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The cat nervously rubbed its paws.
— You’re at your feet, I’m on top, grab a stone and adyes! — He said quickly.
“And if it doesn’t work out?!” Darkness stopped him. And he turned to the Leader. — Yes, yes, we are messengers!
“Ahhh,” the Leader said sadly, and threw up his hand. The warriors fell to their knees. — And what do the distinguished envoys need?
He seemed to be speaking politely, but it still sounded like “And why did you come up with it ?!”
— We… We came for the stone. — Without thinking of anything better, said the Cat.
“Behind the stone?!” the Chief exclaimed.
— Behind the stone? the Shaman yelled and grabbed his heart.
“Behind the stone?!” The warriors gasped and bristled with their spears.
— Hey Hey hey! There is nothing to be so nervous about! The cat held up its paws in conciliation. «It’s just a stone!»
“This?!” The chief shouted, shaking the pendant. “This is a great gift from the Sun Goddess!”
“And I thought of the Moon.” Cat blurted out recklessly.
Noisy not only warriors, but the whole tribe. The shaman became completely white as a sheet. And the Leader was speechless.
“You, Cat, are worse than a professor!” Darkness hissed through his teeth. — Shut up better.
He stepped forward and barked.
— Tiiiihooo! — And indeed, such silence reigned that even the birds did not dare to sing. “Gods speak through my mouth!!
Darkness stepped forward and rumbled so that there was no doubt about it. The cat only snorted, of the two of them, only he could be considered a messenger of heaven, and the Darkness only drew on the fiends of hell. But he did not argue, but on the contrary, put on an angry look.
We’ve come to take back what rightfully belongs to heaven!!
“But, what are they… in return…” the Leader bleated. Although he was a coward, he did not occupy his post in vain. We risked our lives to get it!
And he closed his eyes, waiting for heavenly punishment.
— Hmm.. Where, forgive me, did you get it? — Darkness was taken aback.
-T..There! — And the Leader, delighted that he was still alive, joyfully pointed to the peak of a high mountain that was barely visible on the horizon. — We all, the whole tribe, from small to large, went there for three weeks! Then they made the ascent! Many could not stand it and fell!
The leader was a born orator, and his tribe was an appreciative listener. The Cat and Gloom also opened their mouths.
-Here! This foot, — And he pointed to his dirty foot, — has stepped on the snow that never melts!
-Yesaaaa.- The warriors boomed approvingly.
-Many of us have fallen victim to wild animals!
-Yeah.
-Many died of thirst and hunger!
— Yeah.
-Many are frozen!
— Well, clearly, clearly. — Cat grumbled. — You miraculously survived, and found a stone. Can’t you just talk about the stone?
-Cat! — Darkness got angry.
But nothing bad happened. The chief straightened his cloak and gave the envoys a look of indignation, but he continued anyway.
— There is a cave at the very top. There is a stone in it. If you can break off a piece, it’s yours. The gods don’t mind. Once upon a time they left him there. And only the most courageous, smart, and determined will be able to get a piece.
-And why do you need it? — Cat chuckled. It was quite obvious to him that without magic, the stone wouldn’t work.
The leader turned red from indignation, and the Darkness only slapped his forehead.
— This is — Patiently, like a stupid child, the Leader explained, — proof that I am the most intelligent, courageous and resolute! And I can be called the Leader!! Unlike the monkey from the other side, who simply stole his stone!!!
-Ah, well, clearly, clearly! — Conciliatory muttered the Cat. “Maybe we’ll wave this, that one?”
-What?! The leader was surprised.
— What? — Darkness also stared at the Cat.
-Look! Even that monkey from the other side does not have such a thing! And the Cat deftly pulled off the collar from Darkness’s neck.
They were exposed. Puffing angrily with indignation and urging them with light jabs of spears where necessary, the warriors escorted them to the border of possessions.
— And don’t come back! — The Leader barked at his back, wiping his forehead with a hand trembling with anger.
Darkness chuckled stifledly, and the Cat was silent in shame. Well? It was a great idea!! Now go there, I don’t know where!
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