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Trees taller than we had ever seen before stood over us in great silence. Then we knew. TREES TALLER THAN WE HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE STOOD OVER US IN A GREAT SILENCE THEN WE KNEW
our box. “This thing,” they said, “must be destroyed.” And all the others cried as one: “It must be destroyed!” Then we leapt to the table. We seized our box, we shoved them aside, and we ran to the window. We turned and we looked at them for the last time, and a rage, such as it is not fit for humans to know, choked our voice in our throat. “You fools!” we cried. “You fools! You thrice-damned fools!” We swung our fist through the windowpane, and we leapt out in a ringing rain of glass. We fell, but we never let the box fall from our hands. Then we ran. We ran blindly, and men and houses streaked past us in a torrent without shape. And the road seemed not to be flat before us, but as if it were leaping up to meet us, and we waited for the earth to rise and strike us in the face. But we ran. We knew not where we were going. We knew only that we must run, run to the end of the world, to the end of our days. Then we knew suddenly that we were lying on a soft earth and that we had stopped. ERO ZERO ZERO ZERO NINE ROSE AND POINTED AT OUR BOX THIS THING THEY SAID MUST BE DESTROYED AND ALL THE OTHERS CRIED AS ONE IT MUST BE DESTROYED THEN WE LEAPT TO THE TABLE WE SEIZED OUR BOX WE SHOVED THEM ASIDE AND WE RAN TO THE WINDOW WE TURNED AND WE LOOKED AT THEM FOR THE LAST TIME AND A RAGE SUCH AS IS NOT FIT FOR HUMANS TO KNOW CHOKED OUR VOICE IN OUR THROAT YOU FOOLS WE CRIED YOU FOOLS DO YOU THRICE DAMNED FOOLS WE SWUNG OUR FIST THROUGH THE WINDOWPANE AND WE LEAPT OUT IN A RINGING RAIN OF GLASS WE FELL BUT WE NEVER LET THE BOX FALL FROM OUR HANDS THEN WE RAN WE RAN BLINDLY AND MEN AND HOUSES STREAKED PAST US IN A TORRENT WITHOUT SHAPE AND THE ROAD SEEMED NOT TO BE FLAT BEFORE US BUT AS IF IT WERE LEAPING UP TO MEET US AND WE WAITED FOR THE EARTH TO RISE AND STRIKE US IN THE FACE BUT WE RAN WE KNEW NOT WHERE WE WERE GOING WE KNEW ONLY THAT WE MUST RUN RUN TO THE END OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF OUR DAYS THEN WE KNEW SUDDENLY THAT WE WERE LYING ON A SOFT EARTH AND THAT WE HAD STOPPED
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