` Very well , I will go to sleep ; but if anything happens to my ram I will call out . ' ` If my daughter touches anything belonging to my guest I will kill her , ' said the Arab , and went to his bed . When everybody was asleep , Mohammed got up , killed the ram , and took out his liver , which he broiled on the fire . He placed a piece of it in the girl 's hands , and laid some more on her night-dress while she slept and knew nothing about it . After this he began to cry out loudly . ` What is the matter ? be silent at once ! ' called the Arab . ` How can I be silent , when my ram , which I loved like a child , has been slain by your daughter ? ' ` But my daughter is asleep , ' said the Arab . ` Well , go and see if she has not some of the flesh about her . ' ` If she has , you may take her in exchange for the ram ; ' and as they found the flesh exactly as Mohammed had foretold , the Arab gave his daughter a good beating , and then told her to get out of sight , for she was now the property of this stranger . They wandered in the desert till , at nightfall , they came to a Bedouin encampment , where they were hospitably bidden to enter . Before lying down to sleep , Mohammed said to the owner of the tent : ` Your mare will kill my wife . ' ` Certainly not . ' ` And if she does ? ' ` Then you shall take the mare in exchange . ' When everyone was asleep , Mohammed said softly to his wife : ` Maiden , I have got such a clever plan ! I am going to bring in the mare and put it at your feet , and I will cut you , just a few little flesh wounds , so that you may be covered with blood , and everybody will suppose you to be dead . But remember that you must not make a sound , or we shall both be lost . '
This was done , and then XXXXX wept and wailed louder than ever .
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