-he ordered for a stone warehouse to be built for his treasure
-one of the builders made it where a stone could be removed from the outside in order to get inside
-the man became ill so he told his two sons about the stone
-the sons went to take some treasure at night
-the king was astonished that his treasure continued to disappear while the seals remained intact so he set traps
-on their next raid, one of the brothers got caught in a trap
-he decided that to save his brother, he must have his head cut off so no one would recognize him
-his brother did so
-the king hung the body from the palace to see who would come to mourn
-the mother of the brothers told her surviving son to retrieve the body
-using donkeys carrying wine, he tricked the guards and got them drunk
-he shaved their right cheek before leaving with his brother's body
-the king told his daughter to find the criminal
-she said she would be the brothers bride if he told her the most artful and most wicked things he has done
-he told her about cutting off his brothers head and tricking the guards
-the princess tried to seize him but she grabbed the severed arm of the dead brother and he escaped
-the king was genuinely impressed with with the man's cunning so he promised to pardon him if he were to come forward
-he lived happily ever after, marrying the kings daughter and working in the kings court
The Pyramids at Giza. Source: Wikimedia Commons
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