Chorela, death, and fear

☠☠☠Cholera, Death, and Fear☠☠☠ EVERY YEAR Cholera made a visit to the Holy City of Mecca. Her companions were always Death and Fear. One year it happened that Fear came before Death and Cholera, and the gatekeeper, who did not know her, let her go into the city. When the other two appeared before the gate of the Holy City, the watchman called angrily, "So! You come again to bring sorrow and misery, do you? And how many victims are you going to take this time, cursed Cholera?" "Don't carry on so” Cholera said easily. "I imagine I won't take more than five hundred." "And you, dread Death," the gatekeeper cried, turning to her. "How many people are you going to take out of the Holy City to your kingdom?" "Oh, Til take whatever Cholera gives me," Death answered quietly. "Well," the gatekeeper muttered, "go in. But watch out, Cholera, that you take no more than five hundred victims! You promised!...