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Hour by hour they fought, and mountains rolled beneath their feet like pebbles in a flood; now Makoma would break away, and summoning up his strength, strike the giant with Nu-endo his iron hammer, and Sakatirina would pluck up the mountains and hurl them upon the hero, but neither one could slay the other.
'We greet you, O Great One! answered the women. 'We are the wives of Sakatirina; your search is at an end, for there stands he whom you seek! And they pointed to what Makoma had thought were two tall mountain peaks. 'Those are his legs, they said; 'his body you cannot see, for it is hidden in the clouds.
At last, upon the second day, they grappled so strongly that they could not break away; but their strength was failing, and, just as the sun was sinking, they fell together to the ground, insensible. In the morning when they awoke, Mulimo the Great Spirit was standing by them; and he said: 'O Makoma and Sakatirina! Ye are heroes so great that no man may come against you.
'In the darkness of the night, O my friends, he said presently, 'the white spirits of my fathers came upon me and spoke, saying: "Get thee hence, Makoma, for thou shalt have no rest until thou hast found and fought with Sakatirina, who had five heads, and is very great and strong; so take leave of thy friends, for thou must go alone."
'Who is it, he said, 'making that fire smoulder around my feet? 'It is I, Makoma! shouted the hero. 'And I have come from far away to see thee, O Sakatirina, for the spirits of my fathers bade me go seek and fight with thee, lest I should grow fat, and weary of myself. There was silence for a while, and then the giant spoke softly: 'It is good, O Makoma! he said. 'For I too have grown weary.
Makoma travelled far towards the west; over rough mountains and water-logged morasses, fording deep rivers, and tramping for days across dry deserts where most men would have died, until at length he arrived at a hut standing near some large peaks, and inside the hut were two beautiful women. 'Greeting! said the hero. 'Is this the country of Sakatirina of five heads, whom I am seeking?
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