The Tale of King Yunan and the Sage Duban

This story was told from the old fisherman to the genie, the purpose of this story is to give the genie a lesson that we should appreciate a person who helps you. The fisherman is warning the genie that: if you still try to kill me after I release you from the jar, you might end up like the king who bites his hand that feeds him. Scheherazade here is teaching the king that it is unfair to punish someone who had not wronged him. The sage represents the women being killed by the king. The lesson is being taught as the king was killed by sage’s poisons because of his distrust.

The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot

The story was told from King Yunan to his vizier, to remind him that tragedy happens when we distrust someone and could not control our anger. We usually see truth when it is too late. Scheherazade is teaching the king a lesson that we need to calm down and control our anger, and sometimes things are not always what they appear: not all women are cunning and disloyal. The story is being taught with the ending that the husband feel regretful of killing the parrot.