` The wooer is powerful , O Sultan , and nothing is impossible to him . ' ` Is that true ? ' ` It is , O Sultan ; I swear it , ' answered she . ` Then let him show his power by doing three things , and I will give him my daughter . ' ` Command , O gracious prince , ' said she . ` Do you see that hill in front of the palace ? ' asked the sultan . ' I see it , ' answered she . ` Well , in forty days the man who has sent you must make that hill vanish , and plant a beautiful garden in its place . That is the first thing . Now go , and tell him what I say . ' So the old woman returned and told the head the sultan 's first condition . ` It is well , ' he replied ; and said no more about it . For thirty-nine days the head remained in its favourite corner . The old woman thought that the task set before was beyond his powers , and that no more would be heard about the sultan 's daughter . But on the thirty-ninth evening after her visit to the palace , the head suddenly spoke . ` Good mother , ' he said , ` you must go to-night to the bridge , and when you are there cry `` Ali ! Ali ! Ali ! '' as loud as you can .
A negro will appear before you , and you will tell him XXXXX he is to level the hill , and to make , in its place , the most beautiful garden that ever was seen . ' '
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