and yet suleiman-bin-daoud was not proud. he very seldom showed off, and when he did he was sorry for it. once he tried to feed all the animals in all the world in one day, but when the food was ready an animal came out of the deep sea and ate it up in three mouthfuls. suleiman-bin-daoud was very surprised and said, ‘o animal, who are you?’ and the animal said, ‘o king, live for ever! i am the smallest of thirty thousand brothers, and our home is at the bottom of the sea. we heard that you were going to feed all the animals in all the world, and my brothers sent me to ask when dinner would be ready.’ suleiman-bin-daoud was more surprised than ever and said, ‘o animal, you have eaten all the dinner that i made ready for all the animals in the world.’ and the animal said, ‘o king, live for ever, but do you really call that a dinner?