hel did."

me I to

work,

but inow

it

is tim

e for

Ime to

earn three

or fj.ve

kurush."

Tim

e w

ent, tim

e cam

e, and

the son,

Inaturally, grew

into

a young

man.

One

agha. T

here the!

boy rode

the oxen

that w

ere used

in sow

ing. A

fter a "Jhile,

should at

least have

a t.rade

at w

h~ch

to w

ork. S

o far,

you have

not perm

itted

day he

said to

His

mothe.r,

boy had

begun to!

grow

up, the

fathe!r becam

e ill

and died

of this

illness.

Stolry

#449 (T

ape #2,

1972)

the m

an said

to him

. "N

ow,

you go

bn sow

ing here,

as I

have been

doing, and

fields? Y

ou m

ay give him

three

or five

kurush.t or

whatever

is appronriate."

she said.

They

had a neighbor

who w

as anG

g~

The m

other w

ent to

this nei~

hbor

'IV/ell,

if ~

his is

the w

ay you [feel about

it, then

you may do

so,"

I T

he boy

continued so~

Tin~

by H

imself,

but since

he did

not know

much

"All

ri~ht,"

said the

man.

"Your

father w

as a

farmer."

"Well,

tell m

e what

my father's

business w

as. I

can at

least do

what

Ragan

the B

rpom-M

aker

ItMy m

other, I

do nothing

but w

aste m

y time.

I

"WJ1at can

the young

man

do?"

~:

February 22,

1972.

Narrator:

Hasan

HU

seyin C

ilev

1

look at

the field

by the

side of

dhe river."l

I lT

his is

translated literall~

. It

may

be a

figure of

speech m

eaning to

rest or

to nap.

8Story #449-.

nct;a9out farming, ~e didl\realize what was wrong when the oxen became tired.

IA, he wa~ runnitlg and riding the o~en, one of the animals finally dropped

d~ad of exhau!;t~on. Then he placed! the remaining ox in such a way bene?th

t~e yoke that h~ could pull the plpw alone. Hovl long can one animal pull

s~ch a thing? W~ll, after a while ~hat ox also gre~' ill and died of

e*austion.

Whep this happened, hel put the yoke on his back and went home.;~"Ii

"Mother," he said. "Tell me wh~t my father's business was. If my

falther had been a farmer, then there would be left somewhere around here

his oxen, or some part of a cart, ~heels, or something of that kind.

Sirce we have nothing of that kindlaround here, then it !;eems clear that my

fa~her was not really a farmer."

Now what c~u.1d the woman do? the boy beat the woman and demande-d thet

sh~ tell him what his f,ather's busJness was. But the boy's father had

ordered in his will that the woman never tell his son what his trade was

inlorder to keep hi5 son from following in that same business. After the

beating became unbearable, the wom~n finally told her son what he wanted

tol know. "My so*, your father' ~ tr~de was that of a~~~~~~~~~)'

"Very well.t then. l\re there some of the tools of his trade around here

somewh"'rE'?'1

2'~e had ~ vineyard kn;f~ and ~ ~~~.

wit!-.

which to tie the brooms.

They are in the attic. t::limb up into the attic and get these thing5."

Doing as she directed, the bot climbed up into the attic and got the

vineyard knife .nd the l~~. LeaYing the house, he walked along a streat1'

, 2 ~T ..I Translati,g this tale, Onur rlgen, Saim Sakaog,lu, and Warren ~'!alker

co~ld not discoyer the exact meani~g of ~.f~, apparently a dialect word.Th~ context sug~e~t~ that it mean~leither smR!! loo~ or ~yin? r~~

Story #!!49

,

brOoms from the reeds that grew ther~. For days he went on tying brooms,

pilinR them up in a large stack, Finally, he became so tired that he lay do¥Tn

to sileep for a ,.]hi le.

Now it happened that at that time such brooms were in great demand

arourd Ist;tnbul, and to look for such brooms, men had been sent along the

strerms in boats to places where thev might be bein~ made. Some of these

men sa~, all at once, a large heap o~ the brooms they were seeking. They rowed

alon~side that place, and looking to left and looking to right, they saw no

one.1 But finally their calls and the noise they made wakened the boy from

his sleep.

"Whose broom!; ere these?" they asked.

"They are mine," he said.

'f1;.Jell, hovl much mone'v do you want for these brooms?"

"I shall take whatever is the r~gular price for them," he said, and

thus without arguing about three or five kurush, he sold all of them. The

buye~s accepted this bar,gain and bo4ght all. of his brooms. After the boy

load~d un the brooms for them, the m~n took out their money and paid hi!:l

the amount agreed upon. T:l1is was a tptal of thirty liras, with the value of

the ~ira in those old days.3

After receiving this money, the boy went directly to his kaza. 'The

4 He went to the market and there hemark~t that d8.V was to be at his kaza.

bought a horse for three liras. He a~so bought some clothe~--a pair of shoes,

a halt, and other th.ings. After bUYinp som~(Efu:)too, he went back home.

i ~I ~Like money in most parts of th~ wor1.d, the TurkiSM lira has, over the

yea~sJ suffered deya1uation. Now wortp 8-10 cent~ (1974), the lira was oncea vdry valuable c~in. Folktales ofter refer to goldE'n liras.

, I,! ,

I 4In a city tpe market moves to ~ different ~ection or ~~~ ever::Tday.1 Smaller town~.also have mar~et ~aYs. This anrJlie~, of course, to theope~ marl<:ets to wh].ch farmer!' br1ng .roduce ?I1d to wh1ch craftsmen andpedllars bring readily portable "'arps.

10!?t~ry #44 ~

Af!ter reaching hi5 home, he sat do~n and snoke to his mother. "Mother, do

YO~l sef' what h?pnened? Since broomrmaking was my family craft, T succeeded

at it too, e~rning a lot 6f money. I have bought a horse, some clothes, and

some food, and still I have some mpney left in my purse."

After they had eaten,their me~l and satisfied their stomachs, the bO)7

stlood up and 5t~rted walking bRck pnd forth in the house. He was puffed

u~ '-!ith cr;~. f".fter a while, he s~id.'fMother, go and ask the padishah for

t~e hand of hi5 daughter for me."

"My son, would they give me aj padishah' s daughter for you?"

"'ilould the[y find !'omeone morel worthy tban l?fl asked the boy, a!O he

continued to walk protldly about t~e house. Since be compelled the woman to

gq, what could '~he do but go?

She went to the padishah's p~lace all right, but ~.:Jhen she reacher] th

door s,",e. was B5h~med to knock. Th~ padishah was up at that time, and he

turn back wi.thout saying .Cl word, '

s$W the woman alpproach the pal;1ce !but then

to anyone.

"\\Th~t hep~ened, mother? Did ~OL1 as1(1" said her son.

IIThj.n~! Would they give a daughter to peoplet~T~it, son," she said,

like us? That if; ~'Jhy I did not asl~. T was too ashamed."

Go back and ask," said the boy, forcing his mother to go. '"that

5

"Quick

could the woman do? Again she was compelled to go. She gave. in and went

~.""~~,=j..~

C3~';;;;~

5~~

t~"

1~i

to the padishah's house.

The padishah saw the same wot1lan coming again. He said to his servants,

woman is coming here for th$ second time. Go and see if perhaps she

S~e if she i 5 hun1:?,r)T or wants somethingiis without bread or cther food.

~lse.

5The literal translation herr is ~e~~_~E"'c;'?9. herself "','

IIStory #449

Give her a loaf of bread, and [give her some cheese with it so that her

stomach will be comfortable."

The servant at once took out some bread and cheese and gave it to the

"'oman. What cnuld the woman dol now? She returned home without saying a "'ord.

'~fuat happened, mother?"The boy said to her,

"My son, by Allah, I went: there and knocked on the door. They gave m~

a piece of bread and some cheese, for they thought th~t 1 was a peg~ar.'!

"Did you asl~ the question I told you to ask?'!

"T. wa 5 not ab le to a 5k about anythinr. I'

"'.,Tell, then, go back at once and ask the question."

ARain the woman was compe~led to go, now for the third time. She knocked

"Auntie, what do you want?"on the door and a servant opened it.

'~-lith your permission, I want to enter into the presence of the padisheh.'

They '~ent to the padishah and reported this to him. "All right, let her

come in,'! said the padishah. "11ilen she was sho~:rn into his presence, he spoke

"Auntie, I hope that it is good news that you brinf!! Youto her earnestly,

have come here and then left this place two or three times already today."

~

'~our majesty, there is o~e Hasa~ the Broom-maker, ~vho is my son. ~~ith

the p'~!~iQIL~f:AJ~l~~~~~~~~~~£~i~~of the Prophet, I have come to asl~

~fV\

for the hand of your daughter for him."

:"'t~

I'Since it is with the permission of Allah, I shall give her to him,

but I have a condition. I o~~ thirty thousand yellow liras held in a forei?n~~-~~.~

state. If he takes possession df these thirty thousand yellow liras and then-t-~

I shal~ give him my daughter.11brin~s them back to me,

"Very well," said the ~loman, who then left that place and returned home

"1ilhat hannened, mother'l",,!hen she reached home, th~ boy again asked,

~~rl Ii/ill

"I have spoken to him in the na~e of Allah, my son. He accepted the

proposal, since it was as1<ed in the ilame of Allah, but he has a condition.

