` Payah kun , ' said the Eldest Magician , meaning , ` That is quite right ' ; and he breathed upon the great rocks and lumps of earth that All-the-Elephant-there-was had thrown up , and they became the great Himalayan Mountains , and you can look them out on the map . He went East , and he found All-the-Cow there-was feeding in the field that had been made ready for her , and she licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time , and swallowed it and sat down to chew her cud . ` Kun ? ' said All-the-Cow-there-was . ` Payah kun , ' said the Eldest Magician ; and he breathed upon the bare patch where she had eaten , and upon the place where she had sat down , and one became the great Indian Desert , and the other became the Desert of Sahara , and you can look them out on the map . He went West , and he found All-the-Beaver-there-was making a beaver-dam across the mouths of broad rivers that had been got ready for him . ` Kun ? ' said All-the-Beaver-there-was . ` Payah kun , ' said the Eldest Magician ; and he breathed upon the fallen trees and the still water , and they became the Everglades in Florida , and you may look them out on the map . Then he went South and found All-the-Turtle-there-was scratching with his flippers in the sand that had been got ready for him , and the sand and the rocks whirled through the air and fell far off into the sea . ` Kun ? ' said All-the-Turtle-there-was . ` Payah kun , ' said the Eldest Magician ; and he breathed upon the sand and the rocks , where they had fallen in the sea , and they became the most beautiful islands of Borneo , Celebes , Sumatra , Java , and the rest of the Malay Archipelago , and you can look them out on the map ! By and by the Eldest Magician met the Man on the banks of the Perak river , and said , ` Ho ! Son of Adam , are all the Animals obedient to you ? ' ` Yes , ' said the Man . ` Is all the Earth obedient to you ? ' ` Yes , ' said the Man . ` Is all the Sea obedient to you ? ' ` No , ' said the Man .
` Once a day and once a night the Sea runs up the XXXXX river and drives the sweet-water back into the forest , so that my house is made wet ; once a day and once a night it runs down the river and draws all the water after it , so that there is nothing left but mud , and my canoe is upset .
Adam All-the-Beaver-there-was All-the-Turtle-there-was Borneo Desert Kun Mountains Perak Sahara Sumatra