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He came back by night, and the next morning when the tribe awoke they saw something that was like a man and yet was not a man. And it sat on the hill with its elbows pointing outwards and was quite still. HE CAME BACK BY NIGHT AND THE NEXT MORNING WHEN THE TRIBE AWOKE THEY SAW SOMETHING THAT WAS LIKE A MAN AND YET WAS NOT A MAN AND IT SAT ON THE HILL WITH ITS ELBOWS POINTING OUTWARDS AND WAS QUITE STILL
 then again: "What, art thou hungry, Death? Or thirsty, poor old sword? Soon, Death, soon. Be still only a little." But Ird fled, for he did not like the gentle tone of Lo as he spoke to his sword. And Lo begat Lod. And when Lo died Lod took the iron sword and ruled the tribe. And Ird begat Ith, who was of no account, like his father. Now when Lod had smitten a man or killed a terrible beast, Ith would go away for a while into the forest rather than hear the praises that would be given to Lod. And once, as Ith sat in the forest waiting for the day to pass, he suddenly thought he saw a tree trunk looking at him as with a face. And Ith was afraid, for trees should not look at men. But soon Ith saw that it was only a tree and not a man, though it was like a man. Ith used to speak to this tree, and tell it about Lod, for he dared not speak to any one else about him. And Ith found comfort in speaking about Lod. One day Ith went with his stone axe into the forest, and stayed there many days. D THEN WHAT AGAIN DEATH BE STILL BE STILL AND THEN AGAIN WHAT ART THOU HUNGRY DEATH OR THIRSTY POOR OLD SWORD SOON DEATH SOON BE STILL ONLY A LITTLE BUT URD FLED FOR HE DID NOT LIKE THE GENTLE TONE OF LO AS HE SPOKE TO HIS SWORD AND LO BEGAT LAUD AND WHEN LO DIED LOD TOOK THE IRON SWORD AND RULED THE TRIBE AND URD BEGAT IT WHO WAS OF NO ACCOUNT LIKE HIS FATHER NOW WHEN LOD HAD SMITTEN A MAN OR KILLED A TERRIBLE BEAST IT WOULD GO AWAY FOR A WHILE INTO THE FOREST RATHER THAN HEAR THE PRAISES THAT WOULD BE GIVEN TO LOD AND ONCE AS IF SAT IN THE FOREST WAITING FOR THE DAY TO PASS HE SUDDENLY THOUGHT HE SAW A TREE TRUNK LOOKING AT HIM AS WITH A FACE AND IT WAS AFRAID FOR TREES SHOULD NOT LOOK AT MEN BUT SOON IT SAW THAT IT WAS ONLY A TREE AND NOT A MAN THOUGH IT WAS LIKE A MAN IT USED TO SPEAK TO THIS TREE AND TELL IT ABOUT LOT FOR HE DARED NOT SPEAK TO ANY ONE ELSE ABOUT HIM AND IT FOUND COMFORT IN SPEAKING ABOUT LOT ONE IT WENT WITH HIS STONE AXE INTO THE FOREST AND STAYED THERE MANY DAYS
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