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out of my seven senses when the monster saw that I was afraid and would not enter into the den again he came near and setting his monstrous muzzle to the mouth of the den raised such a dreadful yell that both hill wild and wilderness shook at the sound at that instant a yellow scorpion of two spans length darted out and assailed the snake The snake for all his monstrous zire was frightened and fled without once looking behind him to distance of a whole league and there be stopped I however plucked up courage and pulling and arrow out of my quiver struck the scorpion and killed him on the spot I presently saw a great light near me and perceived that it was a lustre formed of precious stones each of which was worth a whole kingdom The serpent now made me a sign to carry off as many of them as I could I took a goodly number and saw that an immense treasure of them was there deposited Then the serpent took me up and placed me on his neck and came out of the den when I came to the door of den I saw a sage of a luminous aspect standing and made him a salam he returned my salutation

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