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 Suleiman-bin-Daoud , ` 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 ! ` Slaves , ' said Suleiman-bin-Daoud , ` when this gentleman on my finger ' -LRB- that was where the impudent Butterfly was sitting -RRB- ` stamps his left front forefoot you will make my Palace and these gardens disappear in a clap of thunder . When he stamps again you will bring them back carefully . ' ` Now , little brother , ' he said , ` go back to your wife and stamp all you 've a mind to . ' Away flew the Butterfly to his wife , who was crying , ' I dare you to do it ! I dare you to do it ! Stamp ! Stamp now ! Stamp ! '
Balkis saw the four vast XXXXX stoop down to the four corners of the gardens with the Palace in the middle , and she clapped her hands softly and said , ` At last Suleiman-bin-Daoud will do for the sake of a Butterfly what he ought to have done long ago for his own sake , and the quarrelsome Queens will be frightened ! '
Animal Balkis Butterfly Djinns Queens Suleiman Suleiman-bin-Daoud camphor-tree days forefoot