Thursday, October 1, 2020

Week 6 Reading: Sinbad - The Sixth Voyage

 Sinbad the Sailor: The Sixth Voyage (Story Source)

  • Sinbad Travels overland to a distant Indian Port where he set sail with a captain looking to make a long voyage
  • Got caught in a big storm as well as a large current that was sweeping them away
  • Their ship got smashed against rocks but not before they got out
  • They found a cave covered in rubies and diamonds
  • Sinbad is the last one alive and decides to make a raft because he might as well die out there
  • He gets on a raft and is swiftly carried away by a river and is on the raft for many days and nights
  • Runs out of food
  • He falls asleep and wakes up on an island surrounded by friendly-looking black men
  • They are nice and one of them speaks Arabic
  • They fed him and listened to his story. Astonished they brought him to their King
  • He has a great time on Serendib (the island) but wants to leave so the King loads him up with gifts and sends him on his way

A movie cover for the 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Picture Source)

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