‘And what errand did he send you on?'

‘He told me I was to give you this mirror and this comb, and to
say "Look in this mirror, and comb your hair with this comb, and
both will become as they were formerly." ‘

And Dschemila took the mirror and looked into it, and combed her
hair with the comb, and she had no longer an ass's head, but the
face of a beautiful maiden.

Great was the joy of both mother and cousin at this wonderful
sight, and the news that Dschemila had returned soon spread, and
the neighbours came flocking in with greetings.

‘When did you come back?'

‘My cousin brought me.'

‘Why, he told us he could not find you! ‘

‘Oh, I did that on purpose,' answered Dschemil. ‘I did not want
everyone to know.'

Then he turned to his father and his mother, his brothers and his
sisters-in-law, and said, ‘We must set to work at once, for the
wedding will be to-day.'

A beautiful litter was prepared to carry the bride to her new
home, but she shrank back, saying, ‘I am afraid, lest the ogre
should carry me off again.'