Fear: This story was somehow sweet, creepy, and silly all at once. I love the innocence and levelheadedness of the youth and that though going through so many situations unafraid, in the end a simple sparrow startled him.
The Wizard Dervish: This was a really odd story. I like the creativeness of the maiden, but the story is a bit nonsensical and non sequitur in nature. It would be interesting to have some back story to why the dervish married the boy to the maiden without informing the mother. I would also like to know why the maiden helped the youth.
The Fish-Peri: I found this story entertaining but odd. There were never consequences for the youth messing up though I kept expecting there to be. It really confused me. I was left questioning why this story was created. I did, however, find the idea of a newborn slapping a man extremely funny and ridiculous.
The newborn baby slapping the Padishah
The Crow-Peri: This story was entertaining and I appreciated that it had a moral to it. I had trouble finding any moral in the last story and honestly the story before that, so it was refreshing to have a more obvious moral again. I wonder if this was relieving only because I am so used to more western fairy tales which are riddled with morals and consequences.
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