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Part Two
WethinkthatinthewisdomofwomentheGoldenOnehadunderstoodmorethanwecanunderstand.
Thenthreeofthesistersinthefieldappeared,comingtowardtheroad,sotheGoldenOnewalkedawayfromus.Theytookthebagofseeds,andtheythrewtheseedsintothefurrowsofearthastheywalkedaway.Buttheseedsflewwildly,forthehandoftheGoldenOnewastrembling.
YetaswewalkedbacktotheHomeoftheStreetSweepers,wefeltthatwewantedtosing,withoutreason.Sowewerereprimandedtonight,inthedininghall,forwithoutknowingitwehadbeguntosingaloudsometunewehadneverheard.Butitisnotpropertosingwithoutreason,saveattheSocialMeetings.
“Wearesingingbecausewearehappy,”weansweredtheoneoftheHomeCouncilwhoreprimandedus.
“Indeedyouarehappy,”theyanswered.“Howelsecanmenbewhentheylivefortheirbrothers?”
Andnow,sittinghereinourtunnel,wewonderaboutthesewords.Itisforbidden,nottobehappy.For,asithasbeenexplainedtous,menarefreeandtheearthbelongstothem;andallthingsonearthbelongtoallmen;andthewillofallmentogetherisgoodforall;andsoallmenmustbehappy.
Yetaswestandatnightinthegreathall,removingourgarmentsforsleep,welookuponourbrothersandwewonder.Theheadsofourbrothersarebowed.Theeyesofourbrothersaredull,andneverdotheylookoneanotherintheeyes.Theshouldersofourbrothersarehunched,andtheirmusclesaredrawn,asiftheirbodieswereshrinkingandwishedtoshrinkoutofsight.
