Hannan Jes she rat ofthe ol ene ahem e began to play the ft, the none ghd and Isle ito the night delighted and anion, and ‘Se young gel calla out to dhe lute plage whom they cowl not {End anehee. Noo ofthem had eve head such sounds from te Infor hey encima Loud: Meanie, Han Fook sled, He led othe rer whee the reflections ofthe thousand lanterns ‘no fst ana te could no longer dsinguish betwen he seecnes andthe el lanes she found in his sou no difference ‘ewes ena and the Sn one, when he had stood thereat 2 omy ma ad hd ine heal the words ofthe strange Mase, te Fiute DREAM oe “He ny aes wi ste ge mesa er ae. Te this, and dont forget your ll fer wes you eee pple = scant countries with your man. Is igh tne you sw the weld and esoed something Ua ds fate mate fe you Bema yo oni ike to do ay cher hind of wok nd put want to wna he time Bat Iwan you torment ung oth sg hte ey and pleaane Otherwise i wud be ashame for the Gad gen that yo ne” (My dear fier uneroal very ele shout san: He wat 4 scholar He thought Fh only ty How its the pet ete flat, and eveything woul be fn. Sexe bt wa coer ht ha, Laake np he Bate sto ey poke. sand ie tl vom «Hermans Hesse nce ou yp to the age cour mil Beyond tha the sh hee ore and hed very much A Bee hat wasted of jig need om my slee andT aed i with es ha T woud Aner a mesenge who could cary my pads bck home fom sy ing pli ‘Woods sd mesdors companied men my way, sd the sie an by slong I taed thatthe wold was ot mach fie om my home. Theres ad lowes, the eof oem nd Taree her ple tome sang thir song slog wih thm ad they under me ust hyd home ‘Allaconce 3 ong gil came out ofthe woods, She cated» asec her arm and wa weing» broads srw hat oo er ood ead. “Ged dy id oe. "Whete a you going” “Tima bring he harvesters thei food” she said, and wailed longed wher ou gig toy” "Ting rset wd My fer etme say He thks 1s pla the te for people Bu ea ely do i yet Fe gt tole et” Wel wal Bat wha can ou stall dot You mast be eto do emething” Nosing pec caning on “Wat ind fog” “Allens eons oak can sing song for morning sod ‘nig a or il the trees and animals and flowers. For example, i om eld igs pty wong abou young gil whe ces so fhe was dig fd tothe harvesters” “Can you ay do th Wel them sng it for me “Atte ll eyo ae mn ‘Fours Drea “Beige” “Then Ising the song sbout pty eipte wih the wea he, and what she had in her basket. sn how the omer lok afer her, and how the Bl bind-weed fm he iden fence rachel for texan T put everything cha 6 the ene in my ong, She ad dose atention snd sid my song wat god. And when I ld ber ‘ha I was hungry. she opened thei ofthe basket and ook cut 2 pict of bread for me. As I tok s be and hap waking at st pace, she sid, "You should x while walling. You sould oly lo one thing 32 tne” And so west own inthe gra, and T te ny bead, and she weapped er tn Bands around her ates and Iooked 3 me “Do you want sing something fo me spin” she ake when 1 was finished eating. “Certainly, What shoul sng” “Sing about a gi whose sweetheart hs ran ay and she i = "No, eat do tha I don know wh dats Hk, and I dot like sad things My fhe uid T shoul sing oly ice sd plese song all he ime, Sl sng you someting about the ucoo othe ety” "And you know nothings ll shou ve” “About lore? Oh yes i the mont enti ching thre a” Inmet I hepa singing abou the sea tht ed the poppy Somers ad how he plied with hem snd was ul fy. ‘And about the lite Female Sach who waited forthe male ch and when he came, she ew any and petended to be seated. And I continued to sng about the pi with the brown yea abot the young man who eame and ang and sng an eceed ee of bea neHensians Hasse Gi siging But ow he di wane bread anymore. He wanted