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TheLandofNod

byMikeResnick

Copyright(c)1996

Once,manyyearsago,therewasaKikuyuwarriorwholefthis

villageandwanderedoffinsearchofadventure.Armedonlywitha

spear,heslewthemightylionandthecunningleopard.Thenone

dayhecameuponanelephant.Herealizedthathisspearwas

usesagainstsuchabeast,butbeforehecouldbackawayor

findcover,theelephantcharged.

Hisonlyhopewasdivineintervention,andhebeggedNgai,

whorutheuniversefromHisthroneatopKirinyaga,theholy

mountainthatmennowcallMountKenya,tofindhimandpluckhim

fromthepathoftheelephant.

ButNgaididnotrespond,andtheelephantpickedthewarrior

upwithitstrunkandhurledhimhighintotheair,andhelanded

inadistantthorntree.Hisskinwasbadlytornbythethorns,

butatleasthewassafe,sincehewasonabranchsometwenty

feetabovetheground.

Afterhewassuretheelephanthadleftthearea,thewarrior

climbeddown.Thenhereturnedhomeandascendedtheholymountain

toconfrontNgai.

Whatisitthatyouwantofme?askedNgai,whenthe

warriorhadreachedthesummit.

Iwanttoknowwhyyoudidnotcome,saidthewarrior

angrily.AllmylifeIhaveworshipedyouandpaidtributeto

you.Didyounothearmeaskforyourhelp?

Iheardyou,answeredNgai.

Thenwhydidyounotcometomyaid?demandedthewarrior.

Areyousolackingingodlypowersthatyoucouldnotfindme?

点头之地

作者：迈克·雷斯尼克

(c)1996

许多年前，有一位基库尤离开他的村庄，四处流浪去

寻找。他只用一把长矛，杀死了强大的狮子和狡猾的

豹子。有一天，他遇到了一头大象。他他的长矛对

这样的野兽毫无用处，但在他退后或寻找掩护之前，大象

冲了过来。

他唯一的希望是神圣的干预，他恳求恩盖（Ngai）找到他

并把他从大象的道拉出来，恩盖在基里尼亚加

（Kirinyaga）山顶的宝座上着宇宙，这座