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Book: The Fisherman and the Well/ This Friend, That Friend
A Tale from The Arabian Nights
Author: Frances Ruffin
ISBN: 978-0-02-202361-4, 978-0-02-202640-0
Introduction
1. It is a group of tales.
2. They come from India, Persia, and the Arab world.
3. The storytellers changed the facts to make them more exciting and fun.
4. The stories became fantasies.
5. They often describe lives of rich people who ruled common people.
Chapter 1: The Sultan’s Plan/ An Impossible Task
6. The Sultan wanted the fisherman’s land. He just wanted his land to be richer.
7. The policy will be a rule of the kingdom that gives the Sultan permission to just take the land.
8. The Sultan ordered the fisherman to the palace.
9. The task was to “make a carpet that covers the floor of the hall. The carpet must be from a single thread.”
10. If the fisherman doesn’t complete the tasks, he will then go to jail.
11. He ran home and told his wife what had just happen.
Chapter 2: Help From a Friend/A Helpful Friend
12. The well was in their garden.
13. It was near a crooked tree.
14. The well gives the fisherman a spindle.
15. She tells him to pound a nail into one end of the palace hall floor. Tie one end of thread to that nail. Then hold the spindle and walk to the other end.
16. Everyone was surprised of the beautiful carpet that appeared.
17. The fisherman’s next task is to find a baby boy that is less then 8 days old.
18. The fisherman had 3 days for the first task.
19. The fisherman had 8 days for the second task.
20. He looked surprised.
21. He fell to his knees.
22. Answers will vary.
Chapter 3: A Baby’s Story
23. The fisherman returned the spindle.
24. The fisherman’s wife told him to thank the well, then ask the well to borrow a baby boy who can talk.
25. A baby boy appeared from the well.
26. The fisherman is to ask for 3 cushions and sit the baby between the cushions.
27. The baby said, “Greetings, Sultan.”
28. The Sultan asked the baby to tell him a story that is full of lies.
29. In the baby’s tale, he bought a pumpkin. After cutting it open, what did the baby boy see inside? He saw a tiny city.
30. A donkey gave him a cake.
31. Inside the cake he saw the Sultan and his advisor whispering plots.
32. Yes, he was getting upset. He yelled, that “these are all lies.”
33. Answers will vary
34. He revealed that the Sultan and the advisor were plotting to take the fisherman’s land.
35. The crowd became angry.
36. The fisherman and his wife lived peaceful lives after this incident.
37. Answers will vary
38. Answers will vary
Book: The Fisherman and the Well/ This Friend, That Friend
A Tale from The Arabian Nights
Author: Frances Ruffin
ISBN: 978-0-02-202361-4, 978-0-02-202640-0
Introduction
1. It is a group of tales.
2. They come from India, Persia, and the Arab world.
3. The storytellers changed the facts to make them more exciting and fun.
4. The stories became fantasies.
5. They often describe lives of rich people who ruled common people.
Chapter 1: The Sultan’s Plan/ An Impossible Task
6. The Sultan wanted the fisherman’s land. He just wanted his land to be richer.
7. The policy will be a rule of the kingdom that gives the Sultan permission to just take the land.
8. The Sultan ordered the fisherman to the palace.
9. The task was to “make a carpet that covers the floor of the hall. The carpet must be from a single thread.”
10. If the fisherman doesn’t complete the tasks, he will then go to jail.
11. He ran home and told his wife what had just happen.
Chapter 2: Help From a Friend/A Helpful Friend
12. The well was in their garden.
13. It was near a crooked tree.
14. The well gives the fisherman a spindle.
15. She tells him to pound a nail into one end of the palace hall floor. Tie one end of thread to that nail. Then hold the spindle and walk to the other end.
16. Everyone was surprised of the beautiful carpet that appeared.
17. The fisherman’s next task is to find a baby boy that is less then 8 days old.
18. The fisherman had 3 days for the first task.
19. The fisherman had 8 days for the second task.
20. He looked surprised.
21. He fell to his knees.
22. Answers will vary.
Chapter 3: A Baby’s Story
23. The fisherman returned the spindle.
24. The fisherman’s wife told him to thank the well, then ask the well to borrow a baby boy who can talk.
25. A baby boy appeared from the well.
26. The fisherman is to ask for 3 cushions and sit the baby between the cushions.
27. The baby said, “Greetings, Sultan.”
28. The Sultan asked the baby to tell him a story that is full of lies.
29. In the baby’s tale, he bought a pumpkin. After cutting it open, what did the baby boy see inside? He saw a tiny city.
30. A donkey gave him a cake.
31. Inside the cake he saw the Sultan and his advisor whispering plots.
32. Yes, he was getting upset. He yelled, that “these are all lies.”
33. Answers will vary
34. He revealed that the Sultan and the advisor were plotting to take the fisherman’s land.
35. The crowd became angry.
36. The fisherman and his wife lived peaceful lives after this incident.
37. Answers will vary
38. Answers will vary
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