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But a little time passed, and Sinbad again wanted to visit foreign countries. He bought the most expensive goods, went to Basra, hired good ship and sailed towards India.

The first days everything went well, but one morning a storm arose. Sinbad's ship began to be thrown over the waves like a piece of wood. The captain ordered to anchor in a shallow place to wait out the storm. But before the ship had time to stop, the anchor chains burst, and the ship was carried straight to the shore. The sails on the ship broke, the waves flooded the deck and carried all the merchants and sailors out to sea.

Unfortunate travelers, like stones, went to the bottom. Only Sinbad and a few other merchants grabbed a piece of board and held on to the surface of the sea.

All day and all night they raced on the sea, and in the morning the waves threw them onto a rocky shore.

The travelers lay barely alive on the ground. Only when the day passed, and after it the night, did they come to their senses a little.

Shivering from the cold, Sindiad and his friends walked along the shore, hoping that they would meet people who would give them shelter and food. They walked for a long time and finally saw in the distance a tall building, similar to a palace. Sinbad was very happy and went faster. But as soon as the travelers approached this building, they were surrounded by a crowd of people. These people seized them and took them to their king, and the king ordered them to sit down with a sign. When they sat down, bowls with some strange food were placed in front of them. Neither Sinbad nor his fellow merchants ever ate anything like this. Sinbad's companions greedily pounced on the food and ate everything that was in the bowls. One Sinbad hardly touched the food, but only tasted it.

And the king of this city was a cannibal. His close associates caught all the foreigners who entered their country and fed them with this dish. Anyone who ate it gradually lost his mind and became like an animal. Having fattened the stranger, the king's associates killed him, fried him and ate him. And the king ate people right raw.

Sinbad's friends also met the same fate. Every day they ate a lot of this food, and their whole body was swollen with fat. They no longer understood what was happening to them - they only ate and slept. They were given to the shepherd, like pigs; every day the shepherd drove them out of the city and fed them from large troughs.

Sinbad did not eat this dish, and they did not give him another. He picked up roots and berries in the meadows and somehow ate them. His whole body dried up, he was weak and could hardly stand on his feet. Seeing that Sinbad was so weak and skinny, the king's associates decided that he did not need to be guarded - he would not run away anyway - and soon forgot about him.

And Sinbad only dreamed of how to escape from the cannibals. One morning, when everyone was still sleeping, he came out of the palace gate and went aimlessly. Soon he came to a green meadow and saw a man who was sitting on a large stone. It was the shepherd. He had just driven merchants, friends of Sinbad, from the city and placed a trough with food in front of them. Seeing Sinbad, the shepherd immediately realized that Sinbad was healthy and in control of his mind. He made a sign to him with his hand: "Come here!" - and when Sinbad approached, he said to him:

- Follow this path, and when you reach the crossroads, turn right and go out onto the Sultan's road. She will lead you out of the land of our king, and perhaps you will reach your homeland.

Sinbad thanked the shepherd and went. He tried to walk as quickly as possible and soon saw the road to his right. Seven days and seven nights Sinbad walked along this road, eating roots and berries. Finally, on the morning of the eighth day, he saw a crowd of people not far from him and approached them. People surrounded him and began to ask who he was and where he came from. Sinbad told them about everything that had happened to him, and he was taken to the king of that country. The king ordered to feed Sinbad and also asked him where he came from and what happened to him. When Sinbad told the king about his adventures, the king was very surprised and exclaimed:

I have never heard a more amazing story in my life! Welcome foreigner! Stay in my city.

Sinbad remained in the city of this king, whose name was Taigamus. The king fell in love with Sinbad very much and soon got used to him so much that he did not let him go from him for a minute. He showed Sinbad all sorts of favors and fulfilled all his desires.

And then one day after dinner, when all the king's associates, except for Sinbad, went home, King Taigamus said to Sinbad:

“O Sinbad, you have become dearer to me than all my close associates, and I cannot part with you. I have a big request for you. Promise me that you will fulfill it.

“Tell me what your request is,” Sinbad replied. “You have been good to me, and I cannot disobey you.

“Stay with us forever,” said the king. - I will find you a good wife, and you will be in my city no worse than in Baghdad.

Hearing the words of the king, Sinbad was very upset. He still hoped to return to Baghdad someday, but now he had to give up hope. After all, Sinbad could not refuse the king!

