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# سندبادنامه 385

English (machine translation) 385

- **Language:** English

### [385.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.385.1)

"Hunger makes lions accept injustice."  
The rogue took steps with utmost caution, and placed his hand on the backs of the mounts  
to mount whichever he found fattest and lead it out from their midst. In the midst of that  
search, he placed his hand upon the back of the lion; to his touch it seemed better than the other beasts  
and felt fatter. Forthwith he threw his leg over the lion's back and mounted upon him,  
and drove him out in haste from among the beasts. The lion, out of fear of the rogue's sword, began to move,  
and the rogue drove him along rapidly through ditch and stream; and the lion, through descent  
and ascent, out of fear for his life, was compliant to him, loose-reined and tractable to lead:

## Linked texts (1)

- [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.385.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian

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