` 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 . ' The king was much pleased with the trades and talk of the six brothers , and said : ` Thank you , good people ; your father did well to teach you all these things . Now follow me to the town , as I want to see what you can do . I need such people as you about me ; but when harvest time comes I will send you home with royal presents . ' The brothers bowed and said : ` As the king wills . ' Suddenly the king remembered that he had not questioned the seventh Simon , so he turned to him and said : ` Why are you silent ? What is your handicraft ? ' And the seventh Simon answered : ' I have no handicraft , O king ; I have learnt nothing . I could not manage it . And if I do know how to do anything it is not what might properly be called a real trade -- it is rather a sort of performance ; but it is one which no one -- not the king himself -- must watch me doing , and I doubt whether this performance of mine would please your Majesty . ' ` Come , come , ' cried the king ; ' I will have no excuses , what is this trade ? ' ` First , sire , give me your royal word that you will not kill me when I have told you . Then you shall hear . ' ` So be it , then ; I give you my royal word . ' Then the seventh Simon stepped back a little , cleared his throat , and said : ` My trade , King Archidej , is of such a kind that the man who follows it in your kingdom generally loses his life and has no hopes of pardon . There is only one thing I can do really well , and that is -- to steal , and to hide the smallest scrap of anything I have stolen .
Not the deepest vault , even XXXXX its lock were enchanted , could prevent my stealing anything out of it that I wished to have . '
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