ave
it to Mohammed, who went off at once to his uncle.

'Now we are rich, dear uncle,' cried he, 'we will sell our cows and
sheep and go to a new country. This one is no longer the place for us.'

The sheep were soon sold, and the two comrades started on their travels.
That night they reached some Bedouin tents, where they had supper with
the Arabs. Before they lay down to sleep, Mohammed called the owner of
the tent aside. 'Your greyhound will eat my strip of leather,' he said
to the Arab.

'No; do not fear.'

'But supposing he does?'

'Well, then, I will give him to you in exchange,' replied the Arab.

Mohammed waited till everyone was fast asleep, then he rose softly, and
tearing the bit of skin in pieces, threw it down before the greyhound,
setting up wild shrieks as he did so.

'Oh, master, said I not well that your dog would eat my thong?'

'Be quiet, don't make such a noise, and you shall have the dog.'

So Mohammed put a leash round his neck, and led him away.

In the evening they arrived at the tents of some more Bedouin, and asked
for shelter. After supper Mohammed said to the owner of the tent, 'Your
ram will kill my greyhound.'

'Oh, no, he won't.'

'And supposing he does?'

'Then you can take him in exchange.'

So in the night Mohammed killed the greyhound, and laid his body across
the horns of the ram. Then he set up shrieks and yells, till he roused
the Arab, who said 'Take the ram and go away.'

Mohammed did not need to be told twice, and at sunset he reached another
Bedouin encampment. He was received kindly, as usual, and after supper
he said to his host: 'Your daughter will kill my ram.'

'Be silent, she will do nothing of the sort; my daughter does not need
to steal meat, she has some every day.'

'Very well, I will go to sleep; but if anything happens to my ram I will
call out.'

'If my daughter touches anything belonging to my guest I will kill her,'
said the Arab, and went to his bed.

When everybody was asleep, Mohammed got up, killed the ram, and took out
his liver, which he broiled on the fire. He placed a piece of it in the
girl's hands, and laid some more on her night-dress while she slept and
knew nothing about it. After this he began to cry out loudly.

'What is the matter? be silent at once!' called the Arab.

'How can I be silent, when my ram, which I loved like a child, has been
slain by your daughter?'

'But my daughter is asleep,' said the Arab.

'Well, go