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m.” ‘‘No,” said the boy, “when it grows up I rid 
Up got the father and slapped his son behind the ear. Now the 
man had on his finger a ring, which struck the bone, so the boy 
‘died. The father cried out, and the Governor i 
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you must present yourself at the Court.’”’ The father attended on 
the day appointed, and was sentenced to be beheaded. After the 
execution, the body was borne out and buried—but I was not pre- 
sent at the funeral. 
IV. THE APE AND HIS INSTRUCTOR. 
owner of the shop and said to him, ‘Oh Soand So, we went to mA 
have placed a monkey in your shop. h 
shop can take sey than he likes, without the monkey being alle 
to stop him.” The owner said, “I have taught him, and he won 
1 Riyal the Austrian dollar, coined specially for the Arabs. Its present 
‘value is said to be Re. 1-8. 
2 Rafl or rifl is roughly a pound of 12 oz. 
