Week Four Reading Diary: Tales of a Parrot

The Tooti Nameh or Tales of a Parrot, by Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi (1801).

• The female seems a bit crazy, like she has anger issues. When the parrot told her cheating was bad she just killed it with no thought
• This parrot is very clever telling his first story like that of what reality could soon be looking like
• the next story is of men fighting over a woman and then the woman disappearing and none of the men getting what they want
• Next is of giving your livelihood for someone "lesser" than you
• The next is about saying your kids even if you have to be decitful to others
• The next is about a cheating wife catching her husband trying to cheat and making him out to be the bad guy
• The next is about playing your card right to keep your job then going away and not telling your replacement how to do the job properly
• the next story is of a frog who asks for help from the wrong person and has to run away to save his own life
• The mistress complains that the parrot is keeping her from her lover with all his stories but everynight she wants to hear more
• the next story tells how if you do not listen to your friends you will end up lonely
• The final story tells of more women cheating on their husbands this one she finds someone to be her replacement and the replacement gets beaten for not speaking to the husband while trying to conceal her identity

The elephant from The King of Kinoje and his Daughter