Then he goes out to the Wet Wild Woods or up the Wet Wild Trees or on the Wet Wild Roofs , waving his wild tail and walking by his wild lone . PUSSY can sit by the fire and sing , Pussy can climb a tree , Or play with a silly old cork and string To ` muse herself , not me . But I like Binkie my dog , because He Lnows how to behave ; So , Binkie 's the same as the First Friend was , And I am the Man in the Cave . Pussy will play man-Friday till It 's time to wet her paw And make her walk on the window-sill -LRB- For the footprint Crusoe saw -RRB- ; Then she fluffles her tail and mews , And scratches and wo n't attend . But Binkie will play whatever I choose , And he is my true First Friend . Pussy will rub my knees with her head Pretending she loves me hard ; But the very minute I go to my bed Pussy runs out in the yard , And there she stays till the morning-light ; So I know it is only pretend ; But Binkie , he snores at my feet all night , And he is my Firstest Friend ! THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED THIS , O my Best Beloved , is a story -- a new and a wonderful story -- a story quite different from the other stories -- a story about The Most Wise Sovereign Suleiman-bin-Daoud -- Solomon the Son of David . There are three hundred and fifty-five stories about Suleiman-bin-Daoud ; but this is not one of them . It is not the story of the Lapwing who found the Water ; or the Hoopoe who shaded Suleimanbin-Daoud from the heat . It is not the story of the Glass Pavement , or the Ruby with the Crooked Hole , or the Gold Bars of Balkis . It is the story of the Butterfly that Stamped . Now attend all over again and listen ! Suleiman-bin-Daoud was wise . He understood what the beasts said , what the birds said , what the fishes said , and what the insects said . He understood what the rocks said deep under the earth when they bowed in towards each other and groaned ; and he understood what the trees said when they rustled in the middle of the morning . He understood everything , from the bishop on the bench to the hyssop on the wall , and Balkis , his Head Queen , the Most Beautiful Queen Balkis , was nearly as wise as he was . Suleiman-bin-Daoud was strong . Upon the third finger of the right hand he wore a ring . When he turned it once , Afrits and Djinns came Out of the earth to do whatever he told them . When he turned it twice , Fairies came down from the sky to do whatever he told them ; and when he turned it three times , the very great angel Azrael of the Sword came dressed as a water-carrier , and told him the news of the three worlds , Above -- Below -- and Here .
And yet XXXXX was not proud .
BUTTERFLY Balkis Crusoe Lapwing Ruby Suleiman-bin-Daoud Woods hyssop night window-sill