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No Chance to Explain
One morning, an Arab emir woke up feeling drained. He realized that he was no longer as vigorous as before and suddenly felt weary of his harem of beautiful women.
Looking at his young servant, he had an idea. "Abdul, from now on I shall grant you a favor. Every night, you must stand outside my bedroom. When I cry, 'I'm thirsty!' and step out pretending to fetch water, you must slip inside and attend to my consort in the darkness, so she thinks you are me."
For a long time, everything went as the emir wished. Every night he called, 'I'm thirsty!' and slipped away to find somewhere to sleep, while his strapping young servant took over the exhausting task.
Then one morning, the emir summoned Abdul. "You scoundrel! I'll have you beaten and banished to the desert!"
"But Your Highness, what have I done wrong?"
"You fool! Last night, my consort went out to fetch me some water. You didn't realize it. You just rushed in—and wouldn't even give me a chance to explain!"
Từ vựng trong truyện
- emir: tiểu vương
- vigorous: cường tráng; khỏe mạnh
- harem: hậu cung
- consort: vương phi
- summoned: truyền gọi
- banished: lưu đày