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door a young man called Roshen Zemir will arrive here and kill it to content you Most venerable sage said I may it please you to let me know your name that you will learn at your return said he for it is written above that you have two or three more pieces of good service to perform You may now take your departure and God be your guide but take care not to forget that you have to return here again The serpent stood stock still till the ancient sage had finished his oration but as soon as he had bid me farewell he began to move off with me mounted on his shoulders and we had not travelled long before the tents of the caravan began to appear and it fortunately happened to be the very caravan I had left When I came near every body was in a dreadful alarm crying there comes the monster again lord help us I sung lustily out to everyone to be cheery for he would do them no harm He then let me down from his neck and immediately set out for his own place of residence while I joined the caravan and

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