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A companion piece to ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (~~Literature~~)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', written by [[Diana Wynne Jones]]. The story centers on Abdullah, a moderately successful carpet merchant who daydreams of adventures and beautiful princesses. That is, until a stranger sells him a magic flying carpet and all his dreams begin coming true.

A companion piece to ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', written by [[Diana Wynne Jones]]. The story centers on Abdullah, a moderately successful carpet merchant who daydreams of adventures and beautiful princesses. That is, until a stranger sells him a magic flying carpet and all his dreams begin coming true.

Like ''Howl's Moving Castle'', the story lampshades, subverts and plays with various tropes related to the [[~~Arabian Nights (Literature)|~~Arabian Nights]].

Like ''Howl's Moving Castle'', the story lampshades, subverts and plays with various tropes related to the [[Arabian Nights]].

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=== The book provides examples of: ===

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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Pick a character, any character. Most importantly, {{spoiler|the djinn}} admits to having a hand in everything the main characters go through. {{spoiler|Naturally, he's in disguise for most of the important events.}}

* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Subverted. While the kidnapped princesses are being held captive, they do make several escape plans.

* [[Genie in A Bottle]]

* [[Genie in a Bottle]]

* {{spoiler|[[Harem Seeker]]}}: {{spoiler|One of the djinn.}}

* [[Jackass Genie]]: He grants only one wish a day and thinks up ways to ''specifically'' screw whoever makes the wish over. His justification is being stuffed in an old bottle makes him cranky. Toward the end, the genie is revealed {{spoiler|to be Howl, cursed to be a genie by the djinn}}.