He h~s thirty thousand yel1o~v liras ~hich are in the possession of a foreign

state, and he said that if you couldlget that money and bring it back to

him,! he would be ~!illing to give you his daughter."

"A:l.l right. If that i~ the 5itu~tion, ask him for a saddle bag in which

to carry the money back."

The woman returned once more to the padishah. "Your majesty, " she said,

"our Hasan the Broom-maker will go a~ter your money, but he wants from you a

sadd!le bag in which he can carry the money back."

The padishah then said to himself, III have tried so hard to get that

money back, but in spite of this 1 have never been able to repossess it. How

can this woman's child possibly rega~n it?" Then he said to a servant, "Give

this woman a saddle bag and seven lir:as for money with which to buy any food

she mi~ht need."

The woman was given the saddle pag and the money. Later, the boy asked

the direction in which he was to rid~ to pdssess the money. Grooming his

three-lira horse, and taking the vineyard knife which had been left by his

father, the young man set out on hiR! journey. After travelling for a great

distance, one night, about midnight, he arrived at the country which held

the money. The capital of that statei was in a hollow valley. The boy went

to the ton of a hill above this valliey and started shouting, 1'0 padishah,

0 neople of the state of Russia,6 I 'have come here from Turkey. If you will

return my padishalh's thirty thousan~ yellow liras tonight, all ~-1ill be well,

6\fuatever the original country iwas to which the boy traveled, it wasprobabl~ not Russia..Folk narrators.lfreely substitute names they thinkaDproprJ.ate at the t1me of the tell~ng.

~ory It4~

such force? So the" T'>tlt the thirty thousand yellovJ 1.iras jntf'l thl;' sac'!d1.e

bag

After that, the boy 5?t smol<in,1 a ci~arette in a room in the padishah'~

pal~ce. vThen everyone else had left [that room, the boy. heard a sound like

"ta*, tak." It seemed to him that tije room of the padishah's dauf!hter must

be m~xt t(1 hi s. '1the ~i. r 1 h.:1.d ~ 1.('1ve~ "rhOnl .c;h~ wanted to mnrry, and i t ~"8 S

that lover who W~5 no~! knock.in~ on ~he ~.;rindow of her room. Her lover said,

~IIcottte, let us run away tonight. No One ~vil1 takE' note of what we do, for

there is a bov cdme from Turkey, and ~Tour father is arranging to have him

kilted. Therefor'3 thjo:: is an opnort4ne time.11

The dauRhter of the padishah ary~~7ered, "Al] right, I shall bE' read:,' to

gr) in one nClur. Come bac1-: fClr me in Ithat much timE:-..'I

Thc Turki~r boy heard all of tl~is from the windo\v, and since they pla~ned

to l~ill him, he did not allo~'l himseif to fall as1.~ep. He looked th!"ou~1; the

key~o1.e of the door of his room, and outside h~ 5;1"1 two sentries mth sv7ord~

;It .reauy to kJ,l him when he went tn s~.eer>. The sentrie~ ~"ere not changed ho"'ev~!"

Clnd after these tiwo had been on duty there for a lon~ ~'lhile, they becC\l11P

tired and themselves fell asleen.

The boy o"enp.d the door by lif~ing it quietly from its hin~es. He nut

the saddle bag on hi~ bacl: and went Istraight to the courtyard. He saw his

hor"e in a ~tab1..e, but the door of tthat stable was also locl<ed to keep hiIT

out.

But the boy was strong enouph tj:o tear loo~e the door from it~ hinpe!;

~nd enter the strtbl~ in th?t W:'1y, Hf ~'lent insjde and took h.is three-J.ir2.

horse and led it into the courtyardlBfter puttin~ some felt around j.t feet

to prevent the~ from mal(in~ any noi~e.. Aftf'r pl.DcinC"! thf' ~D.dnl p b.""rc on th

hor~e, he went to the ~,indow of theldau~htf'r ()f thE' nadishah. He knoc1t:~d ~~

th~ windo~'7, "Tak, tak, t1'!1;:."

~~i

IS-

J.L--

~

Since she was ~oing of her o\\Tm free ,,;rill, 5he simply took her bundle

,"'1'

v-and followed him. Th~y ~vent to thelhorse. mounted it, and--farewell! They

ratj1 awlt)', fleeinp throuphout the "7hole nir;ht. Of course, the girl did not

reall~no~'7 whether it '~a~ her l~vet nr ~omeone else, for ~he had ~_ot yet

betn able to sea hi~ face. lJell, td make ~ long story 5hC1rt!"r, after travelin~

a great distance4 they crossed the ITurkish border around the time of the

breakin1:; of dawn. Th?:, were very t~red after riding all ni~ht, and ~O "-Then

th~'! carne to a grassy plot ~.7ith a fountain, the:,' decided! to stop there fo~

e \-;,hil~ and eat. When the boy ~pran~ from his horse and helped her to dj.smcunt,

she discovered that he Wf'!' not the lone she had wanted but the boy who had

come to her lanrl from Turl~ey. Rightl at th;).t point, the boy said to her, flp-"

llr"'"'"This must h8.ve been my fate! '1 ~vin

~this, she became a Moslem at that p[lacc.

After they had dismounted, they also toolc down the saddle bags and sc.t.

eating.

~ Forty~~~~paS5ed along the road opposite from where they were~~r eating, and they noticed the boy anti rirl there. But one of them a].~o

noticed somethin~ yello~'7 :i.n an open saddle bag, thour,h he could not seE

"There is somethinr'clearly what it was, froro. th~t dist~nce. He said,

yellow in that saddle bag. I wonderiwhat it CDn be?'!

'l1;oJhatever it is," s~id another~ "it is not goin~ to come to us. Sinc('

7The word used here is~, II word for the bundle cRrried by \,]nmerto a bath or to a launderinp olace.T.t is a l;1rge cloth folded in from itfour corners to form the container in which to carry smaller ~arments and.,

S!!'~'lll ob.iects.

11

Storv:#l.49-

found a grindstont-. He started rrindlng and sharpenin~ the blade of his

vineyard knife so thnt the next day he would be able to cut branches with

it more easil",

i

Now it happened that that brid~~ belonged to the forty ~~~~ It

was ~rranf':ec in sUch a "Jay that whenla~~~~~)OUld cross the brid!':e, IVi-

brations "'c\11d nrovj.de a sign~J- to t~e thieves. ThE' thieves did not l~ I

mq~

that the boy had nassed along part of the bridge, but they thou~ht instead

th.'! t t must be ? caravan. Their lea4er said to twenty of his men, 't~lembers

of a caravan must !be crossi.ng the br~dge. Go and rob them of all their

;oods,

and then capture them and bring them (herea"

Twenty of the bancJ;~ts went and isearched, looldnr to this side and to

that side, but they were unable to see anyone."Perha p!; tha t boy came t,h i ~

~J;:). a:nd cli.mhec1 upon the bridre,'1 onE'1 of the;:! said. Still seej_ng no onc~

they lappro~che.d the traD-door. "Perhaps that boy hid in here," said one, as

they opened the tran-door. One of them bent do\oln to look inside.

\-Jhile this was ?,oing on, the boy! had he~rd them. He stood up at once.

moved to one side of the trap-door, and v7hen thc first bri!:!;and bp.nt

do,,-'n to look inside, he grabbed hi.m b~ the hair and cut off his he~d

rrhen another one of the brigands] said, 'lOur friend descended ve!:,'\T

<1tLickly," and the~ he himself looked lnto the onenin~ beneath the tran-

door. The bOj1 cut off his head in thej same way, and then, one :liter another.

he cut off the heads of all the twent1t thieves, " 1 " t h b rJ" p1 1ng up ..e o,.1.es n$idp

so many sacks. liapD:,Y at having lctl1ed a1 these thieve~

,

the boy "l~nt

outside the room to the bridge floor, land in doing this he st~rtpd thc

bridge shalcin~ again.

Ii..'hen this hapr1>ened, the lender of th'" tble.ve~ said t-:) ~h~ remai.nir

IIStor'? :!!:449

.h 8e1 ~..teen, "I sent t'venty men and a1)1)~rentJ.y they were un2ble to do the 1;1orl(

re1mred,

for the car;Jvan is still pa.ssi.n.r:; along the bridr;e. Hurry alonf!!

All the rest of you go too .11

$0 th!?~,' al~o went, looking first Ito this side and theC1! to that, but

"Perhaps lour friends came herel and went intotherp wa~ nobody to be 5een.

the secret room, II th'?y ~aid. They vrent to th" tr"lp-door and ~.rhr:'.n nne ~f them

bent ~o"m to see if their friends '.Jere -i.nside, the boy killed him at once.

and then he went outside aT'dIn this same way, the boy' Jcilled all 6£ them,

5hoo1' the brid3p:. agai.n.