ki fiom the maiden ad wanted ta per inher brown ye nde contin 0 ing fer og tine ad die stp singing tl she see and che his oth with ips “Then Bite ened over ad closed my mouth with er iy and dove her ees nd opened them agsn, and I looked de fpllerbow sty and sw mpl and several meadow Sow seach “The wold sve Beni” aid. “My fer wa sige ‘Now Fp ou catry the fod 0 your people” ose bth, nd we continued to wall, Her step sounded {in aride wih iv, and ee good humor mached mine awl. The fr edt fly and cooly fom the mountsigop. Ia seve andre wth o much delight. and Tsang cheery fo ite some tine wi sot bt wth exhlration. There wer jut to2 many ngs hing ope from alley and mount, fom lees rca bes, theyll od tries. Right hen had thinks I could understand and sings ths thous of song ofthe wold a the same time, bout rs flower and people and clouds and eveything, about the jungle and pine oe andl about the animals and in dion Al he songs shout the dstane sexe and mountains and srs nd ‘mons and when lla could resound and sng a hese tie thin meth I woul be the dear Lond lief and ey er som wa have low ike hej 1s ching ll hI grew very quiet and ft sng bcs noe of ths ha ever occurred to me before, Mes he Bite wood til and eld my hand ighly on the neo the nie in heaven, ‘Foote Dacaw “Now Imus go over tht hl” she sid. “Ove people eon therein the field. And you? Where ate you going? Doyo wat to ome with mer "No, eat come with you. Lamas se the wr. Thanks very uch forthe bread, Big, and forthe kin, thik of you often” ‘She wok the basket of food and her ys ted towatd me oe the basket in the bow shadow sn er ips hang on mine, and her ins war so good and tender tha I almont became rad becaueele30 god. Bue I quickly sid farewell and marched don the road. “The gil climbed he hill slowly. and she ood unde the lene hanging fom bitch tre onthe ede of he woods an looked er ime, At I waved tober and tilted my hat on top of tay beds he nodded to me one more time and disappeared sere 3 ice iu the shadows ofthe bitch tes Soll ealely went my way ad wan step hough wi the rond led me around coener, wher smi tod. sed net othe mill vasa boat on wate, anda man wa siting inthe bat, and seme tobe waiting forme, for when tok off my it and ceed int the toate began to sia once and headed down these. Tt inthe riddle of the boat, and the man sa behind the ln, and when 2sked him where we wete going, he looked up and eaded me with veld gray ey “Wherever you would like” he said with subdued woe “Down the ive nd nt the oF the ects, You hive the oie Ie all belong 19 me all belongs to you? Then youre the king” “Pechap" he aid “An you 3 port i seems 0 me So sng sme a song bout sling” Tollected myself. 1 was somewhat aiid of che slema man mseHenwans Hest oor ost opel sient down the es Tsang about hee thi ‘are the ships ad ested the sn ad ruse asin the rocky ‘ks wth oe and hen yl completed its fourm Thematic ot chang, and when [stopped hema’ ea deamer, And deny to my atonishment, be hana pa ts ig an he to sang aout the rier and the ies ure though the ally, hit his song was more fentifil and mre power than ming andi all sounded very erent. The way sang. thier ned from the mountains 3 staggering dey, sinter and wi The gushing current fe lf harnessed bythe tls and coved by bridges Ke ated each boat tha had xy, tedit anal ait railed and rocked the white corps of drone people ints wares an og geen water plans. None ofthis leased me and yet the su andeseious tht became completely confined and a thing Be, aa mare singer sng ot of Fe I evething that veh his dn yice war tue, eben all my songs were oly foster and mere boih games, The worl! was not bail spodnd gh ke God