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We made a fire, we cooked the bird, and we ate it, and no meal had ever tasted better to us. WE MADE A FIRE WE COOKED THE BIRD WE ATE IT AND NO MEAL HAD EVER TASTED BETTER TO US
e wonder of learning the strength of our body. The branch snapped under us and we fell upon the moss that was soft as a cushion. Then our body, losing all sense, rolled over and over on the moss, dry leaves in our tunic, in our hair, in our face. And we heard suddenly that we were laughing, laughing aloud, laughing as if there were no power left in us save laughter. Then we took our glass box, and we went on into the forest. We went on, cutting through the branches, and it was as if we were swimming through a sea of leaves, with the bushes as waves rising and falling and rising around us, and flinging their green sprays high to the treetops. The trees parted before us, calling us forward. The forest seemed to welcome us. We went on, without thought, without care, with nothing to feel save the song of our body. We stopped when we felt hunger. We saw birds in the tree branches, and flying from under our footsteps. We picked a stone and we sent it as an arrow at a bird. It fell before us.  HIGH INTO A TREE WITH NO AIM SAVE THE WONDER OF LEARNING THE STRETCH OF OUR BODY THE BRANCH SNAPPED UNDER US AND WE FELL UPON THE MOSS THAT WAS SOFT AS A CUSHION THEN OUR BODY LOSING ALL SENSE ROLLED OVER AND OVER ON THE MOSS DRY LEAVES IN OUR TUNIC AND OUR HAIR IN OUR FACE AND WE HEARD SUDDENLY THAT WE WERE LAUGHING LAUGHING ALOUD LAUGHING AS IF THERE WERE NO POWER LEFT IN US SAVE LAUGHTER THEN WE TOOK OUR GLASS BOX AND WE WENT INTO THE FOREST WE WENT ON CUTTING THROUGH THE BRANCHES AND IT WAS IF WE WERE SWIMMING THROUGH A SEA OF LEAVES WITH THE BUSHES AS WAVES RISING AND FALLING AND RISING AROUND US AND FLINGING THEIR GREEN SPRAYS HIGH ON THE TREE TOPS THE TREES PARTED BEFORE US CALLING US FORWARD THE FOREST SEEMED TO WELCOME US WE WENT ON WITHOUT THOUGHT WITHOUT CARE WITH NOTHING TO FEEL SAVE THE SONG OF OUR BODY WE STOPPED WHEN WE FELT HUNGER WE SAW BIRDS IN THE TREE BRANCHES AND FLYING FROM UNDER OUR FOOTSTEPS WE PICKED A STONE AND SCENT IT AS AN ARROW AT A BIRD IT FELL BEFORE US
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