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When the stall owner saw me, he took me and led me into his

house, but as soon as his daughter had sight of me she veiled her

face from me, crying out, "Dost thou bring men to me and dost

thou come in with them to me?" Her father asked, "Where is the

man?"; and she answered, "This dog is a man whom his wife hath

ensorcelled and I am able to release him." When her father heard

her words, he said, "Allah upon thee, O my daughter, release

him." So she took a gugglet of water and, after uttering words

over it, sprinkled upon me a few drops, saying, "Come forth from

that form into thy former form." And I returned to my natural

shape.