When it was the One Hundred and Fortyseventh Night，She said，It hath reached me，O auspicious King，that when the peahen heard from the duck this story，she wondered with exceeding wonder and said to her，'O my sister，here thou art safe from the son of Adam，for we are in one of the islands of the sea whither there is no way for the son of Adam；so do thou take up thine abode with us till Allah make easy thy case and our case. Quoth the duck，'I fear lest some calamity come upon me by night，for no runaway can rid him of fate by flight.'Rejoined the peahen，'Abide with us，and be like unto，us；'and ceased not to persuade her，till she yielded，saying，'O my sister，thou knowest how weak is my resistance；but verily had I not seen thee here，I had not remained.'Said the peahen，'That which is on our foreheads[142] we must indeed fulfil，and when our doomed day draweth near，who shall deliver us？ But not a soul departeth except it have accomplished its predestined livelihood and term.
Now the while they talked thus，a cloud of dust appeared and approached them，at sight of which the duck shrieked aloud and ran down into the sea，crying out，'Beware！ beware！ though flight there is not from Fate and Lot！'[143] After awhile the dust opened out and discovered under it an antelope；whereat the duck and the peahen were reassured and the peacock's wife said to her companion，'O my sister，this thou seest and wouldst have me beware of is an antelope，and here he is，making for us. He will do us no hurt，for the antelope feedeth upon the herbs of the earth and，even as thou art of the bird kind，so is he of the beast kind. Be there fore of good cheer and cease care taking；for care taking wasteth the body.'Hardly had the peahen done speaking，when the antelope came up to them，thinking to shelter him under the shade of the tree；and，sighting the peahen and the duck，saluted them and said，'I came to this island today and I have seen none richer in herbage nor pleasanter for habitation.'