Reading Notes: Voyages of Sindbad Part B

 

(Illustration by H.J. Ford)

    Well, he didn't die. I guess that makes sense if he's the one telling the story. At least he eventually learned his lesson and lost the urge for adventure. For these notes I focused on Sindbad's final voyage.

Plot

    Sindbad gets called in by the Caliph and told that he needs to deliver some gifts to the king he met from his last voyage. Sindbad tries to refuse but can't. He travels to the Serendib without any hiccups. The king keeps him there for a bit, but he eventually sends him back home. Sindbad travels for four days without issue. On the fifth day, his ship is attacked by pirates. He is captured and sold off as a slave.
    His slave master charges him with killing elephants with a bow and arrow for their ivory. Sindbad is successful. Each day he climbs into a tree and kills and buries an elephant as they pass by. One day, the elephants don't pass by. They surround Sindbad's tree and uproot it. Sindbad is placed on the back of one of the elephant's and carried to an elephant graveyard. The elephant', realizing he only wanted their tusks for ivory, bring him to a hill full of it so that he will stop killing them. 
    Sindbad brings his master to the hill and they load up on Ivory. In exchange for his success, Sindbad is granted his freedom and treasures. His master houses him until a trade ship arrives and Sindbad boards and leaves. At the first port, Sindbad leaves and finishes the long journey on land. 
    He eventually arrives home in Bagdad. He returns to the Caliph and tells him about his journey. The Caliph had this journey and all six others recorded and Sindbad rested happily ever after.

Bibliography. Seventh and Last Voyage from The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang

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