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son  could  assume  the  throne;  rather  than  sending  the  prince  to  Isfahan  as

provincial governor; he imprisoned him in the most out of the way room of

his palace。 The prince grew up and lived in this makeshift cell; which looked

onto  neither  courtyard  nor  garden;  for  thirty…one  years。  After  his  father’s

allotted time on Earth ran out; the prince; who’d lived alone with his books;

ascended the throne and declared: “I mand that you bring me a horse。 I’ve

always  seen  pictures  of  them  in  books;  and  am  curious  about  them。”  They

brought  him  the  most  beautiful  gray  steed  in  the  palace;  but  when  the  new

king saw that the horse had nostrils like mine…shafts; a shameless ass; a coat

duller  than  in  the  illustrations  and  a  brutish  rump;  he  was  so  disenchanted

that  he  had  all  the  horses  in  his  kingdom  massacred。  After  this  brutal

slaughter;  which  lasted  forty  days;  all  the  kingdom’s  rivers  flowed  a  somber

red。  But  Exalted  Allah  did  not  refrain  from  meting  out  His  justice:  The  king

now  had  no  cavalry  whatsoever;  and  when  faced  with  the  army  of  his

archenemy; the Turkmen Bey of the Blacksheep clan; he was routed and; in the

end; hacked apart。 Let there be no doubt: As all the histories will reveal; the

nation of horses had taken its revenge。

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Shekure shut herself into the room with the children; and I listened at length

to  the  sounds  within  the  house  and  to  its  incessant  creaking。  Shekure  and

Shevket began whispering to each other and she anxiously quieted them with

an abrupt “shush!” I heard a rattling ing from the stone…paved area near

the  well;  but  it  didn’t  last。  Later;  my  attention  was  caught  by  a  squawking

seagull  that  had  alighted  on  the  roof。  Then  it;  too;  fell  silent  along  with

everything  else。  Afterward;  I  heard  a  low  moan  from  the  other  side  of  the

hallway: Hayriye was crying in her sleep。 Her moans dissolved into coughing

which ended as suddenly as it had begun; giving way once again to that deep;

dreadful  silence。  A  while  later;  I  imagined  that  an  intruder  was  roaming

around the room where my dead Enishte lay; and I froze pletely。

During   each   span   of   silence;   I   examined   the   pictures   before   me;

contemplating  how  the  passionate  Olive;  the  beautiful  Butterfly  and  the

deceased  gilder  had  dabbed  paint  onto  the  page。  I  had  the  urge  to  confront

each of the images by shouting “Satan!” or “Death!” as my Enishte used to do

some nights; but fear restrained me。 Besides; these illustrations had vexed me

plenty  because  I  couldn’t  write  an  appropriate  story  to  acpany  them

despite  my  Enishte’s  insistence。  Since  I  was  slowly  growing  certain  that  his

death  was  linked  to  these  images;  I  felt  fretful  and  impatient。  I’d  already

scrutinized the illustrations endlessly while listening to Enishte’s stories; all for

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