[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Story books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa) › [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt) › 369.8 # سندبادنامه 369.8 English (machine translation) 369.8 - **Language:** English ### [369.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.369.8) 16. The Story of the Hunter, the Honey, the Dog, the Weasel, and the Grocer And through him this hunter procured the means of subsistence for his wife and child, and the provision for their maintenance and expenses, and by that means passed his life. One day this hunter had gone to the mountain to hunt, and was running on the tracks of game, when he reached the entrance of a cave and saw a cleft from which honey was dripping. He looked more closely and saw many bees, which had made their nest and dwelling within it, and day and night in that mountain range from the branches of trees they gathered the dew that fell upon the flowers of gardens and the trees of thickets, and grazed upon rose and hyacinth; by day they rolled upon the leaves of narcissus, and by night slept in hexagonal pavilions which they had built of wax; with the queen bee overseeing them for punishment, and a gatekeeper at the entrance to turn away the unclean; and honeycombs of various colors prepared as a provision for winter. When the man saw this, he said to himself: "Without any toil, my foot has sunk into a treasure; and without any effort, a gift has come into my grasp: 'You have hit the mark, so hold fast; you have found, so take the spoil!' No toil could be more successful than this, and no work could be more fitting than this. The best course is that every day I carry a portion of this honey to the city and provide the necessities of my livelihood from its price." Forthwith he filled a vessel which he had, brought it into the city, offered it to a grocer, agreed upon a price, - [Previous: 369.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.369.1) - [Next: 369.25](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.369.25) - [Up: 369](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.369) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.369.8) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.369.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.369.8) · Pramāṇa