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And the drops of water falling from their hands, as they raised the water to their lips, were like sparks of fire in the sun. AND THE DROPS OF WATER FALLING FROM THEIR HANDS AS THEY RAISED THE WATER TO THEIR LIPS WERE LIKE SPARKS OF FIRE IN THE SUN
 men names which distinguish them from other men. Yet we call them the Golden One, for they are not like the others. The Golden One are not like the others. And we take no heed of the law which says that men may not think of women, save at the Time of Mating. This is the time each spring when all the men older than twenty and all the women older than eighteen are sent for one night to the City Palace of Mating. And each of the men have one of the women assigned to them by the Council of Eugenics. Children are born each winter, but women never see their children and children never know their parents. Twice have we been sent to the Palace of Mating, but it is an ugly and shameful matter, of which we do not like to think. We had broken so many laws, and today we have broken one more. Today, we spoke to the Golden One. The other women were far off in the field, when we stopped at the hedge by the side of the road. The Golden One were kneeling alone at the moat which runs through the field. T IS A SIN TO GIVE MEN OTHER NAMES WHICH DISTINGUISH THEM FROM OTHER MEN YET WE CALL THEM THE GOLDEN ONE FOR THEY ARE NOT LIKE THE OTHERS THE GOLDEN ONE ARE NOT LIKE THE OTHERS AND WE TAKE NO HEED OF THE LAW WHICH SAYS THAT MEN MAY NOT THINK OF WOMEN SAVE THE TIME OF MATING THIS IS THE TIME EACH SPRING WHEN ALL THE MEN OLDER THAN TWENTY AND ALL THE WOMEN OLDER THAN EIGHTEEN ARE SENT FOR ONE NIGHT TO THE CITY PALACE OF MATING AND EACH OF THE MEN HAVE ONE OF THE WOMEN ASSIGNED TO THEM BY THE COUNCIL OF EUGENICS CHILDREN ARE BORN EACH WINTER BUT WOMEN NEVER SEE THEIR CHILDREN AND CHILDREN NEVER KNOW THEIR PARENTS TWICE HAVE WE BEEN SENT TO THE PALACE OF MATING BUT IT IS AN UGLY AND SHAMEFUL MATTER OF WHICH WE DO NOT LIKE TO THINK WE HAD BROKEN SO MANY LAWS AND TO DAY WE HAVE BROKEN ONE MORE TO DAY WE SPOKE TO THE GOLDEN ONE THE OTHER WOMEN WERE FAR OFF IN THE FIELD WHEN WE STOPPED AT THE HEDGE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE GOLDEN ONE WERE KNEELING ALONG THE MOAT WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE FIELD
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