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Weekly Contest #87
There was once a merchant who set out with his wife on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Their daughter, though, they left at home, with an Arab slave girl to keep her company. One evening quite late, the merchant’s daughter and the Arab girl were singing and laughing and dancing about in the upstairs apartment. By accident, the Arab girl knocked over the oil lamp, leaving the young ladies in darkness. “What should we do?” said the merchant’s daughter. “It’s too late to rouse the servants.” “I’ll go out and find a light,” said the Arab girl. “But w...
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