Seeing her he said, "How has this
woman deserved to be hanged in this way?"
"Take pity on me," said Thadhellala; "give me your mule and I will show you
a treasure." She sent him to a certain place where the pretended treasure
was supposed to be hidden. At this the brother-in-law of Thadhellala had
arrived.
"Take away this mule," she said to him. The searcher for treasures dug in
the earth at many places and found nothing. He came back to Thadhellala and
demanded his mule.
She began to weep and cry. The sentinel ran up, and Thadhellala brought
complaint against this man. She was released, and he was hanged in her
place.
She fled to a far city, of which the Sultan had just then died. Now,
according to the custom of that country, they took as king the person who
happened to be at the gates of the city when the King died. Fate took
Thadhellala there at the right time. They conducted her to the palace, and
she was proclaimed Queen.
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THE GOOD MAN AND THE BAD ONE
Two men, one good and the other bad, started out together to do business,
and took provisions with them.
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