The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-09-29
S tlett Sturp.
AN ARABIAN NIGHTS TALE.

/ itll tlif bt-liitI'i- ''''' ~ '''' 49,
/ people of every sort have loved stories
/ about animals and especially when the
/ creatures themselves converse What else
makes the secret aud most attractive charm
of llr Eudyard Kiplng's jungle Books
! and what else causes one of our poets with
such inpatient faith to exclaim
sit,lI NOT ask Jean Jacques Ii"n<Sean
1t birds cnutthulate ot uo?
SyhchereHdc herself in The Thousand
and One Nights does not hesitate to in
terIupt the flow of her romantic and fam
ta-tic tales with some remarkable stories
about animals. though these seldom or
never are @i,eu IN the current versions of
the book On the one hundred and forty
sixth night ct the immortal work she says
to the sultan and to her sister Dunyazade,
IF you nave admired the history or King
Omar el Nemau, how much would yeu
not Ike 10 hear the bird, and beasts do
course By Allah, cries the sultan,
that would he delightful = and - the
/ iuexhau>ubic ra,ontcu>c of The Thous-
and and Onc Nights tells an entertaining
story uf the wilderness which l. prrhap, as
uil q, anythin. in .Lnkman or .. E>pp
and may have -iycn 70 la Fontaiuc him
! self ideas although by channels unknown
~. Er..,,I.,,.,, ,.iU .b.r,sn.
+, -, /. - ~ IL. I;nI her.
chief, bv drawing ir,m the translation
which pr Mardru~ hr. made of il in
! French nui ofthe Nrshi. text Thus runs
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........ ~, a.. ,i,.., , ,,.,.,.l guJ ,,7hru wer,
REM, =, ,.,.... ..rl h,,rir,... rp a be,u,i
! f,r i.},nJ I'm d.. l,l.. ,rsrf Trn,u nh tr,ubl,>
and the island va, covered with fruit tree,
and ll...,p,> and they wcrc very happy.
/ Eu. .n.. ja. there flew thi,hcr Wild
........ in Great tn.p.Iatiou. with auttcring
wia.s aui wild rrie-. 10 which the two
/ bird. bad, kindly welcome and asked the
( .,u~., a it, fright.
.Ah. whjmpcr.d the -,->e. ] am
>tilI sick With terror | have seen man,
| au ihu t3am Allah deliver us all from
the lhn kian
Calm fhy-glf lhe peahru said Be
| Ibn Adam ever s., Terrible BE- cannot dis
ttrl, rs here yr,e,tri as We arc Toy the
water
Ns,i i,autilul h-.s thc gna>c re-
-r-snd.el -y"n dn Eat know lhu Ndam.
| Tie can make ths i-h 'umc 20 him "ut ut
,h, s,s aud the hawk ami eagles fan down
irau ihr sfr Feeble r,'uteniPiIhle. ugly
1> BE- IS h. gau tame thy huge elephant
hluyslf aud lakr his big white tu>k, away
10 make csgr- and ornaments But will
tell yas what have scvn and Why dread
lhs lhH isI1w
es> -til fsu. irum th" cyd VISION
h5I -,sa II a man. not darI"- Q" stop
'ag f.a 81 iunA whru | ,,N "a ,he gu-
| trance 81 j cavern q yapu- 1nn aith rel
mama Is Ir,iIy i,mcauar. who al-o "b-
g,-l u,e aul balr mc approach asking
usy nane q prince % lions. said, /
ana slll eu.s-.. ut the rlcc ~ bird.
Why sI..-, thou tremh.g ,n Wild soa>c
Il, Yg.p,ir,-i Then / related how had
dreamed d ~ s.sru q Twin. man aud wa>
,-taui>l,-l when De- replied / also have
dreamed about the lhip- yau call HIN
Adam and have heard ms father .ay that
;, /. a .r.,,nrs ts o, di,rru,iri Ba, |
have mover seen one and have ns fear Of
| them.
| Then ,rakr oh. eldest son ut
tls sultan 81 al auilual, what glory Ca
thee ii thou eauid>t rii the earth OF the
plt.gie II man How would al creature,
| "A rb. earth and air AMI water praise aud
tbspk th. ,alor Thu, djd encourage
anI Ha,ssr the yuuu. lion until he had re
| solved IL -o forth with me and e. find and
| Iay ,hi. o,mman enemy
-. tl,. yann., Ean paced forth from
| h,~ ss,, 6crrrly lashins hi, back With his
| tall f}Iowiug behind We had not
gene tar lu company before wc saw cloud
ii dust iu the thirke', which drifting
away. disclosed Ia "a. an AS without sad
81, ~ bridle rolling ia the sand from side
to side hi- four feet IN the AR
At sight Of tins nv Young Hon was
.ancshat a-toui,he,l, since he had wan
i.r,,l Eltl,, put-iIc his cavern and knew
nothing ot the world, hut be called the AS
&. him aud said. Thou srn>cle>s object.
ehat are thou aud why DIST thou in 50