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"Holding this big blooming stick in one hand, he gave me his other; and it seemed as though I floated through the air by his side. Presently we came to the place where Corrus's herd lay sleeping. The angel smote one of the cows with the flat of his hand, so that it got upon its feet; and straighway the stranger thrust the flowing blossom into its face. "The cow shrank back, Cunora!
His prodigious chest was better than a small pair of bellows, and he blew just as he had been told in the vision. Presently a small flame appeared in the tinder, and leaped eagerly upward. Both men jumped back, and for lack of enough air the flame went out. "Never mind!" exclaimed Dulnop at Corrus's crestfallen look.
His prodigious chest was better than a small pair of bellows, and he blew just as he had been told in the vision. Presently a small flame appeared in the tinder, and leaped eagerly upward. Both men jumped back, and for lack of enough air the flame went out. "Never mind!" exclaimed Dulnop at Corrus's crestfallen look.
Dulnop gave no sound, but the anger which had left the herdsman seemed to have come to him; the youngster's eyes flared and his breast heaved. His gaze was fixed upon Corrus's neck, where the sweat of fear already glistened. Suddenly the big man dropped his head, as though in surrender.
"Holding this big blooming stick in one hand, he gave me his other; and it seemed as though I floated through the air by his side. Presently we came to the place where Corrus's herd lay sleeping. The angel smote one of the cows with the flat of his hand, so that it got upon its feet; and straightway the stranger thrust the flowing blossom into its face. "The cow shrank back, Cunora!
Corrus winced, but was too well pleased with the result to take revenge, although the nature of these men was such as to call for it. "It be no dream!" he declared, still awestruck. "Nay," agreed Dulnop. "And now to make the flower grow!" It was Corrus's lungs which really did the work.
And presently they found, tucked away in Corrus's lion-skin, a large chunk of the pyrites, and a similar piece on Dulnop. "So these were the discoverers," commented Supreme. "What is your will in their case?" the subordinate asked. The commanding bee considered for a long time. Finally she got an idea, such as bees are known to get once in a great while.
Dulnop gave no sound, but the anger which had left the herdsman seemed to have come to him; the youngster's eyes flared and his breast heaved. His gaze was fixed upon Corrus's neck, where the sweat of fear already glistened. Suddenly the big man dropped his head, as though in surrender.
Corrus winced, but was too well pleased with the result to take revenge, although the nature of these men was such as to call for it. "It be no dream!" he declared, still awestruck. "Nay," agreed Dulnop. "And now to make the flower grow!" It was Corrus's lungs which really did the work.
And presently they found, tucked away in Corrus's lion-skin, a large chunk of the pyrites, and a similar piece on Dulnop. "So these were the discoverers," commented Supreme. "What is your will in their case?" the subordinate asked. The commanding bee considered for a long time. Finally she got an idea, such as bees are known to get once in a great while.