The Moon draws to the full,
and the milk is dried up in the breast of the wheat.
And so it came to pass that the Horned Shepherd himself, the living likeness of the white image in the forest, is seen in the marketplace.
And Big Anna gives the old sign, the secret sign, for those who have eyes to see.
That night, the wise ones of the village come to Big Anna, speaking the secret words, to know the When and Where. The chief of the wandering Egyptians comes. Olaf of the Northern Land, Captain of the Princess' Guard, comes. The Ethiopian, of the retinue of the knight from over the sea, comes. Even old Mispereth the Jew comes. (Says the Egyptian: “All the world is the country of the wise. There are many wise ones among the Jews.”)
Egyptian: I never looked to see the Horned One.
Big Anna: Nor I.
