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It was
hard work, and the sun shone hot upon him.
Hashnu saw a crowd of people coming up the road. When they drew nearer he noticed that one of them was a King
with him are soldiers and ready to do his bidding, seeking to serve him and win his favor.
And Hashnu, watching, thought what a fine thing it would be to be a King, and to have soldiers to do his bidding,
and courtiers to serve him, and he said:
Ah me, ah me, If Hashnu
only a King. could be.”
Now, I’m the King, and yet the sun can make
me faint and weary. I had thought that to be a King
was to be stronger than anything else, but the sun is
stronger than I!
Ah me, ah me, If Hashnu only the
SUN could be!”
Now, I am the sun, and my rays fell upon the fields and the cities, and all
acknowledge my power. But the cloud is stronger than the sun, for it shuts off my
rays from the earth.
Then, because the cloud would not go, but became heavier and blacker, Hashnu lamented, and said:
The sun was stronger than the King, the cloud was stronger than
the sun, the rock was stronger than the cloud, but I, Hashnu, am
stronger than all.
And so he worked on, now well content to do each day his added task.