Make some gruel of red millet , and give to it . ' But his wife stared and said : ` Oh , master , do you tell her to make the gazelle gruel out of red millet , which a horse would not eat ? Eh , master , that is not well . ' But he answered , ` Oh , you are mad ! Rice is only kept for people . ' ` Eh , master , this is not like a gazelle . It is the apple of your eye . If sand got into that , it would trouble you . ' ` My wife , your tongue is long , ' and he left the room . The old woman saw she had spoken vainly , and went back weeping to the gazelle . And when the gazelle saw her it said , ` Mother , what is it , and why do you cry ? If it be good , give me the answer ; and if it be bad , give me the answer . ' But still the old woman would not speak , and the gazelle prayed her to let it know the words of the master . At last she said : ' I went upstairs and found the mistress and the master sitting on a couch , and he asked me what I wanted , and I told him that you , his slave , were ill . And his wife asked what was the matter , and I told her that there was not a part of your body without pain . 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 XXXXX a few moments .
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