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 , ` Mother , of the goods that are in this house , what do I eat ? I might have every day half a basinful , and would my master be any the poorer ? But did not the elders say , `` He that does good like a mother ! '' ' And it said , ` Go and tell my master that the gazelle is nearer death than life . ' So she went , and spoke as the gazelle had bidden her ; but he answered , ' I have told you to trouble me no more . ' But his wife 's heart was sore , and she said to him : ` Ah , master , what has the gazelle done to you ? How has he failed you ?
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