So that man said, "When famine comes to a country and leaves it again it
goes to the idle, for they make no profit and sit always with hunger for
a cup-fellow.
"When sickness comes to a country and leaves it again it goes to the
aged, for they sit always with sickness and death for a companion.
"When war comes to a country and leaves it again it goes to those men
who have more than one wife, for in their houses quarrels never cease."
When the Sultan heard these words he was very pleased, and gave his
daughter to the stranger.