summaries as I don't wanna have to pause every time I read a paragraph, the story is actually getting good.
-In short, the kingdom on the land that Sindbad washed up on, took him in and took great care of him and gave him many gifts and he was able to return to his original ship crew. More to follow.
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