BEFORE times, O my Best Beloved, came time of t  Magician ting t  t told all t t and play. And t Magician, --All-t-t being an Elep, and All-t-took t being a Beaver, and All-there-was played.

    ook t being a Coook turtle--All-turtle t being a turtle, and All-turtle-took all ts and birds and fisold t to play at.

    But toired, ttle  girl-daug beloved little  girl-daugting upon  is t Magician? And t Magician said,  you are too ed and said, Yes, I am too  see t you make all t to me.

    Noalking toget in ttled off sideepped into to ers, and I  to t ttle girl-daug on till t  orders; and t Magician  off  to see he Animals were playing.

    Nort Beloved, and -tusks and stamping  in t had been made ready for him.

    Kun? said All-t-t?

    Paya Magician, meaning, t is quite rig rocks and lumps of eart All-t-t ains, and you can look t on the map.

    East, and  ongue round a  a time, and s and sat doo chew her cud.

    Kun? said All-there-was.

    Paya Magician; and cen, and upon t do Indian Desert, and t of Sa on the map.

    est, and   ready for him.

    Kun? said All-there-was.

    Paya Magician; and rees and till er, and t on the map.

    t Souturtle-tc  ready for o the sea.

    Kun? said All-turtle-there-was.

    Paya Magician; and  beautiful islands of Borneo, Celebes, Sumatra, Java, and t of t on the map!

    By and by t Magician met the

    Perak river, and said, he Animals

    obedient to you?

    Yes, said the Man.

    Is all t to you?

    Yes, said the Man.

    Is all t to you?

    No, said t t-er back into t, so t my ; once a day and once a nig runs doer after it, so t t but mud, and my canoe is upset. Is t told it to play?

    No, said t Magician. t is a new and a bad play.

    Look! said t Sea came up till it overflos for miles and miles, and flooded the Mans house.

    t epped into ttle girl-daugook  on to run back and back, and t of t Selangor, past Malacca, past Singapore, out and out to tang, as t ring.

    t Magician stood up and sed, s, birds, and fis I took betaug you she Sea?

    ts, birds, and fisoget Magician,  you taugo play-- one of us plays he Sea.

    ter, and t Magician said to ts in to catche Sea?

    No, said tc I do not play he Sea.

    And  on spinning his line.

    No up in tes t as it is made, and t Magician said to  of the Sea?

    And t said, I am too busy biting t t play  on biting the line.

    ttle girl-daug up tle soft broiful  Magician! o you at ts aug  aaught him his play.

    And t Magician said, tle c!   like?

    And ttle girl-daug; and alks; and rong armour upon his back.

    And t Magician said, tle crut. Give me the paddle!

    So ook t to paddle, for ter floeadily past all till to t tasek--t of t  leads doo t of t ree, Pau bears ts. t Magician slid o ter, and under ts of tree ouctled do toucer rises in a basin .

    A Magician. Now I know w,  are you doing, Pau Amma?

    And Pau Amma, deep doo look for my food. Once a day and once a nigurn. Leave me alone.

    t Magician said, Listen, Pau Amma.  from your cave ters of to Pusat tasek, and all t bare, and ttle fiss,  in Pusat tasek, ters of ttle islands are dro er.

    t knoant.  seven times a day, and ters sill.

    And t Magician said, I cannot make you play t to play, Pau Amma, because you escaped me at t if you are not afraid, come up and alk about it.

    I am not afraid, said Pau Amma, and o top of t. t a common Crab, but a King Crab. One side of  souc Saraouc Paaller tree ore off one of t ts--ts t make people young,-- and ttle girl-daug bobbing alongside t in and began to pick out t eyes of it tle golden scissors.

    Noo s you are really important.

    Pau Amma rolled  ir up t Magician laughed.

    You are not so important after all, Pau Amma,  me try, and   ttle finger of   Beloved, Pau Ammas , and Pau Amma  all soft--soft as ttle crabs t you sometimes find on t Beloved.

    Indeed, you are very important, said t Magician.

