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1001 Nights (Season 1: Episode 2) The Fable of the Ass, the Bull and the Husbandman
KNOW, my daughter, that there was once a merchant, master of riches and cattle, married and the father of children; to whom All&h had also given understanding of the tongues of beasts and birds. The place of this merchant’s house was in a fertile land on the bank of a river, and in his farm there were an ass and a bull. One day the bull came to the stable where the ass was lodged and found it well swept and watered, with well-winnowed barley in the manger and on the ground well-sifted straw, and the ass lying there at his ease. (For when his master mounted him it would only be for some short ride that chance demanded, and the ass would quickly return to his rest.) Now on that day the merchant heard the bull say to the ass: ‘Give you joy of your food, and may you find it healthy, profitable, and of a good digestion! I myself am weary; but you are rested. You eat well- winnowedbarley and are cared for; and if, on occasion, your master mounts you, he brings you quickly back. As f...
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