He had a son whom he brought up well. The child grew and said one day to the King, "I am going out for a walk."
"It is well," answered the King. At a certain place he found an olive-tree on fire.
"O God," he cried, "help me to put out this fire!"
Suddenly God sent the rain, the fire was extinguished, and the young man was able to pass. He came to the city and said to the governor:
"Give me a chance to speak in my turn."
"It is well," said he; "speak."
"I ask the hand of your daughter," replied the young man.
"I give her to you," answered the governor, "for if you had not put out that fire the city would have been devoured by the flames."
He departed with his wife. After a long march the wife made to God this prayer:
"O God, place this city here."