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Chapter XXV. Diamond's Dream

           Heexpectedtoseethemlifttheirtools,butno,thetimeforplayhadcome.Theylookedhappierthanever,andeachbegantosingwherehestood.Hehadnotheardthemsingbefore.

           “Now,”hethought,“Ishallknowwhatkindofnonsensetheangelssingwhentheyaremerry.Theydon’tdrivecabs,Isee,buttheydigforstars,andtheyworkhardenoughtobemerryafterit.”

           Andhedidhearsomeoftheangels’nonsense;forifitwasallsensetothem,ithadonlyjustasmuchsensetoDiamondasmadegoodnonsenseofit.Hetriedhardtosetitdowninhismind,listeningascloselyashecould,nowtoone,nowtoanother,andnowtoalltogether.Butwhiletheywereyetsinginghebegan,tohisdismay,tofindthathewascomingawake—fasterandfaster.Andashecameawake,hefoundthat,forallthegoodnessofhismemory,verseafterverseoftheangels’nonsensevanishedfromit.Healwaysthoughthecouldkeepthelast,butasthenextbeganhelosttheonebeforeit,andatlengthawoke,strugglingtokeepholdofthelastverseofall.Hefeltasiftheefforttokeepfromforgettingthatoneverseofthevanishingsongnearlykilledhim.Andyetbythetimehewaswideawakehecouldnotbesureofthateven.Itwassomethinglikethis:

           Whitehandsofwhiteness

           Washthestars’faces,

           Tillglitter,glitter,glit,goestheirbrightness

           Downtopoorplaces.

           This,however,wassonearsensethathethoughtitcouldnotbereallywhattheydidsing.

           

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