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But I do not tell this to Chu bu. BUT I DO NOT TELL THIS TOO CHIBA
the thing was done in rivalry. And a saying arose, and both sects held this belief in common, that whoso toucheth Chu-bu shall die or whoso looketh upon Sheemish. That is how Chu-bu came into my possession when I travelled once beyond the hills of Ting. I found him in the fallen temple of Chu-bu with his hands and toes sticking up out of the rubbish, lying upon his back, and in that attitude just as I found him I keep him to this day on my mantlepiece, as he is less liable to be upset that way. Sheemish was broken, so I left him where he was. And there is something so helpless about Chu-bu with his fat hands stuck up in the air that sometimes I am moved out of compassion to bow down to him and pray, saying, "O Chu-bu, thou that made everything, help thy servant." Chu-bu cannot do much, though once I am sure that at a game of bridge he sent me the ace of trumps after I had not held a card worth having for the whole of the evening. And chance alone could have done as much as that for me. UESSED THE TRUTH THAT THE THING WAS DONE IN RIVALRY AND A SAYING AROSE AND BOTH SECTS HELD THIS BELIEF IN COMMON THAT WHOSO TOUCHETH CHEBAH SHALL DIE OR WHOSO LOOKETH UPON SHEMISH THAT IS HOW CHEBAH CAME INTO MY POSSESSION WHEN I TRAVELLED ONCE BEYOND THE HILLS OF TING I FOUND HIM IN THE FALLEN TEMPLE OF CHIBAH WITH HIS HANDS AND TOES STICKING UP OUT OF THE RUBBISH LYING UPON HIS BACK AND IN THAT ATTITUDE JUST AS I FOUND HIM I KEEP HIM TO THIS DAY ON MY MANTEL PIECE AS HE IS LESS LIABLE TO BE UPSET THAT WAY SHEMISH WAS BROKEN SO I LEFT HIM WHERE HE WAS AND THERE IS SOMETHING SO HELPLESS ABOUT CHIBAH WITH HIS FAT HAND STUCK UP IN THE AIR THAT SOMETIMES I AM MOVED OUT OF COMPASSION TO BOW DOWN TO HIM AND PRAY SAYING O CHIBAH THOU THAT MADE EVERYTHING HELP THY SERVANT CHIBAH CANNOT DO MUCH THOUGH ONCE I AM SURE THAT AT A GAME OF BRIDGE HE SENT ME THE ACE FOR TRUMPS AFTER I HAD NOT HELD A CARD WORTH HAVING FOR THE WHOLE OF THE EVENING AND CHANCE ALONE COULD HAVE DONE AS MUCH AS THAT FOR ME
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