No~'] there ~]as I no one l~ft but thr leader of the brigands, and thi 5

"Great Allah! I ~ent twenty me.n and nothing haupened.man SRid to himself,

Then! sent ei~hteen more men to helnl them, but stj_ll the caravan passe~

alonrl. It is un to me to se~ \'lh"t hasl happened." He \-1ent too, and he tol')

looked to this side and then to that side '-7ithout seeing anyone. Li~e the

others, he too opened the trap-door, bendinr:; do\-.rn to 1001: insj.de, and 1_1.1.((:'

all the others, he was also killed b~ the boy.

To di ~cnver "ihether or not there! "J? s anyone left in thE' band of thieves

the bO~T ('\nce more went. outside r:nd s~ok the bridf?:e. He ~ho('\k i_t ~l1d w?ited~

and then he shoolc it once more and aga.i.n waited, but no one came no\'l. "Yes,'!

"this must be th~ way in whi.ch they are si_gna lied. But.he saic. to himself,

just "lhat is the signal? 1;,Ther~ is it ,arle? Ho~7 does it. work?'! He looked alon~

s;_de of the brid~e, and he loo~ed alon~ tha.t side of the brid7e, ~ncthi~

then he discovered a wire fastened to the brid~e. Followinr the ",ire wher~.

..I. ~-~1t l~d 1nto the forest, the bO"T came to the mouth of a ~~whero ther~ ~Jaf

8It ~eE'T'1" tn~t there "yere thjrt~7-nin(' thi~ve5. includi11,:! th~ir l~~d('r.

Band!:; of thIeves j~ f()lktaJ.e~ ?r(' tr t dj.tion~ll-' fort:: j.T'..numb~r~ a~ \'Y?", t!',:

t;!an~ that. beset 1(11 BRb~. Tn folkt?l ~, a~ In re21 11.fe 1.11 Turkc',7 (I'lnd muc}l

of the Middle E?st). forty i~ ;:J popul r and potent numbel- not onlv for band~,of thieves but al!';o for many other ?,.ounings of peoryle find cbiect~.

~¥

t

rooms inside. He npened the dodr of on@; room and saw that it was fillecl

ru~s.

He opened the door of andther and found th~t that room ~'1a~ filler1

9,;,!i th ~2.. He opened the door of another room that was filled "]it~~i)

and then he opened the door of one ~hat was filled with gold. Hc "Tent alon:

in thj~ mBnner and found thnt all tb~ room~ 'vere filled with valuable thing~

As he wa~ doin~ this, he opened one door and saw in the room behind it a girl

as ~;;~~~~10 He Cl05~d thr.t door at once and "rent on lOOl(i~"

for the ~irl 'vhom he h~d brought wi~h him, and after some time, he found

"How did you manage to get hereJ?" she a~l<ed.

"1 have 1(i1.1ed all of them," he said, "and they have found their(~~:~~

their fate in this life. \-1here are my cloth~5?" The girl broupht hiR clothes,

and after he had put them on, he asked,

"And the saddlehim where the horse was, he too1.( thi.is too out of the cave.

The)'

bag?"

He took nothin~ but the horse, the saddle bag, and the girl.

The 5ister of the forty thieves~l

9In Turl<ey the word !:;;1~ refers to an Oriental rug, tied, not woven, andthus having a deeD pile. A ~i_~ is a flat woven carnet., not nearly asexQensive but potentially artistic in its own 'vay.

10The moon is an object of aestpetic interest in the Middle East. Thp~reatest praise for feminine beauty i~ to compare it with the fourteenth ofthe moon (the fourteenth day in the phases of the moon, when the moon i~just anproachj.ng it~ fu1.lest). P,otuntlity, not slenderness, i~ Cl measure offemini np. pu lchri tude. '

11Th.., trrJditional Mture of fority as C1. ~roupin~ become~ ~elf-evidenth~re. One: could ima~ine the sister o'f seven brotliers or the sister of ~even~iants. Jne realizes, hO~levcr, the ~rtual impos5ibility of a girl's having

forty brothers in a liter~l sense.

could not restrain herself an'" lon~er.

