All that day and all the next night he walked , and at length he came to a village where a great many weavers lived together . ` You are welcome , ' said they . ` Eat and sleep , for to-morrow six of us start in search of fresh wool to weave , and we pray you to give us your company . ' ` Willingly , ' answered the weaver . So the next morning the seven weavers set out to go to the village where they could buy what they wanted . On the way they had to cross a ravine which lately had been full of water , but now was quite dry . The weavers , however , were accustomed to swim over this ravine ; therefore , regardless of the fact that this time it was dry , they stripped , and , tying their clothes on their heads , they proceeded to swim across the dry sand and rocks that formed the bed of the ravine . Thus they got to the other side without further damage than bruised knees and elbows , and as soon as they were over , one of them began to count the party to make sure that all were safe there . He counted all except himself , and then cried out that somebody was missing ! This set each of them counting ; but each made the same mistake of counting all except himself , so that they became certain that one of their party was missing ! They ran up and down the bank of the ravine wringing their hands in great distress and looking for signs of their lost comrade . There a farmer found them and asked what was the matter . ` Alas ! ' said one , ` seven of us started from the other bank and one must have been drowned on the crossing , as we can only find six remaining ! ' The farmer eyed them a minute , and then , picking up his stick , he dealt each a sounding blow , counting , as he did so , ` One ! two ! three ! ' and so on up to the seven . When the weavers found that there were seven of them they were overcome with gratitude to one whom they took for a magician as he could thus make seven out of an obvious six . The Clever Cat -LSB- From the Pushto . -RSB-
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