Allah might，an He pleased，give me easiest life，
But with whatso pleaseth Him self I please.'
Now when the flea heard these words of the mouse，he rejoined，'I hearken to thy charge and I submit myself to obey thee，nor have I power to gainsay thee，till life be fulfilled in this righteous intention.' Replied the mouse，'Pure intention sufficeth to sincere affection.' So the tie of love arose and was knitted between them twain，and after this，the flea used to visit the merchant's bed by night and not exceed in his diet，and house him by day in the hole of the mouse.Now it came to pass one night，the merchant brought home great store of dinars and began to turn them over.When the mouse heard the chink of the coin，she put her head out of her hole and fell to gazing at it，till the merchant laid it under his pillow and went to sleep，when she said to the flea，'Seest thou not the proffered occasion and the great good fortune？Hast thou any device to bring us to our desire of yonder dinars？Quoth the flea，'Verily，it is not good that one strives for aught，unless he be able to win his will；
because，if he lack ability thereto，he falleth into that which he should avoid and he attaineth not his wish by reason of his weakness，albeit he use all power of cunning，like the sparrow which picketh up grain and falleth into the net and is caught by the fowler.Thou hast no strength to take the dinars and to transport them out of this house，nor have I force sufficient to do this；I the contrary，I could not carry a single ducat of them；so what hast thou to do with them？'