Chapter 41 deaf woman

Once upon a time, there was a rich man who had a young wife who was stone-deaf and could not hear at all. One morning, while they were eating breakfast, she said to her husband: "Yesterday I went to the market, where there were silk dresses from Damascus, turbans from India, necklaces from Persia, and hand silver from Yemen." It seems that the caravan has just brought these things to our city. But look at me, I am dressed in rags, and I am still a rich man's wife. I want to buy some of those beautiful clothes ." The husband, still busy with his morning coffee, said, "My dear, there's no reason why you shouldn't go out and buy everything you love."

Then the deaf wife said, "No! You always say no, no. Must I appear in rags before our friends, and disgrace your wealth and my kin?" The husband said: " I didn't say no, you might as well go to the market at your leisure, and buy the most beautiful clothes and jewels that come to our town." However, the wife guessed wrongly what her husband said, and she said: "Among all the rich men, you are the most stingy. You always refuse to buy me all the beautiful and lovely things; and other women who are about my age , all dressed up for a walk in the garden in the city."

she began to cry.As her tears fell to her breast, she cried out again: "When I want to buy a dress or a gemstone, you always say no, no!" The husband was moved, he stood up, and walked away from the house. He took a handful of gold pieces from his purse and put them before her, and said in a kindly voice, "Go to the market, my dear, and buy all you want." From that day on, whenever the deaf young wife wanted to buy something, she always appeared in front of her husband with tears in her eyes. The husband always silently took out a handful of gold coins and put them in her pocket.

But by chance, the young woman fell in love with a young man who had a habit of traveling long distances.Whenever he travels, she often sits by the window and weeps. When her husband sees her weeping like this, he often says in his heart: "There must be a new southern army on the street, and there must be silk clothes and rare treasures on the street again." " He often took out a handful of gold coins and placed them in front of her. She Who Was Deaf Once there lived a rich man who had a young wife, and she was stone deaf. And upon a morning when they were breaking their feast, she spoke to him and she said, "Yesterday I visited the market place, and there were exhibited silken raiment from Damascus, and coverchiefs from India, necklaces from Persia, and bracelets from Yamman. It seems that the caravans had but just brought these things to our city. And now behold me, in rags, yet the wife of a rich man. I would have some of those beautiful things."

The husband, still busy with his morning coffee said, "My dear, there is no reason why you should not go down to the Street and buy all that your heart may desire." And the deaf wife said, "No! You always say, No, no. Must I need to appear in tatters among our friends to shame your wealth and my people?" And the husband said, "I did not say, No. You may go forth freely to the market place and purchase the most beautiful apparel and jewels that have come to our city." But again the wife mis-read his words, and she replied, "Of all rich men you are the most miserly. You would deny me everything of beauty and loveliness, while other women of my age walk the gardens of the city clothed in rich Raiment."

And she began to weep. And as her tears fell upon her breast she cried out again, "You always say, Nay, nay to me when I desire a garment or a jewel." Then the husband was moved, and he stood up and took out of his purse a handful of gold and placed it before her, saying in a kindly voice, "Go down to the market place, my dear, and buy all that you will. " From that day onward the deaf young wife, whenever she desired anything, would appear before her husband with a pearly tear in her eye, and he in silence would take out a handful of gold and place it in her lap. Now, it changed that the young woman fell in love with a youth whose habit it was to make long journeys. And whenever he was away she would sit in her casing and weep.

When her husband found her thus weeping, he would say in his heart, "There must be some new caravan, and some silken garments and rare jewels in the Street." And he would take a handful of gold and place it before her.