it is the rule for the host to drink first and then the guest . ' So to make him lose his head , she drained the cup ; then filled it again and gave him . He drank it off , and she took a lute from one of the singers and played upon it with skill which witched away the sense of all who heard . But it was all in vain ; three days passed in such festivities , and on the fourth the prince said : ' O joy of my eyes ! I beg now that you will bid me farewell , for my way is long and the fire of your love darts flame into the harvest of my heart . By heaven 's grace I may accomplish my purpose , and , if so , I will come back to you . ' Now she saw that she could not in any way change his resolve , she told her nurse to bring a certain casket which contained , she said , something exhilarating which would help the prince on his journey . The box was brought , and she divided off a portion of what was within and gave it to the prince to eat . Then , and while he was all unaware , she put forth her hand to a stick fashioned like a snake ; she said some words over it and struck him so sharply on the shoulder that he cried out ; then he made a pirouette and found that he was a deer . When he knew what had been done to him he thought , ` All the threads of affliction are gathered together ; I have lost my last chance ! ' He tried to escape , but the magician sent for her goldsmith , who , coming , overlaid the deer-horns with gold and jewels . The kerchief which that day she had had in her hand was then tied round its neck , and this freed it from her attentions . The prince-deer now bounded into the garden and at once sought some way of escape . It found none , and it joined the other deer , which soon made it their leader . Now , although the prince had been transformed into the form of a deer , he kept his man 's heart and mind . He said to himself , ` Thank heaven that the Lady Latifa has changed me into this shape , for at least deer are beautiful . ' He remained for some time living as a deer amongst the rest , but at length resolved that an end to such a life must be put ill some way . He looked again for some place by which he could get out of the magic garden . Following round the wall he reached a lower part ; he remembered the Divine Names and flung himself over , saying , ` Whatever happens is by the will of God . ' When he looked about he found that he was in the very same place he had jumped from ; there was the palace , there the garden and the deer !
Eight times he leaped XXXXX the wall and eight times found himself where he had started from ; but after the ninth leap there was a change , there was a palace and there was a garden , but the deer were gone .
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