


          The next day, Wali Dad loaded the money in a sack and carried it 
     to a jeweler in the marketplace. He exchanged all his coins for a 
     lovely gold bracelet. 
          Then Wali Dad visited the home of a traveling merchant. 
          "Tell me," said Wali Dad, "in all the world, who is the noblest 
     lady?" 
          "Without doubt," said the merchant, "it is the young Queen of 
     Khaistan. I often visit her palace, just three days' journey to the 
     east." 
          "Do me a kindness," said Wali Dad. "The next time you pass that 
     way, give her this little bracelet, with my compliments." 
          The merchant was astonished, but he agreed to do what the ragged 
     grass-cutter asked. 
          Soon after, the merchant found himself at the palace of the Queen 
     of Khaistan. He presented the bracelet to her as a gift from Wali Dad. 
          "How lovely!" she said, admiring the bracelet. "Your friend must 
     accept a gift in return. My servants will load a camel with the finest 
     silks." 