-~~

Ii~!;;;;.~'.""~.,

~~~

_0

~tory #449

She came out just as they ",ere !?;oinr, ~o ride a~.Ja~T and saj.d,"Young man,

where are you going?'"

"I shall go to my country, 12 he ~aid.

"To ~vhom will you leave us? Thif;1 is a \vorld in which you are heldc.""

~r~

~~

responsible for ~lhatever you do. My brothers did certain thinf!.~ for \..Thich

the)' have pa5r1. Now I shall starve tol death here. With whom should I st~,,?

The least you can do is to take me f.l~ng ,'lith yoU."

"Come alonr; ~vith us) then."

"Let us go, but let us not forget all of the wealth that is collected

here. Tal~e at least some of these thi~f;S."

I

Returning into the ca'lle, they ryl~ced all the gold there into saclcs~

and these sacks th~y loaded onto the backs of the forty mule~ of the thi~ve

Taking eighty sacks of gold, they loaded one sac!c on each side of each of

the forty mules. In one of the rooms there vlas also a special kind of horse~

and the sister of the forty thieves n~Vl asked that they tal~e this horse witt

them so that it 1vould not starve to d~ath. But when the boy ~lent to bri,d1.c

.~he horse, it 'vould not permit him tol do so. The sister of the fort", thieve~:I;Jo";poke

to the hors~ in this 'vav: t'I.Jisttn to "1he.t I say. Thisl is Cl world 1""'

~

which one is held responsible for ,,;That he does." (That hor~e was able t.J

under5t~nd human lan~ua~e. IfJ..<)1 brothers have done such and such things,

J~

~and now the',. have paid for them too. there is no longer anyone here to

look after yotl. Surrender to this boy+ becau~e from now on, it "ill be ~C'

who ,rill look after us."

~-fter she had snol<en to it in thts \vay, the horse surrendered. The

t\,-'O girls mnunted !the threE'-lirCl hor!;!, and the boy mounted! this sneci['l

1')i~~The boy had alread~1 rpturned t Turkey, but hir: "countr~111 to whi 11

!'!e ref~rs h~rE' is his men.lekct., tILe a ea in vrhich he li.ve~,. Turkish oeo, 1--r"f?r c,:)W"only to ~ viJ.r1yet (")": ,"'fen ;: l(~z~ .,", "~y countr';:.'! i

VQ

U m

a~! burn

do,":'J1 the fore

st ,,'i th

tHe

fi re

the se w

i 11 m

akE'-. ,.

iidid

Inot reco?ni.zP

them

as

gold coin~

, for

nevpr durin?

her w

hole life

I!n

and take

a piece

of ~

That

you w

ill f{rtd

in those

sacks, and

with

it red

some food

from

a ~

tore. I..et us

sati~f~

! our

anpetites."

them

ot.\tside. T

he boy

then snoke

to Ihis

mother:

"Mother,

we

are hun~

r~r.

Go

i1 kitchen

they \m

loaded the

mules.

loo'se.

the horse

returned to

the e8rtr,

an~

the boy

then left

the rein~

lyj.n

hpd don~

this,

the horsE

' began

to fly.

As

the horse

flew

through the

l:1ir,

~ipnalled

to him

to

pull the

rein~

~ow

nw?rd

now.

After

he had

donp thi!::,

he suddenly

pulled on

the reins

of his

horse, and

i

amazinp!

Is all

this w

e"lth now

mine?"

A~

he w

as sayin?

this to

him~

~lf,

Story:fi449

" .

the m

ules along,

the bo~

r rode

to one

side and

then the

other sayinf';,

ei~hty

sacks of

gold loaded

on the1,

and lookinr-

at the

girl~

a~ the"

drov

on the

reins of

this hors~

. Lookin~

at

the strin?

of forty

mu1.e~

\vith the.

horse. T

he sister

of the

forty thi1ves

warned

th(' youn8

man not

to pJll

\.rhen the

old w

oman

","lent on

tal~inf

in this

way,

the fhoy

!':8-id tn

hier

I I

14T

L ..1

Tk

'h

Jf

hd

'. .

1d

.1 nf're

15:t1n ur~

1f;, e

5ep~ra

e nam

e or

eaC1reC

:!1:.JOn.

1.nc u

1h

The

old ~

;roman w

ent and

looked 9t

the thinp,r'

in the

sack~,

b'.1t "h~

After

a ionr:

journe~y~

they

finfll". ~

rrived ;It

the b()..rl ~

cauntr)1 '~

her"

the house

could not

ho1djall the

sacks, and

so they

stacked

IS

ince his

+otp,prl

S hou~

e ,,7a~

onJ.~ a

small

rodrn

diately

after h~

11 1u

yn\! brin?

homE

' these onion

5kin~1

..I t'i~

en the

northe~~

t ~

Tind

..blows

that village

had she

ever seen

such Ithings. "M

y ~

cn,'r she

said, "~

Jh~:7 djd "H

ow

the 5ister

of the

forty thieve~

m

ad~

ge!;tures to

~ho\o.T

him

what

to do.

Shl?

,..11

!

l'::Most

onions grow

n in

Turkey

~re

yello,,', thus

resembling

the coJ.~

c,.n'

~nf

~o1.cl.

ThE

' drielcl outer

~kins

of °1iC

'ns are

hi~hJ."

flam.a*J.e.

the four

intermedi.ary

noints that

se/parate nnrtn,

~;1~

t, sJutrc~

~

nd w

P~

t.~

~~

3 i ~

the \-]('I,d

used nerp

for nQ

~theaE

't, !

"I~E'?,ardle~~ of all th;1.t, take one qf tj,..m find ~o to the storp ,-rith jt Get

snme fond fr('m the owner of the stare, find after r;ivinr him this, hrinp

the food back here

The woman took one of the ob.iect~ from the sack and went to the food

Shp said to the owner,store.

he

~aid,'vhen she h8nded the ~old coin to the owner, however.

ThE' woman then went to another store1<:ee!'!er, but he ~lso said th",.t

hI? did not hav~ ~n()1.trh TT'oney tC' pi v~ neT i n c:.han:,;~ She ~1pnt to thf': ne~

one, and hp. said the samp thin~. An~ ~O finelly the yToman ~Tent bac1~ home

a~ain

"i-:hat happened, J110ther'?'

.

;,~

ttlMy Ron, I have gone to thi ~ storekeE'per, but he R~ir1 thp.t he di.d "'('It

have enouph change; 1. ha',e ~one to that storekeeuer, and he too sajd thet

he did not h~ve enouph ct'ange."

"My mother, ll.llah has given me wealth. You should have taken thp Ifood

and given the man thi~ piect' ('f pold \-1ithout accenting any ch~nre." Put. ~i.nc.

the woman had been unable to accompliF.h this, the boy went to thf' F.tor1f'l(~E""('

of!

thphiT'lself noVT. Hp sflid, "Give me thiR land r;rive me thet," orderinr; all

"My son, I d(') not have enough money to rive you the correct chan~e f('lr

this piece of ?olc1."

~tory too long, let lts .iust S?v th~~ he did thj_~ and then I\\rent home

~~Now that the sister of thp. fo~~y thieve!; J,:!c1, ;C'lj_npn tbem, he had tyro

his saddlebdr on a mulp[!jrls iT! his home. The next morninrY the boy nul.

J3Story fi44q'---

and sajd to his mother, "~fother, take a horse, and ylith it lep.d this mule

to the home of the padi~hah Tel hlim that your Ha san the Broom-Maker h" ~

broupht back hi~. ~old but th?t he dpef; not any lon~er wish to marry hi!';

dau,ghter. Tell. him also that hp can! keep the mule on which his gold i~ 1oaded.

Gj.ve hjm the ~old and the mule and ~hen come back home."

The woman went to thp f\RdiShahl with the gold and th~ mule, and she

snoke to the padishah in the way her son had instructed her to do. The

padishah did not ask, or even wonder, why Hasan no longer wanted his daughter.

On thp following day, Hasan bopght a good pjece of land, and then hA

hired forty or fifty craftsmen and kbout ~event.v laborers to .-;tart building

for him a beautiful man~ion that wohld loolc like a palace. When it Wa~

finished, he took the two g,irls there to live. He also had a stable built.

for the animals. Inside, he had ~m.!:'- spread everywhere, and outside, he

of these things put in good order and kept that way.

"Cc

~,i~~,~~

i~~Ii!~?

One morning the girl he had brought from Russia with him arose and

proceeded to sweep the ~~~~~~~ An old woman living in a hut opposite

their mansion say] her there. Since l1Iasan had said he no longer soul?:ht the,

hand of the uadishah's dau~hter, this matter became kno~~ to evervone in that

town. ~!hen the old lady :5a\-.the girl in the courtyard, she rushed to the palac

and said to the padi.shah, "Alas, yo~r majesty, it was not without reason

that Hasan the Broom-11aker decided that he no lonRer wished to have y~ur

daughter. May this world and the next be my witne5S when 1 tel you th"t

he brought back with him from that foreign stflte a girl who is suitRb1.e for

VOU but not ;It. all ~uit;;blp for hi1:1'+ She i ~ J.j.ke a 1 th;!t is bel'1utifltl( iT'

this world.'1

1'Th ". 1L~ 1.5 we enou1";h, but. I amlbepinnin!:': to be afraid of that youn~

.;IfStory :1:;'449

man.

Hp brought back from a foreiRn country all the money which I had been

unable to recapture myself. Because of this, I do not feel that I can speak

to him about this girl.'

"Do not \vorry about this," said the old \-loman. "1 shall create such

difficulties for him that he can never escape them. Then ~1e shall be able

