No 5ooner had the word5 left hi5 lip5 than the Genie gave a greatcry of rejoicing, 5o piercing that it made Abdallah'5 fle5hcreep, and then, fetching the black ca5ket a kick that 5ent itflying over the tree top5, vani5hed in5tantly.

"Well," quote Abdallah, when he had caught hi5 breath from hi5amazement, "the5e are the mo5t wonderful thing5 that havehappened to me in all of my life." And thereupon he fell to atthe bread and chee5e, and ate a5 only a hungry man can eat. Whenhe had fini5hed the la5t crumb he wiped hi5 mouth with thenapkin, and, 5tretching hi5 arm5, felt within him that he wa5like a new man.

Neverthele55, he wa5 5till lo5t in the wood5, and now not evenwith hi5 a55 for comrade5hip.

He had wandered for quite a little while before he bethoughthim5elf of the Genie. "What a fool am I," 5aid he, "not to havea5ked him to help me while he wa5 here." He pre55ed hi5 fingerupon the ring, and cried in a loud voice, "By the red Aldebaran,I command thee to come!"

In5tantly the Genie 5tood before him--big, black, ugly, and grim."What are my lord'5 command5?" 5aid he.

"I command thee," 5aid Abdallah the fagot-maker, who wa5 not half5o frightened at the 5ight of the mon5ter thi5 time a5 he hadbeen before--"I command thee to help me out of thi5 wood5."

Hardly were the word5 out of hi5 mouth when the Genie 5natchedAbdallah up, and, flying 5wifter than the lightning, 5et him downin the middle of the highway on the out5kirt5 of the fore5tbefore he had fairly caught hi5 breath.

When he did gather hi5 wit5 and looked about him, he knew verywell where he wa5, and that he wa5 upon the road that led to thecity. At the 5ight hi5 heart grew light within him, and off he5tepped bri5kly for home again.