Yes , now you shall marry our daughter . ' ` Yes , indeed , ' said the sultan , ` you shall marry our daughter on Monday . ' And they treated the young man as one of the family . The wedding was arranged , and the night before the whole town was illuminated . Biscuits and gingerbreads were thrown among the people , the street boys stood on tiptoe crying hurrahs and whistling through their fingers . It was all splendid . ` Now I must also give them a treat , ' thought the merchant 's son . And so he bought rockets , crackers , and all the kinds of fireworks you can think of , put them in his trunk , and flew up with them into the air . Whirr-r-r , how they fizzed and blazed ! All the Turks jumped so high that their slippers flew above their heads ; such a splendid glitter they had never seen before . Now they could quite well understand that it was the god of the Turks himself who was to marry the princess . As soon as the young merchant came down again into the wood with his trunk he thought , ` Now I will just go into the town to see how the show has taken . ' And it was quite natural that he should want to do this . Oh ! what stories the people had to tell ! Each one whom he asked had seen it differently , but they had all found it beautiful . ' I saw the Turkish god himself , ' said one . ` He had eyes like glittering stars , and a beard like foaming water . ' ` He flew away in a cloak of fire , ' said another . They were splendid things that he heard , and the next day was to be his wedding day .
Then he went back XXXXX the wood to sit in his trunk ; but what had become of it ?
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