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Dorani

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The old man stood asked the prince to wait for him, and a little later he came back with five or six small packets, which he placed in his hands and said, "Tomorrow, when your bride leaves the palace, sprinkle the powder from one of these packets upon your body. While continuing to see clearly yourself, you will become invisible. More I cannot do, but may all go well for you!"

And the prince thanked him, and put the packets carefully away in his turban.

The next night, after Dorani left for her father's house, the prince sprinkled the magic powder over himself, and then hurried after her. Indeed he was invisible to everyone, although he felt as usual, and could see all that passed. He speedily caught up with the palanquin and walked beside it to the perfume merchant's dwelling. There his bride entered the house and he followed silently behind.

Dorani proceeded to her own room where were set two large basins, one filled with rose oil perfume and one of water. In these she washed herself, and then she arrayed herself in a robe of silver, and wound about her strings of pearls, while a wreath of roses crowned her hair. When fully dressed, she seated herself upon a four-legged stool over which was a canopy with silken curtains. These she drew around her, and then called out, "Fly, stool!"

Instantly the stool rose in the air and the invisible prince, who had watched all these proceedings with great wonder, seized it by one leg as it flew away, and found himself being borne through the air at a rapid rate.

In a short while they arrived at the house of Dorani's fairy friend, who, as I told you before, was also a favorite with the king of fairyland. The fairy stood waiting on the threshold, as beautifully dressed as Dorani herself was, and when the stool stopped at her door she cried in astonishment, "Why, the stool is flying all crooked today! I suspect that you have been talking to your husband, and so it will not fly straight.

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