"
He said to them, "Tell me why you talk thus to me, or I will cut off your
heads."
"As he only eats the flesh of birds, he takes advantage of you for his
food."
The King summoned Hamed and said to him, "You shall hunt for me, and I will
supply your food and your mother's, too." Every day Hamed brought game to
the prince, and the prince grew very proud of him.
The inhabitants of the city were jealous of him, and went to the Sultan and
said: "Hamed-ben-Ceggad is brave. He could bring you the tree of coral-wood
and the palm-tree of the wild beasts."
The King said to him, "If you are not afraid, bring me the tree of
coral-wood and the palm-tree of the wild beasts."
"It is well," said Hamed. And the next day he took away all the people of
the city. When he came to the tree, he killed all the wild beasts, cut down
the palm-tree, loaded it upon the shoulders of the people, and the Sultan
built a house of coral-wood.
Seeing how he succeeded in everything, they said to the King, "Since he
achieves all that he attempts, tell him to bring you the woman with the set
of silver ornaments.
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