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The eldest lady explains that the two dogs are her sisters and the other two ladies are her half-sisters. The three sisters were left a fortune when their parents died, but two of them made bad marriages, twice. The eldest lady takes them into her home. While travelling, she meets a prince whose entire city was turned into stone. They get married, but the two sisters throw them overboard in jealousy. The prince drowns, but the lady is saved by Allah and brought to shore. She saves a Jinniyah, trapped in the form of a serpent, from a dragon. The Jinniyah promptly sinks the ship and turns the two sisters into black dogs as a punishment. The eldest lady must whip them three hundred times every night, or she too will become a dog.

The Caliph then asks for The Second Lady's Tale.

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