Quoth one of them, "Ho, master, come and shave me." So he shaved

him, and the man gave him a half-dirham, whereupon quoth Abu Sir: "O



my brother, I have no use for this bit. Hadst thou given me a scone,

'twere more blessed to me in this sea, for I have a shipmate, and we



are short of provision." So he gave him a loaf and a slice of cheese

and filled him the tasse with sweet water. The barber carried all this



to Abu Kir and said, "Eat the bread and cheese and drink the water."

Accordingly he ate and drank, whilst Abu Sir again took up his shaving



gear and, tasse in hand and rag on shoulder, went round about the deck

among the passengers. One man he shaved for two scones and another for



a bittock of cheese, and he was in demand, because there was no

other barber on board. Also he bargained with everyone who said to



him, "Ho, master, shave me!" for two loaves and a half-dirham, and

they gave him whatever he sought, so that by sundown he had



collected thirty loaves and thirty silvers with store of cheese and

olives and botargos. And besides these he got from the passengers



whatever he asked for and was soon in possession of things galore.

Amongst the rest, he shaved the captain, to whom he complained of



his lack of victual for the voyage, and the skipper said to him, "That

art welcome to bring thy comrade every night and sup with me, and have



no care for that so long as ye sail with us." Then he returned to

the dyer, whom he found asleep. So he roused him, and when Abu Kir



awoke, he saw at his head an abundance of bread and cheese and

olives and botargos and said, "Whence gottest thou all this?" "From



the bounty of Allah Almighty," replied Abu Sir. Then Abu Kir would

have fallen to, but the barber said to him: "Eat not of this, O my



brother, but leave it to serve us another time. For know that I shaved

the captain and complained to him of our lack of victual, whereupon



quoth he: 'Welcome to thee! Bring thy comrade and sup both of ye

with me every night.' And this night we sup with him for the first



time."

But Abu Kir replied, "My head goeth round with seasickness and I



cannot rise from my stead, so let me sup off these things and fare

thou alone to the captain." Abu Sir replied, "There is no harm in



that," and sat looking at the other as he ate, and saw him hew off

gobbets as the quarryman heweth stone from the hill quarries and



gulp them down with the gulp of an elephant which hath not eaten for

days, bolting another mouthful ere he had swallowed the previous one



and glaring the while at that which was before him with the

glowering of a Ghul, and blowing as bloweth the hungry bull over his



beans and bruised straw. Presently up came a sailor and said to the

barber, "O craftsmaster, the captain biddeth thee come to supper and



bring thy comrade." Quoth the barber to the dyer, "Wilt thou come with

us?" but quoth he, "I cannot walk." So the barber went by himself



and found the captain sitting before a tray whereon were a score or

more of dishes, and all the company were awaiting him and his mate.



When the captain saw him, he asked, "Where is thy friend?" and Abu

Sir answered, "O my lord, he is seasick." Said the skipper, "That will



do him no harm, his sickness will soon pass off, but do thou carry him

his supper and come back, for we tarry for thee." Then he set apart



a porringer of kababs and putting therein some of each dish, till

there was enough for ten, gave it to Abu Sir, saying, "Take this to



thy chum." He took it and carried it to the dyer, whom he found

grinding away with his dog teeth at the food which was before him,



as he were a camel, and heaping mouthful on mouthful in his hurry.

Quoth Abu Sir, "Did, I not say to thee, 'Eat not of this'? Indeed



the captain is a kindly man. See what he hath sent thee, for that I

told him thou wast seasick." "Give it here," cried the dyer. So the



barber gave him the platter, and he snatched it from him and fell upon

his food, ravening for it and resembling a grinning dog or a raging



lion or a roc pouncing on a pigeon or one well-nigh dead for hunger

who, seeing meat, falls ravenously to eat.



Then Abu Sir left him, and going back to the captain, supped and

enjoyed himself and drank coffee with him, after which he returned



to Abu Kir and found that he had eaten all that was in the porringer

and thrown it aside, empty. So he took it up and gave it to one of the



captain's servants, then went back to Abu Kir and slept till the

morning. On the morrow he continued to shave, and all he got by way of



meat and drink he gave to his shipmate, who ate and drank and sat

still, rising not save to do what none could do for him, and every



night the barber brought him a full porringer from the captain's

table.



They fared thus twenty days until the galleon cast anchor in the

harbor of a city, whereupon they took leave of the skipper, and

• barber [´bɑ:bə] n.理发师 (初中英语单词)


• wicked [´wikid] a.邪恶的；不道德的 (初中英语单词)


• wrought [rɔ:t] work 的过去式(分词) (初中英语单词)


• therewith [ðɛə´wið] ad.于是，随即 (初中英语单词)


• delicate [´delikət] a.精美的；微妙的 (初中英语单词)


• customer [´kʌstəmə] n.顾客，买主，主顾 (初中英语单词)


• yesterday [´jestədi] n.&ad.昨天；前不久 (初中英语单词)


• stolen [´stəulən] steal 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• insult [in´sʌlt, ´insʌlt] n.&vt.侮辱；损害 (初中英语单词)


• abroad [ə´brɔ:d] ad.海外；到处；广泛 (初中英语单词)


