there rose a cloud of dust and，presently opening out，discovered below it a furious camel gurgling and pawing the earth with his feet and never ceasing so to do till he came up with us. Now when the lion whelp saw how big and buxom he was，he took him to be the son of Adam and was about to spring upon him when I said to him，'O Prince，of a truth this is not the son of Adam，this be a camel，and he seemeth to fleeing from the son of Adam.' As I was thus conversing，O my sister，with the lion whelp，the camel came up and saluted him；whereupon he returned the greeting and said，'What bringeth thee hither？' Replied he，'I came here fleeing from the son of Adam.' Quoth the whelp，'And thou，with thy huge frame and length and breadth，how cometh it that thou fearest the son of Adam，seeing that with one kick of thy foot thou wouldst kill him？' Quoth the camel，'O son of the Sultan，know that the son of Adam hath subtleties and wiles，which none can withstand nor can any prevail against him，save only Death；for he putteth into my nostrils a twine of goat's hair he calleth Nose ring，[139] and over my head a thing he calleth Halter；then he delivereth me to the least of his little children，and the youngling draweth me along by the nose ring，my size and strength notwithstanding.
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