Islammed the window as hard as i could. the awful rain had ruined everything! there it was—just pouring, pouring, and pouring like the rest of us had absolutely nothing to do with our afternoon. the rain flooded the sidewalks, trickled over the gutters, and gushed down the driveways. i peered out my bedroom window, shaking my head as the road teemed with rainwater, gurgling from house to house to house and finally toward the sewers.
when we'd made our plans last week, saturday afternoon had seemed like the perfect time. in fact, it had seemed like the perfect time until about half an hour ago when the skies broke open, releasing torrents of water all over washingtonville. it was just maddening! we'd planned everything right down to the final detail—and then this had to go and happen!

if this story were to continue, what would the author most likely discuss in the next paragraph?
a.
what type of weather she likes the best
b.
what it is like to live in washingtonville
c.
what kinds of houses are on her street
d.
what plans have been ruined by the rain

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hi there!

one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.