 perhaps they had singled him out so they placed before him the fat bicycle and the cheap chicken. then the candle went out one night one of those nights so the guards raided some of what was before him and took advantage of the darkness and worked on the fact that the night concealed the woe. so he became aware of it and he is not intelligent except in this matter and he said
وكانوا ربما خصوه، فوضعوا بين يديه الدراجة ٤ السمينة، والدجاجة الرخصة. فانطفأت الشمعة في ليلة، من تلك الليالي، فأغار علي الأسواري ٥ على بعض ما بين يديه، واغتنم الظلمة، وعمل على أن الليل أخفى للويل. ففطن له، وما هو بالفطن إلا في هذا الباب، وقال