` But that was not true , ' replied he , ` and here she is with the negro and his wife . Only -- she too is black , ' he added softly , but his brothers did not hear him , and pushed past joyfully . ` How are you , good old Barka ? ' they said to the negro ; ` and how comes it that we never knew that we had a sister till now ? ' and they greeted Udea warmly , while she shed tears of relief and gladness . The next morning they all agreed that they would not go out hunting . And the eldest brother took Udea on his knee , and she combed his hair and talked to him of their home till the tears ran down his cheeks and dropped on her bare arm . And where the tears fell a white mark was made . Then the brother took a cloth and rubbed the place , and he saw that she was not black at all . ` Tell me , who painted you over like this ? ' cried he . ' I am afraid to tell you , ' sobbed the girl , ` the negro will kill me . ' ` Afraid ! and with seven brothers ! ' ` Well , I will tell you then , ' she answered . ` The negro forced me to dismount from the camel and let his wife ride instead . And the stones cut my feet till they bled and I had to bind them . And after that , when we heard your castle was near by , he took pitch and smeared my body with it . ' Then the brother rushed in wrath from the room , and seizing his sword , cut off first the negro 's head and then his wife 's . He next brought in some warm water , and washed his sister all over , till her skin was white and shining again .
` Ah , now we see that you are our XXXXX ! '
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