STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
By MAX TRELL
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King Nep's Cousin
-He Used To Be The Strongest Man Alive➡
IN his little stone ure, at the edge of the lake in the middle of the park, King little Nep was talking to a Man, wearing what seemed to be a Lion's skin over his head wooden and shoulders and leaning on a smiled. chib.
The little Man with the Lion's skin and club wasn't much big- er then a rather large clothes- pin which was just a speck or two bigger than King Nep him-
Noticed the stranger
was
It
when Knarf and Hamid, the Shadow Children with the Turned-About Names, came down to the park to pay their morning visit to King Nep, that they noticed the
„Evanger.
club
stood up and
"This is my cousin, Herc," said King Nep.
"Very pleased to meet you. I'm the strongest Man in the World," said cousin Herc. "I mean, I used to be," he added.
King Nep leaned over and whispered to Knarf and Hanid that Here's real name was Her- cules and that long ago, he was able to hunt wild Animals with his bare hands.
Boasted a bit.
a
a
Cousin Here must have over- were saying Years and years and years heard what they ago, when the world was very because he said in a boastful Toung, little King Nep was big voice, "This skin came_from King Neptune, and the mighty live Llon! I caught him in
But couatry called Nemea, which is Ruler of the Seven Seas. nowadays hardly anyone re- so far away that I can't re- ambers him and he bas be- come quite small..
"Felb, there." King Nep galled out cheerfully when he spied Knarf and Hanid.
The strong-looking little Man with the Lion skin and the
in those
member any more where it is. There was nobody in the world stronger than I was days"
Cousin Here threw an angry lock around as though he was waiting for someone to dispute this with him.
cousin Here to Hanid asked tell them what other feats of strength he had once done,
"Once," he said, "I cleaned out a stable as big as this whole park, I cleaned it in one night. Ard I bet you can't guess how I did it."
Hanid and Knarf both said they couldn't guess how he did it.
"I made a river run through Here said. "And another it," time I held up the sky."
Knarf and Hanid wanted to to know how Here managed hold up the sky.
Held up sky
"Well," "Herc said, "a friend of mine got me to hold the sky for him while he went off to rest for a short time. But when he returned, he didn't want to take the sky back from me. He wanted me to keep holding it.
"But I fcoled him. I told him I had to put my Lion skin on the sky from again to keep hurting my shoulders. I begged
a
"Of course, somecne is! isn't falling down, is, it? asked.
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Cousin Here did some other tricks for Knarf and Hanid during their visit.
He picked up a heavy pebble
rolled it down the
a
him to take it back for just
bank minute. But the second it was and
I ran away. into the park lake. He picked off my shoulders,
twig and, after much "I guess my friend has been up holding up the sky ever since." straining, broke it in half.
"It's the best cousin Herc can Here cousin
out Here burst
do these days.** King Nep into loud
to laughter at the leaned over and whispered thought of his friend holding Knari and Hanid. "He isn't as up the sky.
streng as he used to be.
"hope you don't mind if he "But no one's holding up the boasts a intle. He really used to be the strongest person in sky." Knart said.
Cousin Herc gave him a this wonderful
of ours." frowning look.
very old world
Rupert and the Sky-boat-56
you two talking about?" demands Mrs Bear. No wonder you're puzzled. Mummy. chuckles Rupert. "I'll take a lot of explaining and we're both thirsty. Let's go indoors. Later we must Ro and tell Rastus."*
They all gaze at the extra- ordinary sight in the sky. *** He must have flown under it and then thrown out pebbles until he was the right height." says Margot. "Yes, and now he's towing it back." says Rupert." Then he'll let out sky-metal until the factory sinks back
place to its old and.
What on earth are
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