D Chasid he Caliph of Bagdad was sitting comfortably on a beautiful afternoon on the sofa. He had slept a little because it was a hot day, and now looked after his nap quite cheerful. He was smoking a long pipe of rosewood, drank a little coffee now and then that he poured a slave, always cheerful and stroked his beard, if he had tasted. In short, we looked at the caliph, that he was probably right. At that hour you could do well with talk to him because he was quite mild and affable as always, so he visited his Grand Vizier Mansor every day around this time. That afternoon he came now, but looked very thoughtful, quite contrary to his habit. The caliph did the whistle a little out of his mouth and said, "Why are you such a thoughtful face, grand vizier?"
D his grand vizier his arms beat crosswise over the chest, bowed before his Lord and said, "Lord Whether I'm doing a thoughtful face, I do not know, but down there at the castle is a grocer who has! such beautiful things that annoys me to not have a lot of easy money. "
D he Caliph, who had his grand vizier has long liked to pleasure, sent down his black slave to bring up the shopkeeper. Soon came the slave back to the grocer. This was a short, fat man, black-brown in the face and ragged clothes. He carried a chest in which he had all kinds of products: pearls and rings, richly studded guns, cups and combs. The caliph and his vizier eyed by all, and the Caliph finally bought for himself and Mansor nice guns, the wife of the vizier, but a comb. As the shopkeeper was about to close his box again, the Caliph saw a small drawer and asked if there were still goods. The shopkeeper took out the drawer and showed it as a box with a dense black powder and a paper with strange writing that neither the Caliph could still read Mansor. "I once got these two pieces of a merchant, who was in Mecca on the street," said the shopkeeper. "I do not know what they contain, you getting up at low price service, I can not do anything with it." The Caliph, who had in his library like old manuscripts, if he could not read bought, written, can and dismissed the pedlar. The Caliph thought he would like to know what contains the script, and asked the vizier if he knew no one could decipher them. "My lord and master," replied he, "in the great mosque there lives a man, his name is Selim, the scholar who understands all languages, let him come, maybe he knows the secret features."
D he learned Selim was soon fetched. "Selim," the Caliph said to him, "Selim, you say that you were very learned, look even a little in this work, if you can read them. Can you read it, you will receive a new party dress from me, can you do not, you get twelve o'clock and twenty-five strokes back on the soles, because you then nothing Selim, called the scholars. " Selim bowed and said, "Thy will be done, O Lord!" Long he looked at the script, he suddenly exclaimed: "That's Latin, sir, or I will hang myself." - "Tell me, what's in them," commanded the Caliph, "if it is in Latin."
S elim began to translate to: "man, you can find this, praise Allah for his mercy Who of the powder in this snuff box and to speak. Mutabor that can turn into any animal and also understand the language of animals. Will he return to his human form, so he tends to the east and say three times that word. But beware, if you are transformed, that you laugh, otherwise the magic will disappear completely from your memory and you'll be a beast. "
A ls Selim, the scholar who had thus read, the caliph, beyond measure, and was well pleased. He had the learned to swear to tell no one to some of the secret, gave him a nice dress, and sent him to his grand vizier, but he said. "That my name is good shopping, Mansor! How happy I am until I'm an animal. Tomorrow morning you come to me, we go together to the field, a little snuff from my box and then overhear what is said in the air and in water, forest and field! "
K aum had breakfast the next morning the Caliph Chasid and dressed already appeared as the Grand Vizier, him, as ordered to accompany the walk. The Caliph put the can with the magic powder in his belt, and after he had ordered his followers to remain behind, he went with the vizier alone on the road. They first went through the extensive gardens of the caliphs, but looked in vain for a living thing, to try her trick. The vizier suggested at last, to go further out to a pond where he has often many animals, have seen especially storks, the gravity of their nature and clatter had always excited his attention.
D Caliph he endorsed the proposal of his vizier, and went with him to the pond. When they arrived, they saw a stork seriously walking up and down, looking for frogs and here and there a little chattering to himself. At the same time they saw zuschweben also high in the air, another stork in the area.
