Far Western Land, Stone City:
Sunset Glow and Dawn Glow Spirits spat out streaks of rosy light, then pulled over Spider Spirits to weave them into long colored ribbons, which they tied to the tops of buildings.
Wind Spirits puffed out their cheeks and blew furiously.
Whoosh!
The ribbons fluttered in the wind.
But some ribbons froze solid as they fluttered.
Everyone looked closely and discovered that the winds blown by a group of cold wind, winter wind, and other spirits had frozen the ribbons stiff.
The other spirits rushed up and gave those fellows a thorough punching and kicking.
The cold wind, winter wind, and other spirits cursed, shouldered their bundles, and prepared to run away from home.
But they had barely gone any distance before Snow Spirits stopped them. "Blow on us so we can dance all over the sky and land on Lord Flower-Scatter."
"If Lord Flower-Scatter favors us, we'll take you wherever we go from now on. We won't let you lose your jobs."
The cold wind, winter wind, and other spirits rejoiced, tossed aside their little bundles, and puffed out their cheeks to blow furiously at the Snow Spirits, sending them dancing through the sky, chattering and laughing nonstop.
Creak! Creak!
The oxen and horses pushed open the enormous warehouse doors.
Inside the warehouse, a group of cannons were clanging against one another.
As the doors opened, some cannons sheepishly pulled their cannon covers over their faces. "What are you doing? Don't you know how to knock?"
The oxen and horses flew into a rage. "Lord Officiant called you to welcome Lord Flower-Scatter! If you won't take your positions now, what are you waiting for?"
The cannons looked ashamed. "There's so much clanging in here that we couldn't hear Lord Officiant calling at all!"
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