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Go, thou and grin before the faces of Eimes, Zaenes, and Segastrion till they see whether it be wise to rebel against the gods of Pegana." And Umbool answered: "I am the beast of Mung." And Umbool came and crouched upon a hill upon the other side of the waters and grinned across them at the rebellious home gods.
Then said the gods of Pegana: "It is enough. We are the gods of Pegana, and none are equal." Then Mung sent Umbool back to his waste in Afrik to breathe again upon the rocks, and parch the desert, and to sear the memory of Afrik into the brains of all who ever bring their bones away.
But when Umbool had grinned for thirty days the waters fell back into the river beds and the lords of the rivers slunk away back again to their homes: still Umbool sat and grinned. Then Eimes sought to hide himself in a great pool beneath a rock, and Zaenes crept into the middle of a wood, and Segastrion lay and panted on the sand still Umbool sat and grinned.
Then Mung went down into a waste of Afrik, and came upon the drought Umbool as he sat in the desert upon iron rocks, clawing with miserly grasp at the bones of men and breathing hot. And Mung stood before him as his dry sides heaved, and ever as they sank his hot breath blasted dry sticks and bones. Then Mung said: "Friend of Mung!
And whenever Eimes, Zaenes, and Segastrion stretched out their hands over their rivers they saw before their faces the grinning of Umbool; and because the grinning was like death in a hot and hideous land therefore they turned away and spread their hands no more over their rivers, and the waters sank and sank.
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