The Voyages of Sindbad (16)

The Voyages of Sindbad (16)  First Voyage

  My family received me with as much joy as I felt upon seeing them once more.
  I bought land and built a great house in which I resolved to live happily, and in the enjoyment of all pleasures of life to forget my past sufferings.


  Here Sindbad paused and commanded the musicians to play again, while the feasting continued until evening.

  When the time came for the porter to depart, Sindbad gave him a silk purse containing one hundred sequins, saying, " Take this, Hindbad, and go home, but tomorrow come again and you shall hear more of my adventures. "

  The porter retired quite overcome by so much generousity, and you may imagine that he was well received at home, where his wife and children thanked their lucky stars that he had found such a benefactor.

  The next day Hindbad, dressed in his best, returned to the voyager's house, and was received with open arms.

  As soon as   all the guests had arrived tha banquet began as before, and when they had feasted long and merrily, Sindbad addressed them thus :
" My friends, I beg that you will listen while I relate the adventures of my second voyage, which you will find even more astonishing than the first. "

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