Hatim was shocked to know that he was in Yemen. He needed to be in Shahabad so that he might recount his adventure to Husna Bano and his friend Munir. He left a message with the peasant to be delivered to his family that he would return soon after he had solved the seven puzzles. On reaching Shahabad, he went straight to Husna Bano’s palace, where Munir too was called. Unfolding the mystery of mountain Nida, he asked Husna Bano, “Tell me, fair lady, what is your sixth puzzle?” Husna Bano replied, “I have a pearl, which is as big as a duck’s egg. I want you to get me its pair.” Hatim requested to see the pearl. He asked a jeweller to make an exact replica of it in silver. He kept the replica safely in his turban and took leave of Husna Bano and prince Munir. Hatim then went on his sixth journey.
The Sixth Question
