1001 Nights

Taymour accidentally knocks an egg out of a bird's nest and decides to care for it. When he does, he gets a big surprise. Later, Nadeem witnesses a crime at the fair and sees that the wrong person gets blamed. Since he wasn't supposed to be there, he can't tell anyone or he'll get in trouble.

A grouchy old man inherits a pair of smelly shoes. No matter how hard he tries, he is unable to get rid of them. Then, Mujab and Sameer pretend to be lawmen in order to land jobs as sheriffs in a small town. What they don't realize is that they have to arrest the most vicious bandit in the territory.

When Shahryar can't sleep, Shahrzad tells a series of stories within stories that become fascinatingly intertwined. In another episode, Ahn-Ming climbs to the other side of the forbidden wall to learn that everything he's been taught about his evil neighbors is wrong.

Two servants accidentally break a jewel from the king's crown. In order to avoid getting caught, they must find another one at the top of Asir Mountain. In another tale, dissatisfied with his life, Harif trades places with a genie, only to discover that his boring life wasn't so bad after all.

A silly rumor spreads like wildfire through two communities, causing them to go to war with each other. Later, Shahrzad tells a set of three shorts about two artists who compete for the same customers, a thirsty bird who struggles to drink the water at the bottom of a bottle, and two kids who accidentally release a mischievous genie.

Three witnesses to a crime each give different accounts about what really happened. Then, a young pickpocket learns that there is no honor among thieves.

When a young boy gets away with cheating, he decides that crime really does pay. Later, a wedding goes horribly wrong when the groom appears to have uncontrollable flatulence.

A king learns what happens when he's out of touch with his people. In another tale, people in a small community see a spoon for the first time and begin to fight over it.

A king tries to execute his prisoners but no matter what he does, he is unable to kill them. In another tale, Sinbad is off once more on a hilarious adventure. This time he battles the dread pirate Santiago for a mysterious black diamond that possesses strange powers.

A man complains his life would have been better if he'd been given his neighbor's's lucky breaks. When he gets the chance to go back in time and change things, however, he realizes it's not as easy as he imagined. Later, a con man lies his way into a job as a Schoolmaster and learns an unexpected lesson about the value of integrity.

When their wagon breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Shahryar, Shahrzad, Shahzaman, and Donyazad are forced to spend the night in a haunted palace. Later, a baby genie and a human genie are switched at birth.

A second set of shorts about a cat who befriends a bird, a genie-in-training, and a little pickpocket who finds kindness in others. In another tale, a simpleton rises to become the leader of a town without trying to.

When Sinbad destroys the Queen's fleet, he gets stripped of his rank and becomes homeless. Then, the story of how the book of 1001 Nights came to be.