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as he heard the news he rushed to see his friend to try and comfort him.

When got to the palace he realized just how unhappy the Sultan was and knew
he was in a lot of pain. Omar tried to cheer him up as best as he could and then
said to him, "Maybe some good will come because of it." The Sultan was very

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upset by Omar's words and became very, very angry, and thought to himself how
could anyone say cutting his finger off could ever have any good in it!

The Sultan was so angry that he called for his guards and told them to arrest
Omar and throw him into prison. As the guards took Omar off to prison the Sultan
heard him say, "Maybe something good will come because of it" and Omar
remained in prison for many years.

Over the years the Sultan had got used to not having his finger and had become
a very good archer once more so one day he called his ministers and told them