2-07 "Sindbad"

I decided to read "Sindbad" because when I picked up this book in the library, I got interested by that title as I thought I have heard that name before. I knew the name "Sindbad" but I didn't even know if it was a man or woman, or even a person or a thing. However, since there was a picture of a man with turban on its cover, I could guess Sindbad was a man.

Sindbad is a young man who lives in Baghdad. The story starts off with the death of his father. He left lots of money for his son so Sindbad becomes rich. But Sindbad uses it all soon and is in debts to many people. Therefore, he decides to go sail and earn money. He goes sailing to different countries many times in the book. And it's about those adventures searching for money and treasures all over the world.

First, Sindbad arrives in an island. There, he finds lot of jewls. But it was a snare of huge snakes. He was almost eaten by snakes but survived and goes back to his home. He paid all the debts by the jewels. Some time later, he wants to go sailing again. For the second time, he arrived in an island where cannibals live in. He is caught by them and his sailors were eaten by cannibals. But Sindbad could escape from the cage and ran to another country. He met a daughter of the king of the country. He liked her and married her. But she died for illness a year later. In the country, husbands have to be buried with their wives even if they were still alive. So Sindbad was in the grave alive with his dead wife and lots of treasures. He dug a hole and escape from the grave.

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