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Anonymous

"Moorish Literature"

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She said to the son of the King, "Go hide inside the horse." He hid there.
The next day the griffin took away the carcass of the horse, and the young
girl departed also. When they arrived at the house of our Lord Salomon, the
latter said to the griffin, "I told you that the young girl and the young
man should be united."
Full of shame the griffin immediately fled and took refuge in an island.

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ADVENTURE OF SIDI MAHOMET

One day Mouley Mahomet summoned Sidi Adjille to come to Morocco, or he
would put him in prison. The saint refused to go to the city until the
prince had sent him his chaplit and his "dalil" as pledges of safety. Then
he started on the way and arrived at Morocco, where he neither ate nor
drank until three days had passed. The Sultan said to him:
"What do you want at my palace? I will give it to you, whatever it may be."
Sidi Adjille answered, "I ask of you only one thing, that is, to fill with
wheat the feed-bag of my mule."
The prince called the guardian, and said to him, "Fill the feed-bag of his
mule.


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