The king was pleased with the honest peasant , and said : ` You have done well , good people , in planting your field , and now you have a golden harvest . But I should like each of you to tell me what special trades your father taught you . ' ` My trade , O king ! ' said the first Simon , ` is not an easy one . If you will give me some workmen and materials I will build you a great white pillar that shall reach far above the clouds . ' ` Very good , ' replied the king . ` And you , Simon the second , what is your trade ? ' ` Mine , your Majesty , needs no great cleverness . When my brother has built the pillar I can mount it , and from the top , far above the clouds , I can see what is happening : in every country under the sun . ' ` 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 . '
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