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 and asked her which she would like the best—four good steeds or four good swords. The slave-girl replied: "Let the swords be for the throats of my enemies, but give me the four steeds that I may take my pleasure on horseback." Then they tied the slave-girl to the tails of four good steeds, and sent her out for a ride; and the four steeds tore the black girl into little bits and scattered them abroad.

But the Padishah and his wife lived happily together, and the king's son who had been a stag abode with them; and they gave a great banquet, which lasted four days and four nights; and they attained their desires, and may ye, O my readers, attain your desires likewise.