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71.<br />
a recipe for immortality?<br />
GENGHIS KHAN<br />
(CONFIDENTLY) The man who prepared this is a Tibetan monk.<br />
One bowl o f it is enough to stop hair f rom t urning white;<br />
wrinkles will vanish, sharp arrows inf lict not a scratch, ·<br />
nor cutting blades break the skin. I shall be immortal.<br />
JEBAY<br />
Does Your Highness remember our old vow?<br />
GENGHIS KHAl'J"<br />
Of course I remember! Born the same day, we will die the<br />
same day! Don't 'i·mrry, General, I' 11 have a bowl prepared<br />
for you too.<br />
JEBAY<br />
Your Highness overwhelms me. But I wish to ask a favor:<br />
I'd like to test it first.<br />
HE GOES TO THE TENT OPENING.<br />
..<br />
Send in the hermit!<br />
(<br />
' -.<br />
THE HERMIT ENTERS. HIS HAIR AND<br />
BEARD ARE SNOW- i·!HITE.<br />
THE HERMIT<br />
Your humble servant presents his wishes for longevity!<br />
This brew:<br />
man?<br />
JEBAY<br />
it's a recipe for immortality, is it not, old<br />
THE HERMIT<br />
I am a man who has withdrawn from life. By day, I am the<br />
companion of trees and flowers; at night, I commune with<br />
moon and stars, from highest summits! I spent all the green<br />
years of my youth searching to understand the secret of Nature.<br />
And by the grace of heaven, I have f ound this recipe.<br />
HE TAKES THE BOWL FROM JEBAY,<br />
HANDS IT TO THE KHAN.<br />
May Your Highness have no fear. The hairs of Your Highness<br />
will stop on their course to w~iteness; wrinkles will disn<br />
appear; sharp arrows will inflict not a scratch, nor--<br />
( ·<br />
JEBAY<br />
Nor cutting blades break the skin. We know. But I, for one,<br />
don't believe it.<br />
I vow it is true!<br />
THE HERMIT
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