IIahfil. vol. 1^ no, 1 23 fort 5 thundering and roaring 9 the prince started to shrink, grow smaller and snaller. He didn1! remember what happened afterward. And then he forgot even that, for he was full of love for the fair princess whom he had come to rescue from the fort. Yet again in the evening, the saue thing happened, The giant entered the fort roarings "lianas gandh, manas yndh, I smell a nanj I snell a nan^"And the prince oegan ^o 'shrink into himself, In the morning he found hiuself as confused and frightened as tLe day before. It seemed like a nightmare. He tried to remember the details of that nightmare, but he could recollect nothing, VJhen three nights vero spent in that fashion, the prince became quite worried: "Ya AllahJ Vftiat kind of affair is this? As soon as it is evening, I lose all awareness of myself• Is it that someone has put a spell on me?" And he reproached himself s "0 lazy foolj You, you had come here to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of the white giant; now you are also caught in his web of magic." Then at the hour of darkness, he saw the princess turn toward him and cast a spell that made him begin to shrink, And though he struggled to retain his true shape, he kept on shrinking, as on other evenings, In the morning, he felt like he had just come out of a terrible dream; but again, he could not remember much of what had passed that night. Only very little of it came back; he recalled seeing tlie princess move her lips, His suspicions were aroused; some mischief was afoot. He turned to her in anger? "0 ill-fated creature, I am only trying to rescue you from this white giant. Is this hoi/ you reward me, by putting a spell over me?" The princess tried to make some excuses, but the prince was not satisfied, Ee kept asking her for the truth. Then the princess retorteds "You simpleton,1 \ihat I do every day is only for your own good. Tills white giant is an enemy of mankind, If he ever saw you he would devour you in a twinkling of an eye, and also torture me no end. This is why I turn you into a fly every evening and stick you to the wall. Even then all night long__tho monster keeps shouting, {Lianas gandhj Manas gandhll But I satisfy hiu by telling him to eat me if he smells a human being, l/hen in the morning he is gone, I return you to your human shape," IJhen the prince learned tlic-t at nights he is turned into a fly, and that a woman brings about t;.is change in order to save his life, his pride vcis hurt, -c found that situation highly intolerable. Full of indignation, he reflected; "0 Azad Eakht5 you used to be so prouc1 of your noble blood, of your brave deeds and nanly courage 1 And you thought you possessed a profound skill and knowledge in all affairs, But today your pride has touched the dust. A monster tyrannizes a human being while you, for the sake of your dear life, turn into the most lowly of all beings,"