If this is your only wish , so be it ; I will tell you . But I will do this on one condition only , namely , that when you have heard you will submit yourself to death . ' To this the prince agreed , and said : ' I set my foot firmly on this compact . ' The king then gave an order to an attendant ; a costly carpet overlaid with European velvet was placed near him , and a dog was led in by a golden and jewelled chain and set upon the splendid stuffs . A band of fair girls came in and stood round it in waiting . Then , with ill words , twelve negroes dragged in a lovely woman , fettered on hands and feet and meanly dressed , and they set her down on the bare floor . She was extraordinarily beautiful , and shamed the glorious sun . The king ordered a hundred stripes to be laid on her tender body ; she sighed a long sigh . Food was called for and table-cloths were spread . Delicate meats were set before the dog , and water given it in a royal cup of Chinese crystal . When it had eaten its fill , its leavings were placed before the lovely woman and she was made to eat of them . She wept and her tears were pearls ; she smiled and her lips shed roses . Pearls and flowers were gathered up and taken to the treasury . ` Now , ' said the king , ` you have seen these things and your purpose is fulfilled . ' ` Truly , ' said the prince , ' I have seen things which I have not understood ; what do they mean , and what is the story of them ? Tell me and kill me . ' Then said the king : ` The woman you see there in chains is my wife ; she is called Gul , the Rose , and I am Sinaubar , the Cypress . One day I was hunting and became very thirsty . After great search I discovered a well in a place so secret that neither bird nor beast nor man could find it without labour . I was alone , I took my turban for a rope and my cap for a bucket .
There was a good deal XXXXX water , but when I let down my rope , something caught it , and I could not in any way draw it back .
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