to take this ~irl aWf1" from hi.m."

"Well, if t.his can really be dart!?," said the DRdishah, "give some

thought to doing it."

The old woman s!)ent that night thinking about this matter. In the

morning she Sayl the other ~irl, the one which Hasan had taken from the

forty thieves, sweepinr the ~:§E~~ this time. She "las even more beautiful

than the first ~irl. When the old "!onilan 58"7 her, ~hp a~ain rushed to t.he

She was in suc~ a hurry that she h~.c1 onJv one h~nhome of the padishah.

15 I'D, yo4r ma.ie~ty, there was not one girlcovered b~T her 100 se robe.

but two! The girl I saw today is even more beautifuJ. then the first one.

They are both suitable for you, and $0 "1e should use all mean~ to take

the~e ~irls a'vay from him."

Of cour5e, the padishah W;lS T)er~uaded of thi!; b~1 the old woman.

moved down closer to the old women to talk with her. She saj.o to hiM,

tlYour ~.iesty, I shall tell you of sdmething from which Hasan will never

3-~...J..qbe able to escape. There is a ~ at such-and-such a rylace. Yotl must act

as if you are ill, and you must then tell this Hasan that you have a bp!~ ..j{s.,,<1. 4-"2-<7

case of rheumatism in your legs. Tel~ him that the doctors have adviscol

15In pre-Republicr-.n day~~ women w~re ~u~T)o~C'd tc\ be not 01"',1.)' veil~din nublic but also c-.oT!l..,l~tel,' co'l.'ere ""1 th C'.lothi.11':' Even their hRndr: ,-1eret~ be kent beneath the;.T sha'Tl~. Alt ('ugh the veil is nO~'T l')ut1.pwed, C\lqe~r"~idents of Beynazar~ (Province of nkar~) told us in 1967 that they feltit nrooer for A "Joman to rpver,l to otblic. "i.P,T 1'('\ mor(' than one hanc1 ~ridnne eve. InsteC1d of a veil. ~'!omen jn ~uch cnnseTv:,ri.ve ~re~!' 'iJe2'r Pc s~r;"'l.

-II'r "head SI:1URr<:,," "Jhich they cl'J.tc-.h crounc' th",ir face~.

.2!.£~4~

They

have told

me

that I

shall not

~et

well

unless I

wrap

around m

y le.<

'!f'

.Great

r'lain ha~

recentl'"

com",

to m

,,;T ~ef'~

' D

octor~

h8ve exam

ined m

e thorO

L\~h

the pirls

to vnu."

vnu., ;!nd

he ",ill

ryrobnbl'\7 di~

in

thJ at.tem

T"lt

tf' do

so! thus

leavinp both

accomrlish

this t(l!'!"

IA

lso tell

him

that ~

'0U J,ave no

fajth in

the ability

of anvone

but hj.

~uch

C! place.

Thj~

, thev

~aid,

i~

~'J\C

!t you m

ust do

tolrecover from

youri1.1ne~

F

y~u

t<, "T

rary arour'ld "our

leg~

the lurtg~

of

thrt f';l.ant

living at

such-:'!nrJ-

and asked,

"Hasan,

what

are you

thinJ<ing

about so m

uch'?'!

nne ab1.p

T()

r!Pt.

the~e

lun~5

fn.r m

~.'f

the lunrF

of

a p;iant

that lj,!p~

~

t Juch-and-such

~

place. !Y

ou aT

'? th~

on'"

son, H

p ~an,

vn\.l f/T

P

a pond

boy, and

IT. hB

Vf'

"Teat

confidence in

~'our

c~l1rflre

C~

refttl1~T

"'ro"m

the

h('lr~e,

T

:'om t.hi11kin~

aboltt."

about this.

The

rirl w

hnm h~

hac

taklen frnrn

the fr)rty

thi~ve5

car'.'" to

hi

"rant. A

t th:'!t

ti_me.

tell I

~T

'ane5, gn

and stand

on hP

T

left side.

She

will

look to

her ri~

ht as

sh~

pour before

her the

sack of

~ranes.

t!hen the

hor~e

c

her left,

.'1nc1. ~,Th~

n sh~

~~

~S

'1011 th~

r~.

1=1.", ~,:,i1.~

a!:1-: V011 ~

.'Hat

it

is eating

the grapes,

end ~

h~ ,vill

sbe no

one there.

Then ishe

will

1.001..

t~

it

Thint(in~

that

he m

i.~ht

b~

able !to

get rid

of the

boy i~

thi

S '-]2';

~JhC

't co'-11d H

8511n do? T

he boy

we~

t. hnm

e and

~n('nt

f' J.on~

~

..hile t!--i.n1-ir

"If that

i~

thE' case,

then ~

o th

the m

arket and

buy' d

sack of

f':raT>

"~..

I 16

l~;

Attho\.,~

h thi'"

nor~"

w;'!'" the

°r~

on ~

,"nj ('1, Ha~

:1!1 rode frnm

thp

C:I'"

~hA

~

.:,j11. t~

.ll V

()') ~

'7}..rt -It

.",.~,

.e padishi'lh

h~s

told m

e that

~

Mu~

t no

!'1"-8nd-so, f1nd

th~t

i<;

~,"hrt

.Your

majesty,

he w

ill not.

he able

t() brinp

this to

"]

kb'

dr6n

~C

1T

t

and ifi

tht"re i.~

~

~

('Iluti~

nde5 to

E';!t

the

pjve her

w~

ter to

drink, ;lnd

the!!

1'adishah acted

a~

if he

"rere ill.

Hd

called H

a~an

to him

and

said, "r-fy

tr

~S

-

~

of thi?'

fort.y thieves.

it w

ar r'iv~

n np

nam~

"r1tit this

noirit in

the stnr

:'!bC-\.It. 'T

bt\r diff;cult,_.

~"Storv.#44Q

"All rj.ght," said the boy earnfstlY, and he \vent at ~nce to b1lY ;'J

sack of 't!rare~ !.He groomed Blackbird carefully, ?;;lVe her fater tn drink, and

then ooured before her the sack of rrapes. He went then ahd stood at her

and, of course, .-;he sa," no one there. Then she looked to ~er left ~i.de and

~a~\T the boy.

I~-lhat do you \-rant?11 asked the ~orse.

lIThe padishph has aslced me to ~() and f';et the lun~s of the giant livi.n?

at such-anrl-Ruch a place. I vJant to Ikno,.r how I can POSSibty accomplish thi:

ta sk. II

"But, my son, you ShOUl~ hav('! "houpht about it Cthe thole course of. J ..~7 his recent act10ns- 1n t1me.

Then the boy returned to th'? gilrl, ,,:rho asked him wha~ h;!d hCl~nened

He said, f'She told mp that I ~~uld hjave thought about thi~ in time.'1

Hearin~ that, the -::ir herself ~vent to tho horse and I snoke to her!

"This world is a ulace in which everyonPc n;tys for what he IdoesMy bro~her

did certain thinFs, and they have pa~d for their deeds. N~W the nadishE:h

is doing this and that tn take us awry from thi~ bO'T. The~efore, if yoj1

~~C"C

~c~~"

I~~1~;~~.~i,f

can possibly help the boy, do so. Hel is the one now who W~ll look after US~

and he is the One who ~vi.ll t8ke carel of you too."

"I shall lead him there, but I Fannot bring him bacI<,j" said the horse

I

The '?irl did not fully understand what the horse mea~t, thinkin? kh!

~.Jould both take t~e boy to comn 1.ete hi s ta sk and then briJg him bac

17 jI -"The horse'!;: reioinde.r here is /very vague in its me1 ninf;. From th~

'-ubse::;uent remArk!" of the ~jstpr of .hr :ort~. t~ievES, ho~""v~1-. it b~c(1'T1e:.

clear that the hor~e resents Hf\!;an f r h1.S k1.1l1np of the thleves and t?k1ntheir si.ster and herself (Blackbird.) to his otln country. hi~ is the reason~h.. reft.t5e5, at this point, to help !as2n.

.17~ry= ~right," said the 1!irl.

"Then he ~~uld be ready early tomorrow morning. Roast qwo pieces of

mE-at a,nd R chicken."

"Very well~" said the gj.rl.

Returning home, the girl roasted f~TO pieces of meat and a chicken. The

next morning the boy arosE'; and careful~Y ?roomed the horse a!gain. Then he

mounted the horse, took the two roaste~ pieces of meat and tlhe roasted

chicken, and rode out of town. After they were away from the! town, the

horse ordered him to close his eyes. Th", boy closed his eyes:. Then the

horse ordered him to open his eyes agafn. When he did this, ~he boy sa~7

that they had arrived before the~ in which the giant liv~d.

I

"Now, if the northeast wind [~J should blovJ, you s~ould move

is blo\Oling,i

then you should move around to E2~.IThiS is necessary bec~use the giant

comes up out of the well with his mout~ turned in the direction opposite

to that from which the wind is blowing~ vllien the giant stick~ his head

with hi~ mouth open, you must shove the first piece of $eat into hif;

mouth.

The next time, the giant \vill cqme up out of the well all thE! WCly

to his waist, a~king himself: about the I source of so much goo~ meat. At

that moment, you must stick the second Ipiece of meat into his mouth. Th

third time, he will come completely ou~ of the well, again i.*quirinp abot~t

the SOlJrce of so much good meat. Then ~ou must shove the chitken into hi",i

mouth, and immediatel.y after that .iump !onto his back, holdin,t him by the

Do not be afraid. If yo '-1 do not jump on his back and b~ld fast tl is

ears, this giant \-Till tear you into ma~)" pieces, and then yo~ "Jill not bi

able to return. The ears of the ~iant ~hould be used as rein$ tvith w'lic

steer him."

~,Story :/"449---

After

sayin~ thes thi.ngs, the ,or!':e fIe,.; baclc to thei stable, and Hasan

waited there for the I?;iant:.

P~fter

so~e time, the giant started cominr un

out of the ~7.eJl "lith its mouth open. Since the northeast wtnd [no\'rnz] 1'07.a~: "'-.- I

blo~.,in~, the boy moved around to the I side of the southwest I wind [-~2.::;J, and

