"O my dear," answered the King, "my son-in-law does not disdain me."
"Watch him," answered the bad one; "when he comes to kiss your head he will turn away from you."
The King remarked that his son-in-law did turn away on kissing his head.
"Wait a moment," he said to him. Immediately he wrote a letter to the Sultan, and gave it to his son-in-law, commanding him to carry it to the Sultan. Going out of the house he met the bad one, who wanted to carry the letter himself. The good man gave it to him. The Sultan read the letter, and had the bad one's head cut off. The good man returned to the King.
"What did he say?" asked the King.
"Ah, Sidi, I met a man who wanted to carry the letter. I intrusted it to him and he took it to the Sultan, who condemned him to death in the city."
THE CROW AND THE CHILD
A man had two wives. He was a rich merchant. One of them had a son whose forehead was curved with a forelock. Her husband said to her:
"Don't work any more, but only take care of the child. The other wife will do all the work."