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Updated: May 27, 2025
Who in Bagdad knows not Jaffar, the Sun of the Universe? Suddenly a hoarse cry reached his ear; some one was calling desperately for help. Jaffar was distinguished among the young men of his age by prudence and sagacity; but his heart was compassionate, and he relied on his strength. He ran at the cry, and saw an infirm old man, pinned to the city wall by two brigands, who were robbing him.
And you've no need of the red apple either.... You will be rich without it. Only your wealth no one will envy. 'Tell me, old man, said Jaffar, rousing himself, 'where lives the honoured mother of our Caliph, protected of heaven? The old man bowed down to the earth, and pointed out to the young man the way. Who in Bagdad knows not the Sun of the Universe, the great, the renowned Jaffar?
Jaffar drew his sabre and fell upon the miscreants: one he killed, the other he drove away. The old man thus liberated fell at his deliverer's feet, and, kissing the hem of his garment, cried: 'Valiant youth, your magnanimity shall not remain unrewarded. In appearance I am a poor beggar; but only in appearance. I am not a common man.
Make up your mind! and do not delay. Within an hour the apples will wither, and the tree itself will sink into the dumb depths of the earth! Jaffar looked down, and pondered. 'How am I to act? he said in an undertone, as though arguing with himself.
Come to-morrow in the early morning to the chief bazaar; I will await you at the fountain, and you shall be convinced of the truth of my words. Jaffar thought: 'In appearance this man is a beggar, certainly; but all sorts of things happen. Why not put it to the test? and he answered: 'Very well, good father; I will come. The old man looked into his face, and went away.
The next morning, the sun had hardly risen, Jaffar went to the bazaar. The old man was already awaiting him, leaning with his elbow on the marble basin of the fountain. In silence he took Jaffar by the hand and led him into a small garden, enclosed on all sides by high walls. In the very middle of this garden, on a green lawn, grew an extraordinary-looking tree.
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