I was dumfounded , for once when I had struck her with a rose stalk she had complained and fretted for three days ! Then the negro said to her : `` How now , ugly one and shaven head ! Why are you so late , and why are you not wearing wedding garments ? '' She answered him : `` That person did not go to sleep quickly , and he stayed at home all day , so that I was not able to adorn myself . I came as soon as I could . '' In a little while he called her to sit beside him ; but this was more than I could bear . I lost control of myself and rushed upon him . He clutched my collar and we grappled in a death struggle . Suddenly she came behind me , caught my feet and threw me . While he held me on the ground , she drew out my own knife and gave it to him . I should have been killed but for that faithful dog which seized his throat and pulled him down and pinned him to the ground . Then I got up and despatched the wretch . There were four other negroes at the place ; three I killed and the fourth got away , and has taken refuge beneath the throne of Mihr-afruz , daughter of King Quimus . I took Gul back to my palace , and from that time till now I have treated her as a dog is treated , and I have cared for my dog as though it were my wife . Now you know what the rose did to the cypress ; and now you must keep compact with me . ' ' I shall keep my word , ' said the prince ; ` but may a little water be taken to the roof so that I may make my last ablution ? ' To this request the king consented . The prince mounted to the roof , and , getting into a corner , struck his fire-steel and burned one of the Sirurgh 's feathers in the flame . Straightway it appeared , and by the majesty of its presence made the city quake . It took the prince on its back and soared away to the zenith .
After a time King Sinaubar said : ` That young man is a long XXXXX on the roof ; go and bring him here . '
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