But Moto said, "If I were so powerful would I be put out by water?"

And they went to the water and beat it.

But the water cried: "Here! I am Maa'jee, the water. Why do you beat

me? What have I done?"

And they said: "Yes, we know you are Maajee; you put out Moto, the

fire; that burns Keesoo, the knife; that cuts Kaamba, the rope; that

ties Paaka, the cat; who eats Paanya, the rat; who bores through

Keeyambaaza, the mud wall; which stopped Koosee, the south wind;

and Koosee, the south wind, threw down the calabash that struck our

teacher Goso. You should not have done it."