1 ` Udea !
2 Udea ! '
3 he cried , but she did not move or reply .
4 Then he saw that she was dead , and rushed down to his brothers in the courtyard and called out , ` Come quickly , our sister is dead ! '
5 In a moment they were all beside her and knew that it was true , and they made a bier and laid her on it , and placed her across a camel , and said to the camel , ` Take her to her mother , but be careful not to halt by the way , and let no man capture you , and see you kneel down before no man , save him who shall say `` string '' -LSB- 1 -RSB- to you .
6 But to him who says `` string , '' then kneel . '
7 -LSB- Footnote 1 : ` Riemen . ' -RSB-
8 So the camel started , and when it had accomplished half its journey it met three men , who ran after it in order to catch it ; but they could not .
9 Then they cried ` Stop ! '
10 but the camel only went the faster .
11 The three men panted behind till one said to the others , ` Wait a minute !
12 The string of my sandal is broken ! '
13 The camel caught the word ` string ' and knelt down at once , and the men came up and found a dead girl lying on a bier , with a ring on her finger .
14 And as one of the young men took hold of her hand to pull off the ring , he knocked out the man-eater 's finger-nail , which had stuck there , and the maiden sat up and said , ` Let him live who gave me life , and slay him who slew me ! '
15 And when the camel heard the maiden speak , it turned and carried her back to her brothers .
16 Now the brothers were still seated in the court bewailing their sister , and their eyes were dim with weeping so that they could hardly see .
17 And when the camel stood before them they said , ` Perhaps it has brought back our sister ! '
18 and rose to give it a beating .
19 But the camel knelt down and the girl dismounted , and they flung themselves on her neck and wept more than ever for gladness .
20 ` Tell me , ' said the eldest , as soon as he could speak , ` how it all came about , and what killed you . ' '
21 I was waiting in the upper chamber , ' said she , ` and a nail of the man-eater 's XXXXX under my nail , and I fell dead upon the ground .	stuck		came|cried|live|move|placed|reply|save|speak|stuck|weeping

