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"For the day is for us," they said, "whether our great and sacred father the Sun shall bring up more life like us from the marshes, or whether all the world shall end tonight." FOR THE DAY IS FOR US THEY SAID WHETHER OUR GREAT AND SACRED FATHER THE SON SHALL BRING UP MORE LIFE LIKE US FROM THE MARSHES OR WHETHER ALL THE WORLD SHALL END TO NIGHT
. Certainly Mandaroon was beautiful with her white pinnacles peering over her ruddy walls and the green of her copper roofs. When I came back again to the _Bird of the River_, I found the sailors were returned to the ship. Soon we weighed anchor, and sailed out again, and so came once more to the middle of the river. And now the sun was moving toward his heights, and there had reached us on the River Yann the song of those countless myriads of choirs that attend him in his progress round the world. For the little creatures that have many legs had spread their gauze wings easily on the air, as a man rests his elbows on a balcony and gave jubilant, ceremonial praises to the sun, or else they moved together on the air in wavering dances intricate and swift, or turned aside to avoid the onrush of some drop of water that a breeze had shaken from a jungle orchid, chilling the air and driving it before it, as it fell whirring in its rush to the earth; but all the while they sang triumphantly. BIRD OF THE RIVER CERTAINLY MANDAROON WAS BEAUTIFUL WITH HER WHITE PINNACLES PEERING OVER HER RUDDY WALLS AND THE GREEN OF HER COPPER ROOFS WHEN I CAME BACK AGAIN TO THE BIRD OF THE RIVER I FOUND THE SAILORS WERE RETURNED TO THE SHIP SOON WE WEIGHED ANCHOR AND SAILED OUT AGAIN AND SO CAME ONCE MORE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER AND NOW THE SUN WAS MOVING TOWARD HIS HEIGHTS AND THERE HAD REACHED US ON THE RIVER YON THE SONG OF THOSE COUNTLESS MYRIADS OF CHOIRS THAT ATTENDED HIM AND HIS PROGRESS ROUND THE WORLD FOR THE LITTLE CREATURES THAT HAVE MANY LEGS HAD SPREAD THEIR GAUZE WINGS EASILY ON THE AIR AS A MAN RESTS HIS ELBOWS ON A BALCONY AND GAVE JUBILANT CEREMONIAL PRAISES TO THE SUN OR ELSE THEY MOVED TOGETHER ON THE AIR IN WAVERING DANCES INTRICATE AND SWIFT OR TURNED ASIDE TO AVOID THE ONRUSH OF SOME DROP OF WATER THAT A BREEZE HAD SHAKEN FROM A JUNGLE ORCHID CHILLING THE AIR AND DRIVING IT BEFORE IT AS IT FELL WHIRRING IN ITS RUSH TO THE EARTH BUT ALL THE WHILE THEY SANG TRIUMPHANTLY
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