The Black Lion
The Black Lion walks at night and controls the things that are bad in this world. He makes the fore comewhen the ground is dry, and leads the hyenas to the newborn cubs, and drives the rain when it is replenishing the earth.
He lives in the sky, for it is as black as he is and causes trouble for the Great Kings living in the stars. He comes with the sunset and vanishes with the dawn. At night, he comes to the cruel, to the dishonest and to the evil, and steals them away to join his pride.
Every night the Black lion and his pride fight the Great Kings of the Past for the moon. They attack it and take pieces from it and hide them away in dark holes and narrow crevices, at the top of the tallest mountain and at the bottom of the deepest lake. And the moon gets smaller.
But the Great Kings are strong and they fight the Black lion and his acomplices across the sky.
They claim back the pieces that were taken and fit them together again. The Black lion and his pride are banished to the darkness. And the moon gets bigger.
But not long before the Black lion grows hungry and again he tries to steal the moon for himself. Once again, he is beaten back by the Great Kings. And so it always has been and will be.
You must always to a good cub for the Black lion is always looking for more lions to expand his pride. He'll come for you in the stillness of the night, or the blackest part of the day, with his white eyes and forked tongue, and you will be forced to follow his flaming tail across the sky forever more.
He lives in the sky, for it is as black as he is and causes trouble for the Great Kings living in the stars. He comes with the sunset and vanishes with the dawn. At night, he comes to the cruel, to the dishonest and to the evil, and steals them away to join his pride.
Every night the Black lion and his pride fight the Great Kings of the Past for the moon. They attack it and take pieces from it and hide them away in dark holes and narrow crevices, at the top of the tallest mountain and at the bottom of the deepest lake. And the moon gets smaller.
But the Great Kings are strong and they fight the Black lion and his acomplices across the sky.
They claim back the pieces that were taken and fit them together again. The Black lion and his pride are banished to the darkness. And the moon gets bigger.
But not long before the Black lion grows hungry and again he tries to steal the moon for himself. Once again, he is beaten back by the Great Kings. And so it always has been and will be.
You must always to a good cub for the Black lion is always looking for more lions to expand his pride. He'll come for you in the stillness of the night, or the blackest part of the day, with his white eyes and forked tongue, and you will be forced to follow his flaming tail across the sky forever more.