The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . nsequence ofthis conduct.—At this the King was troubled, and his countenancechanged ; and he said, Who is he whom thou regardest as mine enemy,and to whom I shew kindness ? He replied, O King, if thou hastbeen asleep, awake ! I allude to the sage Dooban.—The King said,He is my intimate companion, and the dearest of men in my estima-tion ; for he restored me by a thing that I merely held in my hand,and cured me of my disease which the physicians were unable toremove, and there is not now to
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . nsequence ofthis conduct.—At this the King was troubled, and his countenancechanged ; and he said, Who is he whom thou regardest as mine enemy,and to whom I shew kindness ? He replied, O King, if thou hastbeen asleep, awake ! I allude to the sage Dooban.—The King said,He is my intimate companion, and the dearest of men in my estima-tion ; for he restored me by a thing that I merely held in my hand,and cured me of my disease which the physicians were unable toremove, and there is not now to be found one like to him in the wholeworld, from west to east. Wherefore, then, dost thou utter thesewords against him ? I will, from this day, appoint him a regularsalary and maintenance, and give him every month a thousand piecesof gold ; and if I gave him a share of my kingdom it were but asmall thing to do unto him. I do not think that thou hast said thisfrom any other motive than that of envy. If I did what thou desirest,I should repent after it, as the man repented who killed his THE STORY OF THE HUSBAND AND THE PARROT. Therk was a certain merchant, of an excessively jealous disposition,having a wife endowed with perfect beauty, who had prevented himfrom leaving his home; but an event happened which obliged him tomake a journey ; and when he found his doing so to be indispen-sable, he went to the market in which birds were sold, and boughta parrot, which he placed in his house to act as a spy, that, on hisreturn, she might inform him of what passed during his absence; for 80 THE STORY OE THE HUSBAND AND THE PARROT. this parrot was cunning and intelligent, and remembered whatever So, when he had made his journey, and accomplished hisbusiness, he returned, and caused the parrot to be brought to him, andasked her respecting the conduct of his wife. She answered, Thy wifehas a lover, who visited her every night during thy absence:—andwhen the man
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