` Remember ! ' said the Butterfly . ` Remember what I can do if I stamp my foot . ' ' I do n't believe you one little bit , ' said the Butterfly 's Wife . ' I should very much like to see it done . Suppose you stamp now . ' ' I promised Suleiman-bin-Daoud that I would n't , ' said the Butterfly , ` and I do n't want to break my promise . ' ` It would n't matter if you did , ' said his wife . ` You could n't bend a blade of grass with your stamping . I dare you to do it , ' she said . Stamp ! Stamp ! Stamp ! ' Suleiman-bin-Daoud , sitting under the camphor-tree , heard every word of this , and he laughed as he had never laughed in his life before . He forgot all about his Queens ; he forgot all about the Animal that came out of the sea ; he forgot about showing off . He just laughed with joy , and Balkis , on the other side of the tree , smiled because her own true love was so joyful . Presently the Butterfly , very hot and puffy , came whirling back under the shadow of the camphor-tree and said to Suleiman , ` She wants me to stamp ! She wants to see what will happen , O Suleiman-bin-Daoud ! You know I ca n't do it , and now she 'll never believe a word I say . She 'll laugh at me to the end of my days ! '
` No , little brother , ' said XXXXX , ` she will never laugh at you again , ' and he turned the ring on his finger -- just for the little Butterfly 's sake , not for the sake of showing off , -- and , lo and behold , four huge Djinns came out of the earth !
Animal Balkis Butterfly O Queens Suleiman Suleiman-bin-Daoud camphor-tree days wife