1  Now, one afternoon the horse handlers took Muhammed out to the field.  "The old stallion is losing his vigor," they told the boy.  "We will put a new stallion in with the herd.  When we do this the younger and the older will fight.  It will be quite a show."
2  Now, they did this and Muhammed watched as the two great beasts reared and kicked at each other, and whinnied.  But then, before anyone realized what was happening, he walked out into the field and was between the two great animals before anyone could move!  The frightened men watched in horror, but the two great steeds backed off and looked at the child in their midst with interest.  He raised his hands and both the great animals brought down their heads, and he patted them.
3   Then, he turned and spoke to the Elder, saying, "You have too many wives!  Your harem is too big.  If you try to comfort all of them, you will become weak, and not able to defend them.  Give half to the younger and keep half to yourself.  And then you will live many more years and father many more children who will be strong and as fast as the wind! Do not destroy yourself for the sake of your vanity, and these men's pleasure.  Better to be wise, to be your own Soul, than used by others."
4  And the great beast backed off, raised his head in a great whinny, and bowed to the younger.  The younger, likewise, bowed to the elder, and they each trotted off, a half of the mares following the younger, another half following the elder.
5  Now, the men who had brought Muhammed looked upon this with total disbelief and wonderment!  They hurried back to his uncle, and told him what had occurred.
6  "Take another young stallion," he ordered, "and put it in with another herd, and come back and tell me what happens."
7  The men did so, and returned, trembling with fear.  "Lord!" they cried "Master!  As happened with the boy, before, the beasts did not fight each other, but divided the herd among them, each taking half!  The elder seemed to tell the younger what had happened before.  This is unnatural, master!  It is not the ways of beasts!"
8  Now, Abu was amazed.  "Perhaps, though," he commented, "it is not a bad thing!  Let us wait and see."  And it was soon learned by all how well behaved and how gentle Abu's horses were, and how they, though gentle, when danger threatened, were fierce fighters, fighting not as one, but like soldiers on the battlefield! And his horses became prized among all others, and the people began to say "It is this Muhammed's magic!"  Many looked upon the boy with awe.  Some ignored him, and many feared him.
9  Now, Muhammed did have one fault, and that was his fierce temper.  The husband of his wet nurse was a kind and loving man.  But he was not too bright.  One day while some buyers were visiting Muhammed's uncle, one of the buyer's sons asked him to prepare his steed.
10  He did not properly fix the saddle, and when the boy was put upon it, he began to tumble off.   The man caught him and he was not harmed, but the boy was furious and began to beat him with his whip.  Muhammed came flying and though he was only half the other boy's size, took him from his feet, knocked him to the ground, and began to beat him, unmercifully.
11  He took the whip and struck him ten times with it, then backed off as the older boy screamed for mercy!  Muhammed's uncle and the boy's father arrived to hear Muhammed cry "This day I give you mercy.  Ever strike one of mine again, ever draw his blood, and I will kill you.  Do not think that I would not because I would."
12  Muhammed's uncle apologized but the boy's father forbid him, saying, "The youth needed a lesson in manners.  Your nephew has taught him well!  Perhaps in the future he will learn to mind his temper, for he has found there is one with a greater temper than his!"
13  Muhammed's uncle could not argue, he could not argue at all!  He would work diligently to control the boy's temper, to teach him to use his judgment, and not act rashly. "The angry mind," he would tell his nephew, is a mind without control.  A man whose mind is angry is at the mercy of his enemies."
14  Muhammed listened and tried to obey, but he was not always successful.