When the king heard this he fell into a passion . ' I will not pardon you , you rascal , ' he cried ; ' I will shut you up in my deepest dungeon on bread and water till you have forgotten such a trade . Indeed , it would be better to put you to death at once , and I 've a good mind to do so . ' ` Do n't kill me , O king ! I am really not as bad as you think . Why , had I chosen , I could have robbed the royal treasury , have bribed your judges to let me off , and built a white marble palace with what was left . But though I know how to steal I do n't do it . You yourself asked me my trade . If you kill me you will break your royal word . ' ` Very well , ' said the king , ' I will not kill you . I pardon you . But from this hour you shall be shut up in a dark dungeon . Here , guards ! away with him to the prison . But you six Simons follow me and be assured of my royal favour . ' So the six Simons followed the king . The seventh Simon was seized by the guards , who put him in chains and threw him in prison with only bread and water for food . Next day the king gave the first Simon carpenters , masons , smiths and labourers , with great stores of iron , mortar , and the like , and Simon began to build . And he built his great white pillar far , far up into the clouds , as high as the nearest stars ; but the other stars were higher still . Then the second Simon climbed up the pillar and saw and heard all that was going on through the whole world .
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