سندبادنامه 107.21

107.21

"You speak the truth; I was present that night in that place, and I held the lamp for you,
and helped your mother." When the camel heard the statements of the wolf and the fox in that vein,
he stretched out his neck, snatched up the round loaf, ate it, and said: "Whoever sees me knows in truth
that I was not born of my mother last night, and that I am much larger than you, and have seen more of the world
than you, and have carried heavier burdens."
Then all the sages agreed that nothing could be a key to the door of this misfortune except the competence
of Sindbād, and they reported this to the ear of the king. The king gave the command that Sindbād be brought,
and he obtained the honor of admittance and welcome, and was honored with conversation and colloquy. The king
said: "This son is the cream of the realm, the choice substance of the kingdom, the preface of my joy, and the index of my delight,
and throughout the duration of my life no fruit before this has appeared from the tree of existence.
You must instruct him in noble traits of character, praiseworthy qualities, torches of governance,
canons of rule, customs of kingship, subtleties of the Sharīʿa, and truths of the spiritual path,
and set them before him, so that he becomes experienced and refined. After the grace of the Most Generous of the generous
and the bounty of the Most Merciful of the merciful, trust and reliance are placed in your competence and valor. And when the signs