` Thine is a red and an angry sign of War to be loosed very soon . ' ` None -- none . ' said the lama earnestly . ` We seek only peace and our River . ' Kim smiled , remembering what he had overheard in the dressing-room . Decidedly he was a favourite of the stars . The priest brushed his foot over the rude horoscope . ` More than this I can not see . In three days comes the Bull to thee , boy . ' ` And my River , my River , ' pleaded the lama . ' I had hoped his Bull would lead us both to the River . ' ` Alas , for that wondrous River , my brother , ' the priest replied . ` Such things are not common . ' Next morning , though they were pressed to stay , the lama insisted on departure . They gave Kim a large bundle of good food and nearly three annas in copper money for the needs of the road , and with many blessings watched the two go southward in the dawn . ` Pity it is that these and such as these could not be freed from -- ' ` Nay , then would only evil people be left on the earth , and who would give us meat and shelter ? ' quoth Kim , stepping merrily under his burden . ` Yonder is a small stream . Let us look , ' said the lama , and he led from the white road across the fields ; walking into a very hornets ' nest of pariah dogs . Chapter 3 Yea , voice of every Soul that clung To life that strove from rung to rung When Devadatta 's rule was young , The warm wind brings Kamakura .
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