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And there came out also from the dark and steaming jungle to behold and rejoice in the Sun the huge and lazy butterflies. AND THERE CAME OUT ALSO FROM THE DARK AND STEAMING JUNGLE TO BEHOLD AND REJOICE IN THE SUN THE HUGE AND LAZY BUTTERFLIES
untless myriads of choirs that attend him in his progress round the world. For the little creatures that have many legs had spread their gauze wings easily on the air, as a man rests his elbows on a balcony and gave jubilant, ceremonial praises to the sun, or else they moved together on the air in wavering dances intricate and swift, or turned aside to avoid the onrush of some drop of water that a breeze had shaken from a jungle orchid, chilling the air and driving it before it, as it fell whirring in its rush to the earth; but all the while they sang triumphantly. "For the day is for us," they said, "whether our great and sacred father the Sun shall bring up more life like us from the marshes, or whether all the world shall end tonight." And there sang all those whose notes are known to human ears, as well as those whose far more numerous notes have been never heard by man. To these a rainy day had been as an era of war that should desolate continents during all the lifetime of a man. SONG OF THOSE COUNTLESS MYRIADS OF CHOIRS THAT ATTENDED HIM AND HIS PROGRESS ROUND THE WORLD FOR THE LITTLE CREATURES THAT HAVE MANY LEGS HAD SPREAD THEIR GAUZE WINGS EASILY ON THE AIR AS A MAN RESTS HIS ELBOWS ON A BALCONY AND GAVE JUBILANT CEREMONIAL PRAISES TO THE SUN OR ELSE THEY MOVED TOGETHER ON THE AIR IN WAVERING DANCES INTRICATE AND SWIFT OR TURNED ASIDE TO AVOID THE ONRUSH OF SOME DROP OF WATER THAT A BREEZE HAD SHAKEN FROM A JUNGLE ORCHID CHILLING THE AIR AND DRIVING IT BEFORE IT AS IT FELL WHIRRING IN ITS RUSH TO THE EARTH BUT ALL THE WHILE THEY SANG TRIUMPHANTLY FOR THE DAY IS FOR US THEY SAID WHETHER OUR GREAT AND SACRED FATHER THE SON SHALL BRING UP MORE LIFE LIKE US FROM THE MARSHES OR WHETHER ALL THE WORLD SHALL END TO NIGHT AND THERE SANG ALL THOSE WHOSE NOTES ARE KNOWN TO HUMAN EARS AS WELL AS THOSE WHOSE FAR MORE NUMEROUS NOTES HAVE NEVER BEEN HEARD BY MAN TO THESE A RAINY DAY HAD BEEN AS AN ERA OF WAR THAT SHOULD DESOLATE CONTINENTS DURING ALL THE LIFETIME OF A MAN
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