![]() ![]() ![]() Not because he and I are one, but because we are opposites, I take to me the services which thou hast done to him. Then by reasons of my great desire for wisdom and understanding, I overcame my fear and questioned the Glorious One and said, Lord, is it then true, as the Ape said, that thou and Tash are one? The Lion growled so that the earth shook (but his wrath was not against me) and said, It is false. He answered, Child, all the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me. But I said, Alas Lord, I am no son of thine but the servant of Tash. But the Glorious One bent down his golden head and touched my forehead with his tongue and said, Son, thou art welcome. Nevertheless, it is better to see the Lion and die than to be Tisroc of the world and live and not to have seen him. “Then I fell at his feet and thought, Surely this is the hour of death, for the Lion (who is worthy of all honour) will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him. ![]()
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