| Show ImH I THE VICTORY OF THE MOONSWON The Strong Mm or the Hills lost his wife I Immediately he went abroad calling aloud The people All crouched afar In the dark uf their hut and cried Initial when he wai > et a longdisance d ai Itz fill STKONO MAN TtKNin tPOf TIIBII 10 I UKIOl KIV THAT tIANV ElL TO Till GROUND away No not treat Chief wI hive not even teen the Imprint ol your wifes sandal In the sand If we had teen It you would l hate found us bowed down In worship before the marks of her ten glorious brown toei for we are but poor devlll of Indian and the grandeur of the sun ray on her hair would have turned our eye to dust liter toci aro not brown They arc pink said the Strong Man from the Illlli Therefore believe I that you peak truth when you lay you have not seen her good little men ol the valley In this matter of her great loneliness however you ipe ik a little too strongly strong-ly I Ai the Is nu longer In my posses final I have no mind to hear her praised Whereabouts U I the Lett man of you None ol them had Stomach for this honor allhe time They luirntied tint the Strong Matt uf tile Hills hid ome plan for combat and they knew lint the beat man uf them would have In thli encounter only the strength of the meat lu the gIll of the fire Great Klngi 1 they said In one voice there li I uo best man here How It I this roared the Strong Man There mint be one who excels ex-cels It 11 I a law I Itt him > lei forward for-ward then Hut luey solemnly iliook their head There no best man here The Sirens Man turned upon them to furloutls Hut many fell lu the ground ill in j must be one Let I him titp forwm Shivering I liters I hud tiled together and tried in their fear to lluuit tacit other toward thebtroiii Man I ManAt this lime a young philosopher approached 1c W rt Plillosopherap I proached throne lowly I ihe pill j losophtrs of that ace were all > oune men In the lull heat le uf lite Die old giatbeards were lor the most part very stupid and were so accounted Strong Man from the Hills laid lie llInl pbllosoiter let lu jonder brook and bath Then conic and eat of this fruit Then gaze for 1 time II the blue sky and the green earth Afterward I have something lo lay lo you youVan are not so wise that I am obliged lo liith before listening to you demanded the Strong Man In lolenllv No saM Ihe joung photoscpher AlIlIe people thought ihls reply very strange U hy then must I bathe and eat of fruit and KAle al the lailli and the tkt llecause I they are pltafant things to I 1019 Have I I I do ton think any thirst at I this time fur plemint IldnKli llathc Ml gif Mid the young I phi J oviphcr will n gesture I he Strong I Man did Indeed whirl his t 1n b1 II ruined I and lerrble llmus In tho silver sil-ver water Theyhtthy In the shadow nf A tree and ale the corn Hull and cited at the inky and the earth Hill is a fine contort i he said After a time he suddenly struck his forehead with his finger it I ilm I wayihd I tell ou f a1e rny IrreI had t wi dd from mel AM 61 Lis I TIIB 110011 SAID ND Muslim cur IlKARLV a6stiLli I knew It said the young philosopher philoso-pher 1 jter the Strong Man ilept peacefully n sacerull The young phdosupher l I smiled I Hut In the night Ihe little men nf Ihe I valley cam Clamoring 01 Strong Man of the Hills the moon deride youl The pluloso her went to them In Hit darkness lie sill little people It u nothing The derision of the moon Is I nothing Hut the little men of the valley would not cease their uproar Oh Strong Man Slron Man awake Awake The muoii derides youl I Than the Strong Man aroused and shook his locks away from his eyes What 10 I It good little nii ol Ihe val leyOh Oh Strong Mm the moon derides you Oh Strong I Man1 1 he Strong Man looked 1 and there Inc In-c e d was Ihe moon laughing down at him He sprang to his I feel and roared l Ah old fat lump of a moon > ou lauh I flavor on then my wife I The mojn said I ro word but merely Imlld In a way that was like all 1511 Of sliver bn Well Him moon take tills horn lo l her thundered the Stron if Man and he I hurled I hill spear The moon clipped both hands tu 111 eye and cried Ohl Ohl I he little people of Ihe valley crledi Oh this Is I terrible Strong Mint He has I smitten our sacred moon In the eye I I lie ounlC philosopher cried nothing al all allDie Die Strong Man linear his coal of crimson leathers I upon the ground He look his kind and fell Us edge Look IOU phlloopner he said I have lost my wile and et the Lull the meal fruit In the shade Ihe light of sky and earth are still good tu me bill then this lalse moon derides me there must be a killing I understand you said I the tonne philosopher The Strong Man ran oil into Hit night The little men uf Ihe valley clapped their bands in ecstasy and terror Ah ah what a battle is III there bell The Mtrong Man went Into his on n hills and gathered there many great rocks and trunks ol trees It was strange lu sec him erect upon a peak 01 Ihe mountains and hurling these things at ihe moon Ho kept the skier full I of them Fat I moon come closer he shouted Come closer and let It be my knlle accainst your knife Oh to think we are obliged lu tulerate such an old lit stupid facts guodfur nothing moon 1 Vou are uiy as death while IOh moon you Hole my beloved and II was nothing but when you stole my belated and laughed at me It became another matter And et toil are lo ugly 10 fat 1 su stupid so lazy 10 gout furnulh Ing Ah I shall go mad1 Come closer I moon and let me cinnnnc your round gray skull willi this clubi And he always kepi the air full of great missiles Iho moon merely laughed and said Why should I conc closer Wildly 1 did the Strong Man pile rock upon crock He bulldcil him a tower that was the lather of all towers It made the mountains appear to he babes Upon the summit ol li he swung his great club and flourished his knlle The little men by the valky far below beheld a great form and at the end of It they laid Look the moon Is dea 11 The cry w ant lo and fro un tile earth The mounts I dead The Strong Man vent lu Ihe home 01 tile moon She the sought line lay up un a cloud do her little out dAngled user the tide I ol It The Strong Man look this little fool In hII two I bandit mid kissed it Ah beloved he moaned I would rattier this little fool was upon my dead neck than that moon should eOr have the privilege uf seeing his She leaned uver the edge of tire cloud And razed at him How duty you rel Why do you pull I 10 Veritably you are an ordinary person Why did ly 1 ever find you Interesting I The Strong Man Hung his knife into the air and turned back toward Ihe act Pill If the OUIIR philosopher had Lesn at my elbow lie reflected bitterly would I Have doubtless hate gone at a the matter In another way What does mv strength at ill me In 1111 contest The battered moon hmplnf homeward home-ward replied to the Strong Man from I ro TO YOIIDEI DAOO AIID DATil t bellillit Avei Mywcakness elrilr watak I Is In I this filing as strong as Your trength 111I I victor with my Ugliness my are my stoutness my stupidity my r athletics city goodfornothinjin l Voman Is Aotnan Men sire equal In fllln oJII e1u everything save good fortune I I envy you not Ily SIKNIKN CRANK I Coprrl til 11 |
