And the I'm going to help you fall asleep.

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Tonight, by Patreon supporter request, we'll read the next part to the story, The Talking Bird,

The Singing Tree, and the Golden Water from 1,001 Knights, also known as the Arabian Knights,

101 Knights, is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales

compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden age, which ran from the 8th to the 14th centuries.

Some tales themselves trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Persian, Greek, Indian, Jewish, and Turkish

folklore and literature.

What's common throughout all the editions of the Knights is the initial frame story of the ruler and his wife and the framing device incorporated throughout the tales themselves.

The stories proceed from this original tale.

Some are framed within other tales,

while others begin and end of their own accord.

Some additions contain only a few hundred nights,

while others include one thousand and one or more.

In the first part of the story, we meet the Persian Emperor Koesruhcha.

We also meet three sisters, one who becomes the Emperor's Queen, and the other two who become jealous of the Queen.

So when she gives birth to two sons and a daughter, the sisters secretly steal and abandon each baby.

The royal babies are all found by the Emperor's gardener and raised as his own.

Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

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