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In a great hole in the ground, big enough to be a pond, they dumped the carcass of the Afang, and soon a little lake was formed. This uncanny bit of water is called "The Lake of the Green Well." IN A GREAT HOLE IN THE GROUND BIG ENOUGH TO BE A POND THEY DUMPED THE CARCASS OF THE AFHANG AND SOON A LITTLE LAKE WAS FORMED THIS UNCANNY BIT OF WATER IS CALLED THE LAKE OF THE GREEN WELL
g woke up with a start. The sudden jerk roused the monster to wrath, and its bellowing was terrible. It rolled round and round, and dug its four sets of toes, each with three claws, every one as big as a plowshare, into the ground. It tried hard to crawl into its lair, or slip into the lake. Finding that neither was possible, the Afang looked about, for some big tree to wrap its tail around. But all his writhings or plungings were of no use. The drovers plied their whips and the oxen kept on with one long pull together and forward. They strained so hard, that one of them dropped its eye out. This formed a pool, and to this day they call it The Pool of the Ox's Eye. It never dries up or overflows, though the water in it rises and falls, as regularly as the tides. For miles over the mountains the sturdy oxen hauled the monster. The pass over which they toiled and strained so hard is still named the Pass of the Oxen's Slope. When going down hill, the work of dragging the Afang was easier. GAN TO PULL TOGETHER THEN THE AFANG WOKE UP WITH A START THE SUDDEN JERK ROUSED THE MONSTER TO WRATH ITS BELLOWING WAS TERRIBLE IT ROLLED ROUND AND ROUND AND DUG ITS FOUR SET OF TOES EACH WITH THREE CLAWS EVERY ONE AS BIG AS A PLOUGHSHARE INTO THE GROUND IT TRIED HARD TO CRAWL INTO ITS LAIR OR SLIP INTO THE LAKE FINDING THAT NEITHER WAS POSSIBLE THE AFANG LOOKED ABOUT FOR SOME BIG TREE TO WRAP ITS TAIL AROUND BUT ALL ITS WRITHINGS OR PLUNGINGS WERE OF NO USE THE DROVERS PLIED THEIR WHIPS AND THE OXEN KEPT ON WITH ONE LONG PULL TOGETHER AND FORWARD THEY STRAINED SO HARD THAT ONE OF THEM DROPPED ITS EYE OUT THIS FORMED A POOL AND TO THIS DAY THEY CALL IT THE PULL THE OX'S EYE IT NEVER DRIES UP OR OVERFLOWS THOUGH THE WATER IN IT RISES AND FALLS AS REGULARLY AS THE TIDES FOR MILES OVER THE MOUNTAINS THE STURDY OXEN HAULED THE MONSTER THE PASS OVER WHICH THEY TOILED AND STRAINED SO HARD IS STILL NAMED THE PASS OF THE OXEN SLOPE WHEN GOING DOWN HILL THE WORK OF DRAGGING THE AFANG WAS EASIER
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