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The heads of our brothers are bowed. The eyes of our brothers are dull, and never do they look one another in the eyes. The shoulders of our brothers are hunched, and their muscles are drawn, as if their bodies were shrinking and wished to shrink out of sight. THE HEADS OF OUR BROTHERS ARE BOWED THE EYES OF OUR BROTHERS ARE DULL AND NEVER DO THEY LOOK ONE ANOTHER IN THE EYES THE SHOULDERS OF OUR BROTHERS ARE HUNCHED AND THE MUSCLES ARE DRAWN AS IF THEIR BODIES WERE SHRINKING AND WISHED TO SHRINK OUT OF SIGHT
ut the seeds flew wildly, for the hand of the Golden One was trembling. Yet as we walked back to the Home of the Street Sweepers, we felt that we wanted to sing, without reason. So we were reprimanded tonight, in the dining hall, for without knowing it we had begun to sing aloud some tune we had never heard. But it is not proper to sing without reason, save at the Social Meetings. “We are singing because we are happy,” we answered the one of the Home Council who reprimanded us. “Indeed you are happy,” they answered. “How else can men be when they live for their brothers?” And now, sitting here in our tunnel, we wonder about these words. It is forbidden, not to be happy. For, as it has been explained to us, men are free and the earth belongs to them; and all things on earth belong to all men; and the will of all men together is good for all; and so all men must be happy. Yet as we stand at night in the great hall, removing our garments for sleep, we look upon our brothers and we wonder. ARS OF EARTH AS THEY WALKED AWAY BUT THE SEEDS FLEW WILDLY FOR THE HAND OF THE GOLDEN ONE WAS TREMBLING YET AS WE WALKED BACK TO THE HOME OF THE STREET SWEEPERS WE FELT THAT WE WANTED TO SING WITHOUT REASON SO WE WERE REPRIMANDED TO NIGHT IN THE DINING HALL FOR WITHOUT KNOWING IT WE HAD BEGUN TO SING ALOUD SOME TUNE WE HAD NEVER HEARD BUT IT IS NOT PROPER TO SING WITHOUT REASON SAVE AT THE SOCIAL MEETINGS WE ARE SINGING BECAUSE WE ARE HAPPY WE ANSWERED THE ONE OF THE HOME COUNCIL WHO REPRIMANDED US INDEED YOU ARE HAPPY THEY ANSWERED HOW ELSE CAN MEN BE WHEN THEY LIVE FOR THEIR BROTHERS AND NOW SITTING HERE IN OUR TUNNEL WE WONDER ABOUT THESE WORDS IT IS FORBIDDEN NOT TO BE HAPPY FOR AS IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO US MEN ARE FREE AND THE EARTH BELONGS TO THEM AND ALL THINGS ON EARTH BELONG TO ALL MEN AND THE WILL OF ALL MEN TOGETHER IS GOOD FOR ALL AND SO ALL MEN MUST BE HAPPY YET AS WE STAND AT NIGHT IN THE GREAT HALL REMOVING OUR GARMENTS FOR SLEEP WE LOOK UPON OUR BROTHERS AND WE WONDER
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