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d.'Iaccepttheomen'Icried;'Omayitbeasignofafa-
vorabledispositiontowardsme [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!'Bychancetheregrewbytheplace
whereIstoodanoakwithwide-spreadingbranchessacredtoJupiter.I
observedatroopofantsbusywiththeirlaborcarryingminutegrainsin
theirmouthsandfollowingoneanotherinalineupthetrunkofthetree.
ObservingtheirnumberswithadmirationIsaid'GivemeOfathercit-
izensasnumerousastheseandreplenishmyemptycity.'Thetreeshook
andgavearustlingsoundwithitsbranchesthoughnowindagitated
them.ItrembledineverylimbyetIkissedtheearthandthetree.I
wouldnotconfesstomyselfthatIhopedyetIdidhope.Nightcameon
andsleeptookpossessionofmyframeoppressedwithcares.Thetree
stoodbeforemeinmydreamswithitsnumerousbranchesallcovered
withlivingmovingcreatures.Itseemedtoshakeitslimbsandthrow
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downoverthegroundamultitudeofthoseindustriousgrain-gathering
animalswhichappearedtogaininsizeandgrowlargerandlargerand
byandbytostanderectlayasidetheirsuperfluouslegsandtheirblack
colorandfinallytoassumethehumanform.ThenIawokeandmyfirst
impulsewastochidethegodswhohadrobbedmeofasweetvisionand
givenmenorealityinitsplace.Beingstillinthetemplemyattention
wascaughtbythesoundofmanyvoiceswithout;asoundoflateunusu-
altomyears.WhileIbegantothinkIwasyeyilai:
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