And while she slept the big Flood came,

And the melon pillow floated away.

And all within swarmed out to the sun--

Grass, and herds, and ploughs, and looms.

People fighting for none knows what.

"I have made a new world," she said, with a laugh.

"A brand-new world; and the flies have gone.

But the palm of my right hand tickles still,

May be it will cool when I find what I seek."

So she left her new world down by the river,