SPUR-WINGED PLOVER 115 



to come to a great feast, all came except this 

 Plover. Allah rebuked him. The Plover said he 

 had fallen asleep and forgot all about the fixture. 

 Allah, who knows all things, knew he lied, and 

 answered, " Then from this time forth thou shalt 

 know no sleep," and he made these two spurs to 

 grow on the points of his shoulders so that he shall 

 suffer great pain if he try to sleep by putting his 

 head under his wing. 



