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At last I heard of a region where there was peace, where the inhabitants let each other alone. Here, I thought, I should  " "Pardon me for interrupting. Where?" AT LAST I HEARD OF A REGION WHERE THERE WAS PEACE WHERE THE INHABITANTS LET EACH OTHER ALONE HERE I THOUGHT I SHOULD PARDON ME FOR INTERRUPTING WHERE
 I noticed about you." "Indeed?" cried the bird delightedly. "You are certainly more alert than most! But, as I was saying, I am usually to be found Thinking. The first condition of Thinking is solitude. And that, I fear, is a desideratum most difficult of realization." "I beg your pardon?" "People," explained the bird, "do not leave you alone." "Oh," said David. He flushed, thinking that the words had been aimed at him, and began to get up. But the bird signaled him to remain where he was. "I do not mean _you_, my dear fellow. I assure you that I am delighted to make your acquaintance. It is all the others. Do you know that I have spent the greater part of my life being pursued? I was chased out of Egypt like a common game bird. Out of the mountains of Greece, too. The hills of Lebanon, the desert of Africa, the Arabian wilds--no matter where I fled, people would come prying and peering and sneaking after me. I have tried Tibet, China, and the steppes of Siberia--with the same result. SCARLET CREST AND HE NODDED IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I NOTICED ABOUT YOU INDEED CRIED THE BIRD DELIGHTEDLY YOU ARE CERTAINLY MORE ALERT THAN MOST BUT AS I WAS SAYING I AM USUALLY TO BE FOUND THINKING THE FIRST CONDITION OF THINKING IS SOLITUDE AND THAT I FEAR IS A DESIDERATUM MOST DIFFICULT OF REALIZATION I BEG YOUR PARDON PEOPLE EXPLAINED THE BIRD DO NOT LEAVE YOU ALONE OH SAID DAVID HE FLUSHED THINKING THAT THE WORDS HAD BEEN AIMED AT HIM AND BEGAN TO GET UP BUT THE BIRD SIGNALED HIM TO REMAIN WHERE HE WAS I DO NOT MEAN YOU MY DEAR FELLOW I ASSURE YOU THAT I AM DELIGHTED TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE IT IS ALL THE OTHERS DO YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SPENT THE GREATER PART OF MY LIFE BEING PURSUED I WAS CHASED OUT OF EGYPT LIKE A COMMON GAME BIRD OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS OF GREECE TOO THE HILLS OF LEBANON THE DESERT OF AFRICA THE ARABIAN WILDS NO MATTER WHERE I FLED PEOPLE WOULD COME PRYING AND PEERING AND SNEAKING AFTER ME I HAVE TRIED TIBET CHINA AND THE STEPS OF SIBERIA WITH THE SAME RESULT
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