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...' There lived a wise merchant called Abu. One day, Abu decided to
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travel throughout the kingdom and ware his goods. So, he went
to the city and bought a great supply of goods and loaded them
into his ox wagons. It so happened that, a stupid young merchant
named Ali was also buyi the same city. As, h.,...t""
was~olanning to go to different and sell his thirlascc-:-:;;;:'
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Both Abu and Ali started their journey at the same time. Abu
thought, " We can~ot travel together, for the men will find it hard
to get wood and water, and there will not be enough grass for so
many oxen . Either he or I ought to go first,"

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So Abu went to Ali and said, "Brother, will you go before or come
after me ? " The selfish and foolish Ali thought, " I shall go first. I
shall then travel on a road that is not cut up. The oxen will have
plenty of grass to eat. Also, I shall sell my goods at the price I
like"So Ali said, " I shall go first."
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When Ali went off gaily with his group of men and oxen,
Abu said to himself, "Ali will smoothen up the bumpy
road. His oxen will eat the old inferior grass, while
mine will eat the freshly grown green grass. Also,
I will not not have to bother about setting prices,
because by the time I reach the city he will set
the price ."

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to a desert. Before entering the desert, Ali

filled great water-jars with water and· loaded them onto his
wagons. Now, in the middle of this vast desert, lived a wicked
desert demon. This demon misled the travellers in the desert,
kidnapped them and made slaves of them .
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When this demon saw Ali approaching,

he disguised himself as a gentleman
and gained a wagon with magic.
demon put mud on the wagon,
and wet grass upon the oxen .
Then, he dipped his r.iolthp.,,.......,.....,.e-:
and made his hair all
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The demon neared Ali, and said pleasantly, " Where are you
going?" Ali replied, "We are going across the desert. But friend ,
you come dripping with water and mud. Did you come through a
stream?"
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2llil rumht1l ru 11 fi11li f1 Ul im'li Bt gi ~

The demon answered , I, Just three away, there is a big pond,

filled with water. By the way brother, it seems that you are carrying
water in those big tumblers, but there is no need of it Empty out all
that water and go on easily," Saying this, the demon disappeared on
rtHmlihl ruthH~ fIJJ'!J~trlj mHtliiHhiJm Nmfi 9fitm rut HEl ~
tLmmHfi mii Bl:lfigmtB etlliirtlliLm~gjhiLIi tli!i1fltIDru
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Foolish Ali believed the demon and threw away

the water. Then, he and his men travelled three
miles, but, there was no pond to be seen . Now,
as the men had no water to drink, hey bec:arru
very tired and went to sleep,
very thirsty and weak.
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At midnight, the demon came to the spot and bound the men who
were too tired to fight. Then, he took away the rest of the men
the oxen along with him. But, he left the wagons where
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A mouth later, Abu followed the same route as Al i. The demon
met Abu as well, and tried the same trick on him. But Abu said ,
"We won't throwaway the water until we cross the desert." On
hearing this, the demon said nothing and went away. But Abu's
companions said, " Let us throwaway the water-jars and move
. , faster with lighter carts!"
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trunrua..rtlt9?" ~i'i WiB1~t~rnm "HBttJrutltg" ~ m~fiJHgjfim "mB
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Abu asked the men, " Have you ever heard anyone say that
there was a lake or pond in this desert?" "We never l1eard of a
pond or lake, " the men replied. "Does any man feel a wind laden

with dampness blowing against him?" " No, sir," the men
answered . "That was a demon in disguise," said Abu. "It was his
ploy to make us throw the water. If we had thrown away the
water, he would have captured us when we got tired and made
us his slaves." The men were surprised at the cleverness of their
leader and decided not to throwaway the water.
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Abu and his men drove on, and before nightfall, they came upon
the loaded wagons deserted by Ali. Seeing this, Abu understood
everything that had happened. Then, he had his wagons drawn
I""!:::",," up in a circle.
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Bl:lmmHmgJIifi1i~Hhf blITHmH ~ ~t~U!ij1ijgElUnEltgihnElQnt1'itltim ~

Abu placed some of the men and his oxen in the middle of the
circle. And then he and the headmen stood on guard, with
swords in hands. But the demon did not bother them.

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At dawn, Abu and his men woke up and started their journey
again . They also took along the wagons left by Ali. That evening,
Abu crossed the desert and reached the other city. There, he
sold all the goods and reaped great profits.