\,yhE'n the .gi.1"nt's head appeared, he !;~uck a piece of meat i~to it~ mouth

The next time I ,, thp ?,ie.nt came out of Itr~ \o!e1.] as far as hif w"jst. ~,];t~i hi!C

mouth ('"en and asking himself whRt t~e SO11TCP 'vas of 0111 t~e meat that ~e.5

coming to him. The boy stuck the sec~nd piece of meat into!his mouth. The

next time, the giant came com;)letely lout of the well. askint himself about

the source of thA ~~at The boy shoV~c1 the chick(?n into i t$ mout~" .'1nd then

he jumped. upon his back and grabbed ~old of his ears.

After the Riant had been caDtur'?cld n thj 5 way, he spo~e to the bo~:.

i~.'"

;.c~

"~:c"Ah, young man, if yl)\1 J,~d not juffiT'e<1\ onto m:,' bncl~ and held fa!::t to r'," e,~r~

I should have torn you into piece~..1

"'Do not talk so much, but move a!long, I' said the boy, ~nd u~in~ thf'i ~['r!:

as reins. he rode the gic:nt to his o~+ country.

Meanwhilet the padishah arose thpt morning and, still !in his nigntroWn,

stood before t:hP 1:vindo,;-;, rubbin~ hi. ~ e~e~ .1;..!~(?T1 he sa~" HasP1 brjn?in~ nl

only the lungs of the giant bt1t also Fhe whole ~iant himse~f, a1jve, h".

ordered his men to close the gates of! the city in order to Ikeep the giant

from tearinr th~m al to pieces. They! c](\~ed and 16clced th~ pC1tes, and. {'hen

Hasan told them to op~n t.~.em, nobody youl.d do ~o. Hasan th~n ShO~.Tpd the

~ates to the Qjant, Rnd this t.ime he ~lammed into them, br jakjn~ thl"'"1 ~*,~nPI- l'O-U-W) IS

~yith his ch~~t, an~ entered tht? cit". 'ILn.mb~r, lC!mb1.r," th '.. went 1.1r)

thl? stairs of the 1)8disht1h' ~ nalace "~d ~8v! him tryin; to hlid.? in one 0

its corner~.

,1 p,Onomatopopi~ for the noi,c;e one! make,c; v!hile runnin~ t,n or down wonde

st?';rr.

~*'~:~:1-:

~

"'ill be

no ,.;ray in

whi.ch

he cet1

e!;capel i.t,

:3nd I

alre;!d~!

hp,~p

thoufrht ('If

f"

ro~ m

e.

nIar-."

nadishah a(:':p,jn

and s~

id,

oroY1'ised

herself to

thj.nk up

even ~

'Jorlse troubl~

fnr H

a~f1n.

thr;- house as

punishment.

The

old w

oma~

could

endure no

morJ,

and 50

she

Dalace.

!:;}!if' ~va~hed a~

vpy all the

bloodl, cleaned

the carpets,!.

and ~

vhite~7a~

hed

Mu~

t .nt:'~

':r C:"'r'r'.T

al' thes

them

out on

her back.

I t tonk

her a

w!eek or

ten da~

rs to c IJan

the ~

,Tho le

he then

killed him

here,

ther~

i~

n('\ no~

~ihi

lit~r

fC'r

him

to r~

turn.11

",ith the

blood of

the 7iant.

plee.se., your

tna.1est)r.lf A

s m

ight be

e}t1")ert~d.

thp \vholp

n81.~ce

~va5

C'.()ver~

c1

1,. .]11

h..1

.1. 1m

.

be~n

cur~d.

1. n() loni'er

ne~d

the lunks

of the

~jant."

"tor,-' 1::449

"Th?r@

. w

ill bE

". no W

~~

! for

hj,m

toj escal")e

thic pp,T

diffilcult"r8

The'!:',

"HI?

i~

e. very brave

bo'!

The

old v:om

c:nl cut the

p.:1rt,'; of t~

e ~

i(111t intC'

,';m~

l.1er Irjece~

and carrier

Soon aftpr

this the

nld w

cm?n ca

Ha$,...n

then C

11t PD

Rrt

the

"t'lha

t do

~!O

u menn

I cut to

piece ~

'? H

e brought

the giaJt

here a 1. ivp

em"

"Yottr

ma j e !;ty,"

shouted H

a san,

H:t~

?11,'1 !;2id

th" p~

di shah,

"',if

you J.~

t hjm

I1ve,

he ~

\T;l.1 devour

al~.

of us.

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left to

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let the

giantllive or

shalJ

III have

recovered,

.As

..,unishmen~

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hjs father,

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blond;7 l~

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pedishah, ~

aYi.ng,

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kill hirr?"

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garden a fJ.~er T,7ith~..::~4tem~ .i\.nyone vJho ~et1 fo~t on thp i ~ni. 1. 0 f

garden i~ imnediately turne~ to stone." :}y~.s .io+",~

"I t wi 1 be all rizht if th~t is what hanpens."

Some tjme after this, the padishp_h called Hasan tlo his ryreq?nc~ apai1'l

and t.hi s tj1;1e he said to hiD, lIMiT son, H8 StlTl, you havel brought bc:clt m~! thi rt"

thousand yellc", Ij_ras, and ~'ou have also brou~ht back Ithe giant alive You

the one, thprefore, whom I at nt)~.] renuesting to gelt for ~e ~ three-

stemmed flo\ver. At such-and-suchla place there is a ga~den in ~vhich gro~'!

Iflowers that neVE'r ~ro~.J pale or die. T want one of thelse flower~ t.q place

on my dining table. You are the ~nly person able to dol this. If YOt' b~inC'

it to me, then all ",ill be well; if )TOU do not brin!:; i~ by the end of fort~T

days, then I sha1.J- ~ive you to t*e executioners on thel forty-fir~t day

'-That could the boy do? He went home and started t~inlCinr about thp

order which the padishah had given him. Again the girllwhom he had brour,ht

fro~ the cave of the forty thieves asked him what he wks thinking about

so deeply.

'!1{ell, the padj.shah has ask~d me to do such-and-s~ch. He want" threo-

stemmed flower from me. Ho~'" can ~ get thi s for him?"

"Again vau "Till f';o and ~raof 3lackbird, 'i!iving her grapes and again

~tandinp on her left s1de. Ynu t~ll. her about this, an~ if there j~ any thin,'

that can be done to accomrylish it, she wiI.l tell you o~ it

The boy ~yent and groomed Blackbird and placed bef9re her a saclc of

grapes.

"lhen Blackbird st~rtec\ e~ting the ~raDes, he a~ain went and !Otood

C'.t her left side. The hor~e look~d to her rip;ht si.de apd could see 110 on,

t-lhen she looked to her left side land saw him, she said~ ""fupt are you lookin

.33Storv ~~449-J 11

from there and carry him to the side of that pool. If tlhe pool is in some

way enchanted, you must thro'~ thel hairs from my mane i~to the water so

it will have no power over ybu. Then you will washl the old man

thoroughly with this soap, and YOP will pick all of the! worms and lice from

his body ,-rith this needle. From hts room you will take ~i5 clothe~ in which

you ~oli 11 dreSS him, and then you fi 11 ta1ce him baclc to ~i 5 cha i r. He is

the watchman at the gate. Then yo~ should go and stand bt his left side

After a vlhile his mind will grow clear again. He will l~ok to his rightI

side but ~~ill not see anybody. Then, looking to his left side, he will see

you,

and he will ask if it was you who had done such gopd deeds for him.

At that moment do not hide from him but te1.1 him that ybu "7ere the one ~Tho

had done these things for him."

After saying these things, the horse flew back to ~er place, and the

boy proceeded to follovl the instructions whj.ch she had r,iven him. He nicked

up the old man and carried him to the pool t,rhere he washed him thoroughl~J

and cleansed him of the worms and! lice. Then he dressedl him in clean clothe~

and carried him ba~k to his seat.IAfter a while the oldl man's mind clearec'!

up. Looking to the right side, he I saw nothing, but "Then I he looked to his

he saw the boy standin~ there. He asked him, "0 ypung man, did YOl

do these things for me'?" The boy ~id not deny that it "7~S he who had done

these things, and soon the old man said, "You TT'.ay requel.c;t of mp. whc.tever

you 'vi sh. ,.

Then the boy spoke, and he said to the old mar., "T.I request of you a

flov:rer "n th three sterns .f' I , , ~I~~,,:;JX;;,.}.' I

f'Ah, my son, those flov:rers are enchanted, and an~70re ,.:rho toucheR their

leaves becomes stone. It is not ppssible for me to granlt this re(1uett. But

31/-~~ory #~4_9.

tonight you must ~t~~as my ~uest, andthat git120 \vill come

tomorro,-r. She comes once a week. ~1her she comes tomorrov! Jo wa~h hers~

in that pool)you s~oLlld ~teal her cloth~s and refuse! to

~w~-~~~~

,;,;ive them b.~c.1:to her when she comes! looking for them. A$~ for thr? rin1!,

on her hand in return for the clothe~. That rin~ ~~~+""'~Ul"U"

power. Also, listen very carefully tp vlhat she -;'!ill say t~ yoU.'f\

~q-guest. In the morning, just as the old man had said, the glirl came ~Jith

female !;laves, flying through thtair and landing near the ')001. The

slaves ran a"'ay ~hout.inz, " _,,21

The girl remnved her clothes an1left them on the brahch of the tree.

Then she entered the pool. The bO)T quietl~T left hig hidin,gl rylace, took her

