been the best piece of luck
which had ever befallen him. The three set out at once for Bagdad.
Fortunately, the Caliph found not only the box with the magic powder,
but also his purse in his girdle; he was, therefore, able to buy in the
nearest village all they required for their journey, and so at last they
reached the gates of Bagdad.

Here the Caliph's arrival created the greatest sensation. He had been
quite given up for dead, and the people were greatly rejoiced to see
their beloved ruler again.

Their rage with the usurper Mirza, however, was great in proportion.
They marched in force to the palace and took the old magician and
his son prisoners. The Caliph sent the magician to the room where the
Princess had lived as an owl, and there had him hanged. As the son,
however, knew nothing of his father's acts, the Caliph gave him his
choice between death and a pinch of the magic snuff. When he chose the
latter, the Grand Vizier handed him the box. One good pinch, and the
magic word transformed him to a stork. The Caliph ordered him to be
confined in an iron cage, and placed in the palace gardens.

Caliph Chasid lived long and happily with his wife the Princess. His
merriest time was when the Grand Vizier visited him in the afternoon;
and when the Caliph was in particularly high spirits he would condescend
to mimic the Vizier's appearance when he was a stork. He would strut
gravely, and with well-stiffened legs, up and down the room, chattering,
and showing how he had vainly bowed to the east and cried 'Mu...Mu...'
The Caliphess and her children were always much entertained by this
performance; but when the Caliph went on nodding and bowing, and calling
'Mu...mu...' too long, the Vizier would threaten laughingly to tell the
Chaliphess the subject of the discussion carried on one night outside
the door of Princess Screech Owl.

THE ENCHANTED WATCH

Once upon a time there lived a rich man who had three sons. When they
grew up, he sent the eldest to travel and see the world, and three years
passed before his family saw him again. Then he returned, magnificently
dressed, and his father was so delighted with his behaviour, that he
gave a great feast in his honour, to which all the relations and friends
were invited.

When the rejoicings were ended, the second son begged leave of his
father to go in his turn to travel and mix with the world. The father
was enchanted at the request, and gave him plenty of m