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 THE STORY OF UNG

, on a glittering ice-field, ages and ages ago,

Ung, a maker of pictures, fashioned an image of snow.

Fashioned the form of a tribesman—gaily he whistled and sung,

Working the snow with his fingers. Read ye the Story of Ung!

Pleased was his tribe with that image—came in their hundreds to scan—

Handled it, smelt it, and grunted: 'Verily, this is a man!

Thus do we carry our lances—thus is a war-belt slung.

Lo! it is even as we are. Glory and honour to Ung!'

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