Prince Ahmed

PRINCE AHMED
AND THE: FAIRY.

RINCE HOUSSAIN would not honour
the feast: with his presence; he could |
scarcely endure to see the princess in
the arms of Prince Ali, who, he said, did
not deserve her better or love her more
than himself. He left the court, and,
renouncing all right of succession to the
crown, turned dervish, and put himself
under the discipline of a famous. sheik,
_.who had gained a reputation for his

Bera ie and had taken up his abode, together with his
disciples, whose number was great, in an agreeable solitude.

Prince Ahmed did not assist at Prince Ali’s and the Princess
Nouronnihar’s wedding, any more than, his brother Houssain, but
did not renounce the world as he had done.. He could not imagine
-what had become of his arrow, so he stole away: from his attendants,
_and resolved to search for it, that he might not have anything to |
‘reproach himself with. With this intention, he went to the place
where the Princes Houssain’s and Ali’s were gathered up, and going
Straight forward from thence, looked carefully: on both sides of
him. He went so far, that at last he began to think his labour _
was in vain; yet he could not help going forwards, till he came