` Not when I am near , ' said the Dog . ` If you had not said that last I would have shut my mouth for always and always and always ; but now I am going to hunt you up a tree whenever I meet you . And so shall all proper Dogs do after me . ' Then the Man threw his two boots and his little stone axe -LRB- that makes three -RRB- at the Cat , and the Cat ran out of the Cave and the Dog chased him up a tree ; and from that day to this , Best Beloved , three proper Men out of five will always throw things at a Cat whenever they meet him , and all proper Dogs will chase him up a tree . But the Cat keeps his side of the bargain too . He will kill mice and he will be kind to Babies when he is in the house , just as long as they do not pull his tail too hard . But when he has done that , and between times , and when the moon gets up and night comes , he is the Cat that walks by himself , and all places are alike to him . Then he goes out to the Wet Wild Woods or up the Wet Wild Trees or on the Wet Wild Roofs , waving his wild tail and walking by his 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 me . But I like Binkie my dog , because He Lnows how to behave ; So , Binkie 's the same as the First Friend was , And I am the Man in the Cave . Pussy will play man-Friday till It 's time to wet her paw And make her walk on the window-sill -LRB- For the footprint Crusoe saw -RRB- ; Then she fluffles her tail and mews , And scratches and wo n't attend . But 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 ! THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED THIS , O my Best Beloved , is a story -- a new and a wonderful story -- a story quite different from the other stories -- a story about The Most Wise Sovereign Suleiman-bin-Daoud -- Solomon the Son of David . There are three hundred and fifty-five stories about Suleiman-bin-Daoud ; but this is not one of them . It is not the story of the Lapwing who found the Water ; or the Hoopoe who shaded Suleimanbin-Daoud from the heat . It is not the story of the Glass Pavement , or the Ruby with the Crooked Hole , or the Gold Bars of Balkis . It is the story of the Butterfly that Stamped . Now attend all over again and listen ! Suleiman-bin-Daoud was wise .
He understood what the beasts said , what the birds said , what the fishes XXXXX , and what the insects said .
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