. Just so stories for litle children. and all places are aliketo him. Then he goes out to the Wet WildWoods or up the Wet Wild Trees or on the WetWild Roofs, waving his wild tail and walking byhis wild lone. PUSSY can sit by the fire and sing, Pussy can climb a tree,Or play with a silly old cork and string To muse herself, not I like Binkie my dog, because He knows how to behave ;So, Binkies the same as the First Friend was, And I am the Man in the Cave. Pussy will play man-Friday till Its time to wet her pawAnd make her walk on the window-sill (For the footprint Crusoe saw) ;Then she f
. Just so stories for litle children. and all places are aliketo him. Then he goes out to the Wet WildWoods or up the Wet Wild Trees or on the WetWild Roofs, waving his wild tail and walking byhis wild lone. PUSSY can sit by the fire and sing, Pussy can climb a tree,Or play with a silly old cork and string To muse herself, not I like Binkie my dog, because He knows how to behave ;So, Binkies the same as the First Friend was, And I am the Man in the Cave. Pussy will play man-Friday till Its time to wet her pawAnd make her walk on the window-sill (For the footprint Crusoe saw) ;Then she flufHes her tail and mews, And scratches and wont Binkie will play whatever I choose, And he is my true First Friend. Pussy will rub my knees with her head Pretending she loves me hard ;But the very minute I go to my bed Pussy runs out in the yard,And there she stays till the morning-light; So I know it is only pretend ;But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night, And he is my Firstest Friend ! 223 THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED. HIS, O my Best Beloved,is a story—a new anda wonderful story — astory quite differentfrom the other stories— a story about TheMost Wise SovereignSuleiman - bin - Daoud—Solomon the Son ofDavid. There are threehundred and fifty-five stories about Suleiman-bin-Daoud; but this not one of them. It isnot the story of the Lapwing who found theWater; or the Hoopoe who shaded Suleiman-bin-Daoud from the heat. It is not the storyof the Glass Pavement, or the Ruby with theCrooked Hole, or the Gold Bars of Balkis. Itis the story of the Butterfly that Stamped. 225 226 Just So Stories Now attend all over again and listen ! Suleiman-bin-Daoud was wise. He under-stood what the beasts said, what the birds said,what the fishes said, and what the insects understood what the rocks said deep underthe earth when they bowed in towards eachother and groaned ; and he understood what thetrees said when they rustled in the middle of themorning. He understood
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