The Arab hastened to the spot and cried , ` Oh , cease making that terrible noise ! Take the mare and go ; but carry off the dead girl with you . She can lie quite easily across the mare 's back . ' Then Mohammed and his uncle picked up the girl , and , placing her on the mare 's back , led it away , being very careful to walk one on each side , so that she might not slip down and hurt herself . After the Arab tents could be seen no longer , the girl sat up on the saddle and looked about her , and as they were all hungry they tied up the mare , and took out some dates to eat . When they had finished , Mohammed said to his uncle : ` Dear uncle , the maiden shall be your wife ; I give her to you . But the money we got from the sheep and cows we will divide between us . You shall have two-thirds and I will have one . For you will have a wife , but I never mean to marry . And now , go in peace , for never more will you see me . The bond of bread and salt is at an end between us . ' So they wept , and fell on each other 's necks , and asked forgiveness for any wrongs in the past . Then they parted and went their ways . -LSB- Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis . Von Hans Stumme . -RSB- BOBINO Once on a time there was a rich merchant , who had an only son called Bobino . Now , as the boy was clever , and had a great desire for knowledge , his father sent him to be under a master , from whom he thought he would learn to speak all sorts of foreign languages . After some years with this master , Bobino returned to his home . One evening , as he and his father were walking in the garden , the sparrows in the trees above their heads began such a twittering , that they found it impossible to hear each other speak . This annoyed the merchant very much , so , to soothe him , Bobino said : ` Would you like me to explain to you what the sparrows are saying to each other ? '
The merchant looked at his son XXXXX astonishment , and answered : ` What can you mean ?
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