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His brother replied: "The thing is easy. Prepare a feast and invite your
friend the Jew."
The next day the traveller prepared a feast and invited the Jew. During
this time the brother of the traveller ran to a neighboring mountain, where
he captured a monkey. During the night he entered the house of the Jew and
found a child in the cradle. He took the child away and put the monkey in
its place. When day had come the mother perceived the monkey tied in the
cradle. She called her husband with loud cries, and said to him:
"See how God has punished us for having stolen your friend's gold. Our
child is changed into a monkey. Give back the stolen property."
They immediately had the traveller summoned, and returned his gold to him.
The next night the child was taken back to the cradle and the monkey was
set free. As I can go no further, may God exterminate the jackal and pardon
all our sins!
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THE SHEIK'S HEAD
A man died, leaving a son. The child spent day and night with his mother.
The sheik chanted a prayer every morning and waked him up.
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