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It is considered dangerous for man or beast to go too near it. Birds do not like to fly over the surface, and when sheep tumble in, they sink to the bottom at once. IT IS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS FOR MEN OR BEASTS TO GO TOO NEAR IT BIRDS DO NOT LIKE TO FLY OVER THE SURFACE AND WHEN SHEEP TUMBLE IN THEY SINK TO THE BOTTOM AT ONCE
 big as a plowshare, into the ground. It tried hard to crawl into its lair, or slip into the lake. Finding that neither was possible, the Afang looked about, for some big tree to wrap its tail around. But all his writhings or plungings were of no use. The drovers plied their whips and the oxen kept on with one long pull together and forward. They strained so hard, that one of them dropped its eye out. This formed a pool, and to this day they call it The Pool of the Ox's Eye. It never dries up or overflows, though the water in it rises and falls, as regularly as the tides. For miles over the mountains the sturdy oxen hauled the monster. The pass over which they toiled and strained so hard is still named the Pass of the Oxen's Slope. When going down hill, the work of dragging the Afang was easier. In a great hole in the ground, big enough to be a pond, they dumped the carcass of the Afang, and soon a little lake was formed. This uncanny bit of water is called "The Lake of the Green Well. ITH THREE CLAWS EVERY ONE AS BIG AS A PLOUGHSHARE INTO THE GROUND IT TRIED HARD TO CRAWL INTO ITS LAIR OR SLIP INTO THE LAKE FINDING THAT NEITHER WAS POSSIBLE THE AFANG LOOKED ABOUT FOR SOME BIG TREE TO WRAP ITS TAIL AROUND BUT ALL ITS WRITHINGS OR PLUNGINGS WERE OF NO USE THE DROVERS PLIED THEIR WHIPS AND THE OXEN KEPT ON WITH ONE LONG PULL TOGETHER AND FORWARD THEY STRAINED SO HARD THAT ONE OF THEM DROPPED ITS EYE OUT THIS FORMED A POOL AND TO THIS DAY THEY CALL IT THE PULL THE OX'S EYE IT NEVER DRIES UP OR OVERFLOWS THOUGH THE WATER IN IT RISES AND FALLS AS REGULARLY AS THE TIDES FOR MILES OVER THE MOUNTAINS THE STURDY OXEN HAULED THE MONSTER THE PASS OVER WHICH THEY TOILED AND STRAINED SO HARD IS STILL NAMED THE PASS OF THE OXEN SLOPE WHEN GOING DOWN HILL THE WORK OF DRAGGING THE AFANG WAS EASIER IN A GREAT HOLE IN THE GROUND BIG ENOUGH TO BE A POND THEY DUMPED THE CARCASS OF THE AFHANG AND SOON A LITTLE LAKE WAS FORMED THIS UNCANNY BIT OF WATER IS CALLED THE LAKE OF THE GREEN WELL
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