I saw an Arab merchant setting among some jewellers at Basrah.
He told them this story: 'I once lost my way in the desert. Soon
I had eaten every scrap of food and I knew that I was not far from
death. In despair, I searched again through my luggage and found
a bag which felt to me as if it were full of grain. You can imagine my
joy, my absolute ecstasy!
'Imagine my despair and bitterness, then, when I got the bag open.
It was full of pearls.'
SA'ADI
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