Beautiful Saffron Flowers by Xtendo
Fayiz and the Peri Wife: One day a married man was approached by a beautiful goddess. She loved him just as much as he loved her. She was a Peri, and they were to be married. She made him promise to her that he would never tell anyone who she was or she would leave him. He promised and they had sons. Again she made him promise to tell no one about the sons. But then he grew homesick of his original family, and so he left with permission. He swore not to tell, but when his wife begged him and threatened suicide, he caved in and told her everything. The voice of the Peri wife was heard and she condemned him. He left the family and spent the rest of his life longing for his Peri bride.
The Hemp-Smoker's Dream: One day a man smoked hemp and then went to be groomed. When he saw himself, he thought he was so handsome that he deserved the Chinese princess. So he set off to get her. Along the way, some more men joined his little troop in the quest for the girl. The King decided that the men had to do a series of challenges before he would give them his daughter. When they completed them all, they rode away back to their country with her. But all the way there they fought for her. Then the man sobered up and found himself in the barbers chair.
The Story of the Wolf-Bride: There was once a man who had a cursed son (he was to be eaten by a wolf). So the man decided to lock his son up. When it was time for the boy to be married, the dad brought his cousin to marry him, but she turned into a wolf. The girl tore him to pieces, and then turned back into herself. When people came to check on them, they asked what happened and she explained.
The Man Who Went to Wake His Luck: There were two brothers who were one rich and one poor. The poor one came to his brothers house to see someone tending to the horses. He asked who the man was and he replied that he was Luck. The poor man asked where his was, but he had to go find him sleeping in a cave. On his way, many asked him to ask Luck questions of their bad luck. He found Luck, and Luck answered all of the questions. Then instead of marrying the queen or taking some of the farmers gold, he went to the wolf to tell him that he must eat a man, so the wolf ate him.
Tortoise Bowl-On-The-Back and the Fox: When a tortoise was sowing seed, a fox would come by and say "God give you strength" but when crop came, the fox wanted some for himself. So the two decided to race for ownership. The tortoise told his brother to hide out and claim that he was the winner, that the fox would tell no difference between them. The plan worked and the fox hung his head in greedy shame.
The Shepherd Who Found a Treasure: This was a strange story of how two shepherds were at work, but one was sleeping. The other saw a fly come out of his nose and land on a rock. Then the awake shepherd woke up the sleeping one and told him that he could have his pay if he listened to his dream. So he made up a crazy dream until the other went to go to work. Meanwhile, the one who was awake the whole time saw that under the rock that the fly landed on what gems. He lost his wages, but had enough money through the gems to stop working.
The Merchant and the Saffron: One day. a wealthy merchant bought a whole bunch of saffron with jewels and dumped it on the ground. Then he unfortunately went bankrupt and became a really poor man. One day, he was wandering around when he came across the man who sold him the saffron. He allowed him to come and be a shepherd basically. After a few years, the man's luck came back, and the saffron man gave him some money to purchase goods to sell. He oversold everything and continued business until he was a well-off man yet again.
Shah Abbas and the Poor Mother: When a king went to the town dressed as a beggar, he saw a family who was starving. He shared his ash soup with them and gave them a ring to give to a baker for bread. The baker accused her of stealing the ring, and she had her ears cut off. Then when the king came back and saw how there were now, he decided to take them to the palace. He told the people to apply salve to heal her ears, but he still felt bad. So he went to the baker and showed him the matching ring, to which the baker and the punisher of the woman were stripped of their wealth and it was given to the little family.
The Apparition of the Prophet Khizr: When a very poor man was desperate for money, he went to the palace and told the prince that he would take him to the man he wanted if he was paid first. The prince agreed but said if he didn't, then he would die. So the day came that the poor man was to die, and he had to explain to his wife that he did it so that she may live comfortably. When he went to the king to die, the king asked his men what should be done. Three described harsh deaths, but one said to give him a village and money. He claimed that his doing had to be the Khizr. And so the other three men were fired, and the fourth was kept for his generosity while the poor man and his wife lived happily.
The Story of the Baker and the Grateful Fish: One day a baker who was kind to fish, was given a job by a man who tried to kill him. The baker was saved by a bird just in time, and put him into a sort of inescapable place. His master told him to throw all of the jewels around him up so that he could take them, only to leave him to die. He decided it would be better to die by being eaten by fish rather than vultures, so he jumped in to the water. The fish that he fed saved him, and the baker was able to trick the past servant into death just the way he was murdering others.
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