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Arabian Nights: 88th Night

Eighty eighth night Shahrazad said: I heard, O king, Ja'far said to the Caliph: Days and months went by, and when her time came, the daughter of the vizier of Cairo, gave birth to a boy, who had a face as round as the full moon, or the rising sun, a radiant brow and rosy cheeks. They cut his navel cord, applied kohl to eyelids, and his grandfather named him Ajib and committed him to the care of the nurses, stewardesses, and servants. When Ajib was seven he was sent to a teacher to teach him good manners. Ajib remained with the teacher for four years. He began to bully, beat and abuse other children. At last they got together and complained to the monitor. The monitor said, "I will tell you what you should do tomorrow so that he will stop coming here and you will never see him again. When he comes tomorrow, gather around him to play a game and say to each other, "No one can join us in this game, unless he tells us the name of his mother and father, for he who does not know...

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