"I ch bet my beard, my lord," said the Grand Vizier, "if these two Langfüßler will lead a nice conversation. How about it if we were storks? "
" W ohl spoken, "answered the Caliph." But before we look again at how to become human again. - Right! Three times inclined to the east, and Os Mutantes said, I'm back caliph and vizier you. But for heaven's sake do not laugh, otherwise we are lost! "
W hile the Caliph spoke thus, he saw the other stork hovering over their heads and can be slow to Earth. He quickly pulled the can from his belt, took a good pinch, offered it is the Grand Vizier, who also took snuff, and they both cried: "Os Mutantes"
Since shrinks her legs were thin and red, the beautiful yellow slippers of the caliph and his companion were misshapen stork legs, arms became wings, neck, escaped from her shoulders and was a yard long, his beard was gone and the body covered with soft feathers.
"I hr have a nice bill, Mr. Grand Vizier," said long after the astonishment of the caliph. "By the beard of the Prophet, something I have not seen in my life."
"Thank you, humbly," replied the Grand Vizier, as he bent down, "but if I dare may claim that your Highness seen almost as a stork still handsomer than as a Caliph. But when it comes you please, that we overhear our comrades there and find out if we can really Storch language. "
I ndessen was the other stork arrived on Earth, he cleaned with the Schnabel put his feet, straightened his feathers and went towards the first stork The two new storks but rushed to get near them, and heard to their amazement, the following conversation.
"G uten morning , Mrs. Langbein, so early in the meadow? "
"S Choen you dear, Klapper beak, I've only got a small breakfast. You may be a fourth or a moose complacent lizard Froschschenkelein?"
"D Humbly anke, had no appetite today. I'm also for something else on the field. I will now dance for the guests of my father, and I want my practice to myself a little .
Z ugleich walked the young stork in strange movements through the field. The Caliph and Mansor looked after her in wonder, but as they in a picturesque position stand on one foot and gracefully to the wings wagged, could no longer hold because the two. An unstoppable laughter broke out of their beaks, from which she recovered only after a long time. The Caliph took the first and again: "It was even a joke," cried he, "is not to pay with gold is a pity that the stupid animals by our laughter can chase away, or they would certainly also be sung."
A over now it occurred to the Grand Vizier, that laughter was forbidden during the transformation. He shared his fear because of the caliph. "Potz Mecca and Medina, that would be a poor joke, if I had to remain a stork! Can you not see the stupid word, I do not bring out. "Three times against East, we must bend over to us and say: Mu - Mu - Mu -"
S he stood on the east and stooped without stopping, so that their beaks almost touched the ground - but , O shame! The magic word they had forgotten, and often also the Caliph bent so eagerly his vizier "Mu-Mu-Mu" to said, every memory it was gone, and the poor Hasid and his vizier were and remained storks.
sadly converted the Enchanted by the fields, they had no idea what to do in their misery. From their skin Storch they could not get out, back to the city they were also unable to identify themselves. Who would have believed a stork, that he was the Caliph, and when you would have also believed the people of Baghdad to the Caliph a stork would have wanted?
S o they sneaked around for several days and fed on meager crops, which they do because of their long beaks could not eat well. On the way, lizards and frogs they had no appetite, because they feared with such delicacy to spoil the stomach. Their only pleasure in this sad situation was that they could fly, so they often flew over the rooftops of Baghdad, to see what's going on.
I n the first few days she noticed great anxiety and sadness in the streets, but around the fourth day after their enchantment they were sitting on the palace of the caliph, when they saw down the street in a beautiful lift.
