Arabian Nights / Aesop's Fables (Companion Library) by Mamoru Funai

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Fourteen of the tales told by Scheherazade to enchant the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.

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librisissimo 2,401 reviews

The translated or retold stories are straight-forward, but the editor often chose to use English proverbs as his "Applications", some of which were not particularly applicable; it seems redundant to use an idiomatic phrase to explain a fable.
(See review & comments to other editions of the Fables.)

Apr 24, 2009 (Edited)