t Beloved, is a story--a neory--a story quite different from tories--a story about t ise Sovereign Suleiman-bin-Daoud--Solomon the Son of David.
ty-five stories about Suleiman- bin-Daoud; but t one of t is not tory of ter; or t. It is not tory of t, or t is tory of tterfly t Stamped.
Notend all over again and listen!
Suleiman-bin-Daoud s said, t ts said. ood orees said ood everyto t Beautiful Queen Balkis, was nearly as wise as he was.
Suleiman-bin-Daoud rong. Upon t urned it once, Afrits and Djinns came Out of to do urned it to do urned it times, t angel Azrael of ter-carrier, and told hree worlds,--Above--Below--and here.
And yet Suleiman-bin-Daoud proud. . Once ried to feed all t e it up in t of ty t ttom of t you o feed all t me to ask I made ready for all t do you really call t a dinner? t on dinner to s a great and ric because I really ed to be kind to t serves me right.
Suleiman-bin-Daoud ruly Beloved.
After t t it o sory part of my story begins.
y-nine Beautiful Balkis; and t golden palace in tains. really nine-y-nine in to marry ever so many more just to s he King.
Some of t some Beautiful never quarrelled oo muc in ruly sorry for him.
Of course if o turn s ty-nine quarrelsome o or greye seeds; but Suleiman-bin-Daoud t t t iful Palace gardens and wished he had never been born.
One day, oget out for peace and quiet as usual; and among trees Balkis t Beautiful, very sorrourn t and Mesopotamia and Persia and C you are t and terrible King. But Suleiman-bin-Daoud s of my Life, remember t came out of t and Abyssinia and C be made even more ashan I have been.
And Balkis t Beautiful said, O my Lord and treasure of my Soul, w will you do?
And Suleiman-bin-Daoud said, O my Lady and Content of my , I sinue to endure my fate at ty-nine Queens winual quarrelling.
So on bets and ted ginger-plants t greill o t campree t ree of Suleiman-bin-Daoud. But Balkis all irises and tted bamboos and tree, so as to be near rue love, Suleiman-bin-Daoud.
Presently tterflies fleree, quarrelling.
Suleiman-bin-Daoud o t your presumption in talking like to me. Dont you kno if I stamped all Suleiman-bin-Daouds Palace and tely vanishunder.
t y-nine botill tree s tterflys boast. And tle man, come here.
tterfly o t ly, Little man, you kno all your stamping bend one blade of grass. made you tell t ao your less she is your wife.
tterfly looked at Suleiman-bin-Daoud and sa ars on a frosty nig wives are like.
Suleiman-bin-Daoud smiled in tle brother.
One must keep tterfly, and s to quiet her.
And Suleiman-bin-Daoud said, May it quiet o your tle brot me you say.
Back fleterfly to ter behind a leaf, and she said, he heard you! Suleiman-bin-Daoud himself heard you!
terfly. Of course o hear me.
And w did did he say?
ell, said tterfly, fanning importantly, bet blame a great deal and t ripening,-- to stamp, and I promised I .
Gracious! said quite quiet; but Suleiman-bin-Daoud laugill tears ran dotle Butterfly.
Balkis t Beautiful stood up beree among to alk.
S, If I am save my Lord from tions of t ly to tterflys ife, Little erflys ife, very frigo Balkiss we hand.
Balkis bent iful tle woman, do you believe w your said?
tterflys ife looked at Balkis, and sa beautiful Queens eyes sarlig men-folk are like.
And t o o tle sister, I know.
t angry, said tterflys ife, fanning all, but hem, O Queen.
t pleases my o believe t I believe amping , Im sure I dont care. all about it to-morrow.
Little sister, said Balkis, you are quite rig next time o boast, take o stamp, and see we? hell be very much ashamed.
Aterflys ife to es than ever.
Remember! said tterfly. Remember amp my foot.
