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And well they should, I thought, for in the years since my natural life it had seen much suffering and much destruction. The King broke the silence, saying, "Lovely, isn't it, Jehu? And it is all yours for the taking." AND WELL THEY SHOULD I THOUGHT FOR IN THE YEAR SINCE MY NATURAL LIFE IT HAD SEEN MUCH SUFFERING AND MUCH DESTRUCTION THE KING BROKE THE SILENCE SAYING LOVELY ISN'T IT JEHO AND IT IS ALL YOURS FOR THE TAKING
ll-being. Several of the trees throughout the city were especially conspicuous in their grandeur, for they rose hundreds of feet from the ground and had great waterfalls flowing down from their tops, as if they were crying great torrents of tears down from their aged faces, though if in sadness or joy, I couldn't tell. To the east there was land visible from the height at which I found myself, though in the distance it became hazy and I could not make out its distinct features. It was evidentially corrupted, however, for it had an uneasy look about it, as did the ocean, which was a faint, pale shadow of the rich blue it was in my childhood days. The sky as well was tainted, and it looked to be filled with the accumulated atrocities of countless generations. The clouds were thick and bluish, and the spherical mural of the sky itself had been greatly dried, cracked, and crumbled since my time, for it bore the marks of pain, the marks of the labor pains of the earth's last gestating doom.  THE CITY'S WELL BEING SEVERAL OF THE TREES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WERE ESPECIALLY CONSPICUOUS IN THEIR GRANDEUR FOR THEY ROSE HUNDREDS OF FEET FROM THE GROUND AND THEY HAD GREAT WATERFALLS SLOWING DOWN FROM THEIR TOPS AS IF THEY WERE CRYING GREAT TORRENTS OF TEARS DOWN FROM THEIR AGED FACES THOUGH IF IN SADNESS OR JOY I COULDN'T TELL TO THE EAST THERE WAS A LAND VISIBLE FROM THE HEIGHT AT WHICH I FOUND MYSELF THOUGH IN THE DISTANCE IT BECAME HAZY AND COULD NOT MAKE IT OUT ITS DISTANT FEATURES IT WAS EVIDENTLY CORRUPTED HOWEVER FOR IT HAD AN UNEASY LOOK ABOUT IT AS DID THE OCEAN WHICH WAS THE FAINT PALE SHADOW OF THE RICH BLUE IT WAS IN MY CHILDHOOD DAYS THE SKY AS WELL WAS TAINTED AND IT LOOKED TO BE FILLED WITH THE ACCUMULATED ATROCITIES OF COUNTLESS GENERATIONS THE CLOUDS WERE THICK AND BLUISH AND THE SPHERICAL MURAL OF THE SKY ITSELF HAD BEEN GREATLY DRIED CRACKED AND CRUMBLED SINCE MY TIME FOR IT SPORE THE MARKS OF PAIN THE MARKS OF THE LABOUR PAINS OF THE EARTH'S LAST JESTATING DOOM
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