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At night, we choose a clearing, and we build a ring of fires around it. We sleep in the midst of that ring, and the beasts dare not attack us. AT NIGHT WE CHOOSE A CLEARING AND WE BUILD A RING OF FIRES AROUND IT WE SLEEP IN THE MIDST OF THAT RING AND THE BEASTS DARE NOT ATTACK US
us. We stood together for a long time. And we were frightened that we had lived for twenty-one years and had never known what joy is possible to men. Then we said: “Our dearest one. Fear nothing of the forest. There is no danger in solitude. We have no need of our brothers. Let us forget their good and our evil, let us forget all things save that we are together and that there is joy as a bond between us. Give us your hand. Look ahead. It is our own world, Golden One, a strange, unknown world, but our own.” Then we walked on into the forest, their hand in ours. And that night we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms is neither ugly nor shameful, but the one ecstasy granted to the race of men. We have walked for many days. The forest has no end, and we seek no end. But each day added to the chain of days between us and the City is like an added blessing. We have made a bow and many arrows. We can kill more birds than we need for our food; we find water and fruit in the forest. OAN AND THEN THEIR ARMS CLOSED AROUND US WE STOOD TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME AND WE WERE FRIGHTENED THAT WE HAD LIVED FOR TWENTY ONE YEARS AND HAD NEVER KNOWN WHAT JOY IS POSSIBLE TO MEN THEN WE SAID OUR DEAREST ONE FEAR NOTHING OF THE FOREST THERE IS NO DANGER IN SOLITUDE WE HAVE NO NEED OF OUR BROTHERS LET US FORGET THEIR GOOD AND OUR EVIL LET US FORGET ALL THINGS SAVE THAT WE ARE TOGETHER AND THAT THERE IS JOY BETWEEN US GIVE US YOUR HAND LOOK AHEAD IT IS OUR OWN WORLD GOLDEN ONE A STRANGE UNKNOWN WORLD BUT OUR OWN THEN WE WALKED ON INTO THE FOREST THEIR HAND IN OURS AND THAT NIGHT WE KNEW THAT TO HOLD THE BODY OF A WOMAN IN OUR ARMS IS NEITHER UGLY NOR SHAMEFUL BUT THE ONE ECSTASY GRANTED TO THE RACE OF MEN WE HAVE WALKED FOR MANY DAYS THE FOREST HAS NO END AND WE SEEK NO END BUT EACH DAY ADDED TO THE CHAIN OF DAYS BETWEEN US AND THE CITY IS LIKE AN ADDED BLESSING WE HAVE MADE A BOW AND MANY ARROWS WE CAN KILL MORE BIRDS THAN WE NEED FOR OUR FOOD WE FIND WATER AND FRUIT IN THE FOREST
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