Story 5

  A man often made vows of repentance but broke them again till one of

the sheikhs said to him: 'I think thou art in the habit of eating a

great deal and that thy power of restraining appetite is more

slender than a hair, whilst an appetite such as thou nourishest

would rupture a chain and a day may come when it will tear thee up.'

        A man brought up a wolf's whelp.

        When it was brought up it tore him up.