    So cut you s, to pierce you usks, or so bite you?

    And Pau Amma said, I am as me go back to Pusat tasek, and I ir out once a day and once a nigo get my food.

    And t Magician said, No, Pau Amma, I  give you back your sronger, and per your promise, and you he Sea once more.

    t s I can only  tasek, and if I go any me. And if I go to Pusat tasek, all soft as I am noir out to get my food, and so I sed.

    Listen, Pau Amma, said t Magician. I cannot make you play t to play, because you escaped me at t if you cone and every  tasek for you and your children for always.

    t is good, but I do not c. Look!

    t Man o you at t taken up your attention I s ired of ing and run ahis would never have happened.

    will he do for me?

    And t boter and t you so he sea.

    And Pau Amma said, I do not c. Look! t girl  Magician would  will she do for me?

    And ttle girl-daug t I am eating. If you crong, so t you and your c cocoa-nuts like to t tasek for yourself  belong to you wone or oo ree.

    And Pau Amma said, I do not c, for, all soft as I am, ts   Magician, and then I will play your play.

    And t Magician said, I  back, Pau Amma, for eleven mont on t s again, to remind you and all your c I can make magics, and to keep you  if you can run boter and on land, you oo bold; and if you can climb trees and crack nuts and dig oo greedy, Pau Amma.

    t a little and said, I have made my choice.

    I ake all ts.

    t Magician made a Magic

    Beloved, Pau Amma greill at last ttle green crab ser alongside the scissors!

    And ter picked tle broom of ttle arms, and opened t t nuts. I can crack srees. I can breat tasek under every stone. I did not knoant. Kun? (Is t?)

    Paya Magician, and tle Pau Amma scuttled over to ter; and iny t  ttom of the sea.

    as t  Magician.

    Yes, said t no go back to Perak, and t is a o paddle. If ill Pau Amma  of Pusat tasek and come er would self.

    You are lazy, said t Magician. So your c people in to too lazy to row h your line, Fisherman.

    No, said to be lazy all my days, let t will save paddling.

    And t Magician laug is right).

    And t of topped biting t ill it touc tang, past Singapore, past Malacca, past Selangor, till to the Moon.

    Paya Magician. See no you pull t be careful not to do it too o Pau Amma.

    t up t to bed, Best Beloved.

    Noen and attend!

    From t day to t ides. Sometimes ttle too  spring tides; and sometimes tle too softly, and t ides; but nearly always  Magician.

    And Pau Amma? You can see tle Pusat taseks for tone and bunctle scissors; and in some parts of truly live on trees and eat cocoa-nuts, exactly as ter promised. But once a year all Pau Ammas must s-to remind t t Magician could do. And so it isnt fair to kill or  Pau Ammas babies just because old Pau Amma upidly rude a very long time ago.

    Oe being taken out of ttle Pusat taseks and brougtles. t is !

    ChINA-GOING Ps and Os

    Pass Pau Ammas playground close,

    And  tasek lies

    Near track of most B.I.s.

    U.Y.K. and N.D.L.

    Know Pau Ammas home as well

    As the Sea knows

    Bens, M.M.s, and Rubattinos.

    But (and ther queer)

    A.t.L.s can not come here;

    O. and O. and D.O.A.

    Must go round another way.

    Orient, Anchor, Bibby, hall,

    Never go t  all.

    U.C.S. would

    If it found itself on it.

    And if Beavers took their cargoes

    to Penang instead of Lagos,

    Or a fat Shaw-Savill bore

    Passengers to Singapore,

    Or a e Star o try a

    Little trip to Sourabaya,

    Or a B.S.A.  on

    Past Natal to Cheribon,

    t Mr. Lloyds would come

    ithem home!

    Youll know w my riddle means

    en mangosteens.

    Or if you cant  till to let you side page of times; turn over to page 2  ake tlas (and t is t picture-book in t teamers go to fit into teamer-kiddy ougo be able to do t; but if you cant read, ask some one to s you.