clothes, and then hid himself agaj.n .lvJhen the girl complet~d her bathing,

she discovered that her clothes ~\Tere Ir;one. She looked to t~is side and 'to

that side, and at last ShE! 'Sa,,] the b~Y behind the rose bus~.,~ . Loung man, gJ.ve

me back my clothes, II she said.

"1 shall if 'IToU ~'Ji.ll first give TT'e the ring from your I finrer."

tIT. shall gj.ve it to you,tl she said thro~'"Jinr; the ring tov"Jard him.1fT

G..:t1"\

-

~;~~

kno~.] ~.]hy you came here, and this rin~ will not help you in I any wa~1 for th;1t

purpose.

Tomorrovl I shall wrestle Wi~h you, and if you can I defeat me, then

~

t.{ --'"S Co I shall give ~TOU one of these flowerd."

After taki.n? the rinp, the boy y.ent back to the house lof the old ~n.

20Th" "d"t"h" .l'..f]1- ere 1S no 1n 1ca l.on ~., 0 t at g1r ' 1f;. It 1~ a, arent ~. not t.l!Pgirl ,.,hom HnSRn found in the c;!ve of the forty thieves, ev n though shetoo is a fairy.

21The exclamation is unintell.i~i le to us. f\,.,nnrentl" "the little lfolthavo {1 l_a.n~ua[;e of their o~.rn.

J-'"'"Stnry f;!:4~9

The. ~irl departed ~1ith her slave ~ir15 to the place fro~ whi.ch she had

cpme.

"\'Jell, what happened, m~,' son?'! asked the old m'1.n. :Then the boy told

him that such-and-such had hanpened. "Tonight you must istay "Ji th me again

as my ~uest. The wrestling ground[is such-~nd-su~h ~e. Do not be

fri~htened if she appears in the torm of a ~ef';ro, t.yith o~i))-Qrag:,:i~

on the f':round and the other touchinp: the sky. ~lben she ~ries to squeeze you

and '-li.n the wrestling match in that "'ay do not let her hold you but "rrestJ_e

in an evasive way. Then ~lhen the heat of noonday falls ~pon her head, her

brains vlill become red-hot, and then you 'vill be able to lift her up and

thro,q her to the ground. It

The boy stayed there that ni~ht, and the next morning he put on his

.!S.i~~22 and ~7ent to the 'vrestlin~ ground, saying to himself that he looked

lil<:e a real wrestler. All at once~ someone hit him on t~e neclc, but there

was no one there but the boy himself.

"How amazing!" said the boy.

I'll

recovered the padi~hahJ s thirty thousand

yello~'7 .iras, and nobody hit me l~ke that. vlhere does the blO1:-1 com~ 1from'?'

Then the boy was soon dealt a sec~nd blovJ on the neck. ., blI '''as a e tro get

the lungs of the giant that lives lin such-and-such a nl*ce! Thc.t is ithe ~ort-

.l ;of man I am! "Tho can be striking life like this?" ,',fter r~ceivinR a thiird

blow of this kind, he sa~;r the gir~ before him, with heri slave girls all

around them in a ring like spectators. Then he said in $ determined way,

"Come, let us '-trestle!"

'IP.ll right, I' said the girl.

22KiST")et mav refe"'" t~ p cn5t.ume or to ~ ~\Tre$tl"rl ~ 5hort-~~ herp it.is.cle~-;1y-t'he l;tt~r. ~u~t h?," t1e boy hao~~!"IPr:i to hpv ;11~n"'\vith himth1S p1ece of cloth1ng 1.5 perhaps too pract1cal a (luest on to ask abouta tale \vhich exists ~O lar~~1~7 in an imaginar'\T ~,rorld.

316Story 1:~41J.2

in the sand to the depth of her he~ght. At that point, t~e ~irl started

would marry her, while w'homever she defeated she would behead.

their hands too and shouting, "Our eldest sister has found her match--found

her match!"

The boy took the girl by the hand and helped her out of the sand, and

then they went directly to her palace. That night and se~eral weeks thereafter

they remained there, and then the bPy told her that the dime had come for

him to return. The girl told him not to be concerned about ~oing bacl~, that

:they would all go together. Then she said to her female ~laves, "Take 'Us--

palace, garden, and all--and place us in the meadow behinid the palace of the

nadishah."

When the boy awakened in the mOrning, he say;, to hi s isurori se that

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Story 11449

they had come--palace, garden, flowers and all--to his ow~ country.

same morning when the padishah got up, he looked toward t~e meadovT and then

red.

He called his viziers to him a1d asked,"Is our back I meadow burning?

'-1hat has happened? Look! It is red ~11 over!"

The vizier to his right looked land saw that it was i~deed red. The

vizier to his left also looked, and he too saw that it re4l1y was red. He

said, "Your majesty, might not this be the doing of Hasanlthe Broom-Maker,

who has gone to get you a f1o~]er? 19 looks as if he has b~ought not

the flo~"er but also the garden ~vherel they grOvJ and the pa~ace as ~"ell."

23Then they looked through field glasses and saw that it 4as all real.

Of course, when Hasan arose, th~ first thing he did 4as to go and brin~

to the palace the other girls, his mpther, and all of the Ithings he owned..

Then the girl said to Hasan, '~asan, I now you must go a"nd ~ave a suit of

clothes made, buy a hat and shoes, and be sure that everything is better.' l-~~

than those worn by the padishah. Theh go to the where the

padishah usually goes,24 and if he pays one lira for his c~ffee or tea, vou

i 25give fiv-? liras. If he leaves a tip of two and a half lirals, you should

I !leave one of ten liras. Do this so that you will seem superrior to him.ti!

"All right," said Hasan. He dre~sed in better clothesl than those worn

by th~ padishah, and he 'vent to the coffeehouse where the ~adishah usuallyI

2: Tl ' h t f " d "' b " 1 I hur<1.S, peasan s are :1SC1.nate "J.J_tn 1.nocu ars, an appRrently t eyhave been ever since field glasses b came milit~ry equipme t. Man)' talesin this f-'.rchive contain references t binoculars. In the J;\ chive t21es~ asin Chodzko's account of the be.ndit, or(')~lu use~ binoc,ul,?rs.

2'"'Rulers nrobably did not frenu nt. ~ublic coffeehou~c. in f~c:t~ ~'Tithin

the fanciful \vorld of the ~, it eems Quite in keeping to have theTCl do 50

2S'!'he s'1ecificity of 21i liras at opposed to t,vo or th ee is not ~

m~tter of Mere vlhimsy. There i'" (and h?s been for some tim ) a 2',: lire

piece jn TUrlcish coinag~.

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Story f;r~~9

five liras apiece for each of the! attendants. After thi!s had gone on for

sever;tl day~. tho Dadishan bp~~n fo loo~ less di~tin?uii~hed than Hasan

One da~' the padishah a~nro~ch~d H,san and asked him,r'H~ san, ,.,hf're did

you find all thi~ wealth?"

"By (ili~your ma;esty, if you will come and visit me and eat e

poor man'~ SOUD there v7ith me, I 1hall tetl you

"This is all very well, Hasary," said the padishah,"but you moved

here like an immigrant. You must, !therefore. first come and visj.t me, and

then I sh~ll gn to visit you."

J "Let me con~ider thi~ over n"ght and gjve you an atj\swer later," s~1d

Hasan, ~Th() wantE"d fir~t to as1: th gir126 about thi~ and get her opinion-

After hE' arrived home, he told th~ girl that the oadi~hfjh h2d a!Oked hj.m

where he had found a1.1. his ~-:realth, and that he had told the pa.cJisha~ th~t

he 1'!ould tell him if he would com1 to visit him and hav~ some poor man'::

squ~ ~'Tith him. He Bl~() told the ?ilrl thf,t thf;' nadishah had saic1 th,t. sincE'

he, Ha~an, ha.c COTT'e there after thle r1adishah had, he '''as like an i~igrant

and ~hould fir~t come to the nadish1JP.' s house as 8 gue!;tj before the padj.shal"1

could come to his home. The p;irl. tpld Hasp!'. to ask the rladi.sh~h ~:rhethe

he ~h()uld come \'7; th h55 soldiers o~ without them.

t'""lrirht," s;lid !TaS\'1!J~nd ~he next evenin? np. ~.reiT:t. anr-1 ~~t ~t th

coffeehousen ~}:I_e usual !T1;"!.n.nC'r. ()kcea~ain he p:av" fi'Td lirc:!:: for hi

coffe~ and ?r:uel1'! "'ener()u~ tiry~ t~ th'" ctr.~nc1~nt"~Rnrl lin all the~pi th1n~

t 26,dOfft."LO1h.L 1 .Jot' 0",t ., p.rf;sr1t 11:'"\~S In tf11.~ a e, t", T'r"~,~('o~'" "'t '1R"" t",.-:en L~1 ectl0'

from three different gj.rls, "nc1 so to rpfer sirnrJ)' to 'It.~he ~irl" i~ fop-

fusinR. The on!:?] to who", he j~ rrof", r;r1'"" {~ ttlt.'"1nc" i~norta~t t~ this Dj,."~,,

of th'" tfJle, thr ~~rl frcrn tre f~i ~r gf'rder of' t~r"'e-~t.mt"r'prl fJ.~""'~"t""

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St"!"': #440--~ ~-

he was still ~uryerin! to the nadishah.

"\'!h~t did '.7~t! n~cide, Ha~;J!,!?" alsked the padishah.

