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Chu bu knew nothing of the theory of tides, and was too much occupied with his miracle to notice what Sheemish was doing. And suddenly the miracle was an accomplished thing. JABAN KNEW NOTHING OF THE THEORY OF TIDES AND WAS TOO MUCH OCCUPIED WITH THIS MIRACLE TO NOTICE WHAT SHEISH WAS DOING AND SUDDENLY THE MIRACLE WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED THING
a little earthquake. The worshippers had just gone from his temple when Chu-bu settled his will to attain this miracle. Now and then his meditations were disturbed by that now familiar dictum, "Dirty Chu-bu," but Chu-bu willed ferociously, not even stopping to say what he longed to say and had already said nine hundred times, and presently even these interruptions ceased. They ceased because Sheemish had returned to a project that he had never definitely abandoned, the desire to assert himself and exalt himself over Chu-bu by performing a miracle, and the district being volcanic he had chosen a little earthquake as the miracle most easily accomplished by a small god. Now an earthquake that is commanded by two gods has double the chance of fulfilment than when it is willed by one, and an incalculably greater chance than when two gods are pulling different ways; as, to take the case of older and greater gods, when the sun and the moon pull in the same direction we have the biggest tides. WILL TO ACHIEVING A LITTLE EARTHQUAKE THE WORSHIPPERS HAD JUST GONE FROM HIS TEMPLE WHEN SHABBAS SETTLED HIS WILL TO ATTAIN THIS MIRACLE NOW AND THEN HIS MEDITATIONS WERE DISTURBED BY THAT NOW FAMILIAR DICTUM DIRTY CHABAH BUT SHABAH WILLED FEROCIOUSLY NOT EVEN STOPPING TO SAY WHAT HE LONGED TO SAY AND HAD ALREADY SAID NINE HUNDRED TIMES AND PRESENTLY EVEN THESE INTERRUPTIONS CEASED THEY CEASED BECAUSE SHEMISH HAD RETURNED TO A PROJECT THAT HE HAD NEVER DEFINITELY ABANDONED THE DESIRE TO ASSERT HIMSELF AND EXALT HIMSELF OVER CHEBAH BY PERFORMING A MIRACLE AND THE DISTRICT BEING VOLCANIC HE HAD CHOSEN A LITTLE EARTHQUAKE AS THE MIRACLE MOST EASILY ACCOMPLISHED BY A SMALL GOD NOW AN EARTHQUAKE THAT IS COMMANDED BY TWO GODS HAS DOUBLE THE CHANCE OF FULFILLMENT THAN WHEN IT IS WILLED BY ONE AND AN INCALCUBLY GREATER CHANCE THAN WHEN TWO GODS ARE PULLING DIFFERENT WAYS AS TO TAKE THE CASE OF OLDER AND GREATER GODS WHEN THE SUN AND THE MOON PULL IN THE SAME DIRECTION WE HAVE THE BIGGEST TIDES
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