large/1823/stage_land_0803_librivox_64kb_mp3/stageland_03_jerome_64kb_31
large/1823/stage_land_0803_librivox_64kb_mp3/stageland_03_jerome_64kb
English
1823
Astronomy teaches you something about the moon, but you learn a good deal more from a few visits to a theater. You will find from the latter that the moon only shines on heroes and heroines, with perhaps an occasional beam on the comic man: it always goes out when it sees the villain coming. ASTRONOMY TEACHES YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE MOON BUT YOU WILL LEARN A GOOD DEAL MORE FROM A FEW PHYSICS TO THE THEATRE YOU WILL FIND FROM THE LATTER THAT THE MOON ONLY SHINES ON HEROES AND HEROINES WITH PERHAPS AN OCCASIONAL BEAM ON THE COMIC MAN IT ALWAYS GOES OUT WHEN IT SEES THE VILLAIN COMING
 The way the snow "goes" for that poor woman is most unfair. It always snows much heavier in the particular spot where she is sitting than it does anywhere else in the whole street. Why, we have sometimes seen a heroine sitting in the midst of a blinding snow-storm while the other side of the road was as dry as a bone. And it never seemed to occur to her to cross over. We have even known a more than unusually malignant snow-storm to follow a heroine three times round the stage and then go off (R.) with her. Of course you can't get away from a snow-storm like that! A stage snow-storm is the kind of snow-storm that would follow you upstairs and want to come into bed with you. Another curious thing about these stage snow-storms is that the moon is always shining brightly through the whole of them. And it shines only on the heroine, and it follows her about just like the snow does. Nobody fully understands what a wonderful work of nature the moon is except people acquainted with the stage. HE REST OF THE EVENING THE WAY THE SNOW GOES FOR THAT POOR WOMAN IS MOST UNFAIR IT ALWAYS SNOWS MUCH HEAVIER IN THE PARTICULAR SPOT WHERE SHE IS SITTING THAN IT DOES ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WHOLE STREET WHY WE HAVE SOMETIMES SEEN A HEROINE SITTING IN THE MIDST OF A BLINDING SNOWSTORM WHILE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS DRY AS A BONE AND IT NEVER SEEMED TO OCCUR TO HER TO CROSS IT WE HAVE EVEN KNOWN A MORE THAN UNUSUALLY MALIGNANT SNOWSTORM TO FOLLOW A HEROINE THREE TIMES ROUND THE STAGE AND THEN GO OFF RIGHT WITH HER OF COURSE YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET AWAY FROM THE SNOW STORM LIKE THAT A STAGE SNOWSTORM IS THE KIND OF SNOWSTORM THAT WOULD FOLLOW YOU UPSTAIRS AND WANT TO COME TO BED WITH YOU ANOTHER CURIOUS THING ABOUT THESE SNOWSTORMS IS THAT THE MOON IS ALWAYS SHINING BRIGHTLY THROUGH THE WHOLE OF THEM AND IT SHINES ONLY ON THE HEROINE AND IT FOLLOWS HER ABOUT JUST LIKE THE SNOW DOES NOBODY FULLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT A WONDERFUL WORK OF NATURE THE MOON IS EXCEPT PEOPLE ACQUAINTED WITH THE STAGE
large/1823/stage_land_0803_librivox_64kb_mp3/stageland_03_jerome_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/1823/stage_land_0803_librivox_64kb_mp3/stageland_03_jerome_64kb.flac