19 Yea, from the places that were nigh unto him and from the places that were afar off would they send of their munition, seeking only that they might slay him. And the heavens were filled with a multitude of balls so that men said, Verily, in the place where he is, in that place only is it possible for man to live.
20 And when he that was called the Mad Major was low enough, then would he drop him a bomb. And it came to pass that all that which was underneath, it was destroyed, and the men that were there did assuredly perish.
21 Then would he ascend into the air unto a certain height, for that which he had come for to do, it was done.
22 And he would loop him a loop; yea, even over the hosts of Hu would he loop him a loop, for he was of a merry spirit and it was in him to laugh in this manner.
23 And when he had looped him a loop he would return unto the men of En, and he would say unto them, The bombs that thou gavest unto me went off. Give me, therefore, some more that I may dispose of them in likewise.
24 And he was not alone in the things that he did do, for there were many like unto him. And concerning the deeds of some thou shalt find it writ in the books; but concerning many, thou shalt find no record of their deeds in the chronicles of that time.
25 ¶ And the men of En did make them chariots of strange and wonderful design, and they did call them tanks. And there was no man throughout all the land that did say, I made not this chariot; but every man did draw his neighbour unto the side, and did speak unto him privily, saying, Shush! Let it not be known. I tell thee that I, even I, did take an hand in this thing.
26 And the shape of the tanks was for a long time known only to the few. And some said they were like unto a lizard that is blown out mightily, that walketh as a man plagued with the corns.
27 And others said they were like unto an hippopotamus that doth wobble itself amazingly so that no man knoweth whither it intendeth; yet, of a certainty, doth it get there.
28 And others said they were like unto nothing on earth, being for the most part belly of a fashion that is given unto no living thing.