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He prayed to them one by one, and they all refused to hear him; nor at first did he think at all of that subtle, divine etiquette against which he had offended. It occurred to him all at once as he prayed to his fiftieth idol, a little green jade god whom the Chinese know, that all the idols were in league against him. HE PRAYED TO THEM ONE BY ONE AND THEY ALL REFUSED TO HEAR HIM NOR AT FIRST DID HE THINK AT ALL OF THE SUBTLE DIVINE ETIQUETTE AGAINST WHICH HE HAD OFFENDED IT OCCURRED TO HIM ALL AT ONCE AS HE PRAYED TO HIS FIFTIETH IDOL A LITTLE GREEN JADE GOD WHOM THE CHINESE KNOW THAT ALL THE IDOLS WERE IN LEAGUE AGAINST HIM
ven optimism despaired. And Sippy very unwisely attempted flight, and Slorg even as unwisely tried to hide; but Slith, knowing well why that light was lit in that secret upper chamber and _who_ it was that lit it, leaped over the edge of the World and is falling from us still through the unreverberate blackness of the abyss. THE INJUDICIOUS PRAYERS OF POMBO THE IDOLATER Pombo the idolater had prayed to Ammuz a simple prayer, a necessary prayer, such as even an idol of ivory could very easily grant, and Ammuz had not immediately granted it. Pombo had therefore prayed to Tharma for the overthrow of Ammuz, an idol friendly to Tharma, and in doing this offended against the etiquette of the gods. Tharma refused to grant the little prayer. Pombo prayed frantically to all the gods of idolatry, for though it was a simple matter, yet it was very necessary to a man. And gods that were older than Ammuz rejected the prayers of Pombo, and even gods that were younger and therefore of greater repute.  THE BOOK OF WONDER BY LORD DUNZANIE THIS IS LIVERPOX RECORDING ALL LIVER BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVER VOX D ORG THE INJUDICIOUS PRAYERS OF POMBO THY DOLATER POMBO THY DOLATER HAD PRAYED AMOS A SIMPLE PRAYER A NECESSARY PRAYER SUCH AS EVEN AN IDOL OF IVORY COULD VERY EASILY GRANT AND AMUS HAS NOT IMMEDIATELY GRANTED IT POMBO HAD THEREFORE PRAYED TO THARMA FOR THE OVERTHROW OF AMUS AN IDLE FRIENDLY TO THARMA AND IN DOING THIS OFFENDED AGAINST THE ETIQUETTE OF THE GODS THARMA REFUSED TO GRANT THE LITTLE PRAYER POMBO PRAYED FRANTICALLY TO ALL THE GODS OF IDOLATRY FOR THOUGH IT WAS A SIMPLE MATTER YET IT WAS VERY NECESSARY TO A MAN AND GODS THAT WERE OLDER THAN AMOS REJECTED THE PRAYERS OF POMBO AND EVEN GODS THAT WERE YOUNGER AND THEREFORE OF GREATER REPUTE
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