Alternate endings to the Scheherazade/Arabian Nights story. All vignettes, 3-20 lines.

Scheherazade – Alternate Endings

Scheherazade and the 997 Arabian nights ...

and the worst-ever case of Writer's Block.

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King Shahryar: "Marry me, Scheherazade!"

Scheherazade: "Get away from me, you sick freak. Daddy has found me, our army is at your gates, and he's taking me home."

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King Shahryar: "I see the rocks are already loaded. Get Scheherazade in the sack, and send her down the chute."

Scheherazade sputters to the surface. "Good knife-work, if I do say so myself."

"Thanks!"

Scheherazade: "You could have told me you can't swim, my darling Jasmine."

* Smooch! *

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King Shahryar: "Scheherazade! It's obvious that you have the figure of an houri, but now I see that you are hung ...". While waving his hand ...

Scheherazade: "Yes, yes, Sire, I get that a lot."

King Shahryar: "How is it that my eunuchs and guards have never reported ... your 'circumstance'?"

Scheherazade: "Because, my tall, dark, and handsome King, they all like it as much as you do.