The old man replied:--

"Lo, I am the old man to whom thou didst say, on the day thou sawest him

planting a fig tree, 'If thou livest to eat of its fruit, I pray thee

let me know;' and behold I have come and brought thee of the fruit, that

thou mayest partake of it likewise."

The emperor was very much pleased, and emptying the man's basket of its

figs, he ordered it to be filled with gold coins.

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