Chapter 69 The Story of Sinbad the Navigator-2

The king valued me very much, treated me warmly, comforted me, and left me to serve in the palace.So I took a job managing the port, registering passing ships. Since then, I have stayed in the palace, worked diligently and conscientiously, and won the favor of the king. The king asked me to participate in state affairs with him and benefit the common people.I stayed there and lived for a long time.However, whenever I went to the seashore, I would ask merchants and seafarers for the location of Baghdad. I always hoped that someone would go to Baghdad, so that I could go back home with him, but I never got what I wanted, and I felt depressed.

One day, I went to the palace to meet the king. I met a group of Indians in the palace and greeted them. They talked to me enthusiastically and asked about my nationality. I heard that they come from different nationalities, some belong to the kind-hearted Shakar nation, they are simple and honest, and do not abuse others; Human touch, good at raising livestock.Knowing from their mouths that there are seventy-two ethnic groups in India, I was very surprised. Within the jurisdiction of King Meher, there is a small island called Kopiru. The island is very lively, and the sound of gongs and drums can be heard all day long.Locals and travelers tell me that the islanders are all shrewd, tough, and strong.On that small island, I saw fish as big as twenty feet, and owl fish, and many other strange things, and it would take a long time to tell them all.

I am still on crutches, roaming on the seashore. One day, I found a large ship approaching the port with many passengers on board.After the ship docked, the captain asked the sailors to take out the cargo and give it to me for registration.I asked the captain: "Is there any other cargo on board?" "Yes, sir, there is still some cargo in the ship, but its owner has been lost at sea, and his goods are in our custody. We intend to sell them, and take them back to Baghdad for money, and give them to him. family." "What's the owner's name?" "His name is Sinbad the Navigator, and he is drowned."

After listening to the captain's words, I looked at him carefully, and recognized him at once as the captain of the ship we lost.I couldn't restrain the excitement in my heart, and shouted: "Captain! I am the owner of the goods you mentioned! I am the navigator Sinbad you mentioned! That day, when the big fish moved , You loudly told us to get on the boat quickly, but some people went up, and those who didn’t all fell into the sea, and I sank into the sea too. Fortunately, Allah blessed me, let me grab a big wooden pallet, lean on it, and be caught by the wind and waves I finally got out of danger when I pushed it to this island. Later, I met the horse breeders of King Meher, and they took me to see the king. The king sympathized with my life experience and experience, and with the permission of the king, he assigned me to manage the port. I did my duty Work on the ground and win the trust of the king. The goods in your ship were originally my property!"

"What? Allah! According to what you say, there will be no loyalty or faith in the world!" "Captain! After listening to me, why do you make such a fuss?" "I think you concocted such a lie to deceive me when you heard that the owner of the cargo was drowned. It is unrighteous of you to try to seize the cargo. We saw the owner of the cargo drowned at the same time as many other passengers. One You have never escaped danger, how dare you pretend to be the owner of the cargo?" "Captain, please listen to my story patiently. I never lie. After listening, you will no longer doubt me."

So, I told the captain in detail about the experience of the ship on the way after it set off from Baghdad, including where the ship died, the types of all my cargo, and the procedures and relationship between me and him during the journey.After listening, the captain and the merchants realized that I was indeed telling the truth.So everyone smiled, congratulated me for being safe and sound, and said: "We swear to Allah, we never dreamed that you would escape, and Allah gave you a second life." They immediately returned the goods to me, everything was in good condition, and my name was marked on the goods.

I opened the cargo box, picked some of the most valuable and valuable things, and presented them to the king as gifts, and told him that the merchant ship I was on came to the port, and all the goods were returned to me. Well, a part of the goods will be offered as a gift.The king was very happy, and realized that what I said in the past was true, so he respected me more and more, and gave me many gifts in return. I sold the goods and made a lot of money. I also bought some local products and loaded them on the ship.When the ship was about to sail, I went to say goodbye to the king, thank him for his kindness to me, and ask him to let me go home.The king readily agreed.

So, I took the gift from the king and followed the merchants to live a life of traveling on the sea.The boat sailed day and night in the vast sea, and finally arrived in Basra safely.I stayed in Basra for a few days, and when I returned to my hometown - Baghdad, many relatives and friends came to see me, and I returned with a full load of goods. I made a lot of money from this trip, and when I got back home, I used it to start a family.Since then, I have owned more wealth than my father left me, and I can be said to be the richest party.Since then I have returned to a life of comfort, leisure and pleasure, made friends with men of letters, and forgot all the hardships and wanderings I had experienced at sea.Well, the above is the story of my first voyage.By Allah, maybe tomorrow I will tell you about my second voyage, if you will listen.

