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And we thought that we could trust this being who looked upon us from the stream, and that we had nothing to fear with this being. We walked on till the sun had set. When the shadows gathered among the trees, we stopped in a hollow between the roots, where we shall sleep tonight. AND WE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD TRUST THIS BEING WHO LOOKED UPON US FROM THE STREAM AND THAT WE HAD NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THIS BEING WE WALKED ON TILL THE SUN HAD SET WHEN THE SHADOWS GATHERED AMONG THE TREES WE STOPPED IN A HOLLOW BETWEEN THE ROOTS WHERE WE SHALL SLEEP TO NIGHT
d. It fell before us. We made a fire, we cooked the bird, and we ate it, and no meal had ever tasted better to us. And we thought suddenly that there was a great satisfaction to be found in the food which we need and obtain by our own hand. And we wished to be hungry again and soon, that we might know again this strange new pride in eating. Then we walked on. And we came to a stream which lay as a streak of glass among the trees. It lay so still that we saw no water but only a cut in the earth, in which the trees grew down, upturned, and the sky lay at the bottom. We knelt by the stream and we bent down to drink. And then we stopped. For, upon the blue of the sky below us, we saw our own face for the first time. We sat still and we held our breath. For our face and our body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt not pity when looking upon it. Our body was not like the bodies of our brothers, for our limbs were straight and thin and hard and strong. ONE AND SCENT IT AS AN ARROW AT A BIRD IT FELL BEFORE US WE MADE A FIRE WE COOKED THE BIRD WE ATE IT AND NO MEAL HAD EVER TASTED BETTER TO US AND WE THOUGHT SUDDENLY THAT THERE WAS AS GREAT SATISFACTION TO BE FOUND IN THE FOOD WHICH WE NEED AND OBTAIN BY OUR OWN HAND AND WE WISHED TO BE HUNGRY AGAIN AND SOON THAT WE MIGHT KNOW AGAIN THE STRANGE NEW PRIDE IN EATING THEN WE WALKED ON AND WE CAME TO A STREAM WHICH LAY AS A STREAK OF GLASS AMONG THE TREES IT LAY SO STILL THAT WE SAW NO WATER BUT ONLY A CUT IN THE EARTH IN WHICH THE TREES GREW DOWN UPTURNED AND THE SKY AT THE BOTTOM WE KNELT BY THE STREAM AND WE BENT DOWN TO DRINK THEN WE STOPPED FOR UPON THE BLUE OF THE SKY BELOW US WE SAW OUR OWN FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME WE SAT STILL AND WE HELD OUR BREATH FOR OUR FACE AND OUR BODY WERE BEAUTIFUL OUR FACE WAS NOT LIKE THE FACES OF OUR BROTHERS FOR WE FELT NO PITY WHEN WE LOOKED UPON IT OUR BODY WAS NOT LIKE THE BODIES OF OUR BROTHERS FOR OUR LIMBS WERE STRAIGHT AND THIN AND HARD AND STRONG
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