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38 Yet all were filled with a vague unrest As they climbed their trees in an endless search, But Joi, the father, he mocked their quest, When he marked a Glug on his hard-won speech Said he; "Whenever these tales are heard heard Of the Feasible Dog or the Guffer Bird, Then laugh and laugh till the fat tears roll To the roots of the joy-bush deep in your soul, When you see them squat on the tree-tops high, Scanning for ever that heedless sky, Lie flat on your back on the good, green earth And roar till the great vault echoes your mirth."

As he walked in the city, to Sym there came Sounds envenomed with fear and hate, Shouts of anger and words of shame, As Glug blamed Glug for his woeful state. "This blame?" said Sym, "Is it mortal's right To blame his fellow for aught he be?" But the father said, "Do we blame the night When darkness gathers and none can see?"

Said he: "Whenever there springs from earth A plant all crooked and marred at birth, Shall we, unlearned in the Gardener's scheme, Blame plant or earth for the faults that seem?"