Long ago in olden times there was a Sultan, and he had a daughter
beautiful as the moon at its fulness.
[Illustration: The Sultan's Daughter]
This Sultan said that he would only marry his daughter to a man of
wisdom. So to all who came to seek his daughter's hand he asked three
questions.
The first was, "When famine comes to a place and leaves it again, where
does it go?"
The second was, "When sickness comes to a place and leaves it again,
where does it go?"
And the third was, "When war comes to a place and leaves it again, where
does it go?"
No one was able to answer these questions for many months and many
years, till at last there came a man who said, "I will answer your
questions, oh Sultan."