As they walked he said again:

“Kone, it will rain!”

“It will not,” Kone said. Then he turned to the mountains and shouted:

“Rain, stay on the mountains! Rain, stay on the mountains!”

“No use, Kone; rain will come.”

Soon the rain began to fall in torrents.

Kone thought that Tamate had brought the rain by stronger magic than he himself could use. He said:

“You are a great chief, and so am I, but the rain has listened to you.”

“Come, my friend, I have told you of the great and good Spirit and of His power.”

But Kone only laughed.