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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. 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
 it. So we called International 4-8818, and together we scraped the earth around the bar. Of a sudden the earth fell in before us, and we saw an old iron grill over a black hole. International 4-8818 stepped back. But we pulled at the grill and it gave way. And then we saw iron rings as steps leading down a shaft into a darkness without bottom. “We shall go down,” we said to International 4-8818. “It is forbidden,” they answered. We said: “The Council does not know of this hole, so it cannot be forbidden.” And they answered: “Since the Council does not know of this hole, there can be no law permitting to enter it. And everything which is not permitted by law is forbidden.” But we said: “We shall go, none the less.” They were frightened, but they stood by and watched us go. We hung on the iron rings with our hands and our feet. We could see nothing below us. And above us the hole open upon the sky grew smaller and smaller, till it came to be the size of a button. But still we went down. L FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT AND TOGETHER WE SCRAPED THE EARTH AROUND THE BAR OF US A SUDDEN THE EARTH FELL IN BEFORE US AND WE SAW AN OLD IRON GRILLE OVER A BLACK HOLE INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT STEPPED BACK BUT WE PULLED AT THE GRILLE AND IT GAVE WAY AND THEN WE SAW IRON RINGS AS STEPS LEADING DOWN A SHAFT INTO A DARKNESS WITHOUT BOTTOM WE SHALL GO DOWN WE SAID TO INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT IT IS FORBIDDEN THEY ANSWERED WE SAID THE COUNCIL DOES NOT KNOW OF THIS HOLE SO IT CANNOT BE FORBIDDEN AND THEY ANSWERED SINCE THE COUNCIL DOES NOT KNOW OF THIS HOLE THERE COULD BE NO LAW PERMITTING TO ENTER IT AND EVERYTHING WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED BY LAW IS FORBIDDEN BUT WE SAID WE SHALL GO NONE THE LESS THEY WERE FRIGHTENED BUT THEY STOOD BY AND WATCHED US GO WE HUNG ON THE IRON RINGS WITH OUR HANDS AND OUR FEET WE COULD SEE NOTHING BELOW US AND ABOVE US THE WHOLE OPEN UPON THE SKY GREW SMALLER AND SMALLER TILL IT CAME TO BE THE SIZE OF A BUTTON BUT STILL WE WENT DOWN
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