A man gives his wife money to buy food, and she goes to the market. The merchant lusts after her, and offers to give her sugar in exchange for sex. The wife agrees in advance, ties the sugar up in her cloak, and enters the merchant's chambers. While they are busy, the merchant's servant replaces the sugar with dust. The wife returns home none the wiser, leaves the bundle, and goes to fetch her pot. When her husband exclaims that there is nothing but dirt in her cloak, the wife understands that she was swindled. She fetches a seive, and claims that she was kicked by a cow on the way home, dropped everything in the dirt, and must now sift the particles apart. Her husband believes her and sifts the dust.
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Berlin Staatsbibliothek Ms. lat. qu. 618, Hebrew Group A, Hebrew Group B, Hebrew Prints, Latin Mishle Sendebar, Mishle Sendebar
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Arabic Version A1001 (Thousand and One Nights), Arabic Version A101 (Hundred and One Nights), Berlin Staatsbibliothek Sprenger 1368, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3660, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3662, Leiden Universiteit Or. 14.303, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France Arabe 3639, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3660, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3661, Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3662, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 3670, Toronto Aga Khan Museum 00513, Tunis Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie, MWT 04576
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