drums T and whistles sounded, a man sat in a gold-embroidered scarlet coat on a decorated horse, surrounded by shiny Servants. Half Baghdad jumped after him, and all shouted: "Heil Mizra, the ruler of Baghdad!" Since the two storks on the roof of the palace looked at each other, and the Caliph Hasid said: "Ahnst now you know why I'm enchanted Mizra This is the son of my deadly enemy, the powerful sorcerer Kaschnur, who swore in an evil hour revenge . But still I give up hope. Come with me, faithful companion of my misery, we want to make a pilgrimage to the grave of the Prophet, perhaps that is dissolved in a holy place of magic. "
S he rose from the roof of the palace and flew to the area of Medina. The wanted to fly But it did not go well, for the two storks had little exercise. "O Lord," groaned after a few hours of the grand vizier, "I think it is - with your permission - not be long before you fly too fast, too, it is already evening, and we would do well, a shelter for the night . Search "
C was hasid the request of his servant's ear, and he saw a ruin in the valley, which seemed to provide a shelter, so they flew away. been the place where they had settled for the night, seemed formerly to be a lock. Beautiful pillars sticking out from under the rubble, several apartments, which were still fairly obtained testified to the former glory of the house. Hasid and his companions walked through the aisles in order to find a dry place. Suddenly the stork Mansor. "Lord and master," he whispered softly, "if it is not only foolish for a grand vizier, nor had more but for a stork to be afraid of ghosts! I feel like quite scary, because here I find it quite audibly sighed and groaned. "
D Caliph he was now well and are clearly heard a faint cry, which seemed rather to belong to a man as an animal. Full of expectation was he reach the area where the action sounds came, the vizier, but he was seized with the beak at the piano and asked him earnestly not to rush into new, unknown threats. But in vain! The Caliph, which also hit below the stork wings a brave heart, tore a loss of some springs go and ran into a dark corridor. He soon found himself at a door which seemed ajar and what he heard clearly with a little sigh howl. He pushed the door open with his beak, but was surprised to be on the threshold. In the dilapidated room that was dimly lit only by a small grated window, he saw a large owl sitting on the floor. Big tears were rolling down her from the large, round eyes and a hoarse voice, she pulled out her actions from the hooked beak. But when they the caliph and his vizier, who had meanwhile brought sneaked also saw, she raised a loud cry of joy. Daintily wiped them with the brown-speckled wings, the tears from his eyes, and to the great astonishment of the two they called in good human Arabic: "Welcome, ye storks You are a good sign to me of my salvation, because by storks will come to me a great happiness prophesied, I once was! "
A ls the Caliph had recovered from his astonishment, he bent down with his long Neck, brought his thin legs in a delicate position, and said:. "Owl your words for I can think of seeing a suffering companion in you, but alas your hope that would come through us your salvation is futile you will be ours. helplessness even recognize when you hear our story. " The owl asked him to tell the Caliph began and told them what we already know.
A ls had presented to the caliph, his story, she thanked him and said, "Hear my story and see how I am no less unhappy than you My father is the king of India, I, his only daughter unhappy, hot Lusa. That Kaschnur magician who has bewitched you, and plunged me into trouble. One day he came to my father, and desired me to the wife for his son Mizra. But my father, who is a hot-tempered man, had to throw him down the stairs. The wretch knew under a different form to sneak back into my vicinity, and when I once wanted to take in my garden craft to me, he brought me, disguised as a slave in a potion that turned me into this hideous shape. fainting with terror, he brought me here and I cried a terrible voice in his ears: "You should stay, ugly, despised even by the animals, up to your end, or up to one of their own free will, even in this terrible shape, sought after in marriage. So I revenge myself on you and your proud father. "Since then, many months have passed. Lonely and sad I live as a hermit in the ruins loathed in the world, even the animals is an abomination. The beautiful nature is closed to me, for I am blind by day, and only if the moon poured its pale light over these walls, the concealing veil fall from my eyes. "
D owl he had finished and wiped his back with the wing of the eyes, for the story of their suffering had coaxed her tears.
D Caliph he was with the story of the princess lost in deep thought. "If I'm not mistaken," he said, "so instead finds a secret connection between our misfortune, but where can I find the key to this riddle?" The owl replied: "O Lord, I too suspect this because it is me once in my early youth was a wise woman foretold that a stork would bring me great happiness, and I know maybe how we could save us .
D he Caliph was very surprised and asked, by which they mean. "The magician who has made us both unhappy," she said, "comes once in every month this ruin. Not far from this room is a room. There, he used then to feast with many comrades. I have often overheard them there . They tell each other then their nefarious work, perhaps, that he then pronounce the magic word that you have forgotten. "
"O h, dearest Princess," cried the Caliph, "Tell me, when it comes from and where is the room?"
