The author writes paragraphs 1 through 7 with a pace, using urgent questions and actions to set a mood of . "It had arrived one bracing November night, the moment Fionnuala had yearned for, yet postponed repeatedly until there were no more chances to forestall her decision. How could she leave until she could breathe a sigh of relief about her brother Eamon? How could she remain as long as Brendan waited for her, with dwindling patience, thousands of miles away?
Fionnuala’s mother spoke in the low, encouraging voice, a voice she had often used to soothe a skittish calf or colt on the farm. Yet even the soft glow of the fireside couldn’t disguise Mam’s tense expression.
“He’s here,” she said.
Padraig Slattery’s rickety heap of a cart had pulled up to the door of the cottage, and Fionnuala heard the restless snorting of the horse.
“Mam, you know I don’t feel right leaving you until Eamon is well and truly home.”
“Didn’t you see his handwriting on the envelope this very hour?” said Mam. “Eamon is homeward bound, never more to stray, so you must seize the hour and begin your own journey while there’s time. Your loyal Brendan and the offer of employment can’t wait forever.” Mam’s tone was playful, yet her eyes seemed devoid of cheer.
“Come now, Fionnuala, “ she said, affecting a smile, “America is waiting.”

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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.

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