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We knew suddenly that this place was left from the Unmentionable Times. WE KNEW SUDDENLY THAT THIS PLACE WAS LEFT FROM THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES
r, till it came to be the size of a button. But still we went down. Then our foot touched the ground. We rubbed our eyes, for we could not see. Then our eyes became used to the darkness, but we could not believe what we saw. No men known to us could have built this place, nor the men known to our brothers who lived before us, and yet it was built by men. It was a great tunnel. Its walls were hard and smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. On the ground there were long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. We knelt, and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead. But there was an unbroken night ahead. Only the iron tracks glowed through it, straight and white, calling us to follow. But we could not follow, for we were losing the puddle of light behind us. So we turned and we crawled back, our hand on the iron line. And our heart beat in our fingertips, without reason. And then we knew. THE SKY GREW SMALLER AND SMALLER TILL IT CAME TO BE THE SIZE OF A BUTTON BUT STILL WE WENT DOWN THEN OUR FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND WE RUBBED OUR EYES FOR WE COULD NOT SEE THEN OUR EYES BECAME USED TO THE DARKNESS AND WE COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT WE SAW NO MAN KNOWN TO US COULD HAVE BUILT THIS PLACE NOR THE MEN KNOWN TO OUR BROTHERS WHO LIVED BEFORE US AND YET IT WAS BUILT BY MEN IT WAS A GREAT TUNNEL ITS WALLS WERE HARD AND SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH IT FELT LIKE STONE BUT IT WASN'T STONE ON THE GROUND THERE WERE LONG THIN TRACKS OF IRON BUT IT WAS NOT IRON IT FELT SMOOTH AND COLD AS GLASS WE KNELT AND WE CRAWLED FORWARD OUR HANDS GROPING ALONG THE IRON LINE TO SEE WHERE IT WOULD LEAD BUT THERE WAS AN UNBROKEN NIGHT AHEAD ONLY THE IRON TRACKS GLOWED THROUGH IT STRAIGHT AND WHITE CALLING US TO FOLLOW BUT WE COULD NOT FOLLOW FOR WE WERE LOSING THE PUDDLE OF LIGHT BEHIND US SO WE TURNED AND WE CRAWLED BACK OUR HAND ON THE IRON LINE AND OUR HEART BEAT IN OUR FINGER TIPS WITHOUT REASON AND THEN WE KNEW
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