grieved him greatly. And after the land was lightened,
and the next day appeared, they proclaimed a great feast with offerings to
the ox. And the King sent one of the chief butchers of his Majesty, to
cause the ox to be sacrificed. And when he was sacrificed, as he was upon
the shoulders of the people, he shook his neck, and he threw two drops of
blood over against the two doors of his Majesty. The one fell upon the one
side, on the great door of Pharaoh, and the other upon the other door.
They grew as two great Persea trees, and each of them was excellent.

And one went to tell unto his Majesty, "Two great Persea trees have grown,
as a great marvel of his Majesty, in the night by the side of the great
gate of his Majesty." And there was rejoicing for them in all the land,
and there were offerings made to them.

And when the days were multiplied after these things, his Majesty was
adorned with the blue crown, with garlands of flowers on his neck, and he
was upon the chariot of pale gold, and he went out from the palace to
behold the Persea trees: the princess also was going out with horses
behind his Majesty. And his Majesty sat beneath one of the Persea trees,
and it spake thus with his wife: "Oh thou deceitful one, I am Bata, I am
alive, though I have been evilly entreated. I knew who caused the acacia
to be cut down by Pharaoh at my dwelling. I then became an ox, and thou
causedst that I should be killed."

And many days after these things the princess stood at the table of
Pharaoh, and the King was pleased with her. And she said to his Majesty,
"Swear to me by God, saying, 'That which the princess shall say to me I
will obey it for her.' " And he hearkened unto all she said. And he
commanded, "Let these two Persea trees be cut down, and let them be made
into goodly planks." And he hearkened unto all she said. And after this
his Majesty sent skilful craftsmen, and they cut down the Persea trees of
Pharaoh; and the princess, the royal wife, was standing looking on, and
they did all that was in her heart unto the trees. But a chip flew up, and
it entered into the mouth of the princess; she swallowed it, and after
many days she bore a son. And one went to tell his Majesty, "There is born
to thee a son." And they brought him, and gave to him a nurse and
servants; and there were rejoicings in the whole land. And the King sat
making a merry day, as they were about the naming of him, and his Majesty
loved him exceedingly a