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Then one day they came close to the hedge, and suddenly they turned to us. They turned in a whirl and the movement of their body stopped, as if slashed off, as suddenly as it had started. THEN ONE DAY THEY CAME CLOSE TO THE HEDGE AND SUDDENLY THEY TURNED TO US THEY TURNED IN A WHIRL AND THE MOVEMENT OF THEIR BODY STOPPED AS IF SLASHED OFF AS SUDDENLY AS IT HAD STARTED
yes were dark and hard and glowing, with no fear in them, no kindness and no guilt. Their hair was golden as the sun; their hair flew in the wind, shining and wild, as if it defied men to restrain it. They threw seeds from their hand as if they deigned to fling a scornful gift, and the earth was a beggar under their feet. We stood still; for the first time did we know fear, and then pain. And we stood still that we might not spill this pain more precious than pleasure. Then we heard a voice from the others call their name: “Liberty 5-3000,” and they turned and walked back. Thus we learned their name, and we stood watching them go, till their white tunic was lost in the blue mist. And the following day, as we came to the northern road, we kept our eyes upon Liberty 5-3000 in the field. And each day thereafter we knew the illness of waiting for our hour on the northern road. And there we looked at Liberty 5-3000 each day. We know not whether they looked at us also, but we think they did. AND HARD AND GLOWING WITH NO FEAR IN THEM NO KINDNESS AND NO GUILT THEIR HAIR WAS GOLDEN AS THE SUN THEIR HAIR FLEW IN THE WIND SHINING AND WILD AS IF IT DEFIED MEN TO RESTRAIN IT THEY THREW SEEDS FROM THEIR HANDS AS IF THEY WERE DESIGNED TO FLING A SCORNFUL GIFT AND THE EARTH WAS A BEGGAR UNDER THEIR FEET WE STOOD STILL FOR THE FIRST TIME WE KNEW FEAR AND THEN PAIN AND WE STOOD STILL THAT WE MIGHT NOT SPILL THIS PAIN MORE PRECIOUS THAN PLEASURE THEN WE HEARD A VOICE FROM THE OTHERS CALL THEIR NAME LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND AND THEY TURNED AND WALKED BACK THUS WE LEARNED THEIR NAME AND WE STOOD WATCHING THEM GO TILL THEIR WHITE TUNIC WAS LOST IN THE BLUE MIST AND THE FOLLOWING DAY AS WE CAME TO THE NORTHERN ROAD WE KEPT OUR EYES UPON LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND IN THE FIELD AND EACH DAY THEREAFTER WE KNEW THE ILLNESS OF WAITING FOR OUR HOUR ON THE NORTHERN ROAD AND THERE WE LOOKED AT LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND EACH DAY WE KNEW NOT WHETHER THEY LOOKED AT US ALSO BUT WE THINK THEY DID
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