And the master told me to take some red millet and make you gruel , but the mistress said , ` Eh , master , the gazelle is the apple of your eye ; you have no child , this gazelle is like your child ; so this gazelle is not one to be done evil to . This is a gazelle in form , but not a gazelle in heart ; he is in all things better than a gentleman , be he who he may . ' And he answered her , ` Silly chatterer , your words are many . I know its price ; I bought it for an eighth . What loss will it be to me ? ' The gazelle kept silence for a few moments . Then it said , ` The elders said , `` One that does good like a mother , '' and I have done him good , and I have got this that the elders said . But go up again to the master , and tell him the gazelle is very ill , and it has not drunk the gruel of red millet . ' So the old woman returned , and found the master and the mistress drinking coffee . And when he heard what the gazelle had said , he cried : ` Hold your peace , old woman , and stay your feet and close your eyes , and stop your ears with wax ; and if the gazelle bids you come to me , say your legs are bent , and you can not walk ; and if it begs you to listen , say your ears are stopped with wax ; and if it wishes to talk , reply that your tongue has got a hook in it . ' The heart of the old woman wept as she heard such words , because she saw that when the gazelle first came to that town it was ready to sell its life to buy wealth for its master . Then it happened to get both life and wealth , but now it had no honour with its master . And tears sprung likewise to the eyes of the sultan 's wife , and she said , ' I am sorry for you , my husband , that you should deal so wickedly with that gazelle ' ; but he only answered , ` Old woman , pay no heed to the talk of the mistress : tell it to perish out of the way . I can not sleep , I can not eat , I can not drink , for the worry of that gazelle . Shall a creature that I bought for an eighth trouble me from morning till night ? Not so , old woman ! ' The old woman went downstairs , and there lay the gazelle , blood flowing from its nostrils . And she took it in her arms and said , ` My son , the good you did is lost ; there remains only patience . ' And it said , ` Mother , I shall die , for my soul is full of anger and bitterness . My face is ashamed , that I should have done good to my master , and that he should repay me with evil . '
It paused for a moment , and then went on , ` XXXXX , of the goods that are in this house , what do I eat ?
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