Theme of the lazy
boy

In the early 1900s, a missionary named Reverend Sidney Endle wrote about the Kachari people, who live in the Assam region of India. In his book, he translated several of their spoken folktales, including the following story about a boy who tries to plant seeds after everyone else has finished. As you read, take notes on how the moral, or lesson, develops throughout the story.

Explanation:

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.