So the navigator Sinbad entertained the porter Sinbad, had dinner with his friends, and gave the porter Sinbad a hundred gold coins, saying: "Your presence today has brought us happiness." Sinbad the porter thanked Sinbad the navigator, took the gold coins he sent, and went home.Along the way, he was thinking about the story he had just heard, and at the same time thinking about his adventure today. That night, Sinbad, the porter, slept soundly.Early the next morning, he came to the home of Sinbad the Navigator as promised. The master invited him to sit beside him, and waited for relatives and friends to come. Sinbad then began to describe his second voyage.

SECOND SAILING JOURNEY Yesterday I told you that I returned home from my first voyage and lived the life of leisure and happiness as before.But suddenly one day, I came up with the idea of ​​going out to travel again. I really wanted to visit places of interest overseas, learn about the customs and customs of various places, and do some business at the same time. So I took out my savings, bought some goods suitable for taking out, packed them properly, and shipped them to the seashore. It happened that there happened to be a new ship there, full of passengers and food, and ready to anchor.

I moved the goods to the ship, carried my luggage, and set off with these merchants and travelers. That day, the weather was fine and smooth sailing. We walked and walked, walked across the bay to the port, walked through the islands and then to the sea country.Everywhere we went, we went ashore to do business, trading goods with local traders and officials, and the business was booming. One day, our boat passed a very beautiful and lovely island.The scenery of the island is extremely beautiful, with a large green forest, countless exotic fruits, colorful flowers blooming, birds singing in the forest, and a crystal clear stream flowing slowly , but there is no one on the island.After our boat docked, everyone rushed ashore to go sightseeing on the island, lamenting the greatness and wonder of Allah's creation of the world.I walked alone, wandering in the embrace of nature.I was sitting by the stream alone, eating and looking at the scenery. At that time, it was cool breeze, the weather was refreshing, and there was no sound around me. Unknowingly, I was on the picturesque island Fell asleep. In this way, I fell asleep for a long time under the shade of the tree full of fragrant smell.When I woke up, the surroundings were quiet and quiet, and there was no one in sight.It turned out that the merchant ship had already left, leaving me alone on the island.I looked around and saw no one for a long time. It seemed that even the animals on the island had disappeared. I was terrified and fell into despair.I was alone on a deserted island, without food or drink, exhausted, and almost lost confidence in life. In desperation, I couldn't help lamenting: "A person does not have good luck every time. The last time he was rescued, it may be too difficult to escape again this time." Thinking of this, I burst into tears, very desperate, and secretly complained why I didn’t stay at home, eat and drink, enjoy happiness, and leave my hometown to travel around at sea. Isn’t this asking for hardship?Obviously I almost died the first time, I didn’t learn my lesson, and left Baghdad to go to sea again... I regret it very much.I was so angry that I was going crazy, and I didn't know what to do. Somehow, I had no choice but to comfort myself: "We belong to Allah, and we all belong to Allah." I didn't dare to stay where I was, afraid of being alone, so I had to move around restlessly and aimlessly.Later, I desperately climbed up a big tree and looked into the distance. All I saw was a clear sky, blue water, dense forest, birds and gravel.I just looked and looked, and suddenly, I found a huge white image far away. I hurriedly slipped down the tree and walked towards the direction where the white image appeared, wanting to see what happened. It turned out to be a white domed building.After I got closer, I turned around it, but couldn't find its gate.The house is smooth and bright, and I cannot climb into it.At this time, the sun was already in the west, and it was getting dark. I was anxious to enter the house and find a place to rest. When I was helpless, I found that the sun had disappeared suddenly, and it was dark all around.It was summer at that time, and I thought it was because of the dark clouds in the sky. I was startled and afraid, and then I looked up and saw a huge wild bird called a condor appeared in the sky.This kind of bird often captures elephants to feed their chicks. The white domed building I saw just now turned out to be a condor egg.I can't help but marvel at the miracle of Allah's creation.At this time, the condor slowly fell down, stretched its legs back, retracted its wings, and hatched safely on the egg. Suddenly, an idea popped into my head, so I acted immediately.I untied the head wrap, folded it in half, twisted it into a rope, tied it around my waist, and tied the rope firmly to the condor's leg, thinking to myself: "Maybe this condor can lead me to a place where there are people." It’s much better than staying on a desert island.” That night, I didn't dare to sleep, because I was afraid that the condor would suddenly take off in my sleep, which would make me unprepared. In the early morning of the next day, the condor got up, stretched its neck and let out a roar, then spread its wings and took me straight into the sky.It flew higher and higher, and I seemed to feel that it was close to the sky.It flew and flew for a long time before slowly descending, and finally landed on a plateau. I untied the head wrap tremblingly and left the eagle legs.Although I left that island, I didn't know where I was again. I still felt confused and scared. At this time, the condor