saying: "We now play the game of the gods and slay men for our
pleasure, and we be greater than the gods of Pegana."

And all the plain was flooded to the hills.

And Eimes, Zaenes, and Segastrion sat upon the mountains, and
spread their hands over their rivers that rebelled by their
command.

But the prayer of men going upward found Pegana, and cried in the
ear of the gods: "There be three home gods who slay us for their
pleasure, and say that they be mightier than Pegana's gods, and
play Their game with men."

Then were all the gods of Pegana very wroth; but They could not
whelm the lords of the three rivers, because being home gods,
though small, they were immortal.

And still the home gods spread their hands across their rivers,
with their fingers wide apart, and the waters rose and rose, and
the voice of their torrent grew louder, crying: "Are we not Eimes,
Zaenes, and Segastrion?"

Then Mung went down into a waste of Afrik, and came upon the
drought Umbool as he sat in the desert upon iron rocks, clawing
with miserly grasp at the bones of men and breathing hot.

And Mung stood before him as his dry sides heaved, and ever as
they sank his hot breath blasted dry sticks and bones.