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One night Lod arose when all were asleep, and quieted his dog, and took his iron sword and went away to the hill. ONE NIGHT LAUD AROSE WHEN ALL WERE ASLEEP AND QUIETED HIS DOG AND TOOK HIS IRON SWORD AND WENT AWAY TO THE HILL
aid to Ith, "Ged is only as we are, having hands and feet." And Ith pointed to the right hand of Ged, which was not as his left, but was shaped like the paw of a beast, and Ith said, "By this ye may know that he is not as any man." Then they said, "He is indeed Ged." But Lod said, "He speaketh not, nor doth he eat," and Ith answered, "The thunder is his voice and the famine is his eating." After this the tribe copied Ith, and brought little gifts of meat to Ged; and Ith cooked them before him that Ged might smell the cooking. One day a great thunderstorm came trampling up from the distance and raged among the hills, and the tribe all hid away from it in their huts. And Ith appeared among the huts looking unafraid. And Ith said little, but the tribe thought that he had expected the terrible storm because the meat that they had laid before Ged had been tough meat, and not the best parts of the beasts they slew. And Ged grew to have more honour among the tribe than Lod. And Lod was vexed. R IN THE DAY SOME CAME AGAIN AND THEY SAID TO IT DEAD IS ONLY AS WE ARE HAVING HANDS AND FEET AND IT POINTED TO THE RIGHT HAND OF DEAD WHICH WAS NOT AS HIS LEFT BUT WITH SHAPED LIKE THE PAW OF A BEAST AND IT SAID BY THIS YE MAY KNOW THAT HE IS NOT AS ANY MAN THEN THEY SAID HE IS INDEED DEAD BUT LAUD SAID HE SPEAKETH NOT NOR DOTH HE EAT AND IT ANSWERED THE THUNDER IS HIS VOICE AND THE FAMINE IS HIS EATING AFTER THIS THE TRIBE COPIED IT AND BROUGHT LITTLE GIFTS OF MEAT TO GED AND IT COOKED THEM BEFORE HIM THAT GAD MIGHT SMELL THE COOKING ONE DAY A GREAT THUNDERSTORM CAME TRAMPLING UP FROM THE DISTANCE AND RAGED AMONG THE HILLS AND THE TRIBE ALL HID AWAY FROM IT IN THEIR HUTS AND IT APPEARED AMONG THE HUTS LOOKING UNAFRAID AND IT SAID LITTLE BUT THE TRIBE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD EXPECTED THE TERRIBLE STORM BECAUSE THE MEAT THAT THEY HAD LAID BEFORE GAD HAD BEEN TOUGH MEAT AND NOT THE BEST PARTS OF THE BEAST THEY SLEW AND DED GREW TO HAVE MORE HONOR AMONG THE TRIBE THAN LAUD AND LAUD WAS VEXED
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