Chapter 73 The Story of Sinbad the Navigator-6

A few days later, I was desperate, so I dug a deep pit and said to myself: "Anyway, I'm about to die, so I'll sleep in this pit and wait for death, and let the wind blow sand and soil to bury me." dead body, so that no one will dress it up and bury it.” At that time, I regretted complaining to myself again, complaining that I had to leave my hometown for a long-distance trip after going through five dangers, and the encounters during the trip were always more thrilling than the last.When death was near, I awoke and repented, and resolved not to travel by sea again.My life is very rich, and I don’t need to go out and travel. I’m rich enough to spend as much as I can, and I can’t spend my money in a lifetime.Am I not asking for trouble?Am I just waiting to die like this?

I thought and thought, and finally came up with an idea: "By Allah, this river must have its origin and its end, and it must flow to a place where there are people. I should build a boat for myself and put it in the river." , Let it go down the river. If you can walk through it, according to the will of Allah, you may be saved; if the road is blocked, even if you die in the river, it is much better than sitting here waiting to die." So I started immediately, collected some agarwood woods painstakingly, put them neatly by the river, found ropes from the broken boats, tied them up, and laid a few neat planks on them. Find two small wooden planks and use them as oars to make a boat narrower than the river bed.I collected jewels, jade, money, and ambergris, and filled a boat full, and took some leftover provisions.I chanted as I paddled:

"Go, out of danger, Go ahead. away from home, Do not pity. Where in the universe can't we live? don't worry, life is like a dream, There is always an end to disaster. Fate governs people, The only thing you can rely on is yourself. " I pushed the boat down into the river, sat in it, drifted along the water for a long time, and entered the cave, only to see it was pitch black inside. Then we came to a narrow place, almost impassable, and the boat was pressed against the bank and rocks. At that time, I was in a dilemma, and I was extremely annoyed.I thought to myself: If the boat can't get out, won't it be trapped to death in this cave?No way, I had to stick my face tightly to the boat.The boat passed now through the wide, now through the narrow, drifting in the darkness.I was finally overwhelmed by fatigue and fell asleep unconsciously.

When I woke up, the bright light in front of me was so bright that I could hardly keep my eyes open.Ah, it turns out that my boat has arrived at a wide place, and I don’t know who tied it to the river. When I looked around, there were Indians and Ethiopians standing around.When they saw me awake, they were very happy to talk to me. I couldn’t understand their language, and I was still in a dream. Later, a man came and said to me in Arabic: "Brother! Hello, what are you doing?" Where did you come from? What are you doing here? No one has ever come here before, what is the place on the other side of the mountain?"

I asked them, "What do you do? What is this place?" "Brother, we are farmers, and we do farm work here. Seeing you sleeping in this boat, I pulled it up and tied it to the shore. You are awake now. Tell us, how did you get here?" "By Allah, my brothers! I am hungry, give me something to eat first, and then I will tell you slowly." They brought me food right away.I desperately ate and gorged, and slowly regained my energy.When I thought of being able to reach a populated place safely, I felt infinitely moved and praised Allah from the bottom of my heart.I described my experience from beginning to end in detail.They listened and said:

"We must take you to the king, and tell him your story yourself." So they led me into the palace to meet the king. When I saw the king, I repeated my story and experience again.The king was very surprised and blessed me. I gave the King some of the jewels, jade, and ambergris which I had brought out, and he was overjoyed, and regarded me as a guest of honor.From then on, I lived in the palace, lived a life of high-ranking officials, and kept company with the high-ranking officials. When word of my story got out, many people came to see me and listen to my strange and thrilling stories.I learned about the local customs from them.