grabbed something from the ground and flew into the sky.I looked carefully, and it turned out that what it caught was a thick and long python.I took a few steps forward, only to find that I was standing on a very high place, with a deep canyon at my feet and unattainable cliffs on all sides.I began to blame myself for not taking risks, and sighed to myself: "Bless Allah, there are no wild fruits to satisfy our hunger, and no river water to quench our thirst. Alas! I am so unlucky. I have just escaped from danger and fell into the abyss. Let fate go." I only hope that the great Allah will come and save me." I mustered up my courage and strengthened my spirits, and walked into the valley, and found that there were precious and rare diamonds and boa constrictors as thick as jujube trees everywhere.The boa constrictor opened its mouth, as if it could swallow an elephant in one mouthful, and they all came out at night to avoid being killed by the eagle. There are eagles in the sky and boa constrictors in the ground. It’s over now. I was on the scene and regretted so much that I had to beg Allah to bless me. Soon the sun went down and night fell.I was afraid that the python would eat me, so I forgot my hunger and wandered in the valley trembling, looking for a shelter.I found a cave nearby with a very small entrance. I hurried into the cave and pushed a big rock beside it to block the entrance.When I took a closer look, I saw a big snake laying in the hole with its eggs hatched. I was frightened half to death and trembling all over. I had no choice but to accept my fate.I kept my eyes wide open all night. After finally surviving until dawn the next day, I quickly ran to the entrance of the cave, pushed away the big rock, and escaped.Since he hadn't slept all night, and he was thirsty and hungry, he felt top-heavy, like a drunkard, and wobbled when he walked.When I was wandering in despair, a slaughtered animal suddenly fell from the sky. I looked around, but there was still no one, and I was terrified. I remembered a legend that someone told me before: it is said that the places where diamonds are produced are extremely deep valleys, and people cannot go down to collect them, so the jeweler came up with a way to slaughter the sheep and skin them. Throwing it into the valley, the bloody mutton was covered with diamonds, and was carried to the top of the mountain by a huge vulture in the mountain.When the hawk was about to peck, they ran with a cry, drove the vulture away, picked up the diamonds that were on the mutton, threw the mutton to the vultures, and took the diamonds away.It is said that this is the only way for jewelers to obtain diamonds. When I saw the big sheep that was slaughtered, I remembered the legends I had heard, so I ran up to have a look. Sure enough, there were many diamonds on the lamb. Put on the diamond, lie down, drag the sheep to cover yourself, and tie yourself to the sheep with a turban. After waiting for a while, a vulture landed, took the slaughtered sheep and soared up to the top of the mountain.It was about to peck at the mutton, when suddenly there was a cry from behind the cliff and a sound of knocking on a wooden board. Hearing the sound, the vulture flew high and fled. Running over, he saw me standing in front of the sheep, trembling with fright and bewildered.He turned over the dead sheep and saw that there was nothing on it, so he cried out in anger: "How unlucky, where did the devil come from? He took away my jewels! May Allah banish him." After shouting, he was dejected and slapped his hands desperately. Seeing him so sad, I walked over and stood in front of him.He asked puzzledly: "Who are you? Why are you here?" "Don't be afraid. I'm not a bad person. I'm also a businessman. I have tragic and unfortunate experiences and encounters. I came to this barren mountain in a daze. Don't be sad. I have a lot of diamonds here, and I will share some of them with you. ,satisfy you." After listening to my words, the businessman was very grateful and talked with me kindly.Seeing how friendly I was with their partners, other diamond merchants also came to greet me, bless me, and invite me to accompany them.I told them about my experience and how I went to the valley, and I gave the merchant many diamonds, and the merchant said happily: "I swear to Allah, and Allah blesses you, and saves you from adversity. No one who comes to this valley survives, and you are the lucky one." I escaped from danger, left the valley where the pythons piled up, and returned to the world, feeling extremely relaxed.I stayed with the merchants and passed the night in peace.The next day, when we went down the mountain with them, we vaguely saw the boa constrictor in the valley, and felt very scared. We drove on and on, until at last we came to a wide open field.I saw tall camphor trees growing on the ground, each tree with dense branches and leaves, like a huge umbrella, which can provide shade for a hundred people.To get camphor, you only need to dig a hole in the trunk, and the sap will flow out of the hole. After the sap flows out, the big tree will wither and finally become a dead wood. There is a jungle in this field, and there is an animal in the jungle called a rhinoceros.Rhinos live in the forest, and their shape is just like the cattle and buffaloes on the ranch in our hometown, but the body of the rhino is taller than that of the cow, with a single horn on its head, and the largest one is ten feet long.The explorers said that the rhinoceros can kill the elephant, put it on the head, and run around the mountains and plains effortlessly. Later, the fat on the elephant's body was roasted by the sun and flowed into the eyes of the rhinoceros. As a result, the rhinoceros became blind and couldn't tell the difference. Orientation, had to lie on the riverside, unable to move freely, the condor often grab