And skipped and ran with glee.
"Come, Su;[110] ] come, Mi;[111] ] come, Hu;[112] ] come, Cla;"[113] ]
Cried laughing little Er;[114] ]
"Let us go to yonder deep blue sea,
Where the breakers foam and roar."
And on they scampered by valley and wood,
By earth and air and sky,
Till they came to a steep where the bare rocks stood,
In a precipice mountain high.
"Inya!"[115] ] cried Er, "here's a dreadful leap!