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"'Oojni is not a name among the nations, she is not know of where the merchants meet, she is not spoken of by alien lips. "'Indeed, but Oojni is a little among the isles, yet is she loved by those that know her coasts and her inland places hidden from the sea. OJINI IS NOT A NAME AMONG THE NATIONS SHE IS NOT KNOWN OF WHERE THE MERCHANTS MEET SHE IS NOT SPOKEN OF BY ALIEN LIPS INDEED BUT OJINNY IS LITTLE AMONG THE ISLES YET IS SHE LOVED BY THOSE THAT KNOW HER COASTS AND HER INLAND PLACES HIDDEN FROM THE SEA
d toll. Whereat he spoke to his camel, and the camel roared and kneeled, and the man descended from him. And the man unwrapped from many silks a box of divers metals wrought by the Japanese, and on the lid of it were figures of men who gazed from some shore at an isle of the Inland Sea. This he showed to the watchers, and when they had seen it, said, "It has seemed to me that these speak to each other thus: "'Behold now Oojni, the dear one of the sea, the little mother sea that hath no storms. She goeth out from Oojni singing a song, and she returneth singing over her sands. Little is Oojni in the lap of the sea, and scarce to be perceived by wondering ships. White sails have never wafted her legends afar, they are told not by bearded wanderers of the sea. Her fireside tales are known not to the North, the dragons of China have not heard of them, nor those that ride on elephants through Ind. "'Men tell the tales and the smoke ariseth upwards; the smoke departeth and the tales are told. CITY'S GATE OF HIM THEY DEMANDED TOLL WHEREAT HE SPOKE TO HIS CAMEL AND THE CAMEL ROARED AND KNEELED AND THE MAN DESCENDED FROM HIM AND THE MAN UNWRAPPED FROM MANY SILKS A BOX OF DIVERS METALS WROUGHT BY THE JAPANESE AND ON THE LID OF IT WERE FIGURES OF MEN WHO GAZED FROM SOME SHORE AT AN ISLE OF THE INLAND SEA THIS HE SHOWED TO THE WATCHERS AND WHEN THEY HAD SEEN IT SAID IT HATH SEEMED TO ME THAT THESE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER THUS BEHOLD NOW OJI THE DEAR ONE OF THE SEA THE LITTLE MOTHER SEA THAT HATH NO STORMS SHE GOETH OUT FROM OJINIE SINGING A SONG AND SHE RETURNETH SINGING OVER HER SANDS LITTLE IS OJI IN THE LAP OF THE SEA AND SCARCE TO BE PERCEIVED BY WANDERING SHIPS WHITE SAILS HAVE NEVER WAFTED HER LEGENDS AFAR THEY ARE TOLD NOT BY BEARDED WANDERERS OF THE SEA HER FIRESIDE TALES ARE KNOWN NOT TO THE NORTH THE DRAGONS OF CHINA HAVE NOT HEARD OF THEM NOR THOSE THAT RIDE ON ELEPHANTS THROUGH END MEN TELL THE TALES AND THE SMOKE ARISETH UPWARDS THE SMOKE DEPARTETH AND THE TALES ARE TOLD
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