The Three Princes of Serendip course, there is a happy ending. The fairy tale "The Three Princes of Serendip" is based upon the life of Persian King Bahram V, who ruled the Sassanid Empire (420–440). Stories of his rule are told in epic poetry of the region (Firdausi's "Shahnameh" of 1010, Nizami's "Haft Paykar" of 1197, Khusrau's Hasht Bihisht of 1302), parts of which are based upon historical facts with embellishments derived from folklore going back hundreds of years to oral traditions in India and "The Book of One Thousand and One Nights". With the exception of the well-known camel story, English translations are very
Walpole, Massachusetts in the Revolution works on Dorchester Heights, which forced Gen. Howe to evacuate Boston on March 17. The men were on duty as late as the following June, and were stationed in Hull during the summer and fall. On April 5, 1776, Gen. Washington passed through Walpole on his way to New York. The story goes that Washington passed through present-day Lincoln Road, stopped at the Smith household where Zilpha Smith gave Washington a drink of water from a gourd. On May 10, 1776, Walpole voted unanimously "that, if the Honble Continental Congress should declare these Colonies Independant of ye Kingdom of Great