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They sat down and had supper. The prince put in the stew some poison and
turned it to the Arab. The latter observed what he had done and said,
"Where did that bird come from?" When the King of the Jews raised his head
to look, the Arab turned the dish around, placing the poison side of it in
front of the King. He did not perceive the trick, and died on the spot. The
Arab went to the gate of the city and said to the inhabitants: "I am your
King. You are in my power. He who will not accept my religion, I will cut
off his head." They all embraced Islamism and practised fasting and prayer.
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THE LION, THE JACKAL, AND THE MAN
In times past, when the animals spoke, there existed, they say, a laborer
who owned a pair of oxen, with which he worked. It was his custom to start
out with them early in the morning, and in the evening he returned with one
ox. The next day he bought another and went to the fallow land, but the
lion came and took one ox from him and left him only one. He was in
despair, seeking someone to advise him, when he met the jackal and told him
what had taken place between him and the lion.
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