The Three Sheiks and Queen of Arabia
Maura, who liked to be considered the most beautiful and powerful queen of Arabia, had many suitors. One by one she discarded them, until her checklist was reduced to only threes sheiks, all equally younger and handsome, rich and strong. It was very hard to resolve who would be one of the best of them.
One night, Maura disguised herself and went to the camp of the three sheiks, as they had been about to have dinner, and requested them for something to eat.
The first gave her some leftover food; the second gave her some unappetizing camel's tail; the third sheik, who was known as Hakim, offered her some of the most tender and tasty meat. After dinner, the disguised queen left the sheiks' camp.
The following day the queen invited the three sheiks to dinner at her palace. She ordered her servants to present each one precisely what they had given her the evening before.
Hakim, who acquired a plate of delicious meat, refused to eat it if the opposite two couldn't share it with him, and this act finally convinced Queen Maura that he was the man for her.
"With out query, Hakim is essentially the most generous of you," she announced her choice to the sheiks, "So, it's Hakim I'll marry."
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