dn27:14.0 4. Ground-Fungus
dn27:14.1 When the earth’s nectar had vanished, ground-fungus appeared to those beings.
dn27:14.2 It appeared just like a mushroom.
dn27:14.3 It was beautiful, fragrant, and delicious, like ghee or butter.
dn27:14.4 And it was as sweet as pure dwarf-bee honey.
dn27:14.5 Then those beings started to eat the ground-fungus.
dn27:14.6 With that as their food and nourishment, they remained for a very long time.
dn27:14.7 But so long as they ate that ground-fungus, their bodies became more solid and they diverged in appearance;
dn27:14.8 some beautiful, some ugly.
dn27:14.9 And the beautiful beings looked down on the ugly ones:
dn27:14.10 ‘We’re more beautiful, they’re the ugly ones!’
dn27:14.11 And the vanity of the beautiful ones made the ground-fungus vanish.
dn27:14.12.0 5. Bursting Pods
dn27:14.13 When the ground-fungus had vanished, bursting pods appeared, like the fruit of the kadam tree.
dn27:14.14 They were beautiful, fragrant, and delicious, like ghee or butter.
dn27:14.15 And they were as sweet as pure dwarf-bee honey.


