` Well , if you will not leave me , I will throw you off , ' said the bird . So it flew up higher still -- so high that the earth shone like one of the other stars . ` How much of you will be left if you fall from here ? ' asked the bird . ` If I die , I die , ' said the boy , ` but I will not leave you . ' And the bird saw it was no use talking , and went down to the earth again . ` Here you are at home , so let me go my way , ' it begged once more ; ` or at least make a covenant with me . ' ` What covenant ? ' said the boy . ` Save me from the sun , ' replied the bird , ` and I will save you from rain . ' ` How can you do that , and how can I tell if I can trust you ? ' ` Pull a feather from my tail , and put it in the fire , and if you want me I will come to you , wherever I am . ' And the boy answered , ` Well , I agree ; go your way . ' ` Farewell , my friend . 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 XXXXX 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 .
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