Notable Characters
- The king
- The king’s son
- The king’s vizier
- The she-ghoul
Plot Summary
The king’s son, the prince, loved hunting. One day, he was on a hunting trip, and they came across a beast. The king’s vizier encouraged the prince to chase after the beast, and he found himself alone in the woods with a girl.
He followed the girl until he realized that she was actually a she-ghoul who was luring him into a trap to feed her family. When he escaped and returned to the palace, he told his father the king that the vizier had encouraged him to go off on his own into danger. The king had his vizier killed for endangering his son.
The World of the Arabian Nights 