_The lady and her five_
_suitors_
Once there lived a beautiful woman in a city. She was married to a merchant, who after their marriage, went to a far country and was absent for a long time. So his young, beautiful wife fell in love with a handsome young
man.
One day the Youth quarreled with another man and the chief of police cast him into jail. When the woman heard the news, she dressed herself in her finest and went to the house of the chief of police. She said that the prisoner was her brother and that he had been wrongly imprisoned. She requested the chief to release him for she had none other to provide for her support. The chief was enchanted by the lady's beauty and said, " I will release him if you marry me". The woman replied, "Then come to my house this evening and take me as your bride. " She gave him her...