I cut it in two halves with my knife, and told her all my tale.
She said, "It is the work of a God." I laughed, but she pushed me away,
and being on my blind side, ran off before I could kiss her. I went to
the Men of the Sheepguard at watering-time. There was a sheep to be
killed for their meat. I cut it in two halves with my knife, and told
them all my tale. They said, "It is the work of a God." I said, "We talk
too much about Gods. Let us eat and be happy, and to-morrow I will take
you to the Children of the Night, and each man will find a Magic Knife."

'I was glad to smell our sheep again; to see the broad sky from edge to
edge, and to hear the sea. I slept beneath the stars in my cloak. The
men talked among themselves.

'I led them, the next day, to the Trees, taking with me meat, wool, and
curdled milk, as I had promised. We found the Magic Knives laid out on
the grass, as the Children of the Night had promised. They watched us
from among the Trees. Their Priestess called to me and said, "How is it
with your people?" I said, "Their hearts are changed. I cannot see
their hearts as I used to." She said, "That is because you have only one
eye. Come to me and I will be both your eyes." But I said, "I must show
my people how to use their knives against The Beast, as you showed me
how to use my knife." I said this because the Magic Knife does not
balance like the flint. She said, "What you have done, you have done for
the sake of a woman, and not for the sake of your people." I asked of
her, "Then why did the God accept my right eye, and why are you so
angry?" She answered, "Because any man can lie to a God, but no man can
lie to a woman. And I am not angry with you. I am only very sorrowful
for you. Wait a little, and you will see out of your one eye why I am
sorry." So she hid herself.

'I went back with my people, each one carrying his knife, and making it
sing in the air--_tssee-sssse_. The Flint never sings. It
mutters--_ump-ump_. The Beast heard. The Beast saw. _He_ knew!
Everywhere he ran away from us. We all laughed. As we walked over the
grass my Mother's brother--the Chief on the Man's Side--he took off his
Chief's necklace of yellow sea-stones.'

'How? Eh? Oh, I remember! Amber,' said Puck.

'And would have put them on my neck. I said, "No, I am content. What
does my one eye matter if my other eye sees fat sheep and fat children
running about safely?" My Mother's brother said to them, "I told you he
wo