“Let it be your way, O king,” he said. “I will stay here forever.

The king immediately ordered Sinbad to take a room in the palace and married him to the daughter of his vizier.

Sinbad lived for several more years in the city of King Taigamus and gradually began to forget Baghdad. He made friends among the inhabitants of the city, everyone loved and respected him.

And one day early in the morning one of his friends named Abu-Mansur came to him. His clothes were torn and his turban was pulled to one side; he wringed his hands and sobbed bitterly.

— What is the matter with you, Abu-Mansour? Sinbad asked.

“My wife died last night,” his friend replied.

Sinbad began to console him, but Abu-Mansur continued to weep bitterly, hitting his chest with his hands.

- Oh Abu-Mansur, - said Sinbad, - what's the use of killing yourself like that? Time will pass and you will be comforted. You are still young and will live long.

And suddenly Abu-Mansur began to cry even harder and exclaimed:

“How can you say that I will live long when I have only one day left to live!” Tomorrow you will lose me and you will never see me again.

- Why? Sinbad asked. “You are healthy, and you are not in danger of death.

“Tomorrow my wife will be buried, and I, too, will be lowered into the grave with her,” said Abu-Mansur. - In our country, this is the custom: when a woman dies, her husband is buried alive with her, and when a man dies, his wife is buried with him.

“This is a very bad custom,” thought Sinbad. “It’s good that I’m a foreigner and I won’t be buried alive.”

He tried his best to console Abu Mansur and promised that he would ask the king to save him from such terrible death. But when Sinbad came to the king and expressed his request to him, the king shook his head and said:

- Ask for whatever you want, Sinbad, but not about this. I cannot break the custom of my ancestors. Tomorrow your friend will be lowered into the grave.

- O king, - asked Sinbad, - and if the wife of a stranger dies, will her husband also be buried with her?

“Yes,” the king replied. “But don't worry about yourself. Your wife is still too young and probably won't die before you.

When Sinbad heard these words, he was very upset and frightened. Sad, he returned to his room and from then on he thought about one thing all the time - so that his wife would not fall ill with a fatal disease. A little time passed, and what he feared happened. His wife fell seriously ill and died a few days later.

The king and all the inhabitants of the city came, according to custom, to console Sinbad. His wife was dressed in her best jewels, her body was placed on a stretcher and carried to high mountain located near the city. A deep hole was dug at the top of the mountain, covered with a heavy stone. The stretcher with the body of Sinbad's wife was tied with ropes and, having lifted a stone, lowered it into the grave. And then King Taigamus and Sinbad's friends approached him and began to say goodbye to him. Poor Sinbad realized that the hour of his death had come. He started to run, shouting:

“I am a foreigner and should not be subject to your customs!” I don't want to die in this hole!

But no matter how Sinbad fought back, he was nevertheless led to a terrible pit. They gave him a jug of water and seven loaves of bread, and tied him with ropes and lowered him into a pit. And then the pit was filled up with a stone, and the king and everyone who was with him went back to the city.

Poor Sinbad found himself in a grave, among the dead. At first he couldn't see anything, but as his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he noticed a faint light coming into the grave from above. The stone that closed the entrance to the grave did not adhere tightly to its edges, and a thin ray of the sun made its way into the cave.

The whole cave was full of dead men and women. They were wearing their best dresses and jewelry. Despair and grief seized Sinbad.

“Now I can’t escape,” he thought. “No one can get out of this grave.”

A few hours later, the sunbeam that illuminated the cave went out, and it became completely dark around Sinbad. Sinbad was very hungry. He ate a cake, drank water and fell asleep right on the ground, among the dead.

Day, another, and after him the third spent Sinbad in scary cave. He tried to eat as little as possible so that the food would be enough for a longer period, but on the third day in the evening he swallowed the last piece of the cake and washed it down with the last sip of water. Now all he had to do was wait for death.

Sinbad spread his cloak on the ground and lay down. He lay awake all night, remembering his native Baghdad, friends and acquaintances. Only in the morning his eyes closed, and he fell asleep.

He woke up from a faint rustle: someone with grunts and snorts scraped the stone walls of the cave with their claws. Sinbad jumped to his feet and went in the direction of the noise. Someone ran past him, clapping their paws.

"That's right, some wild animal thought Sinbad. - Sensing a man, he got scared and ran away. But how did he get into the cave?

