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28. They alighted and stood, it has been said, in this house. 



29. Verily, at that time and place, 



30. They moved onward over the earth. 



31. Verily, at that time and place, 



32. They came to a valley that was of no particular size, 



33. In which there stood a willow, a tree that never dies. 



34. Close to it they came and paused. 



35. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



36. They moved onward over the eartli. 



37. They came to the top of a rocky cliff that was of no particular size. 



38. Close to it they came and paused. 



39. Verily, at that time and place, 



40. They spake to one another, saying: White-Rock 



41. We shall make to be a personal name for ourselves. 



42. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



43. They moved onward, 



44. And came to the seventh division of the heavens, 



45. Where they paused and stood. 



46. Verily, at that time and place, 



47. They spake to one another, saying: O, younger brothers, 



48. In this unorganized state it is not possible for us to take, with 



certainty, our footsteps. 



49. Verily, at that time and place, 



50. They said to one another: Let search be made for a way. 



51. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



52. The principal Sho'-ka 



53. Hastened forth to make search for a way, 



54. And found the red boulder that sitteth upon the earth. 



55. He quickly returned with it to his brothers, 



56. To whom he spake, saying: O, elder brothers, 



57. Let this red boulder be as a foot to us, he said to them. 



58. Verily, at that time and place, 



59. The elder brothers replied: That has been the object of your 



continual search, O, younger brother. 



60. This red boulder shall be as a foot to the little ones as they 



travel the path of life. 



61. When they use this red boulder as their foot, 



62. Their foot shall never be pierced and wounded as they travel 



the path of life. 



63. Verily, at that time and place, 



64. They shall crush the harmful grasses of the earth as they travel 



the path of life. 



