Ali seized the kettle and poured it on the stomach of
Ou Ali, who sprang up with a bound. Thus he got even for the trick of his
friend. The two friends divided the treasure then, and Ali went home.
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THE INFIDEL JEW
A man went on a journey. At the moment of departure he placed with a Jew,
his friend, a jar filled with gold. He covered the gold with butter and
said to the Jew: "I trust to your care this jar of butter, as I am going on
a journey." On his return he hastened to the house of his friend. "Give me
the jar of butter that I left with you," he said. The Jew gave it to him.
But the poor traveller found nothing but butter, for the Jew had taken the
gold. Nevertheless, he did not tell anybody of the misfortune that had
happened to him. But his countenance bore traces of a secret sorrow. His
brother perceived it, and said to him:
"What is the matter with you?"
"I intrusted a jar filled with gold to a Jew," he answered, "and he only
returned a jar of butter to me. I don't know what to do to recover my
property.
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