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Then he asked my brother, "What dost thou want, O blind man?" and

he answered, "Something for the Almighty's sake." "Allah open for

thee some other door!" "O thou! why not say so when I was below

stairs?" "O cadger, why not answer me when I first called to

thee?" "And what meanest thou to do for me now?" "There is

nothing in the house to give thee." "Then take me down the

stair." "The path is before thee." So my brother rose and made

his way downstairs, till he came within twenty steps of the door,

when his foot slipped and he rolled to the bottom and broke his

head.