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" ...]anxious himself), and stepping forward, he cried: 'Let the victims of Madschun be free ' No sooner were the words uttered than the statues returned to life, and the bride placed her hand joyfully in that of her new bridegroom. As for the old one, he vanished completely, and no one ever knew what became of him. (Adapted from Turkische Volksmarchen aus Stambul. Dr. Ignaz Kunos. E. J. Brill, Leiden.) ...].""