` Udea ! Udea ! ' he cried , but she did not move or reply . Then he saw that she was dead , and rushed down to his brothers in the courtyard and called out , ` Come quickly , our sister is dead ! ' In a moment they were all beside her and knew that it was true , and they made a bier and laid her on it , and placed her across a camel , and said to the camel , ` Take her to her mother , but be careful not to halt by the way , and let no man capture you , and see you kneel down before no man , save him who shall say `` string '' -LSB- 1 -RSB- to you . But to him who says `` string , '' then kneel . ' -LSB- Footnote 1 : ` Riemen . ' -RSB- So the camel started , and when it had accomplished half its journey it met three men , who ran after it in order to catch it ; but they could not . Then they cried ` Stop ! ' but the camel only went the faster . The three men panted behind till one said to the others , ` Wait a minute ! The string of my sandal is broken ! ' The camel caught the word ` string ' and knelt down at once , and the men came up and found a dead girl lying on a bier , with a ring on her finger . And as one of the young men took hold of her hand to pull off the ring , he knocked out the man-eater 's finger-nail , which had stuck there , and the maiden sat up and said , ` Let him live who gave me life , and slay him who slew me ! ' And when the camel heard the maiden speak , it turned and carried her back to her brothers . Now the brothers were still seated in the court bewailing their sister , and their eyes were dim with weeping so that they could hardly see . And when the camel stood before them they said , ` Perhaps it has brought back our sister ! ' and rose to give it a beating . But the camel knelt down and the girl dismounted , and they flung themselves on her neck and wept more than ever for gladness . ` Tell me , ' said the eldest , as soon as he could speak , ` how it all came about , and what killed you . ' '
I was waiting in the upper chamber , ' said she , ` and a nail of the XXXXX 's stuck under my nail , and I fell dead upon the ground .
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