the second simeon climbed the column, looked around, listened to all sounds, and came down. the tsar archidei, anxious to know about everything under the sun, ordered him to report, and simeon did so. he told the tsar archidei all the wonderful doings all over the world. he told how one king was fighting another, where there was war and where there was peace, and with other things the second simeon even mentioned deep secrets, quite surprising secrets, which made the tsar archidei smile; and the courtiers, encouraged by the royal smile, roared with laughter.