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Identifier: talesoffantasy00jenk (find matches)
Title: Tales of fantasy
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Jenks, Tudor, 1857-1922, ed
Subjects: Children's stories
Publisher: Boston, Hall and Locke Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ith only a sort of cloak-bag behind him, in which he had put a few biscuits anddates, he began his journey. He arrived without anyaccident at the place of his destination; and havingfinished his business, set out on his return. On the fourth day of his journey, he felt himself soincommoded by the heat of the sun, that he turned outof his road, in order to rest under some trees, by whichthere was a fountain. He alighted, and tying hishorse to a branch of the tree, sat down on the bank toeat some biscuits and dates from his little store. Whenhe had satisfied his hunger, he amused himself withthrowing about the stones of the fruit with considerablevelocity. When he had finished his frugal repast, hewashed his hands, his face, and his feet, and repeated aprayer, like a good Mussulman. He was still on his knees, when he saw a genie,white with age, and of an enormous stature, advancingtoward him, with a scimitar in his hand. As soon ashe was close to him, he said in a most terrible tone: 78
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THE MF.RCHANT AMJ THE GENIE. The Merchant and the Genie 79 Get up, that I may kill thee with this scimitar, asthou hast caused the death of my son. He accom-panied these words with a dreadful yell. The mer-chant, alarmed by the horrible figure of this giant, aswell as the words he heard, replied in tremblingaccents : How can I have slain him ? I do not knowhim, nor have I ever seen him. Didst thou not,replied the giant, on thine arrival here, sit down, andtake some dates from thy wallet; and after eatingthem, didst thou not throw the stones about on allsides? This is all true, replied the merchant; Ido not deny it. Well, then, said the other, I tellthee thou hast killed my son; for while thou wastthrowing about the stones, my son passed by; one ofthem struck him in the eye, and caused his death, andthus thou hast slain my son. Ah, sire, forgive me,cried the merchant. I have neither forgiveness normercy, added the giant; and is it not just that hewho has inflicted death should suffer i

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