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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. 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
 or in the minds of any other cats, the sight of fishes falling out of heaven had surely excited wonder. They rose slowly, and all stretched themselves, then they came leisurely towards the fishes. 'It is only a miracle,' they said in their hearts." And the watchers in the gate said, "Enter in." Proudly and slowly, as they spoke, drew up to them a camel, whose rider sought entrance to the city. His face shone with the sunset by which for long he had steered for the 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 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.  SMACK NOW IN ANY OTHER TOWN BUT ROME OR IN THE MINDS OF ANY OTHER CATS THE SIGHT OF FISHES FALLING OUT OF HEAVEN HAD SURELY EXCITED WONDER THEY ROSE SLOWLY AND ALL STRETCHED THEMSELVES THEN THEY CAME LEISURELY TOWARD THE FISHES IT IS ONLY A MIRACLE THEY SAID IN THEIR HEARTS AND THE WATCHERS IN THE GATE SAID ENTER IN PROUDLY AND SLOWLY AS THEY SPOKE DREW UP TO THEM A CAMEL WHOSE RIDER SOUGHT ENTRANCE TO THE CITY HIS FACE SHONE WITH THE SUNSET BY WHICH FOR LONG HE HAD STEERED FOR THE 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
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