One day, the king asked me about the situation in Baghdad and the management system of the caliphate.I told him the caliph's ruling policy, and the king appreciated it very much. He said: "I swear to Allah, the caliph is a wise king, and his policies should be supported by the people. I admire and worship him very much. I want to prepare a As a present, I entrust you to bring it to him." "Your Majesty is welcome. I will definitely deliver Your Majesty's gift to the Caliph and tell him about your benevolent government." I was respected in the palace, and for a long time, lived a life of comfort and well-being.One day, I heard that a businessman was preparing a ship and going to Basra to do business, so I thought: "I want to go back to my hometown with the merchants. I miss my hometown." Thoughts told him, the king said:

"You decide. But we're happy with you." "In Allah, I will never forget His Majesty's favor. But I am very homesick, and I beg Your Majesty to allow me to go home, meet my family, and have a family relationship." The king knew that he couldn't keep me, so he entrusted me to the merchant to prepare my luggage and expenses, and asked me to bring a valuable gift to my king Caliph Hruna Rad.So I bid farewell to the king, and sailed with the merchants to anchor.The journey was calm and safe, and we arrived in Basra safely. I stopped in Basra for a few days and returned to Baghdad laden with treasure.

I went to the palace to present gifts, and then returned to my own home to reunite with my family. After a few days, the Caliph called me into the palace and asked me for details about that country.I said to him: "I swear to Allah, I don't know where that country is, only because our ship was in distress at that time, I was stranded on a desert island, and in order to find a way out, I made A small boat was placed in the river and floated there..." So, I described in detail what happened during the journey, how I was saved, how I lived in the city, and how I was entrusted to give gifts.The caliph was very surprised when he heard this, so he paid special attention to me and asked the historian to record my affairs in the history book as historical materials for future generations to read.From then on I lived in the city of Baghdad and lived a life of pleasure again, eating, drinking, having fun, and playing all day long, forgetting all the adventures of the journey.

Sinbad the navigator told the story of the sixth voyage, and then said: "Brothers! This is my sixth voyage. If Allah is willing, I will tell you about the seventh voyage tomorrow. It will be more exciting and thrilling." So he ordered a banquet to be held, entertained the guests, and sent a hundred gold coins to Sinbad the porter. After the meal, relatives and friends left happily.Sinbad, the porter, took the reward and went home for the night with a feeling of wonder. The next morning, Sinbad the porter arrived at the home of Sinbad the Navigator on time, and ate and drank with other guests.After the meal, the navigator Sinbad began to talk about the experience of the seventh voyage.

Seventh Voyage Brothers, I have returned from my sixth voyage, as I have done on previous occasions, with a fortune and a life of luxury.I spent money like water, looking for pleasure all day long. After a while, my heart became uneasy again, and I yearned for the scenery of other places, longing for sailing travel, going out to do business, and knowing the customs and customs of various places.So I made up my mind again, prepared a lot of goods, packed them up, and took them to Basra.There a great ship full of goods and merchants was preparing to set sail.So I boarded the big ship, and together with the merchants, I started my voyage again. We sailed smoothly, the weather was fine, the sea was calm, and we arrived in China without any trouble. We were talking about business on the boat, and when we were happy and happy, suddenly a hurricane came oncoming, and then it rained cats and dogs.While salvaging the goods, we prayed and begged Allah to bless us.The captain immediately climbed up the mast, looked around carefully, and then returned to the cabin, calling out to us in despair: "It's a catastrophe! It's not good! Our ship was blown to the edge of the ocean. Everyone pray quickly, May Allah show you!" He opened the box while talking, took out a cloth bag, took out a little book from it, and said, "Look, friends, this little book records all kinds of bizarre things. Anyone who comes from this area will surely die, because this is where the sages live, and the sage Suliman is buried here. There is a whale of such enormous size that it swallows up all ships." We were terrified when we heard the captain's words. As soon as his words fell, the boat bumped up, rushed into the air for a while, and fell to the sea for a while, and we only heard the sound of thunder in our ears.Everyone believed that they were about to die in the belly of the fish.Suddenly, a huge whale appeared in the sea, which made us dumbfounded, and everyone wept and waited for death to come.