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. 
