Many day after this, his majesty appeared at the audience window of lapis lazuli with a wreath of all kinds of flowers on his neck. Then he mounted a golden chariot and he came out of the palace to view the Persea trees. Then the Lady came out on a team behind Pharaoh. his majesty sat down under one Persea tree and the Lady under the other. Then Bata spoke to his wife: " Ha, you false one! I am Bata! I am alive in spite of you. I know that when you had the pine felled for Pharaoh, it was on account of me. And when I became a bull, you had me killed."
Many days after this, the Lady stood pouring drink for his majesty, and he was happy with her. Then she said to his majesty: " Swear to me by God, saying: ' Whatever she will say, I will listen to it!' So you shall say." He listened to all that she said. She said: " Have the two Persea trees felled and made into fine furniture." The king listened to all that she said. After a short while his majesty sent skilled craftsmen. They felled the Persea trees of Pharaoh, and the Queen, the Lady, stood watching it. Then a splinter flew and entered the mouth of the Lady. She swallowed it, and in a moment she became pregnant. The king ordered made of them whatever she desired.
Many days after this, she gave birth to a son. One went to tell his majesty: " A son has been born to you." He was fetched, and a nurse and maids were assigned to him. And there was jubilation over him in the whole land. The king sat down to a feast day and held him on his lap. From that hour his majesty loved him very much, and he designated him as Viceroy of kush. And many days after this, his majesty made him crown prince of the whole land.
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