Once upon a time there was a Sultan and his Wazir, and those two men
were very rich with much wealth, but neither had a son.
They took counsel together, "How will it be when we die? Who shall we
leave all this wealth to and we are without children?"
The Sultan said to the Wazir, "We must go to a far country and look for
some wise man who will tell us what to do."
[Illustration: Snake]
So they went away, and wandered on and on for three years, till at last
they met an old woman, bent with the weight of many years.
[Illustration: AT LAST THEY MET AN OLD WOMAN, BENT WITH THE WEIGHT OF
MANY YEARS.]