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Dad would not want these, but what could he do? And so he returned to his friend and presented the horses, which Wali Dad at once sent to the princess. "Only Princess Sari is worthy of such generosity," Wali Dad said. But this time when the princess saw what the stranger had sent her, she was most perplexed.
"What is a person to do in the face of such generosity?" the princess asked. With the advice of her family, she decided she must send a gift so extravagant, no one could respond.
And so she prepared a pack of 10 mules loaded with silver, and 10 camels loaded with gold, and 10 elephants loaded with jewels.
The poor merchant could not believe his eyes, but Princess Sari rewarded him handsomely for his troubles, so again he set off for home.
This time Wali Dad immediately sent his friend to Prince Nekabad with the gift, and when the prince saw this astonishing retinue, he too wondered what to do.
"I will make up a gift so splendid, the gentleman will be unable to return the kindness," he told the merchant, and he sent a caravan of 30 horses clothed in silks and wondrous saddles and loaded with gold, silver and pearls, and he sent along, as well, an army of men to protect the merchant in his journey.
Naturally Wali Dad sent this gift on to the princess, and she -- amazed at this, and suspecting it might be a proposal of marriage -- requested that the merchant take her to Wali Dad.
"I must meet the man who is so generous, and I must discover what he wishes from me," she said.
The merchant worried as they traveled toward Wali Dad. He had not lied about his friend, but he had not explained that Wali Dad was but a poor grass cutter living in a tiny mud hut, that Wali Dad wore rags and bare feet, that he was a humble man who ate only rice and greens that he grew in his tiny garden. He wanted to tell Princess Sari all of this, but he could not find the words, and when they were but one day's journey away, he asked the princess to wait with her guards. "I must," he said, "hurry ahead to give Wali Dad time to prepare for your visit."
When Wali Dad heard that the princess was coming to meet him, he wept with shame. "How could I have created such a terrible notion in this poor lady's head?" he moaned, and he decided then and there that he must never be seen by such a lady.
He ran into the forest, and there he thought he would jump from a tall cliff. But just as he was ready to jump, a soft light surrounded him, and within the glow, two peris, or spiritual beings, appeared before him. "Why are you so sad?" they asked gently.
"I am ashamed that I have tricked a good person," he said, and he told the whole story. When he was finished, he realized something had changed: He no longer wore rags. Instead he wore a beautiful embroidered gown and a jeweled turban, and on his feet he wore soft, satin shoes. And when he turned, he stared in awe at the sight where once his hut had stood. Now there was a palace surrounded by avenues of fruit trees and fields of flowers.
"I am unworthy of such gifts," he said to the peris.
"This is only as much wealth as your spirit," they said, and they disappeared.
And so, when the princess arrived with her retinue, they had a grand feast. At the end, the princess's father took Wali Dad aside and asked him, "Is it true that you wish to marry my daughter?" Wali Dad was quite embarrassed. "Oh, no," he said, "I am far too old and ugly to marry your beautiful daughter, but I know someone who may be much more suitable," and he sent at once for Prince Nekabad, who arrived on a handsome white horse.
Then Wali Dad introduced Princess Sari to Prince Nekabad. "I wish only to bring together two good young people," he said to them.
They fell in love at once, and they married, and Wali Dad lived for many years afterward, taking care of all those who found any trouble and all those who were deserving. But he remained the generous, kind and simple man he had always been.
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