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(thou) blind man, seest thou not my ear ? The boy (has) cut off my ear 

 21. The man said : Oh child ! what for (hast) thou cut off the ass's ear 9 

 The boy replied : Oh father ! (has) thy anger come ? 22. The man said • 

 "My anger (has) come." The boy sprung up (and) dag out his eyes. 

 The man died. 



III. 



1. (There) was a rich man. The rich man had three sons. In two 

 folds (there) were two thousand sheep. 2. One day he said : Go, son 

 (and) take knowledge of the flocks. The eldest son went (and) gathered 

 together the flocks, and put (gave) them into the folds. At night he slept 

 at the door. 3. The night was over (?) when two horsemen came, (and) 

 drove the flocks from the fold. That eldest son seized (one of the riders 

 who turned out to be) the king's daughter. 4. The girl said : Seize me not, 

 the flocks (are) mine. The eldest son replied : Mine. 5. The girl said ' 

 (Do) thou take me (to wife) ; I will not drive (away) the flocks. The 

 eldest son said: I will take thee (to wife). I will go before my father. 

 6. He went thence (and came) before his father. The father said : Child ! 

 What delay has occurred to thee ? 7. He said : The king's daughter 

 (would) not give me the flocks. The father said : What for did she not 

 give (them) ? 8. The king's daughter replied : If the rich man gives 

 me to his son (to wife), I will give up the flocks. 9. The father asked : 

 Wilt thou take the king's daughter ? The eldest son replied : I will not 

 take (her). 10. He asked the second son [lit. from middle-being son] : 

 Wilt thou take the king's daughter (to wife) ? That (one) replied : I will 

 not take her. 11. He asked the youngest [little] son. He replied : " I 

 will take her." The father said : (— ) We will go. 12. They went be- 

 fore the king. The king gave his daughter. 



13. People came to (make their) congratulations. " Well, King ! may 

 (she) be happy, may (she) be happy ! Thou hast been a good king. 

 (But) thou hast not possessed a coral tree [lit. a coral tree of thine has not 

 existed]." 14. He said : Who shall find this ? The men replied: Thy son- 

 in-law will find this. 15. His son-in-law became troubled. He said : I 

 will go before my wife [lit. my good allotment or portion].* (The king) 

 replied : Go. 16. Thence he went, and said : Oh wife ! the king (has) 

 said to me, Find a coral tree. Whence shall I find (it) ? 17. His wife 

 said : Grieve not. Draw on nine skins (as a) covering to thyself. Draw 

 on nine skins (as a) covering to thy horse. Mount the horse .... the 

 horse will take thee to the river bank ; strike thy horse forty (strokes of 



the) whip, the horse will plunge into the river 



[The remainder of the MS. has become undecipherable.] 



* A curious periphrasis to avoid saying "wife," 

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