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Then they said to him, "O Ala al Din, the glory of the sons of the merchants is not but in travel for the sake of gain." Their talk angered him; so he left them weeping-eyed and heavy-hearted and mounting his mule returned home.
So when he came to himself and saw the prince standing by him, he sprang to his feet and kissed the earth before him; and Taj el Mulouk said to him, 'Why didst thou not show us thy merchandise? 'O my lord, answered the young merchant, 'there is nought among my stock worthy of thine august highness. 'It matters not, said the prince, 'thou must show me what thou hast and acquaint me with thy case; for I see thee weeping-eyed and mournful-hearted.
Ask not what we suffer by reason of his loss and absence." Then she sent to seek for her grandson, whilst Julnar returned to her kingdom, weeping-eyed and heavy- hearted, and indeed the gladness of the world was straitened upon her. And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say. When it was the Seven Hundred and Fiftieth Night,
Then I bought Syrian stuffs and carrying them to Aleppo, disposed of them there at a like profit; after which I bought stuffs of Aleppo and repaired with them to Baghdad, where I sold them with the same result; nor did I cease to buy and sell, till I was worth nigh ten thousand dinars. Each of the others told a like tale, till it came to Alaeddin's turn, when they said to him, 'And thou, O my lord Alaeddin? Quoth he, 'I was brought up in a chamber underground and came forth from it but this week and I do but go to the shop and return home. 'Thou art used to abide at home, rejoined they, 'and knowest not the delight of travel, for travel is for men only. 'I reck not of travel, answered he, 'and value ease above all things. Whereupon quoth one to the other, 'This youth is like the fish: when he leaves the water he dies. Then they said to him, 'O Alaeddin, the glory of the sons of the merchants is not but in travel for the sake of gain. Their talk angered him and he left them, weeping-eyed and mourning-hearted, and mounting his mule, returned home.
I abode for the space of a year, mournful-hearted and weeping-eyed, till the coming of the Greater Festival, when I sent to the herdsman and bade him bring me a fat cow for the purpose of sacrifice.
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