Relegated!

Until yesterday, "Doof" had been his Arab master's favourite slave! 

Purchased just eight months ago, he has served the noble Emir Anwar conscientiously and with diligence both as a body-slave and bed-buck and he has always been held in the highest esteem by his master. 

Naturally, there were rewards for willingly submitting and surrendering his body to the emir. Doof lived in his master's private quarters; the most luxurious within the vast palace complex and ate the the finest foods - often fed to him by his master as one feeds a favoured, pet dog - unlike the other slaves who existed on a bland diet. And there were times when the emir had Doof accompany him on business trips both as a personal slave and to be loaned out as a "sweetener" to his business associates. It would be true to say, Doof had successfully "sealed negotiations" for several very lucrative contracts on behalf of his master.

Yes, it could be said, Doof lived a charmed existence allowing for the fact that he is just a lowly slave.

However, all that changed yesterday when the emir visited the local slave-market and was enchanted by a young, newly enslaved Scandinavian with Viking good looks. He was bewitched by the slave's imposing physique, blond hair and cornflower blue eyes and had purchased him as a replacement for Doof.

Such is the fickleness of a master! Slaves can be bought, sold and replaced at the merest whim of his owner. And so this is now Doof's fate.

The emir's major domo has just informed Doof the emir no longer requires his services and he is to be taken to the stables and trained as a litter-bearer and to pull a light carriage.

Here we see Doof looking wistfully from his master's private balcony and contemplating all that is now lost to him.

Picture found on the internet and source unknown. Text is mine.