Arabic-L:GEN:Needs "Once upon a time" story

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Date: 08 May 2009
From:Haroon Shirwani <arabictutor at hotmail.com>
Subject:Needs "Once upon a time" story

I wonder if members of the list can help with this. I am looking for a  
really good story or other short passage that can be recited to a  
group of non-Arabists as an example of Arabic literature. In our high  
school , as part of the end of year proceedings, the top students in  
the graduating class each perform a text of their choice based on a  
theme. This year's theme is "Once upon a time". One of them happens to  
study Arabic and would like to do something in Arabic. This would be  
the first time that Arabic has been represented like this, so I am  
quite keen to pick a text that would be a hit, not too hard to  
memorise (3 minutes, maximum) and which the audience would be able to  
appreciate in translation.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

Best wishes,
Haroon

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