When the people of the town saw the beautiful new house and all the slaves, and cattle, and riches it contained, they went and told their sultan, who at once made up his mind that the owner of such a place must be of sufficient importance to be visited and taken notice of, as an acquisition to the neighborhood.
So he called on Keejaanaa, and inquired who he was.
"Oh, I'm just an ordinary being, like other people."
"Well, I have been; but I like this place, and think I'll settle down here."
"Why don't you come and walk in our town?"
"I should like to very much, but I need some one to show me around."
"Oh, I'll show you around," said the sultan, eagerly, for he was quite taken with the young man.
After this Keejaanaa and the sultan became great friends; and in the course of time the young man married the sultan's daughter, and they had one son.
They lived very happily together, and Keejaanaa loved Faaraasee as his own soul.
THE PHYSICIAN'S SON AND THE KING OF THE SNAKES.
Once there was a very learned physician, who died leaving his wife with a little baby boy, whom, when he was old enough, she named, according to his father's wish, Hassee'boo Kareem' Ed Deen'.
When the boy had been to school, and had learned to read, his mother sent him to a tailor, to learn his trade, but he could not learn it. Then he was sent to a silversmith, but he could not learn his trade either. After that he tried many trades, but could learn none of them. At last his mother said, "Well, stay at home for a while;" and that seemed to suit him.
One day he asked his mother what his father's business had been, and she told him he was a very great physician.
"Well, it's a long time since I saw them," replied his mother, "but I think they are behind there. Look and see."
So he hunted around a little and at last found them, but they were almost ruined by insects, and he gained little from them.
At last, four of the neighbors came to his mother and said, "Let your boy go along with us and cut wood in the forest." It was their business to cut wood, load it on donkeys, and sell it in the town for making fires.
"All right," said she; "to-morrow I'll buy him a donkey, and he can start fair with you."
So the next day Hasseeboo, with his donkey, went off with those four persons, and they worked very hard and made a lot of money that day. This continued for six days, but on the seventh day it rained heavily, and they had to get under the rocks to keep dry.