Choosing
the powder, he was changed into a stork, and was kept in the palace
gardens.
Caliph Charid and the Princess were married; and when their children
grew old enough, the Caliph often amused them with imitations of
the Grand Vizier when he was a stork,--while Mansor sat smiling and
pulling his long beard.
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PERSEVERE AND PROSPER
ADAPTED BY A. R. MONTALBA
"He that seeketh, shall find, and to him that knocketh shall be
opened," says an old Arab proverb.
"I will try that," said a youth one day. To carry out his intention he
journeyed to Bagdad, where he presented himself before the Vizier.
"Lord!" said he, "for many years I have lived a quiet and solitary
life, the monotony of which wearies me. I have never permitted myself
earnestly to will any thing. But as my teacher daily repeated to
me, 'He that seeketh shall find, and to him that knocketh shall be
opened,' so have I now come to the resolution with might and heart to
will, and the resolution of my will is nothing less than to have the
Caliph's daughter for my wife."
The Vizier thought the poor man was mad, and told him to call again
some other time.
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