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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." 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
 a hundred years, and the temple of Chu-bu quivered and then stood still, swayed once and was overthrown, on the heads of Chu-bu and Sheemish. No one rebuilt it, for nobody dared to near such terrible gods. Some said that Chu-bu wrought the miracle, but some said Sheemish, and thereof schism was born. The weakly amiable, alarmed by the bitterness of rival sects, sought compromise and said that both had wrought it, but no one guessed the truth that 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.  COLONNADE HAD HELD BACK FOR A HUNDRED YEARS AND THE TEMPLE OF CHEBAH QUIVERED AND THEN STOOD STILL SWAYED ONCE AND WAS OVERTHROWN ON THE HEADS OF CHEBAH AND SHEMISH NO ONE REBUILT IT FOR NOBODY DARED TO NEAR SUCH TERRIBLE GODS SOME SAID THAT CHEBAH WROUGHT THE MIRACLE BUT SOME SAID SHEMISH AND THEREOF SCHISM WAS BORN THE WEAKLY AMIABLE ALARMED BY THE BITTERNESS OF RIVAL SEX SOUGHT COMPROMISE AND SAID THAT BOTH HAD WROUGHT IT BUT NO ONE GUESSED 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
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