heat, bt ater was dak an ange an sister, aa hen the wood murmured, it ws nat out of ese bt de 1 ote, ‘We omzinsed ssing nd the shadows grew fog, a eh tine gan sng, it sounded es bright, and ny vice bee soe an each ine the strange singer eoponded with ong tht made wd een moe engi and pin an ec mse db tla My sol har and eget ha had noe emned d withthe lone athe beatin, Ta casa ml itheHervass Hesse pov dk [sang ain about Brigitte and her Kies. lead sic thwuph the nocural geet [Asi grew dake, I became alent, and the man 3 the fle ep sang He too, sang about love and he pleasure of kn Bout brom sand be ges shout red moist ips. was eas se ippng how he sng ill of grief and sorrow shout there (poing dik Burin his song lve ad also become dk seo, ted 3 dealy mpwery that caused people to grope sound ind become exnfved, anil im heir hare, need. and yezning. thy sermected snd killed one another, isceed ad became tied and despondent asi ha bern ‘emg for yas and had waded through nothing but disessed rel the strange constantly infecting ne with a pene col seas of sadoess sed spiral apne that crept into my bear. “So Mes acu not the mos sublime and beatifl hing in ‘Be wera ered with Bitterness. “és death, Wl. hen eg yd ing sing me a ong about death” ‘The man atthe helm sang about death, and he sang mee easily dan I had ever head anyone sing. Nevertheless, not ‘en death ws the most esutifl and sublime thing inthe wold x ide consider it consolation. Death wat life, and if ws death ad they wee entined in an eternal furious struggle of le. ‘204 this ashe ulkimate word andthe meaning ofthe word Fre! ‘See came a glimmer that exalted ll misery, and fom there cane ‘Sado dha casa gloom onal pleasure and beauty and covet Yih dines, Bar pleasure burned out of the daskness moet itercy a more beautify and lve glmed more deeply ig ‘his igh. tend nd became very que. Lhad no will other tan st ee Fuerte Drea of the sage man. His glance ete on me. wa we snd cose 3 cet ad Kindness, ad his gay yes we lf feta ent in the wold He sed ate and en Ito courage and implored, "Cai we tn sure Tn scared hen he tighe I want tonic around snd go whe I a So Bop trum hoe to my ithe” ‘The man stood up and pointed into th nigh and ten shove bight on i ean Bem ee Thee no ay back” he id in a nee nd indy wy ou ant slays move orn if you want to fb the wot ose sled had the be and mane beni nthe pl with Irown ee, andthe tbe you fm be he een tee ew become So contin to tel we you Ee Tn pong to ge you my place athe Bl” 1 was deply dependent and eT ened tbe wg Fal of nn. I hough bo Brigit bones ering at fad been dove nd der tome and erg Hut aloe Barrow 1 wanted to take the sangers place ad be hehe. Ti nthe say tha tobe, Conequetty ood wp in ence ad wet te tel andthe man cme toward sen, Wn we gt ett eachother, be loked saigh ino my sad pe eit tame “Then when ook my pls athe ein wth een yy side, Teed with ight hatch man Bod Sapper Ba ot horrid. ad seed ite cred if Beil of sending and Brigit and wy Ether and ome had ely ben 3 dea shat wood ad a and ad ben aig fret on hit socal ie Teed that wa ot allowed cl snd on mg oeHeamann Hesse ‘unestood this 1k chilled tothe Bone and wanted to kro if nh a aed seed as tue So ane oe the wate an ied the ter ad saw a sharp and serious fice with gay je reflect inthe dak water—an oi, knowing Fce—and it se, ‘Aad soe thre was 99 may back, T continued my pgs sgh he igh. A DREAM ABOUT THE Gops ste neg aw etin e 1am lt pes Sp ney Tievoelttypantosiege zentiursoe Salty ik gen dns ogee ng ocd onthe erated a Ni My penchant us fa caters hacemos aceon oe Se Tata orien pen of se snr ma elon wah pe et igor ssie nif ncrmog ara ep eT a noe ey pet teagan