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Her sister said, "Do you finish for us thy story if thou be not

sleepy," and she resumed:-It hath reached me, O auspicious King

and mighty Monarch, that King Yunan said to his Minister, "O

Wazir, thou art one whom the evil spirit of envy hath possessed

because of this physician, and thou plottest for my putting him

to death, after which I should repent me full sorely, even as

repented King Sindibad for killing his falcon." Quoth the Wazir,

Pardon me, O King of the age, how was that?" So the King began

the story of

King Sindibad and his Falcon.