ased, and the waves crept farther and
farther away down the beach.

The earth ceased its trembling. The clouds rolled away like great
curtains, and the thunder went grumbling off toward the west.

When the grey dawn came stealing over the wet earth and the birds began
to sing, Limberleg raised her head.

"Look," she said, "and listen! The birds are singing! I thought the
world had come to an end, but it is still here, and so are we."

Then they all opened their eyes, which they had kept shut for terror. A
wonderful sight met them! Over the water toward the east the sky was
blushing like a rose. Little pink clouds were hurrying away to lose
themselves in the blue sky. Then the great fiery red disk of the sun
rose slowly out of the water!

They watched it in awed silence as it climbed higher and higher into the
blue. Then, trembling again with fear, the little group of watchers
prostrated themselves before it in a blind impulse of worship.

When the sun was out of the water and up again in its regular place in
the sky, all nature seemed so gay and joyous that the Twins and their
father and mother forgot the fears of the night, and began to think
about breakfast. They found it in the hollow of a rock far down the
gorge.

The giant wave which had so frightened them, had left a fish flapping
about in a little pool of water. When she saw it, Limberleg shouted:
"The water gods aren't angry, after all! See, they have sent us a fine
fish for our breakfast!"

Hawk-Eye quickly climbed down the steep rocks to the pool, caught the
fish with his hands, killed it, and brought it back to Limberleg and the
Twins.

While they were eating it, Limberleg seemed to be thinking hard. She
wasn't used to thinking, and she screwed up her face almost as if it
hurt her. At last she said: "Listen to me! We now know what no one
else in the world knows. We have found out what lies beyond the blue
hills. We have gone to the end of the world and have looked over the
edge, and have discovered the secret of the sun! We alone know that it
hides beneath the waters during the darkness. There is no more for us
to learn. Perhaps it would not be safe to know more, even if there were
more to know! Let us go home."

"There is more to be learned about the hunting," said Hawk-Eye.

"We can find that out on our way back," said Limberleg.

"If there are going to be any more earthquakes, I'd rather be in the
cave anyway," said Firef