Directly the gazelle had come to this conclusion , it picked up the diamond in its mouth , and went on and on and on through the forest , but found no place where a rich man was likely to dwell . For two more days it ran , from dawn to dark , till at last early one morning it caught sight of a large town , which gave it fresh courage . The people were standing about the streets doing their marketing , when the gazelle bounded past , the diamond flashing as it ran . They called after it , but it took no notice till it reached the palace , where the sultan was sitting , enjoying the cool air . And the gazelle galloped up to him , and laid the diamond at his feet . The sultan looked first at the diamond and next at the gazelle ; then he ordered his attendants to bring cushions and a carpet , that the gazelle might rest itself after its long journey . And he likewise ordered milk to be brought , and rice , that it might eat and drink and be refreshed . And when the gazelle was rested , the sultan said to it : ` Give me the news you have come with . ' And the gazelle answered : ' I am come with this diamond , which is a pledge from my master the Sultan Darai . He has heard you have a daughter , and sends you this small token , and begs you will give her to him to wife . ' And the sultan said : ' I am content . The wife is his wife , the family is his family , the slave is his slave . Let him come to me empty-handed , I am content . ' When the sultan had ended , the gazelle rose , and said : ` Master , farewell ; I go back to our town , and in eight days , or it may be in eleven days , we shall arrive as your guests . ' And the sultan answered : ` So let it be . ' All this time the poor man far away had been mourning and weeping for his gazelle , which he thought had run away from him for ever . And when it came in at the door he rushed to embrace it with such joy that he would not allow it a chance to speak . ` Be still , master , and do n't cry , ' said the gazelle at last ; ` let us sleep now , and in the morning , when I go , follow me . ' With the first ray of dawn they got up and went into the forest , and on the fifth day , as they were resting near a stream , the gazelle gave its master a sound beating , and then bade him stay where he was till it returned . And the gazelle ran off , and about ten o'clock it came near the sultan 's palace , where the road was all lined with soldiers who were there to do honour to Sultan Darai .
And directly they caught sight XXXXX the gazelle in the distance one of the soldiers ran on and said , ` Sultan Darai is coming : I have seen the gazelle . '
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