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him away. Fair one, said he, tell me, I pray you, whether this
wonderful tree was found in your garden by chance, or if it was

a present made you from some foreign country? For certainly it
must have come a great way off, otherwise, curious as I am of
these rarities, I should have heard of it. What name do you call
it by?
Sir, replied the princess, this tree has no other name than that of
the singing tree, and is not a native of this country. It will be too
long to tell you here the adventures relating to it, the yellow

water, and the talking bird, which your majesty may see after
the golden water; but if it may be agreeable to your majesty,
after you have refreshed yourself, and recovered the fatigue of
hunting, which was the greater because of the sun's intent heat,
you shall hear it.
My fair one, replied the sultan, my fatigue is so well
recompensed by the wonders you have shewn me, that I am not
in the least weary, but am impatient to see the yellow water,
and admire the talking bird.

When the sultan came to the yellow water, his eyes were fixed
so stedfastly upon the fountain, that he could not take them off:
At last, addressing himself to the princess, he said, As you tell
me, fair one, that this water has no spring nor communication
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