The earthquake had been felt in India , and for long stood a leading date in the Punjab . ` Ai ! ' said a woman excitedly . This seemed to make Kim 's supernatural origin more certain . ` Was not such an one 's daughter born then -- ' ` And her mother bore her husband four sons in four years all likely boys , ' cried the cultivator 's wife , sitting outside the circle in the shadow . ` None reared in the knowledge , ' said the family priest , ` forget how the planets stood in their Houses upon that night . ' He began to draw in the dust of the courtyard . ` At least thou hast good claim to a half of the House of the Bull . How runs thy prophecy ? ' ` Upon a day , ' said Kim , delighted at the sensation he was creating , ' I shall be made great by means of a Red Bull on a green field , but first there will enter two men making all things ready . ' ` Yes : thus ever at the opening of a vision . A thick darkness that clears slowly ; anon one enters with a broom making ready the place . Then begins the Sight . Two men -- thou sayest ? Ay , ay . The Sun , leaving the House of the Bull , enters that of the Twins . Hence the two men of the prophecy . Let us now consider . Fetch me a twig , little one . ' He knitted his brows , scratched , smoothed out , and scratched again in the dust mysterious signs -- to the wonder of all save the lama , who , with fine instinct , forbore to interfere .
At the end of half an hour , he tossed the XXXXX from him with a grunt .
Kim Red ay cultivator day earthquake lama night twig years