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I ran across an oddity in the Haddawy translation. "The Merchant and the Genie" has three old men, each of whom tells a story. Now in Lang and the Mack Oxford version the tale of the third old man has disappeared and Scheherazade gives a lame excuse about not knowing it. Well, Haddawy follows suit.
In fact there is indeed a third story and it is in both Burton and Payne. It isn't all that outstanding as a story goes but if you want to read it, it is there. Since the Burton translation is free and easily available that would probably be the simplest way to access it.
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