I dont believe you one little bit, said tterflys ife.
I so see it done. Suppose you stamp now.
I promised Suleiman-bin-Daoud t I , said tterfly, and I dont to break my promise.
It matter if you did, said bend a blade of grass amping. I dare you to do it,
samp! Stamp! Stamp!
Suleiman-bin-Daoud, sitting under tree, all about all about t came out of t about s laugree, smiled because rue love was so joyful.
Presently tterfly, very and puffy, came o Suleiman, Ss me to stamp! Ss to see , and noo the end of my days!
No, little brot you again, and urned t for ttle Butterflys sake, not for t of th!
Slaves, said Suleiman-bin-Daoud, terfly ting) stamps front forefoot you amps again you hem back carefully.
Notle broto your amp all youve a mind to.
Aterfly to o do it! I dare you to do it! Stamp! Stamp noamp! Balkis sa Djinns stoop doo tly and said, At last Suleiman-bin-Daoud terfly o ened!
tterfly stamped. to t aterflys ife fluttered about in tradict again.
tterfly es before o terfly, Stamp again, little brot great magician.
Yes, give terflys ife, still flying about in t lets terfly as bravely as your nagging o. Of course it doesnt make any difference to me--Im used to t as a favour to you and to Suleiman-bin-Daoud I dont mind putting t.
So amped once more, and t instant t do even a bump. tains played among tian lilies; t on singing, and tterflys ife lay on ree waggling ing, Oh, Ill be good! Ill be good!
Suleiman-bin-Daolld could tterfly and said, O great urning to me my Palace if at time you slay me h!
terrible noise, for all ty-nine Queens ran out of ting and calling for t marble steps beloain, one , and t ise Balkis statelily foro meet t is your trouble, O Queens?
tood on teps one and sed, is our trouble? e om, ting in a t ts moved about in t is our trouble, O extremely troubled on account of t trouble, for it roublesome trouble, unlike any trouble we have known.
t Beautiful Queen--Suleiman-bin-Daouds Very Best Beloved--Queen t o to as ise Suleiman-bin-Daoud is notterfly against o teac is counted a virtue among tterflies.
tian Queen--ter of a P be plucked up by ts like a leek for ttle insect. No! Suleiman-bin-Daoud must be dead, and he news.
t bold Queen looking at o o thers, Come and see.
teps, one , and beneatree, still ise King Suleiman-bin-Daoud rocking back and fortterfly on eiter to please your o stamp yet again; for o t eminently a great magician--one tle folk! And hey flew away.
t Balkis--t Beautiful and Splendid Balkis, smiling--fell flat on tterfly is displeased so us whrough many days?
t t tiptoed back to t mousy-quiet.
t Beautiful and Excellent Balkis-- foro tree and laid reasure of my Soul, rejoice, for and a memorable teaching.
And Suleiman-bin-Daoud, still looking after tterflies y, terfly ever since I came into told Balkis w he had done.
Balkis--tender and Most Lovely Balkis--said, O my Lord and Regent of my Existence, I ree and sa all. It terflys ife to ask tterfly to stamp, because I for t my Lord magic and t t and be frigold t.
t under tree, and stretcener of my Days, kno if I my Queens for t feast for all tainly to s by means of your and for ttle Butterfly, and--be ions of my vexatious ell me, t of my , o be so iful and tall, looked up into Suleiman-bin-Daouds eyes and put tle on one side, just like tterfly, and said, First, O my Lord, because I loved you; and secondly, O my Lord, because I know w women-folk are.
t up to terwards.
But it clever of Balkis? thERE was never a Queen like Balkis,
From o the wide worlds end;
But Balkis tailed to a butterfly
As you alk to a friend.
there was never a King like Solomon,
Not since the world began;
But Solomon talked to a butterfly
As a man alk to a man.
She was Queen of Sabaea--
And he was Asias Lord--
But talked to butterflies
ook their walks abroad!