them to feed the chicks.Besides, there were buffalo and other wild animals of all kinds, too numerous to list. I traveled from one city to another, exchanged diamonds for many goods along the way, shipped them to various places and sold them, and made a lot of money. After a long and turbulent journey, I visited many places, and finally returned to Basra. After staying there for a few days, I returned to my hometown of Baghdad, loaded with diamonds, money and goods.After meeting family and friends, I distributed gifts to them and gave alms to the poor.People came to bless me after they heard that I had escaped danger for the second time. I lived a comfortable life again and gradually forgot all the dangers and dangers I experienced. Sinbad the navigator talked about his travel experience on the second voyage, and then said: Tomorrow, if Allah is willing, I will tell you about the experience of the third voyage. The next day, Sinbad the porter came to the home of Sinbad the navigator as scheduled, and listened to him tell the story of his third voyage. The third sailing trip My third sailing trip was the most bizarre. You know, I came back from my second voyage, made a lot of money, and should be content to be able to come back safely and live in ease.But after a while of leisure time, I had the idea of ​​going out to travel again.So, I took a lot of goods and left home resolutely again. I boarded a large ship in the harbor of Basra.The boat departed from the destination and passed through many cities and islands. Every time we arrived at a place, we had to go ashore to travel and do business.One day, when the ship was sailing in the sea, the captain standing on the deck and looking into the distance suddenly screamed loudly. Especially irritable, the situation happened very suddenly and strangely.We were busy comforting him and asked: "Captain, what happened?" "Travelers! You don't know that our ship was controlled by the wind and waves, and now it is blown to a dangerous place. We are approaching the ape-man mountain. The people in this mountain, like monkeys, are extremely ferocious, and they are all over the mountain. Anyone who comes here Don't try to escape bad luck." As soon as the captain finished speaking, the ape-man appeared.They are really ugly, short and furry, and they speak things we don't understand.In an instant, we were surrounded by apes running from all directions, and they stared at us one by one, their eyes rolling.We stayed on board, afraid to move, for fear of being hurt by them.The ape-men climbed on board, ransacked us, and snapped the ropes and damaged the sails.As a result, the hull slowly tilted and finally ran aground.We were all taken captive and driven ashore. The boat was dragged somewhere by the ape-man.Afterwards, the apes dispersed without a trace. We were stranded on a desert island, hungry and thirsty, so we had to pick wild fruits to satisfy our hunger and ladle river water to quench our thirst.Soon, someone found a house on the island. We went to look at it immediately. It turned out to be a tall building with a very solid structure. The doors were made of rosewood, and both doors were ajar.Looking in from the door, there is a very spacious courtyard surrounded by many doors and windows.When we walked in, we saw tall stools in the hall, various cooking utensils hanging on the stove, and countless human bones piled up around it, but there was no sound in the room, and no one was seen. We were amazed to see this scene. Everyone entered the room and sat for a while, but there was still no movement, and everyone couldn't care less, and all fell asleep.Now we sleep from morning till sunset.I don’t know how long it took, we were suddenly awakened from our dream by a rumbling sound. At this time, the ground suddenly shook, and then a huge black monster came down from the stairs. Hanging on the chest, with a bloody mouth open, the fan-like ears are shining on the shoulders, and the nails on the claws are sharp and long, stretching towards us, and we are all scared out of our wits. I saw this giant monster walk into the hall, sat on the high stool for a while without any haste, then walked up to us, looked around, grabbed me suddenly, and put it in his hand to watch carefully.I was in his hand, as if it was only enough for him to eat.After looking at it for a while, he seemed to think that I was not up to standard, so he threw me on the ground at once, grabbed another partner, looked at it like he did me, and threw it down again.After examining us one by one, it was not satisfied, and finally its eyes fell on the captain.He is the strongest among us, with broad shoulders, round waist, thick limbs and great strength, standing there like an iron tower.He seemed to suit the appetite of the monster. The monster stood in front of the captain and stared at him. Suddenly, it picked up the captain like an eagle catching a chicken, and then threw the captain to the ground, grabbing the captain's arm. When the neck twisted, there was only a click, and the neck broke.Then the monster took down a long iron fork, put the captain's body on a skewer, put it on the blazing fire, turned it over and roasted it, and slowly tore it like people eat chicken and duck. Throwing it aside, he lay down on the high stool and fell asleep soundly. The monster snored like thunder, and slept soundly until the next morning before waking up from the dream, and walked away as if no one else was there. I guess it has gone far before it dared to speak.The scene last night was so horrible that some people couldn't help crying loudly, complaining: "We would rather fall into the sea and drown, or be eaten by apes, than be roasted by monsters. I swear to Allah, it is too miserable to die like this. We can't escape this place. We must die. What can we do?" Ah, I only hope that the great Allah will save us quickly!"