made a doll in the likeness of the Pharaoh himself; and into this he entered, animating it. His dolls then
carried him into the royal harem, past the guards, who believed even as did the wives of Pharaoh, that he
was the true Pharaoh. And entertained him accordingly.
"But, as he was leaving, the true Pharaoh entered. That must have been quite a situation,
Ricori-suddenly, miraculously, in his harem, the Pharaoh doubled! But Khnum, seeing what had
happened, reached down from Heaven and touched the dolls, withdrawing their life. And they dropped
to the floor, and were seen to be only dolls.
"While where one Pharaoh had stood lay another doll and crouched beside it a shivering and wrinkled
old man!
"You can find the story, and a fairly detailed account of the trial that followed, in a papyrus of the time;