said:

"No, Iris belongs to both ocean and sky.

"Let her be the messenger between heaven and earth."

They placed golden wings upon her shoulders and made her a bridge of
beautiful colors.

One end of the bridge they rested in the sky, but the other Iris could
fasten to the earth with a pot of gold.

This was the way Iris' path was made:

The earth gave the tints of her fairest flowers, the sea brought great
ribbons of silvery mist, the wind was the shuttle, the sky was the loom
and the Sun himself was the weaver.

It is no wonder that the most beautiful thing in all the world is Iris'
bridge, the rainbow.

[Illustration]

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