quick ! ' he called to his wife . ` The Sultan will be here directly , and we must both be dead to receive him . ' So they laid themselves down , and spread the sheet over them , and held their breath . At that instant the Sultan entered , followed by the Sultana and the chamberlain , and he went up to the bed and found the corpses stiff and motionless . ' I would give a thousand gold pieces to anyone who would tell me the truth about this , ' cried he , and at the words Abu Nowas sat up . ` Give them to me , then , ' said he , holding out his hand . ` You can not give them to anyone who needs them more . ' ` Oh , Abu Nowas , you impudent dog ! ' exclaimed the Sultan , bursting into a laugh , in which the Sultana joined . ' I might have known it was one of your tricks ! ' But he sent Abu Nowas the gold he had promised , and let us hope that it did not fly so fast as the last had done . -LSB- From Tunische Mahrchen . -RSB- Motiratika Once upon a time , in a very hot country , a man lived with his wife in a little hut , which was surrounded by grass and flowers . They were perfectly happy together till , by-and-by , the woman fell ill and refused to take any food . The husband tried to persuade her to eat all sorts of delicious fruits that he had found in the forest , but she would have none of them , and grew so thin he feared she would die . ` Is there nothing you would like ? ' he said at last in despair . ` Yes , I think I could eat some wild honey , ' answered she . The husband was overjoyed , for he thought this sounded easy enough to get , and he went off at once in search of it .
He came back XXXXX a wooden pan quite full , and gave it to his wife . '
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