• ignorant [´ignərənt] a.无知的，愚昧的 (初中英语单词)


• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)


• whenever [wen´evə] conj.&ad.无论何时 (初中英语单词)


• standing [´stændiŋ] n.持续 a.直立的 (初中英语单词)


• tobacco [tə´bækəu] n.烟草(叶)；卷烟 (初中英语单词)


• poverty [´pɔvəti] n.贫穷(乏，瘠)；不足 (初中英语单词)


• complain [kəm´plein] vi.抱怨，叫屈；控诉 (初中英语单词)


• mystery [´mistəri] n.神秘；秘密；故弄玄虚 (初中英语单词)


• recite [ri´sait] v.背诵；叙述 (初中英语单词)


• whatever [wɔt´evə] pron.&a.无论什么 (初中英语单词)


• opening [´əupəniŋ] n.开放；开端 a.开始的 (初中英语单词)


• voyage [´vɔi-idʒ] n.&vi.航海；航程；旅行 (初中英语单词)


• hither [´hiðə] ad.到此处 (初中英语单词)


• cheese [tʃi:z] n.干酪，乳酪 (初中英语单词)


• everyone [´evriwʌn] pron.=everybody 每人 (初中英语单词)


• welcome [´welkəm] a.受欢迎的；可喜的 (初中英语单词)


• abundance [ə´bʌndəns] n.丰富，充裕 (初中英语单词)


• elephant [´elifənt] n.象 (初中英语单词)


• previous [´pri:viəs] a.先，前，以前的 (初中英语单词)


• presently [´prezəntli] ad.不久；目前 (初中英语单词)


• sickness [´siknis] n.生病；呕吐，恶心 (初中英语单词)


• pigeon [pidʒin] n.鸽子 (初中英语单词)


• anchor [´æŋkə] n.锚 v.抛锚 (初中英语单词)


• threshold [´θreʃhəuld] n.门槛；入门；开端 (高中英语单词)


• jewish [´dʒu:iʃ] a.犹太人(似)的 (高中英语单词)


• amongst [ə´mʌŋst] prep.其中之一 =among (高中英语单词)


• sunrise [´sʌnraiz] n.日出，黎明 (高中英语单词)


• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)


• exposure [ik´spəuʒə] n.暴露；曝光(时间) (高中英语单词)


• finding [´faindiŋ] n.发现物；判断；结果 (高中英语单词)


• therein [ðeə´rin] ad.在那里，在其中 (高中英语单词)


• naught [nɔ:t] n.无；零 (高中英语单词)


• sergeant [´sɑ:dʒənt] n.警官；军士 (高中英语单词)


• repeated [ri´pi:tid] a.反复的；重复的 (高中英语单词)


• baggage [´bægidʒ] n.行李 (高中英语单词)


• methinks [mi´θiŋks] vi.据我看来 (高中英语单词)


• budget [´bʌdʒit] n.&vi.(做)预算；安排 (高中英语单词)


• draught [drɑ:ft] n.通风，通气；吸出 (高中英语单词)


• whilst [wailst] conj.当…时候；虽然 (高中英语单词)


• napkin [´næpkin] n.餐巾；手帕；尿布 (高中英语单词)


• bounty [´baunti] n.慷慨；恩惠；赠物 (高中英语单词)


• seeing [si:iŋ] see的现在分词 n.视觉 (高中英语单词)


• exceeding [ik´si:diŋ] a.超越的，非常的 (英语四级单词)


• boulder [´bəuldə] n.大石头，卵石；巨砾 (英语四级单词)


• shameful [´ʃeimfəl] a.可耻的；猥亵的 (英语四级单词)


• manifold [´mænifəuld] a.多样的；多种特征的 (英语四级单词)


• whereupon [,weərə´pɔn] ad.在什么上面；因此 (英语四级单词)


• matchless [´mætʃləs] a.无敌的，无比的 (英语四级单词)


• compensate [´kɔmpenseit] v.赔偿；补偿；酬报 (英语四级单词)


• gotten [´gɔtn] get的过去分词 (英语四级单词)


• loathe [ləuð] vt.厌恶，嫌恶 (英语四级单词)


• grievous [´gri:vəs] a.痛苦的；严重的 (英语四级单词)


• alexandria [,ælig´zɑ:ndriə] n.亚历山大 (英语四级单词)


• morrow [´mɔrəu] n.翌日 (英语四级单词)


• blessed [´blesid] a.享福的；神圣的 (英语四级单词)


• skipper [´skipə] n.&vi.(当)船长 (英语四级单词)


• mouthful [´mauθful] n.一口；少量 (英语四级单词)


• platter [´plætə] n.(椭圆形的)大浅盘 (英语四级单词)


• solace [´sɔləs] n.&vt.安慰(物)；缓和 (英语六级单词)


• albeit [ɔ:l´bi:it] conj.即使；纵使；虽然 (英语六级单词)


• sundown [´sʌndaun] n.日落 (英语六级单词)


• victual [´vitl] n.食物 v.供应食物 (英语六级单词)


• whereon [weər´ɔn] ad.在什么上面；因此 (英语六级单词)