He who has fowls , let him take fowls ; he who has a goat , let him take a goat ; he who has rice , let him take rice . ' And the people did as he had said . Then they took the drum , and went to the tree where the boy lay sleeping . And they picked him up , and carried him away , with horns and clarionets and drums , with clappings of hands and shrieks of joy , straight to his father 's house . When his father heard the noise and saw the baskets made of green leaves , brimming over with dates , and his son borne high on the necks of slaves , his heart leaped , and he said to himself ` To-day at last I shall eat dates . ' And he called his wife to see what her son had done , and ordered his soldiers to take the boy and bring him to his father . ` What news , my son ? ' said he . ` News ? I have no news , except that if you will open your mouth you shall see what dates taste like . ' And he plucked a date , and put it into his father 's mouth . ` Ah ! You are indeed my son , ' cried the sultan . ` You do not take after those fools , those good-for-nothings . But , tell me , what did you do with the bird , for it was you , and you only who watched for it ? ' ` Yes , it was I who watched for it and who saw it . And it will not come again , neither for its life , nor for your life , nor for the lives of your children . ' ` Oh , once I had six sons , and now I have only one . It is you , whom I called a fool , who have given me the dates : as for the others , I want none of them . ' But his wife rose up and went to him , and said , ` Master , do not , I pray you , reject them , ' and she entreated long , till the sultan granted her prayer , for she loved the six elder ones more than her last one .
So they all lived quietly XXXXX home , till the sultan 's cat went and caught a calf .
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