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then put forty nuts into a jar told
Jamell that if this jar full of nuts
goes empty it means that he is out
of days. Now, it happened that one
of the King’s own servants was
one of the forty thieves, and he had
heard the King speak with Ahmed.
That same evening, he hurried to the
thieves’ meeting place and reported The chief laughed and said it
to their chief. “There is a diviner would be impossible to complete
who says he will find the treasure this task in forty days but just for
and the thieves in forty days!” precaution he ordered the servant
to spy on the diviner and find out
what he can. So the servant climbed