Robber Fails to Seize Spoils as Escape Closes In
A robber realizes he has little time to claim his loot. The countryman, after descending a well and finding no casket, returns to learn his misfortune. Clothes, an ass, and a goat scatter, and the owner struggles to find anyone willing to clothe him.
Hamet and the English ten pound note in the dust heaps
In Constantinople a ragman Hamet searches open streets for scraps and luck. A shiny paper among papers hints at value, but the innkeeper withholds, warning that some folks value such papers though to Hamet and his wife it seems junk.
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Ten Shillings Fortune for Hamet's Paper
A traveler offers fifty piastres to Hamet for a paper, after Hamet trades a ten pound note. The exchange brings sudden luck for Hamet whose son has brought him good fortune, and he hurries home with the winnings.
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Mischievous Monkey on Ship
A shipboard tale describes Jack the monkey who painted a companion with white paint. He fled to the mast, was washed by the steward, then returned to seek forgiveness from the crew. The narrator adds a riddle about a season that arrives once yearly and is valued.
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