Sinbad rushed after the beast and soon saw a light in the distance, which became brighter the closer Sinbad Approached him. Soon Sinbad found himself in front of a large hole. Sinbad went out through the hole and found himself on the mountainside. Sea waves crashed with a roar at its foot.

It was joyful in Sinbad's soul, again he had hope for salvation.

“Ships pass by this place,” he thought. “Maybe some ship will pick me up. And even if I die here, it will be better than dying in this cave full of the dead.”

Sinbad sat for a while on a stone at the entrance to the cave, enjoying the fresh morning air. He began to think about his return to Baghdad, to friends and acquaintances, and he became sad that he would return to them ruined, without a single dirham. And suddenly he slapped his forehead with his hand and said loudly:

“I am sad that I will return to Baghdad as a beggar, and not far from me are such riches that are not in the treasuries of the Persian kings!” The cave is full of the dead, men and women who have been lowered into it for many hundreds of years. And with them, their best jewels are lowered into the grave. These jewels will disappear in the cave without any use. If I take some of them for myself, no one will suffer from this.

Sinbad immediately returned to the cave and began to collect rings, necklaces, earrings and bracelets scattered on the ground. He tied it all up in his cloak and carried the bundle of jewels out of the cave. He spent several days on the seashore, eating grass, fruits, roots and berries, which he gathered in the forest on the mountainside, and from morning to evening he looked at the sea. Finally, he saw in the distance, on the waves, a ship that was heading towards him.

In an instant, Sinbad tore off his shirt, tied it to a thick stick and began to run along the shore, waving it in the air. The sentinel, sitting on the mast of the ship, noticed his signs, and the captain ordered the ship to be stopped not far from the coast. Without waiting for a boat to be sent for him, Sinbad threw himself into the water and reached the ship in a few strokes. A minute later he was already standing on deck, surrounded by sailors, and told his story. From the sailors he learned that their ship was going from India to Basra. The captain willingly agreed to take Sinbad to this city and took from him in payment only one precious stone, though the largest.

A month later, the ship safely reached Basra. From there, Sinbad the Sailor went to Baghdad. He put the jewels he had brought with him into the pantry and lived again in his house, happy and joyful.

Thus ended the fourth journey of Sinbad.

Sinbad the Sailor set off on a new trading voyage. Having seen many foreign cities and countries, he landed with a ship to beautiful island. Travelers scattered across it. Sinbad, having had a good dinner, fell asleep on the grass, and when he woke up, he saw that his ship had sailed away. Companions forgot about him!

Weeping bitterly, he wandered deep into the island. After several days of wandering, Sinbad suddenly saw a shining white dome in the distance. He thought that this was probably the vault of the local king's palace and joyfully ran to him. But it was not a palace that appeared before him, but a white ball - so huge that its top could not be seen from the ground.

Sinbad. Cartoon

Suddenly the sun was obscured by the shadow of a flying giant bird. Sinbad remembered the stories he had heard earlier about the Roc bird, which is so big that it feeds its chicks with elephants. He understood that she was flying here.

The bird landed on the egg, covered it with its wings and fell asleep without noticing the sailor. Sinbad had an idea to cling to the leg of a bird, in comparison with which he looked like an ant, and fly away on it from this island.

Unwinding the turban, he tied it to the leg of the sleeping monster. The bird didn't feel it. In the morning, Rukh woke up and flew high into the air. Sinbad, dying from fear, flew on her leg. Having flown a large space over the sea, the bird sank to the ground. Sinbad quickly jumped off her. Rukh grabbed something large from the ground and flew away. Sinbad saw that she was carrying in her claws a huge snake - longer and thicker than the largest palm tree.

The bird swept over his large desert valley, surrounded by mountains so high that no one could climb them. There was no water, no trees. However, when the sun rose higher, Sinbad noticed that the whole earth sparkles around, because diamonds are strewn all over it!

But there was a hiss everywhere. Huge snakes crawled out from all sides, capable of swallowing an elephant whole. Sinbad was waiting for an imminent death, but next to him pieces of meat suddenly began to fall from the rocks. The sailor remembered that he had heard in Baghdad a story about a diamond valley and that the inhabitants of the surrounding mountains, who could not go down there on their own, came up with a cunning way to mine gems. Sinbad was told that they threw large pieces of meat into the valley. Eagles and hawks follow them. Grabbing the meat, these birds carry away the diamonds stuck to it, and then people on the tops of the mountains drive the eagles away from the food and tear off the jewelry from it.

