magician," and
told her of how she had been deceived.

After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace. He succeeded the Sultan
when he died, and reigned for many years, leaving behind him a long line
of kings.(1)

(1) Arabian Nights.

THE TALE OF A YOUTH WHO SET OUT TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS

A father had two sons, of whom the eldest was clever and bright, and
always knew what he was about; but the youngest was stupid, and
couldn't learn or understand anything. So much so that those who saw him
exclaimed: "What a burden he'll be to his father!" Now when there was
anything to be done, the eldest had always to do it; but if something
was required later or in the night-time, and the way led through the
churchyard or some such ghostly place, he always replied: "Oh! no,
father: nothing will induce me to go there, it makes me shudder!" for
he was afraid. Or, when they sat of an evening around the fire telling
stories which made one's flesh creep, the listeners sometimes said:
"Oh! it makes one shudder," the youngest sat in a corner, heard the
exclamation, and could not understand what it meant. "They are always
saying it makes one shudder! it makes one shudder! Nothing makes me
shudder. It's probably an art quite beyond me."

Now it happened that his father said to him one day: "Hearken, you there
in the corner; you are growing big and strong, and you must learn to
earn your own bread. Look at your brother, what pains he takes; but
all the money I've spent on your education is thrown away." "My dear
father," he replied, "I will gladly learn--in fact, if it were possible
I should like to learn to shudder; I don't understand that a bit yet."
The eldest laughed when he heard this, and thought to himself: "Good
heavens! what a ninny my brother is! he'll never come to any good;
as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined." The father sighed, and
answered him: "You'll soon learn to shudder; but that won't help you to
make a living."

Shortly after this, when the sexton came to pay them a visit, the father
broke out to him, and told him what a bad hand his youngest son was at
everything: he knew nothing and learned nothing. "Only think! when I
asked him how he purposed gaining a livelihood, he actually asked to be
taught to shudder." "If that's all he wants," said the sexton, "I can
teach him that; just you send him to me, I'll soon polish him up." The
father was quite pleased with the proposal, because he thought: "I