"Ry Allp.h, your ma.ie5ty, T mL!stl ask YO\1. wheth~r you wi sh m.~ to c.om'"

~'7ithl or without my soldiers.11

The nadishah tbou?ht to himself~ "By Allah! Al of the ~oldj~:!:-s herp

,~~~ mi n~, ~nr1 I am th~ ruler of thi. ~ I ,.:rho Ie J.C\nd. t'!hl'l are the soli1i~rs of'

tni"~ Hef;;:In? Will hE' co1.1!"ct t~~ lRmelRnd the blind and brinp th~m El('n'"

to be fed with hi.mself?" ~ut tc\ H:}Ra~ he F:aid, "Al. ripht, come "lith

vol'r ~o1.diers .f!

?7In t"E' me~nt~TJ1e :c;jnc~ ~l;Jckbirf had fnrmerly beJ.onped to that. pir

~he cip('ided to ~urrender he!:'self comnl~teJ.y to Hasan, end ~o he was abl.e

to ride her at an'! tim~ hI" wi.~h~d. No".], unon thi ~ occasion, Hasan r-:r<1om@o

?PBIAclcbi.rrl ve"" c~,.efttJ.l~1 Anrl mOtmt~cllh,;,. The ?irl then asked. for

29and CI la.rpe !};2:..~~, and they hrou?;htlher the ~:' When she opened the

~~-'

there came from jt fj.rst a '"';ro4n of trumnet.E'r~ folJowed hy foot-

so1.dier~ and arti,1.1erYr!1en. Hasan Ipd !them to thp ryalace ofl the padi_~h?li,

Ir1 han te ine ~;ra5 ~n lon~ that one en1 Wa~ at th~ pP.l;Jce "rhi Ie the othec

end '.T8" r:till. comilnf' fo~t.:h frC'M the ~"..;~.

vfuile thj~ ~1as poin~ on, the p~4ishah, in order to fe~d so mAn'?

50Jdiers , order~d tn~t thero hE' cnok d fortv caul,Jrn118 of r ice and fortj,! " .

27Thp. refererlcf' hprp ;~ vecY ~.o f1!.~in,?- BlackhiTd, we har1 hp~n tol)de;lrlier, had belon,!ed to th.'? f"j~)T girl ~:rho1'1 Ha~~rl hac1 fou. d i,., t~~ c.;'!,~"of thp fnrt-. thiev~~. Thic dnes not eem tn bE' the girl, however, frou'whom he is taking direct;nns at thi~ point in the talA-

?CI..o Tt.. d .. ]] .' bl'!'s~Vor '.$U~1nte..1.~1 E'.

?C)-rrn'"' n"'r'-pt."'- h?.-~ i ~ ('1."~r1'! i:""'.;n,: ~"~C7~ ,---

mean in thi ~ cf"lnte,-:t ~'O rlr- not" kno~7.b 11 t '.T1 ,t- tL"' t .'...r-'--"" c '1 ."" \.

'i6~tOTV :l!:ubQ-'- ~-

C;"t11Idr"n~ (\f" k_:~:..~I~'

contjnuod ~pterinr: thp palace, the nlndi$h?h re::Jliz~d th.pt they w('Iuld nl::'veT

end,1 fnr there vcere still many more butSidp. ,"Ala~, efendi," he said tb

Hasan, "s~nd som!;' of the~e !;oldiers ~~ck.'J })C1!;~n !;ent ~nT",~ of the !::ol.c1i,=rs

bC1Ck and th!C' rest fillpd the ?;:11.f1ce ~om!">1.E'telyT.

After ~i.ttin7 v7C\iti,np; f~r ~ ~"hille, one of thE' c1.('v~, ~o1.dier~ 1eft

he piassed, that there \-Jould not be ford enou~h for al of t'hem. SOt h~

;;;.;!~nulled down one of the cauldrons of ricE'! ;lnd ate it all by himself. Th~T1

h'" ate (' c2uldron of ~~~1( an~ a Cof'l1.dro:'! of ob.~f, Aft(:'~,T;11"rl~ he

returned ;:!nd told p friend thAt therr ~vould not bE' food en!ouph for pver~T-

one and that he ~nould go and eat herore it was too late. .Tn thi~ way, all

of the food was eaten b~r j11St :'1 fe~.T f°J..dier~, \'lho pas~ed the information

along one to ~notp~r , find b~fQre lonf all the re~t of t~e IsQldi.er~ ~tc::':"t~1

shoutin? at thp padishan thnt they ~!fre hunrry. The padishah, ~.!ho had 41~f'

8!;Ked his ",i.ziers And man;' .imn<"'rt~ntl peot:'le to the dinner, "Ta~ uT1;!ble to

do I'luch 21'-OUt thi~ situation, I1nd after ~ ~:rhilf' the 501diers left t~e

place.

Thp T)adishah said to the bn",1! "Basan, I was unable to feed all of !thes?

soldiers. HO~7 do you manf1f):e to fp~d the~?"

Before Ippvin'" 1:vi.th his so1dierf, Hasan invited the padisheb. t~ din('

with hi!" the next d;lY, The na.dishab ~cce~t~~ tt-,.-i!" invj_tat.jh~.

The next da~r, thr: rJ"di5hah, havtnr been disgraced alr~~d;r h"r Hac;an

30Ke~hl~~ )~ h()jl~d v7hept. containin~ minced, meat. The narratC'r nrq-nounce~ it in th" dialect;11. forT:' ~:.f-hl<!l~'

.Pn~h3f i~ frujt cnn!(ed j.n hea ~ sugar svrun. The ,"rord posh?f derive~fr(')w hosh--nlea!::?nt or 5weet (ryrob;'!b v fr~m th~ Pf:'r~i:Jry)--l?ndrh--Wr1t~,.. -In

~1:'abiZ-~ ~:it~rall'Jt thp~, rpf~ ~ to the R.veE't ~;!ru;) fn wHch thp Ifoor11~ cooked, but ,t al~o ref~r~ to thE' ,.:r1,.oJ"'--fruj_t :,pn ~vrur.

'II.<;;tn,..".tl4l.Q'

50 many peonle, and 50 Ha~Bn said, "~et u~ 1"'r~T)are somethin? before thp,y

11 .'Ia arrJve.

~oldi,er5 ~.Tere arriving ~'li.th the padi~hah, but for some rea~on or oth~r, they

could not fill even one of the gue~t Iroom~.B11t suddenly the room we ';

offered all the guests coffee in Silv~r cups placed on silver plate~

The oadishah, lool(:ing to his rj.ght vizier and to his left vizjer

said, '!Although I am the nadishah of ~l this land, I do not have Ruch

silver dishes for serving coffee. He ~ffers all of u~ cnffee in sjJ.'ITPr

CUDS "laced on silver dishAs.I'

Afterward~ the girls opened the ~ and all sorts of foods carne

forth from it. The female slave~ offeted all these different foods to

the Ruests until they 'yere all comPletelY satisfied. Then, after the meal

was finished, the girls offered the g~e~t~ black coffee32in golden cup~

I

set on ~olden plate~. Each ?irl broug't a tray containing ten golden cury~

filled with coffee This time, when t,e oadiRhah sa"y the f':o~den nlates

~~and cups, he decided to steal one of the cups. Although he Was the padishah,

he did not have anv 1.ike thj_.c: at home P,fter drinl:in? his cpffee, he .iu~t

kept the cup, hiding it in his rocket~ Ilhen the female slave found that

only ninE' CUP!; were returned to the t~ble, sbe said, "I be~lyour pardon,;

gentlemen, b\lt I have only nin~ cUPS ~OV! while I should havp tcn. One of

~ ~tnrv f{4b9 -~ ~,---

*e an;,r" ~,ri.t.h mp.rt Nm'7 the nadis~~h cou1.rl not.take out the C'1n

beca.tl!e it ~"C'\!ld bl" l:no~'Tn publicly th1t h~ had talcen i.t. iYhen they ~ea'l"che,.1

the cloth~!:; of ~v?ryonPc T"lre~ent., t.he~7I.fot!nd the cup in tho ~adishC1h'

nocket. Then th~ ~i.rl tool< all. of her Icur~ and left

33 thl1t time, the dau~ht~!' (:If th~ ry~di~hphsC!in to Hps;,n,"i-T"Is?n,

no~,T b~ "y-l'11 A ~1you ',There you got a 1 J. Inf vnu-r "lea 1. t-h..11 three of

~irl~, after dressinp, flttr"ctjve1.~1, vri.jl1 hi(1e j,n thj~ closet, and "y"

!;ha 1.nlacE! a ch;!ir in nur midst. Tell!. thE' p~dishDn that ym1. ~.y~,.,t: tn ~)lO{..

hi~ your ,.;re::lth, and thcn nulOry~n thr s curtpj.n ann sho\v uJ to hjmrrh~~

"'0~hOtlJ.cI, com'?; ?nrl !"it in ot!."!" p',ic1fO,t.r~l1.j.~[?: him thT1t 'Tn1J... HF!V~fntmd '!~~r

~lealth through us."

".\lJ- ri~ht," said Hasan.

f,fter C'- littlp while, thE' n;!dighC1~ a!C'1ced,"'Hasan, .;"h~re did ~~1.1 ~E'.~

all r,f thi~ Ttrea.lth,:, ft.re you g(\in~ to ttI.l u"':' T,et t,~ h~ar ab~'.!t it!"

"YOL1r ma iesty," s~id HasCln,I'V!ith tour permis~jon T sh;111 ,~t.~~'!/)1j t~.;" ."

The D~di~han, hj~ vi~ier5, ..n('\ C!11. of the iT!1~()rtant peQ~le there left

their tables and followed Hasan. The b~)1 pulled back the curt8i.n and

rev"'~lpdthrt~.,.",n !"'"or"<?ou~l" drpc:.."r1 lirl ~ " ---'-"0-,-)---"1-,~ac.h r1O!:'!bez"+-,; ful th~~

.')4thnth?r~~r'.d h~~; d thr t. hr- h.'lo f('lt'n~ hi ~ ~"'C~ 1. th tl1rou('t., t!; ~~"'hr"

he ,-.rent and s~t on thc ch~ir in th",jr ~ic~t.

~'!h~n tnt' 1"~d:i.!;h:1h rnd th~ 'T:i:!:ier5j.looked at tht' ?irls, the)' ir!1'11edi~f1~J."\'

~,Tit.11 the~c-no t.hE'~r ~t."'rt~r1 fi~hti,nr c-mon'" them~"lvl?

who shottJ.d hnve eac~ of the ~irJ.~,

")? :

.As ~hE'Y fou?ht., th~ r~!'t ~f th..~ O(?Oryl.

I

-'A"'~in the "":rl r~f~rr~n t~ i~ n~t. ('1 ",r"'. Sir1c" t~"'r'" :cr-:, thre" ""i'!"I~"',the snE'cpl!:~r her? c?~not b? th'" cI~";,:hte 0; th." T)71nif'h!'1, ""1rl?"ert. T,,::!~ 1.t tr'.'

dau!:';hter of the rypd1.shnh of P"~~lC', tho ~lr1 fraT" t'h~ c;'!vr ':)f the fort',. tpJ(,\or the fairy ~irl. fro;" the ~arden of t ree-~t~m:med flC'~,Ter!'"? i

7,4Tl-.". f= , ~ 1.!;' not, 0"- courf'f="f'" 'r ,--J?urp 10 ~1i'ep('n 1" j.UT"!':F';'"

iter:111rT '-'o"sibl('.It j.., ? c(\nventiona1.

~t('rv .;1;449

h;,41 hroken he~d~ pnd 50me dami1~pd ~v~!:..Thr- fAiry piLl pave an ordl?r to

of r1ar1:1."1rr., ann thus ~~t rid of thJm.'1

'f'nen th", ~j.rJ. 8!"1T")CRT"eo befnct;'

bp Hasan.

~ur-.C'.eeded in pet.tjn~ ri rl of them. Ftom nov] on,he 1;"Til1. be your Dedi sh~h.'t

35T~i~ i~ the ~tnndard formUla t c endin~ far Turki5h f('J1~t:p1.~,". c:('fn",~cpolc:~," fepl that it i~ ? reflecti n Dgainst ;1 narr£"tor ~.f h(' rioe;: no!tUS!?; thi ". ~nding, re~ardJ.e ~5 of whRt other terf"inAl ~~ hI? m?v U5~.The T11rJ<ish reads ~~~~~!:-"- '11:::?, biz- ch.1.kQlJ.m ~:.eY.e.v..p:.t~-T:':!:.