a different colour.

He went back at once and carried them to the grand-vizir as he
had promised.

He then took them to the kitchen and shut himself up with the cook,
who began to cook them as she had done the four others on the
previous day. When she was about to turn them on the other side,
the wall opened, the damsel appeared, addressed the same words
to the fish, received the same answer, and then overturned the pan
and disappeared.

The grand-vizir was filled with astonishment. "I shall tell
the Sultan all that has happened," said he. And he did so.

The Sultan was very much astounded, and wished to see this marvel
for himself. So he sent for the fisherman, and asked him to procure
four more fish. The fisherman asked for three days, which were granted,
and he then cast his nets in the lake, and again caught four different
coloured fish. The sultan was delighted to see he had got them,
and gave him again four hundred gold pieces.

As soon as the Sultan had the fish he had them carried to his room
with all that was needed to cook them.

Then he shut himself up with the grand-vizir, who began to prepare
them and cook them. When they were done on one side he turned them
over on the other. Then the wall of the room opened, but instead
of the maiden a black slave came out. He was enormously tall,
and carried a large green stick with which he touched the fish,