“ ‘And he was a king. And in front of his car rode many horsemen, and behind his car also there were horsemen, and above his head the golden payong was held.
“ ‘And the sun shone with burning beams, and scorched the earth, so that the grassblades withered.
“ ‘And the king murmured that the sun burnt his face, and had power above him. And he was not contented.
“ ‘He sighed, and exclaimed: “I wish I were the sun!”
“ ‘And there came an angel from heaven, and said: “Be it unto thee as thou hast said.”
“ ‘And he was the sun. And he sent his beams upward and downward, to right and left, and all round.
“ ‘And he scorched the grassblades on the earth, and the faces of the kings that were on the earth.
“ ‘And a cloud placed itself between him and the earth, and it threw back the beams of the sun.
“ ‘And he grew wroth that his power was resisted, and he murmured that the cloud had power above him. And he was not contented.
“ ‘He wished to be the cloud, which was so powerful.
“ ‘And there came an angel from heaven and said: “Be it unto thee as thou hast said.”
“ ‘And he became a cloud, and placed himself between the sun and the earth, and caught the sunbeams, so that the grass grew green.
“ ‘And the cloud rained in large drops on the earth, and made the rivers swell, and banjirs[1] carried away the herds.
“ ‘And the volume of his waters destroyed the fields.
“ ‘And he fell upon a rock, which yielded not. And he plashed down in great streams, but the rock yielded not.
“ ‘And he waxed wroth because the rock would not yield, and because the strength of his streams was useless. And he was not contented.
- ↑ Floods.
