When you call me , if it is from the depths of the sea , I will come . ' The lad watched the bird out of sight ; then he went straight to the date tree . And when he saw the dates his heart was glad , and his body felt stronger and his eyes brighter than before . And he laughed out loud with joy , and said to himself , ` This is MY luck , mine , Sit-in-the-kitchen ! Farewell , date tree , I am going to lie down . What ate you will eat you no more . ' The sun was high in the sky before the head-man , whose business it was , came to look at the date tree , expecting to find it stripped of all its fruit , but when he saw the dates so thick that they almost hid the leaves he ran back to his house , and beat a big drum till everybody came running , and even the little children wanted to know what had happened . ` What is it ? What is it , head-man ? ' cried they . ` Ah , it is not a son that the master has , but a lion ! This day Sit-in-the-kitchen has uncovered his face before his father ! ' ` But how , head-man ? ' ` To day the people may eat the dates . ' ` Is it true , head-man ? ' ` Oh yes , it is true , but let him sleep till each man has brought forth a present . He who has fowls , let him take fowls ; he who has a goat , let him take a goat ; he who has rice , let him take rice . ' And the people did as he had said . Then they took the drum , and went to the tree where the boy lay sleeping . And they picked him up , and carried him away , with horns and clarionets and drums , with clappings of hands and shrieks of joy , straight to his father 's house .
When his father heard the noise and saw the baskets made XXXXX green leaves , brimming over with dates , and his son borne high on the necks of slaves , his heart leaped , and he said to himself ` To-day at last I shall eat dates . '
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