,andourhomeisatthebottomofthesea.Weheardthatyoingtofeedalltheanimalsinalltheworld,andmybrothersseoaskwhendinnerwouldbeready.Suleiman-bin-Daoudwasmoresurprisedthaneverandsaid,OAnimal,youhaveeatenallthedihatImadereadyforalltheanimalsintheworld.AndtheAnimalsaid,OKing,liveforever,butdoyoureallycallthatadinner?WhereIefromweeacheattwiceasmuchasthatbetweenmeals.ThenSuleiman-bin-Daoudfellflatonhisfadsaid,OAnimal!IgavethatdioshowwhatagreatandrigIwas,andnotbecauseIreallywaobekindtotheanimals.NowIamashamed,anditservesmeright.

    Suleiman-bin-DaoudwasareallytrulywisemaBeloved.

    Afterthatheneverfotthatitwassillytoshowoff;andnowtherealstorypartofmystins.

    Hemarriedeversomanywifes.Hemarriedninehundredandy-ninewives,besidestheMostBeautifulBalkis;andtheyalllivedigoldenpalathemiddleofalovelygardenwithfountains.Hedidntreallywantnine-hundredandy-ninewives,butinthosedayseverybodymarriedeversomanywives,andofcoursetheKinghadtomarryeversomanymorejusttoshowthathewastheKing.

    Someofthewivesweresomeweresimplyhorrid,andthehorridonesquarrelledwiththeniesandmadethemhorridtoo,aheywouldallquarrelwithSuleiman-bin-Daoud,andthatwashorridforhim.ButBalkistheMostBeautifulneverquarrelledwithSuleiman-bin-Daoud.Shelovedhimtoomuch.ShesatinherroomsintheGoldenPalace,orwalkedinthePalacegarden,andwastrulysorryforhim.

    OfcourseifhehadchosentoturnhisringonhisfingerandcalluptheDjinnsandtheAfritstheywouldhavemagickedallthoseninehundredandy-ninequarrelsomewivesintowhitemulesofthedesertreyhoundsorpo