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... turning to his Grand Vizier he said : " This I call getting a bargain , Mansor ! How glad I am at being able to become an animal ! Come thou to me to - morrow morning . We will then go together into the fields , take a pinch out of the ...
... turning to his Grand Vizier he said : " This I call getting a bargain , Mansor ! How glad I am at being able to become an animal ! Come thou to me to - morrow morning . We will then go together into the fields , take a pinch out of the ...
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... turned into storks ? " " Wisely spoken , " replied the Caliph . But first , let us consider once more how we may become men again . It is easy enough ! If we bow thrice to the east , and say Mutabor , I shall be Caliph and thou Vizier ...
... turned into storks ? " " Wisely spoken , " replied the Caliph . But first , let us consider once more how we may become men again . It is easy enough ! If we bow thrice to the east , and say Mutabor , I shall be Caliph and thou Vizier ...
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... bow to the east and say : Mu- Mu - Mu . " They turned towards the east and kept on bowing continually till their beaks nearly touched the ground . But , alas ! the magic word had escaped them THE STORY OF THE CALIPH STORK . 7.
... bow to the east and say : Mu- Mu - Mu . " They turned towards the east and kept on bowing continually till their beaks nearly touched the ground . But , alas ! the magic word had escaped them THE STORY OF THE CALIPH STORK . 7.
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... turned to the East . Thrice the storks bowed their long necks to the sun , which just then was rising behind the ... turning round ? A lovely lady , grandly dressed , stood before them . Smiling , she gave her hand to the Caliph . " Do ...
... turned to the East . Thrice the storks bowed their long necks to the sun , which just then was rising behind the ... turning round ? A lovely lady , grandly dressed , stood before them . Smiling , she gave her hand to the Caliph . " Do ...
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... turned to the East crying all the while Mu - Mu . This entertainment was at all times a great pleasure to Madam Caliph and her children ; but when the Caliph kept on clapping a little too long , and nodded , and cried Mu - Mu , then the ...
... turned to the East crying all the while Mu - Mu . This entertainment was at all times a great pleasure to Madam Caliph and her children ; but when the Caliph kept on clapping a little too long , and nodded , and cried Mu - Mu , then the ...
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