Then he returned to the horse's room, and when he saw Ali he neighed and shook his head.
The horse said to Ali, "We who are in this house are as if we were already dead; we will all be eaten alike."
Then he said, "Open the wheat store quickly, that I may eat, for the time is nearly spent when that evil-disposed Jin will return."
Ali went and brought a sack of grain and opened it, and the horse ate and said, "Bring me a second sack, for I am not yet satisfied."
He brought a second, and the horse ate and finished it, and said, "Bring a third, for I am not yet full."
So he ate a third sack, and then he said, "Bring a bucket of water, stir it up with sugar, for that is the kind of water that I drink, and mix me up another bucket with bhang."
Then he said, "Now I am satisfied. Bring my saddle and the seven bottles, and take bags and fill them with precious stones and fasten them on quickly, that we may go."
So Ali put all the valuables in the house in bags, and he took those seven maidens and placed them in bags, and he saddled the horse and fastened those bags on to him.
Then the horse said, "Strap me up tight and with all your strength."
So Ali strapped him up as tight as he could, till the horse said, "Stop now; mount me for a little to try me."