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It is our own world, Golden One, a strange, unknown world, but our own." IT IS OUR OWN WORLD GOLDEN ONE A STRANGE UNKNOWN WORLD BUT OUR OWN
s high, but our brothers cringe. You walk, but our brothers crawl. We wish to be damned with you, rather than blessed with all our brothers. Do as you please with us, but do not send us away from you.” Then they knelt, and bowed their 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 as a bond between us. Give us your hand. Look ahead. OTHERS ARE SOFT AND HUMBLE YOUR HEAD IS HIGH BUT OUR BROTHERS CRINGE YOU WALK BUT OUR BROTHERS CRAWL WE WISH TO BE DAMNED WITH YOU RATHER THAN BE BLESSED WITH ALL OUR BROTHERS DO AS YOU PLEASE WITH US BUT DO NOT SEND US AWAY FROM YOU THEN THEY KNELT AND BOWED THEIR 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
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