Soon he found his way to Kukus
(Having made some generous allies
Who owned kite balloons and tenders),
To that quaint and dirty village,
Rising phœnix-like from ruins,
Learnt the Greek for eggs was avga,
Haggled with the Kukus robbers
For a melon or a cabbage,
Or an oke of tomatoes,
Bought some mats or bits of copper.