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 and show him, that he was aware of all of his secrets (thanks to him), and he begged him endlessly that he would reveal his secret to him. Because the Emperor was extremely fond of him, and therefore willing in any way to please him, he told him the secret. When the counselor did the experiment immediately, he realized that he had mastered it very well.

One day when he was together with his Lord on a hunt, and they were some distance away from the others in their party, they encountered two does which they killed. And it appeared to the counselor that this was an excellent opportunity to carry out an evil thought which his dark mind had harbored for some time.

"Please Sire," he said to the Emperor. "Since we are far removed from the party, why don't we let our spirits enter into the two does and amuse ourselves, by frolicking a little around these green hills?" “Certainly, replied the Emperor, you got a good idea, and couldn’t we have a lot of fun with this amusement." And having said these words, he dismounted his horse, and tied it to a tree. He immediately went to one of the dead does, and spoke the secret words and as his spirit entered into the doe, his body was left there for dead.

When the counselor saw this, he immediately dismounted his horse, taking care not to tie it otherwise, he rushed to the dead body of the Emperor, and likewise spoke the secret words over it. He left his own body for dead on the ground,and passed with his spirit into that of the Emperor.