سندبادنامه 156.23

156.23

'This matter is not without a trap, and inevitably harm will reach our lives on this account.
The prudent course is to take women and children away from this mountain and migrate to another place.'
The monkeys said: 'If a ram plays with a woman, what effect can that have,
and how could its harm return to us?' Rūzbih said: 'I have the claim of sovereign rule and command over you,
and you have the claim of friendship and care upon me; what is incumbent upon me'
I fulfill; and if you place trust in my word, it will be better for you. I at any rate act upon
my own word.” And at that very moment, he gathered his wife and children from that mountain