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When the child of the young sultan was old enough to talk, P-s told her that they would go to the home of her aunt, P-l. P-S told the child that when they reached the house of P-l (the adopted sister of the sultan) the child was to cry and say she wanted to touch the wings of her mother. When they reached the house the little girl began to cry.

P-l said: Why are you crying child?

The child said: I want to touch the wings of my mother (remember her mother was an angel).

P-l said: Do not cry. I will look for the wings of your mother. She looked for them, and found them in a trunk. [[strikethrough]] full [[/strikethrough]] They had many holes in them.

When P-s arrived home, she patched up all the holes in the wings. After patching her wings, she flew thorugh the house and flew up [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] to the coconut trees. She flew very high into the sky, and then came back to earth. She cooked rice; seven bites of the rice had seven different flavors; she also had seven cigarettes which each had a different flavor. She placed the rice and cigarettes on a try. [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] With her daughter went to the house of P-l where [[strikethrough]] they [[/strikethrough]] she left the [[strikethrough]] m [[/strikethrough]] child.

P-s[[strikethrough]] o [[/strikethrough]] said to P-l: I will leave my daughter and these things with you. My husband has no more love for me. (She then went home.) If you see my husband, tell him that I have left his food covered in the house. If he asked where I am, tell him I have gone to the well to take a bath.

P-s then flew to her [[strikethrough]] own [[/strikethrough]] home place. Her father did not know that she was married to the sultan, so he said that he could call the imam so that she and her old lover could be married. P-s had been gone for several years. On the day they were to be married, P-s said that she had a stomach ache so the imam did not marry them.  She pretended that she was sick, because she knew that her husband would follow her.

The sultan went to his home and saw that his wife wasnot there. He went to the house of his adopted sister P-1 and said: Where is my wife?

P-1 said: She told me to tell you that if you came, she left your food covered in the house. She has gone to the well to take a bath.

The sultan went home and ate the food: He said: Since our marriage, I have never tasted such delicious food. Each of my seven bites has a different taste. And each cigarette has a different flavor.

The sultan went to the well to find his wife, but she was not there. He then went to the house of P-1 who said: You should not have neglected your wife. She is from a place different from ours. I told you not to neglect you wife.

The sultan then went home and [[strikethrough]] t [[/strikethrough]] he struck the gong, named ______ , of the former sultan.