The owl paused a moment and then said: "Take it not unkindly, but only under a Condition I can meet Euern wish. "-" Speak out! Speak of "cried Hasid," Command, I am all right. "
" N ämlich, I would also like to also be free, but this can only happen if one of you me his hand last. "
D he storks seemed to be somewhat concerned about the request, and the Caliph beckoned his servant, a little go with him." Vizier, "said the door of the caliph," that is a stupid trade, but you could take it already. "
" S o, "replied the latter, "that my wife when I get home, scratching out the eyes? I too am an old man, and you are still young and unmarried, and could be more like a young, beautiful princess's hand."
"D as it is flat," sighed the Caliph, when he was sad, hang the wings, "Who says that she is young and beautiful? That is buying a pig in a poke!"
S he talked to each other for a long time, but at last, when the Caliph saw his vizier rather stay Storch as the owl wanted to marry, he decided to better the condition itself . Meet The owl was delighted. Them admitted that they had better never to come because it would probably gather that night the magician himself. She left the room with the storks, to lead them in those facilities. They went a long way in a dark passage, and finally radiated out to meet them a half-ruined wall, a bright light. When they arrived there, the owl advised them to behave calmly. They could from the gap at which they stood, overlooking a large hall. He was decorated with columns all around, and richly decorated. Many colored lamps replaced the light of day. in the middle of the room stood a round table, many occupied and selected meals. Around the table pulled a sofa, on which eight men were sitting. In one of these men saw the storks back to those shopkeepers who had sold them the magic powder. His neighbor asked him to tell them his latest actions. He told including the story of the caliph and his vizier. "What word did you give them?" he asked another magician. "A very heavy Latin, it means Mutabor.
" A ls the storks in their hole in the wall heard this, they were almost beside themselves with joy. They ran to their long Add so fast the door of the ruin that the owl could scarcely follow. There, the caliph said, moved to the owl, "the savior of my life and the life of my friend's take on the eternal gratitude for what you have done for us, for a husband to me!." - But then he turned to the east. Three times the storks bowed their long necks towards the sun that came up just behind the mountains. "Os Mutantes" they cried, in an instant they were transformed, and in the high joy of life neugeschenkten master and servant were laughing and crying in each other's arms. But who can describe their surprise when they looked around! A beautiful lady, wonderfully decorated, stood before them. Smiling, she gave the Caliph's hand. "Know You do not have your owl? "She said. It was she who was the Caliph of her beauty and grace so delighted that he exclaimed that it was his greatest joy that he had become a stork.
D he moved next three together on Baghdad. The caliph found in his clothes not just the can with the magic powder, but also your wallet. He therefore bought in the next village, which was required for their journey, and they soon came to the gates of Baghdad. There, however, caught the arrival of the caliphs astonishment. He had been issued for dead, and the people were so excited to wiederzuhaben his beloved ruler. The more But their hatred was kindled against the fraudster Mizra. They entered the palace and captured the old magician and his son. The old man sent to the Caliph in the same room of the ruins that had inhabited the princess as owl, and let him hang there. The son, however, who knew nothing of the arts of his father, had the Caliph to choose whether he wants to take drugs or die. When he chose the latter, offered him the Grand Vizier the can. An efficient pinch - and the magic word of the Caliph turned him into a stork. The Caliph had him in an iron cage and lock up in his garden. Long and happy lived the Caliph Hasid and his wife, Princess. His happiest hours were always the ones when he visited the Grand Vizier in the afternoon. They said it many times by her stork adventure, and when the caliph was quite cheerful, he deigned to imitate the grand vizier, as he had appeared as a stork. Then he went serious with stiff feet, the room and down, waving chattering, his arms like wings and showed how futile that is inclined to the east and Mu-Mu-Mu was called to. For women and their children Kalifin this idea was always a great pleasure. When the Caliph rattled but too long and nodded, and Mu-Mu-Mu shouted, then threatened him with a smile of the vizier, he wanted what was at the door of the Princess owl was heard, Women Kalifin tell.
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