Every evening, she narrates a narrative, leaving it unfinished and vowing to finish it the next night. The stories are so amusing, and the king is so anxious to hear the conclusion, that he delays her death from day to day, eventually abandoning his horrible plan. When she dies, the story ends. This novel has been translated into many languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Indonesian, Russian, Arabic, Japanese and many more. It has been widely read for its humor and its romance throughout history and today is still being read especially by students of university level courses on medieval literature. A story within a story, the narrator of the first part is called Scheherazade. She lives in a city named King's City (now known as Tehran) with her husband, Shahriyar, who is king of this city. They have two children: Bahamut, who is grown up and has blue eyes like his mother; and Zunaira, who is little and sickly. Things were going well for them until one day an evil prince named Aladdin discovers Princess Zumurrud, who is also beautiful, smart and kind. He falls in love with her at first sight and wants to marry her. But she loves Bahamut and will not leave him for anyone else. This makes Aladdin want revenge against both princesses.