Sinbad flies on Roc. Hungarian stamp

Grabbing several large diamonds, Sinbad lay down on the ground and tied a large piece of meat to himself with a turban. An eagle descended, grabbed a piece and carried it along with Sinbad to the top of the mountain. When the eagle sat there, a knock and a roar were heard nearby. The eagle flew away, leaving its prey, and a man ran up to Sinbad.

It was a gem dealer. For a few diamonds, picked up by Sinbad at the bottom of the valley, the merchant happily agreed to take him to the caravan to himself and his comrades. They traveled for a long time through the steppes, deserts and mountains - and finally reached Baghdad. Sinbad sold his remaining diamonds here and returned to his merchant activities.

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Arabic folk tale

First trip

Long ago, in the city of Baghdad, there lived a wealthy merchant whose name was Sinbad. He had a lot of goods, money and ships that sailed all the seas. The captains of the ships, returning from travels, told Sinbad amazing stories about foreign lands. Sinbad has long wanted to see everything with his own eyes. And finally, having bought the goods, he decided to go on a journey.

For a long time the ship sailed from sea to sea and from land to land. And then one day, when they had not seen the land for many days and nights, a coast appeared on the horizon, to which the ship headed. Travelers descended to the ground to rest: some made a fire and began to cook food, others washed clothes in wooden troughs, and others just walked around. And suddenly there was a cry from the captain:

Save yourself! Quickly to the ship. This is not an island, but a huge fish!

Indeed, it was a fish; it was covered with sand, trees grew on it, and it became like an island.

Not everyone managed to get on the ship: the fish dived to the bottom, and many drowned.

Sinbad also did not have time to run to the ship. He climbed onto a large wooden trough, and the waves began to toss him in all directions.

All night Sinbad fought the storm, and in the morning he saw that he was washed ashore. Climbing on it, Sinbad found a beautiful green lawn, in the middle of which a horse grazes, the most beautiful of which he has not seen. The groom came running and explained that it was the horse of King al-Mihrjan.

The king treated Sinbad kindly, they became friends and talked more than once about distant lands and amazing lands. But often Sinbad was sad, as he yearned for his homeland, for Baghdad.

And then one day a ship from Baghdad arrived in the city. It was the same ship on which Sinbad once set off to travel. At first, the captain did not recognize the merchant: he believed that he had drowned. But when Sinbad told him in detail about what had happened since the departure from Baghdad, the captain believed. Everyone was very glad that the merchant survived. And soon the ship set off on its return journey, and Sinbad was on board.

Second trip

During the first trip, Sinbad endured so many misfortunes and troubles that he decided not to leave Baghdad anymore. But time passed, and Sinbad wanted to see the world. Again he bought goods, chose a strong ship and set off.

Sinbad saw many islands, cities and countries, and finally his ship landed on an unknown beautiful island, where transparent streams flowed and dense trees hung with heavy fruits grew.

Sinbad and his companions scattered around the island. Soon the merchant found a shady place, sat down to rest under a thick apple tree and fell asleep.

When he woke up, the sun was already low. Jumping to his feet, Sinbad ran to the sea, but the ship was gone: he swam away.

Until the very night, Sinbad stood in anguish on the shore and looked to see if the ship was sailing in the distance. But it was all in vain.

The next day, encouraging himself, he said:

What's the use of sitting and mourning! Nobody can save me if I don't save myself!

And Sinbad went in search of people.

Several days have passed. And then one day he saw in the distance a large white dome, which dazzlingly sparkled in the sun. At first he thought it was the roof of the palace where the king lives.

But coming closer and carefully examining everything, Sinbad realized that this was a huge egg of the Rukhh bird, stories about which he had heard from the captain. And soon the bird itself flew in. “I found a way to escape,” thought the merchant.

When the bird fell asleep, he tied himself to her leg, and in the morning, not noticing anything, the bird Ruhh, together with Sinbad, soared up. For a long time she flew over the seas and lands, and Sinbad hung, tied to her leg, and was afraid to look down.

Finally, the Rukhh bird began to descend, sat on the ground, and Sinbad, trembling with fear, quickly got rid of it. Soon, grabbing something long and thick (it was a snake), the bird flew away.

