Capitolo 51
taboo and it goes forbidden times and too much neighbors.
But Muriel drew again, and it made the drop of hand of the brown girl that pleasant-looks
suddenly. "You cannot intend him/it", she cried. "You cannot mean him is a god!
Such bad man as that! Oh, his a lot of glance is too much horrible."
Evil it drew again in his/her turn with an air rather terrorized, and it peered at
suspiciously around her, as whether to make sure himself/herself/themselves if some that one was
listening. "Oh, makes to keep silent", she said, anxiously. "Does it doesn't have to speak as that.
If You-Kila-Kila it feels, him the superficial scorch us above to ashes. Him very great god!
Him good! Him powerful!"
"How can you/he/she be good if him ago so terrible things?" Muriel exclaimed,
emphatically.
Bad once more it peered at around her with terrified eyes in the same uncomfortable
way. "Watches out", she said again. "Him god! Him powerful! He can do anybody
badly. Him King of the Trees! Him King of Sky! On island of Boupari,
Methodist God not a lot; any so great god as You-Kila-Kila."
"But a _man_ cannot be a god!" Muriel exclaimed, disdainfully. "He is
nothing but a man! a savage! A cannibal!"
Evil it looked again at her in to wonder surprise. "Not in Queensland", her
answered, calmly--to her, the whole world him uniforms naturally in
Queensland and Polynesia--"any god in Queensland. Governor, him very great
head; but him any god likes You-Kila-Kila. Methodist God in sky, him only
god that he/she lives in Queensland. But any use adores here Methodist god
in Boupari. Him anybody I live here. You-Kila-Kila alive here. Every god here ago
out of man. Lives in man. Korong! Thing for You they say a man cannot be a god!
You god You! White gentleman there, god! Korong, Korong. Head put
You in Sky, so a god manufactures him. People now pray to you. People bring
You present."
"You don't mean to say", Muriel cried, "they bring them me these things
because they think of them me a goddess?"
Evil it mentioned with the head a serious assent. "Same as people gives money in the church in