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The Nightingale in the Mosque - The Story of the Sultan's Youngest Son and the Princess Flower o' the World
"Allah be praised!" he cried, "my Youngest Son lives!"
Then they told him all—how it was this Prince and not the older brothers who had found the Nightingale Gisar and how the older brothers had robbed him of his prize and beaten him insensible.
When the Sultan heard how wicked his older sons had been his grief for their death was assuaged.
"Allah be praised," he said, "that I have at least one son who is worthy!"
After the betrothal ceremony the Sultan and the Youngest Prince went to the mosque to pray. While they prayed the Nightingale sang so gloriously that it seemed to them they were no longer on earth but in Paradise.
When their prayers were finished and they were passing out, the Dervish raised his sing-song voice and said:
"Now indeed is the Sultan's Mosque the most beautiful Mosque in the World for the Nightingale Gisar sings beside the Fountain!"
The Girl in the Chest - The Story of the Third Sister Who was Brave and Good In a village there lived two men who had the self-same name. Both were named Claus. But one of them owned four horses, and the other owned only one horse; so to distinguish between them people called the man who had four horses Big Claus, and the man who had only one horse Little Claus. Now I'll tell you what happened to these two, for this is a true story.
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