said the cultivator aside to the priest . ' A holy man -- a holy man indeed . His Gods are not the Gods , but his feet are upon the Way , ' was the answer . ` And his methods of nativities , though that is beyond thee , are wise and sure . ' ` Tell me , ' said Kim lazily , ` whether I find my Red Bull on a green field , as was promised me . ' ` What knowledge hast thou of thy birth-hour ? ' the priest asked , swelling with importance . ` Between first and second cockcrow of the first night in May . ' ` Of what year ? ' ' I do not know ; but upon the hour that I cried first fell the great earthquake in Srinagar which is in Kashmir . ' This Kim had from the woman who took care of him , and she again from Kimball O'Hara . 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 XXXXX there will enter two men making all things ready . '
Kashmir Kim Red cockcrow cultivator earthquake first in nativities night