Answer:
I'm pretty sure it's C 
Explanation: read the first sentence of the story
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The correct answer would be C. THis is because if it is written as (it's) it is a contraction for (it is).
 
        
             
        
        
        
Tricky question. Andrew Lang wrote Aribian nights in 1855, however the story originated from aribic in 1706... And the merchant and the genie was a story about Abou Hassan, first written in English by, John Payne.