e light hung up in the sky
he saw the difference between that which the Moon gave and that new
brightness which now shone out. For, without, the trees and their
leaves seemed clad in a luminous coat of light, while underneath it was
but a dim reflection of that which was without, and to the sight it
seemed like the colder light of the Moon.

And in the cooler light that prevailed below the foliage of the trees
there were gathered hosts of new and strange creatures; some large,
others of medium, and others of small size.

Astonished at these changes, he cried, "Come out, O Hanna, and see the
strange sights without the dwelling, for verily I am amazed, and know
not what has happened."

Obedient, Hanna came out with the children and stood by his side, and
was equally astonished at the brightness of the light and at the numbers
of creatures which in all manner of sizes and forms stood in the shade
ranged around them, with their faces towards the place where they stood.

"What may this change portend, O Bateta?" asked his wife.

"Nay, Hanna, I know not. All this has happened since the Moon departed
from me."

"Thou must perforce call him again, Bateta, and demand the meaning of
it, else I shall fear harm unto thee, and unto these children."

"Thou art right, my wife, for to discover the meaning of all this
without other aid than my own wits would keep us here until we
perished."

Then he lifted his voice, and cried out aloud upward, and at the sound
of his voice all the creatures gathered in the shades looked upward, and
cried with their voices; but the meaning of their cry, though there was
an infinite variety of sound, from the round, bellowing voice of the
lion to the shrill squeak of the mouse, was:

"Come down unto us, O Moon, and explain the meaning of this great change
unto us; for thou only who madest us can guide our sense unto the right
understanding of it."

When they had ended their entreaty unto the Moon, there came a voice
from above, which sounded like distant thunder, saying, "Rest ye where
ye stand, until the brightness of this new light shall have faded, and
ye distinguish my milder light and that of the many children which have
been born unto me, when I shall come unto you and explain."

Thereupon they rested each creature in its own place, until the great
brightness, and the warmth which the strange light gave faded and
lessened, and it was observed that it disappeared from view on the
opp