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“Sovereign  Refuge  of  the  World  Your  Excellency  My  Sultan;”  said  Master

Osman。 “Perhaps we can better catch the man responsible for this slip of the

brush; if my master miniaturists are forced to draw a horse on a blank sheet of

paper; quickly; without any story in mind。”

“Only; of course; if this is really a slip of the brush and not an actual nose;”

said Our Sultan shrewdly。

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“My Sultan;” said Master Osman; “to this end; if a petition by express

mand of Your Highness were announced tonight; if a guard were to visit

Your miniaturists; requesting them to draw a horse quickly on a blank sheet

for this contest…”

Our  Sultan  looked  at  the  mander  of  the  Imperial  Guard  with  an

expression that said; “Did you hear that?” Then he said; “Do you know which

of the Poet Nizami’s stories of rivalry I like best of all?”

Some  of  us  said;  “We  know。”  Some  said;  “Which  one?”  Some;  including

myself; fell silent。

“I’m  not  fond  of  the  contest  of  poets  or  the  story  about  the  contest

between  Chinese  and  Western  painters  and  the  mirror;”  said  the  handsome

Sultan。 “I like best the contest of doctors who pete to the death。”

After He’d said this; He abruptly took leave of us for His evening prayers。

Later; as the evening azan was being called; in the half dark; after exiting the

gates  of  the  palace;  I  hurried  toward  my  neighborhood  happily  imagining

Shekure; the boys and our house; when I recalled with horror the story of the

contest of doctors:

One of the two doctors peting in the presence of their sultan—the one

often  depicted  in  pink—made  a  poison  green  pill  strong  enough  to  fell  an

elephant; which he gave to the other doctor; the one in the navy…blue caftan。

That  doctor  first  swallowed  the  poisonous  pill;  and  afterward;  swallowed  a

navy…blue  antidote  that  he’d  just  made。  As  could  be  understood  from  his

gentle laughter; nothing at all happened to him。 Furthermore; it was now his

turn to give his rival a whiff of death。 Moving ever so deliberately; savoring the

pleasure  of  taking  his  turn;  he  plucked  a  pink  rose  from  the  garden;  and

bringing it to his lips; inaudibly whispered a mysterious poem into its petals。

Next; with gestures that bespoke extreme confidence; he extended the rose to

his rival so he might take in its bouquet。 The force of the whispered poem so

agitated the doctor in pink that upon bringing the flower to his nose; which

bore nothing but its regular scent; he collapsed out of fear and died。

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I AM CALLED “OLIVE”

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