The Enchanted Cave and the Cunning Jinn
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Once upon a time an old woman lived with two sons and a daughter in a small village. One son was mute, while the other was perfectly normal. The daughter stayed at home with her mother, while the sons took their goats to graze near a stream. Each day, the normal son would tell his mute brother to lead the goats into the forest to graze, while he secretly went to a hidden cave. Inside, he regularly collected flowers. By the grace of Allah, a beautiful girl was miraculously born from one of these flowers, and the normal son married her in secret. The mute brother, unaware of his brother's secret, always returned home with the goats, while the normal son arrived later. Their sister, clever and observant, noticed her normal brother's daily tardiness and suspected something was amiss. One day, she secretly followed her brothers. She saw her mute brother leading the goats into the forest while her normal brother went to the cave. Hiding nearby, she discovered a beautiful woman inside, combing her hair. The sister hurried back home and informed her mother, revealing her brother's secret. That evening, when the normal son returned, he found his mother gravely ill. She refused to rise until he promised to fulfil her request which he desperately agreed to. She asked him to bring his wife home the next day, as their secret was now known. The next day, he brought his wife, who was indeed a beautiful woman.
One day, a jinn disguised as a merchant came to their door, offering goods in exchange for wheat. The mother sent her daughter-in-law to deliver the wheat. As she poured it into the jinn's bag, he pushed her inside and fled to the forest. When the mute son took the goats to the forest, the captivated woman spotted him and sang a song to call him. She placed a stone in his ear, instructing him to inform his brother of her captivity, warning that if he forgot, the stone would cause him to spill milk. However, the mute son forgot, and as he poured milk at the door, the stone caused it to spill. Angered, the normal brother scolded him, but the mute son remained silent. The next day, the woman again called the mute son with a song, placing another stone in his ear. She warned him that if he forgot to inform his brother, the stone would kill the biggest goat. Again, he forgot, and the stone caused the largest goat to die. Enraged, the normal brother threatened to kill the mute son. But the mute son pleaded, asking for one last chance to prove himself. Finally, the normal brother agreed and went to the cave. There, he found his wife still under the jinn's control. She hid him in a hole in the room before the jinn returned. When the jinn arrived, he sensed the presence of a human but was tricked by the wife into believing no one had visited. She then cooked for the jinn, but as she prepared a sweet dish, she sang a song revealing the hidden man. Alarmed, she quickly served the dish to the jinn before he could decipher the song's meaning. The jinn, eating the undercooked food, suffered severe stomach pain. The next morning, as the jinn left for hunting, the wife suggested he return early, knowing this would cause him to arrive late. Seizing the opportunity, she and her husband escaped. Meanwhile, the mother-in-law and daughter prepared a traditional method to fend off the jinn by gathering ash and water. When the jinn returned and found the woman gone, he chased after her with his two children. But at the door, the mother-in-law and daughter threw ash and water on him, banishing him forever. Ever since the family lived happily.
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