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We have walked for many days. The forest has no end, and we seek no end. But each day added to the chain of days between us and the City is like an added blessing. WE HAVE WALKED FOR MANY DAYS THE FOREST HAS NO END AND WE SEEK NO END BUT EACH DAY ADDED TO THE CHAIN OF DAYS BETWEEN US AND THE CITY IS LIKE AN ADDED BLESSING
hought of that which we did. We bent to raise the Golden One to their feet, but when we touched them, it was as if madness had stricken us. We seized their body and we pressed our lips to theirs. The Golden One breathed once, and their breath was a moan, and then their arms closed around us. We stood together for a long time. And we were frightened that we had lived for twenty-one years and had never known what joy is possible to men. Then we said: “Our dearest one. Fear nothing of the forest. There is no danger in solitude. We have no need of our brothers. Let us forget their good and our evil, let us forget all things save that we are together and that there is joy as a bond between us. Give us your hand. Look ahead. It is our own world, Golden One, a strange, unknown world, but our own.” Then we walked on into the forest, their hand in ours. And that night we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms is neither ugly nor shameful, but the one ecstasy granted to the race of men. R GOLDEN HEAD BEFORE US WE HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT WHICH WE DID WE BENT TO RAISE THE GOLDEN ONE TO THEIR FEET BUT WHEN WE TOUCHED THEM IT WAS AS IF MADNESS HAD STRICKEN US WE SEIZED THEIR BODY AND WE PRESSED OUR LIPS TO THEIRS THE GOLDEN ONE BREATHED ONCE AND THEIR BREATH WAS A MOAN AND THEN THEIR ARMS CLOSED AROUND US WE STOOD TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME AND WE WERE FRIGHTENED THAT WE HAD LIVED FOR TWENTY ONE YEARS AND HAD NEVER KNOWN WHAT JOY IS POSSIBLE TO MEN THEN WE SAID OUR DEAREST ONE FEAR NOTHING OF THE FOREST THERE IS NO DANGER IN SOLITUDE WE HAVE NO NEED OF OUR BROTHERS LET US FORGET THEIR GOOD AND OUR EVIL LET US FORGET ALL THINGS SAVE THAT WE ARE TOGETHER AND THAT THERE IS JOY BETWEEN US GIVE US YOUR HAND LOOK AHEAD IT IS OUR OWN WORLD GOLDEN ONE A STRANGE UNKNOWN WORLD BUT OUR OWN THEN WE WALKED ON INTO THE FOREST THEIR HAND IN OURS AND THAT NIGHT WE KNEW THAT TO HOLD THE BODY OF A WOMAN IN OUR ARMS IS NEITHER UGLY NOR SHAMEFUL BUT THE ONE ECSTASY GRANTED TO THE RACE OF MEN
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