• Laith Taher 43

Chapter Six

One day, the king and his mother went in a cortege of
numerous guards and servants to visit a prince who was
related to the king. The prince and his wife, who was a
princess, greeted the king and the queen warmly when they
arrived at their house, which was more like a palace. The
king and the queen sat down with the prince and his wife in
one of the balconies of the house. It was surrounded by
beautifully decorated columns and a lot of climber plants.
The prince and his wife were almost thirty years of age.
A young female slave entered immediately to serve
them.
The king looked at the young slave astonished by
her beauty, How beautiful she is!
The prince and the princess started talking to the
queen while the king kept looking at the slave.
She had eyes as big as the sky and as blue as the
sea, a complexion as white as snow, long hair as dark as the
night, lips as pink as roses, and a relatively tall body as
beautiful as that of a deer. The king wished he could talk to
her, but he was very shy, as he was not used to talking with
people, because he did not have friends. Also, she was the
first girl his age he had ever wanted to talk to.
His mother was talking to the prince and the
princess, but he was not listening. He could only think of
one thing, that slave. He kept peeking at her then looking