The chief of God's Land: a lean man with a short pointed beard, a dagger in his belt and gold rings on his legs. He greeted the Queen's fleet a lifetime ago, and remembers every gift.
Strangers from the north! Did you come down from the sky, or did you sail upon the sea of God's Land?
Welcome to the village of Parehu, chief of God's Land. Mind the goats.
When the Queen's ships came, I asked her men: did you come down by the roads of the sky, or did you sail the sea? They said: the sea. I didn't believe them. Nobody comes so far by sea for myrrh.
My wife Ati rules her own village on the lagoon to the east. I rule this one. Mostly. When she isn't visiting.
Your scribe writes everything down. Everything! The baboons, the trees, my beard. I asked her to write down my opinion of her. She did.
