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  • O Solomon, for the sake of thine army's camping-place keep this wise one (beside thee) on thy expeditions.”
  • Then said Solomon, “O good companion in waterless far-stretching wastes!” 1220
  • How the crow impugned the claim of the hoopoe.
  • When the crow heard (this), from envy he came and said to Solomon, “He has spoken false and ill.
  • It is not respectful to speak in the king's presence, in particular (to utter) lying and absurd self-praise.
  • If he had always had this (keen) sight, how would not he have seen the snare beneath a handful of earth?
  • How would he have been caught in the snare? How would he have gone into the cage willy-nilly?”
  • Then Solomon said: “O hoopoe, is it right that these dregs have risen from thee at the first cup? 1225
  • O thou who hast drunk buttermilk, how dost thou pretend intoxication and brag in my presence and tell lies besides?”
  • The hoopoe's answer to the attack of the crow.
  • He said, “O king, for God's sake do not listen to the enemy's words against me, bare beggar as I am.
  • If my claim is (made) with falsehood, I lay my head (before thee): sever this neck of mine.