After resting a little, Sinbad looked around: he found himself in a deep and wide valley; around the wall stood high mountains, resting their peaks against the clouds. The traveler realized that there was no way out of this valley.

"I got rid of one trouble and got into another, even worse," he thought bitterly.

Not knowing what to do, he began to wander sadly through the valley.

Suddenly the sun appeared, and everything around shone, shone with blue, red, yellow lights. These were precious stones - diamonds. And then a hiss was heard: huge snakes crawled out from under the stones to bask in the sun.

Sinbad trembled with horror and wanted to run, but there was nowhere to run. And suddenly a large piece of meat fell right in front of him, then another. Then Sinbad realized where he was and what kind of valley it was.

Long ago in Baghdad, he heard a story from a traveler about the valley of diamonds.

“This valley,” he was told, “is located in a very distant country, between mountains, and no one can get there. But the merchants who trade in diamonds came up with a trick. They throw the meat into the valley, the diamonds stick to it, and at noon the birds of prey seize it and fly up the mountain. Then the merchants shout the birds away from the meat and collect the adhering diamonds.

Remembering this story, Sinbad was delighted, because he understood how he could be saved again. He stuffed his pockets with diamonds, became attached to a piece of meat, and soon a mountain eagle took him up the mountain. And there the merchant was already waiting for his diamonds on a piece of meat. He was incredibly surprised to see Sinbad - barefoot, covered in blood and dust.

Sinbad told his story and asked for help to return to Baghdad, promising to pay in diamonds.

And soon he reached his native city.

Thus ended the second journey of Sinbad.

Sinbad managed to escape only by a miracle, but the ship with his goods sailed away. But the brave navigator did not lose heart, but managed to get to the land, where he was received by the ruler and became his friend. True, he did not forget about his homeland and dreamed of returning.

But returning to hometown, Sinbad again soon zasobiralsya for adventure in distant lands. He survived many dangerous encounters, fought with pirates and cleavers, turned into various animals and birds, obtained countless treasures and lost all his property.

Conclusion (my opinion)

The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.

Sinbad travels for the seventh time. He is traveling from Baghdad to Basra. His ship reached China. But, when Sndbad almost swam to the shore, his ship was blown away by the wind, and a storm began at sea. Then the captain of the ship began to cry, he said that they were carried by the wind to the last of all seas. Then he took a bag out of his pocket and took out "the ashes of all sorrows." After that, the captain also took out a little book and said that it says that the one who gets to the ends of the earth will surely die. Here from the sea appeared big fish followed by another, and then another. They all surrounded the ship, but suddenly the wind carried the ship to the rock and broke it. Everyone died except Sinbad.

For two days he sailed on the sea, clinging to the board. He scolded himself very much for the fact that once again he went on a trip. The current carried him to the shore, on which he made new boat. for two days he swam without food. On the third day, Sndbad was carried by the current to the mountain, swimming under which, he saw a wonderful land. But the current carried him down the mountain into the gorge. Having overcome the waterfall, he again found himself in the valley, in the middle of which was the city. The inhabitants of this city pulled Sinbad out of the water with nets. He got to the palace to the sheikh and came for three days

there in yourself. On the fourth day, the king led Sinbad to sell boards from the boat. The sandal from which it was made was highly valued in those places. Snndbad sold the boat to the king himself. After some time, the sheikh invited him to marry his beautiful daughter.

The wedding took place. When the sheikh died, Sinbad began to rule wonderful country. He and his wife loved each other. Then he noticed that all the men in his country, when a month is born in the sky, change their appearance: they have wings. Once he begged one of his subjects to take him with him. They rose high into the sky, and the new sheikh heard the angels singing. Then fire appeared in the sky, and Sinbad fell to the foot high mountain and started crying. Then young men appeared next to him, who said that they were the slaves of Allah, and gave Sinbad a golden cane. She took him to strange world, where under his feet he saw a large snake that held a man in its mouth. Sinbad hit the ground with his cane, and the snake released its prey.

Then Sinbad nevertheless rose to the sky, and then returned home: The wife wanted them to leave the country. They came to the homeland of Sinbad. It turned out that he had not been home for thirty years, although he thought that only three years. After so many wanderings, Sinbad the Sailor deserved happiness. They lived happily ever after with their wife. I really liked The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor. It is very interesting and exciting.