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| "Why do you weep?" he asked. "I weep," she said, "because of my sister, I have the honor to be the wife of the Sultan, but I love my sister, and I cannot bear the thought of saying good-bye to her now. Grant me one favor, let her pass this one night on a couch near me." The Sultan had already been won by the beauty of Schehera-zade, and he found it easy to grant this favor. So the younger sister, Dinar-zade, was brought in. Now Schehera-zade had told her sister how she was t o act, and about an hour before dawn, Dinar-zade who was wide-awake, spoke and said: "Sister, if you are not asleep, I wish you would tell me one of those delightful stories you know so well. It will soon be light." Sche hera-zade turned to the Sultan and said: "Will Your Highness permit me to tell my sister a story?" "Freely," said the Sultan, who liked stories himself, and Schehera-zade began to tell a story. She tol d it in such a way that, when daylight came, she had reached the most interesting point. But at daylight the Sultan must rise and go to his council. | 「你为什么哭呢？」他说。 「我哭泣，」她说：「是因为我的妹妹，我虽获得作为君主妻子的荣耀，但我深爱妹妹，而不忍心向她诀别。 请赐给我恩典，让她今晚能靠近我的床边，和我同度这一夜！」 君主为司凯儿．瑞里的美色所迷惑，基于此因很轻易同意赐与这些恩惠。 所以她妹妹玲娜．瑞里便被带进宫中。 司凯儿．瑞里早已告诉妹妹该如何行动，因此大约在东方发白前的一小时，玲娜．瑞里正清醒着，她开口说道：「姊姊！假使你没有睡着，请讲一个你熟悉有趣故事给我听。 天就要亮了！」 司凯儿．瑞里转头对君主说：「陛下可否允许我讲一个故事给妹妹听呢？」 「随意，」君主说着。其实他自己也爱听故事。于是司凯儿．瑞里开始讲故事。 她讲的方式是：故意在讲到最后有趣的地方时，就刚巧是天明。 但是天亮之后，君主却必须起身去参加会议。 |
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