and they told the whole story of the fight , and of how they were alive only by the favour of the young man under the tree , and of his cutting up the dragon and of their eating it . The mother-bird then remarked , ` Truly , father ! you were about to do a strange thing , and a terrible sin has been averted from you . ' Then the Simurgh flew off to a distance with the great stone and dropped it . It sank down to the very middle of the earth . Coming back , the Simurgh saw that a little sunshine fell upon the prince through the leaves , and it spread its wings and shaded him till he woke . When he got up he salaamed to it , who returned his greeting with joy and gratitude , and caressed him and said : ' O youth , tell me true ! who are you , and where are you going ? And how did you cross that pitiless desert where never yet foot of man had trod ? ' The prince told his story from beginning to end , and finished by saying : ` Now it is my heart 's wish that you should help me to get to Waq of the Caucasus . Perhaps , by your favour , I shall accomplish my task and avenge my brothers . ' In reply the Simurgh . ' first blessed the deliverer of his children , and then went on : ` What you have done no child of man has ever done before ; you assuredly have a claim on all my help , for every year up till now that dragon has come here and has destroyed my nestlings , and I have never been able to find who was the murderer and to avenge myself . By God 's grace you have removed my children 's powerful foe . I regard you as a child of my own . Stay with me ; I will give you everything you desire , and I will establish a city here for you , and will furnish it with every requisite ; I will give you the land of the Caucasus , and will make its princes subject to you . Give up the journey to Waq , it is full of risk , and the jins there will certainly kill you . ' But nothing could move the prince , and seeing this the bird went on : ` Well , so be it ! When you wish to set forth you must go into the plain and take seven head of deer , and must make water-tight bags of their hides and keep their flesh in seven portions . Seven seas lie on our way -- I will carry you over them ; but if I have not food and drink we shall fall into the sea and be drowned .
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