when he awoke he was smarting with pain on every inch of his huge bulk , for the men had cut away his hide with its glorious white hair and carried it with them to a distant ship . above him circled thousands of his friends the gulls , wondering if their benefactor were really dead and it was proper to eat him . but when they saw him raise his head and groan and tremble they knew he still lived , and one of them said to his comrades : " the wolves were right . the king is a great magician , for even men can not kill him . but he suffers for lack of covering . let us repay his kindness to us by each giving him as many feathers as we can spare . "
repay his kindness .
why did the gulls each give the king of the polar bears as many feathers as they could spare ?
why did the gulls each give the king of the polar bears as many feathers as they could spare ?