"Chu-bu and Sheemish" by Lord Dunsany

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The picture used is a statue of Guan Yu at the Temple of Guandi (a Chinese temple) of Osaka, Japan, by kanegen, used here under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en).

Why in Japan? Guan Yu is, after all, a figure from Chinese history. But I just couldn't find any other image I liked that was free to use of a statue of Guan Yu with a red face. The red face is apocryphal, but it is still common to depict him in that way. I couldn't think of any other red faced idols, but this one I happened to just know so I rolled with it. Chu-bu would likely then be the black faced idol in this picture.

I have several pictures I took myself of Guan Yu from temples in China, but either the quality is far too poor, or there are people prominently in the picture that make it unsuitable for this purpose, so I couldn't use any of them. Pity.

To follow along: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7477/7477-h/7477-h.htm#CHU-BU_AND_SHEEMISH

Chu-bu... brings to mind the old "Sit, Ubu, sit!" bit from Ubu Productions. HA! Now GET OFF MY LAWN!!