In The Arabian Nights, Shahrazad tells her sister, "When I have gone into the King I will send for thee." Who does "I" identify?

At midnight Dunyazad says, "Allah upon thee, O my sister, recite to us some new story." In The Arabian Nights, who does "us" include?

Shahrazad opens each night's telling with the words "It hath reached me, O auspicious King." In The Arabian Nights, who is the King she addresses?

The Fisherman begins, "Know, O thou Ifrit, that in days of yore ... a King called Yunan reigned." Shahrazad is speaking these words. Who does "thou" point to?

The first old man tells the Jinni, "Know O Jinni! that this gazelle is the daughter of my paternal uncle." In The Arabian Nights, where is that gazelle?

The second old man says, "Know, O lord of the Kings of the Jann! that these two dogs are my brothers and I am the third." Who does "I" identify?

In The Arabian Nights, the third old man tells the Jinni, "this mule was my wife." The word "this" works because

Shahrazad says, "And what is this compared with that I could tell thee, the night to come, if I live and the King spare me?" When does "the night to come" fall?

King Shahryar swears that after the night with Shahrazad he will tell the Wazir "on the morrow's morning" to take her and slay her. When does that morning fall?

The merchant tells the Jinni, "I will come back to thee at the head of the new year." In The Arabian Nights, that year is counted from

The two envious brothers say, "Let us slay our brother and all his monies will be ours." In The Arabian Nights, who does "us" leave out?

Facing the Jinni's sword the merchant says, "Verily from Allah we proceeded and unto Allah are we returning." In The Arabian Nights, who does this "we" cover?

The third brother says, "These three thousand gold pieces are for me and for you to trade withal." In The Arabian Nights, who does "you" identify?

In The Arabian Nights, Shahrazad breaks off each tale at dawn, in the middle of the action. What does this add to the telling?

In The Arabian Nights, three old men each offer the Jinni a tale of their own in the garden. Why does the Jinni agree to listen?

In The Arabian Nights, the Fisherman tells the Ifrit the tale of the Wazir and the sage Duban. Who is telling the Fisherman's own story?

In The Arabian Nights, King Yunan tells his Wazir the tale of King Sindibad and his falcon. Why does he tell it?

The old man asks the merchant, "What is the cause of thy sitting in this place and thou alone?" In The Arabian Nights, where is "this place"?

"And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say." In The Arabian Nights, "the dawn of day" is fixed by which relationship?

In The Arabian Nights, the word "I" points to a different person each time the telling passes to a new teller.