˹One day˺ he inspected the birds, and wondered, “Why is it that I cannot see the hoopoe? Or could he be absent?
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Na akakagua Sulaymān hali ya ndege waliofanywa watiifu kwake na hali ya wale wasiokuweko miongoni mwao, na kulikuwa hapo kwake kuna ndege anayetambulikana na kujulikana aina ya hud-hud asimpate hapo. Akasema, «Kwa nini mimi simuoni yule hud-hud nimjuwae? Je, kuna kitu kilichomfanya afichike nisimuone? Au huyu ni miongoni mwa wale ambao hawapo hapa kwangu, ndio nisimuone kwa kuwa hayupo?» Ilipofunuka wazi kuwa hayupo,