Ribald Classic: The Cunning Of Khalbas The Cuckold

May, 1966

There Once Lived in Persia a hearty fellow, Khalbas by name, who, out of smugness and bombastic esteem of his own worth and wit, was of entire belief that no man might make him a cuckold. How mistaken was the dolt. For he knew not that entertaining a particular passion toward his comely wife was a rascal possessed of no less cunning than he.Now, there lived next to his dwelling a man of age and great learning, to whom Khalbas and others of the city went each day to hear histories and tales of mo...