Fisher of the Moon , are you playing with the Sea ? ' ` No , ' said the Fisherman , ' I am spinning a line with which I shall some day catch the world ; but I do not play with the Sea . ' And he went on spinning his line . Now there is also a Rat up in the Moon who always bites the old Fisherman 's line as fast as it is made , and the Eldest Magician said to him , ` Ho ! Rat of the Moon , are you playing with the Sea ? ' And the Rat said , ' I am too busy biting through the line that this old Fisherman is spinning . I do not play with the Sea . ' And he went on biting the line . Then the little girl-daughter put up her little soft brown arms with the beautiful white shell bracelets and said , ' O Eldest Magician ! when my father here talked to you at the Very Beginning , and I leaned upon his shoulder while the beasts were being taught their plays , one beast went away naughtily into the Sea before you had taught him his play . And the Eldest Magician said , ` How wise are little children who see and are silent ! What was the beast like ? ' And the little girl-daughter said , ` He was round and he was flat ; and his eyes grew upon stalks ; and he walked sideways like this ; and he was covered with strong armour upon his back . ' And the Eldest Magician said , ` How wise are little children who speak truth ! Now I know where Pau Amma went . Give me the paddle ! ' So he took the paddle ; but there was no need to paddle , for the water flowed steadily past all the islands till they came to the place called Pusat Tasek -- the Heart of the Sea -- where the great hollow is that leads down to the heart of the world , and in that hollow grows the Wonderful Tree , Pauh Janggi , that bears the magic twin nuts . Then the Eldest Magician slid his arm up to the shoulder through the deep warm water , and under the roots of the Wonderful Tree he touched the broad back of Pau Amma the Crab . And Pau Amma settled down at the touch , and all the Sea rose up as water rises in a basin when you put your hand into it . ` Ah ! '
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