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Because of this, she became known as Umm Al-Qamaqish. Each of the daughters had a hen. One day, the woman decided to go with her husband to perform the Hajj pilgrimage. She asked her children to take good care of their little sister and to ensure that nothing bad happened to her.

The woman and her husband traveled to Hajj, and the rest of the children were jealous of Umm al-Qamaqish  because their mother loved her more than them, so they all decided to get rid of her. They took Umm al-Qamaqish's hen and threw it into a well. In the well, the hen fell by itself. Umm al-Qamaqish pretended to be upset and asked them to throw her into the well as well, so they did. When she reached the bottom of the well, she tried to find her hen but couldn't. She called out to her siblings to help her out of the well, but she found that they had left her alone and gone away. Umm al-Qamaqish wandered around the bottom of the well and saw a path that led her to a palace. She entered the palace and began to explore it. Suddenly, she heard someone approaching, so she hid in a bathroom closet. The person was the king, the owner of the palace, who entered the bathroom to relieve himself. The king entered the bathroom, and his needs were met.

In that moment, Umm al-Qamaqish came out of the bathroom closet and said to the king: "Father, father, I am your daughter." He replied, "What are you saying? How is that possible?" She said to him, "This is the truth of what happened, and I am not lying." The king was surprised and accepted the reality, saying to her, "Alright, my dear, come here." The king took her and raised her until she grew up.

he king believed her and accepted the reality, saying to her, "Alright, my dear, come here." He took her and raised her until she grew up.

After months of Umm al-Qamaqish descending into the well, her mother returned from Hajj and brought gifts for all the children, but she brought the largest and best gift for Umm al-Qamaqish. The mother asked about the youngest daughter, and everyone said they did not know, that she had left the house and had not returned, and they did not know where she had gone. The mother placed Umm al-Qamaqish's gift aside and asked her children not to touch the gift or open it, and she searched for her every day.

Umm al-Qamaqish grew up in the king's palace, and the king married her to his nephew. This young man appeared as a human at night but turned into a bird during the day, so he would leave the palace and fly around the countryside. One day, he heard from Umm al-Qamaqish's sisters about her gift and learned where the gift was, and he understood the whole story. The bird started returning every day, trying to reach Umm al-Qamaqish's gift, repeating, "This is Umm al-Qamaqish's gift," and attempting to take it, but her siblings would chase him away. One time, the mother was present and heard the bird speaking. She approached and said, "Leave him! Leave him! I want to hear what he is saying, I want to see."

The bird approached and landed on Umm al-Qamaqish's gift, taking a beautiful and precious piece from it. The mother watched the bird and saw it enter the well. She started shouting, "Oh people, oh villagers, there is something in the well! There is something in the well!" At first, no one believed her because the well was known to be empty, and it was impossible for anyone to live there. Eventually, some people went down the well and found the path to the palace. They walked along it until they reached the palace and found Umm al-Qamaqish. She told them what had happened to her, and her brothers and sisters apologized for what they had done. They held a new wedding celebration and rejoiced for seven nights. Everyone was happy, reconciled, and lived together.