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string of his bow, pulled and let fly. The stick sprang into the air, and travelled what seemed a great distance to No Man—but it did not fly true and it wabbled. "That," he said to himself, "is because the spear is not even all over, and because the twang thing is not properly made. These things require much thought."

So he thought, and labored and experimented, and hid in his cave and glowed with the joy of creation. In time he had made a proper enough bow. But it was so power-