` Good , ' said the king ; ` and Simon the third ? ' ` My work is very simple , sire . You have many ships built by learned men , with all sorts of new and clever improvements . If you wish it I will build you quite a simple boat -- one , two , three , and it 's done ! But my plain little home-made ship is not grand enough for a king . Where other ships take a year , mine makes the voyage in a day , and where they would require ten years mine will do the distance in a week . ' ` Good , ' said the king again ; ` and what has Simon the fourth learnt ? ' ` My trade , O king , is really of no importance . Should my brother build you a ship , then let me embark in it . If we should be pursued by an enemy I can seize our boat by the prow and sink it to the bottom of the sea . When the enemy has sailed off , I can draw it up to the top again . ' ` That is very clever of you , ' answered the king ; ` and what does Simon the fifth do ? ' ` My work , your Majesty , is mere smith 's work . Order me to build a smithy and I will make you a cross-bow , but from which neither the eagle in the sky nor the wild beast in the forest is safe . The bolt hits whatever the eye sees . ' ` That sounds very useful , ' said the king . ` And now , Simon the sixth , tell me your trade . ' ` Sire , it is so simple I am almost ashamed to mention it . If my brother hits any creature I catch it quicker than any dog can . If it falls into the water I pick it up out of the greatest depths , and if it is in a dark forest I can find it even at midnight . '
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