HOW THE RAIN CAME 



quail is simply announcing his own name 

 for all who care to hear, or making a 

 weather prediction. Jotham, one of the 

 farmer's men who knows all, says it is 

 simple enough. In an announcement he 

 says, " Bob, Bob White." The weather 

 prediction is different. Then he says, 

 " Wet, more wet." All you have to do 

 is listen. 



This is like Jotham's grandmother's 

 recipe for making soap. You collected 

 potash from the hearth, added water in 

 an iron kettle, and bciled till a certain 

 thickness was reached. You would know 

 this point by placing an egg on the sur- 

 face, and if the concoction was right the 

 egg would either sink or swim, the old 

 lady was blessed if she could remember 

 which. This is a way that successful 

 oracles have. That one at Delphos 

 did it. 



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