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 ? The things you do to him are not good , and you will draw on yourself the hatred of the people . For this gazelle is loved by all , by small and great , by women and men . Ah , my husband ! I thought you had great wisdom , and you have not even a little ! ' But he answered , ` You are mad , my wife . ' The old woman stayed no longer , and went back to the gazelle , followed secretly by the mistress , who called a maidservant and bade her take some milk and rice and cook it for the gazelle . ` Take also this cloth , ' she said , ` to cover it with , and this pillow for its head . And if the gazelle wants more , let it ask me , and not its master .
And if it will , I will send it in a litter XXXXX my father , and he will nurse it till it is well . '
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