Text A Prologue Tolerance(第3页)
[51]“Blasphemy4!”criedtheOldMen。“Blasphemyandsacrilege5!Afitpuforhiscrime!HehaslosthisreasooscoffattheLarittendownathousandyearsago。Hedeservestodie!”
[52]Aookupheavystones。
[53]Andtheykilledhim。
[54]Andhisbodytheythrewatthefootofthecliffs,thatitmightliethereasawarningtoallwhoquestiohewisdomoftheaors。
[55]Thenithappetimelaterthattherewasagreatdrought。ThelittleBrookofKnowledgeralediedofthirst。Theharvestperishedinthefields,andtherewashuheValleyofIgnorance。
[56]TheOldMenever,wereehingwouldallerightiheyprophesied,forsoitwaswritiHolyChapters。
[57]Besides,theythemselvestlefood。Theyweresoveryold。
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[59]Thevillagewasdeserted。
[60]Morethanhalfofthepopulacediedfromsheer>
[61]Theohosewhosurvivedlaybeyoains。
[62]ButtheLawsaid“No!”
[63]Abeobeyed。
[64]Oherewasarebellion。
[65]Despairgavecetothosewhomfearhadfortosilence。
[66]FeeblytheOldMeed。
[67]Theywerepushedaside。Theyplaiheybewailedtheiheir,butwheulledoutofthevillage,theystoppedthedriveraotakethemalong。
[68]Theflightintotheunknownhadbegun。
[69]ItwasmanyyearssiheWaurwasasktodiscovertheroadhehadmappedout。
[70]Thousaimtohuhirstbeforethefirstwasfound。
[71]Fromthereoripwaslessdifficult。
[72]Thecarefulpioneerhadblazedacleartrailthroughthewoodsandamidsttheendlesswildernessofrock。
[73]Byeasystagesitledtothegreehene>
[74]Silentlythepeoplelookedateachother。
[75]“Hewasrightafterall,”theysaid。“Hewasright,andtheOldMenwerewrong。。。”
[76]“Hespokethetruth,andtheOldMenlied。。。”
[77]“Hisbatthefootofthecliffs,buttheOldMensitinourdttheiralays。。。”
[78]“Hesavedus,andweslewhim。。。”
[79]“Wearesorrythatithappeofcourse,ifwecouldhaveknowime。。。”
[80]Thentheyuheirhorsesandtheiroxeheirdtheirgoatsiuresahemselveshousesandlaidouttheirfieldsandtheylivedhappilyftimeafter>
[81]AfewyearslaterawasmadetoburythebravepiohefinenewedificewhichhadbeeedasahomefortheWiseOldMen。
[82]Asolemnprowentbacktotheedvalley,butwhewasreachedwherehisbodyoughttohavebeen,itwashere。
[83]Ahungryjackal6haddraggedittohislair。