HEAT AND COLD. 



heard the truth from beyond questioned. And in time 

 the great being who was a child scarecrow in the be- 

 ginning began to develop into a great man chastiser. 

 The greater the distance that separated the big one 

 from the children brought up in ignorance, the greater 

 his powers became; until he held the finger of scorn 

 over the human race. 



Men coming and going, yes races of men coming 

 into the world and retiring, who believed the great as- 

 tronomer from beyond the impact to be a great god. 

 Who grabbed worlds in his fist and threw them across 

 space, tearing worlds and races into atoms. Until 

 finally all mankind took to the belief in the great one 

 of similar build and likeness that could extinguish 

 w r orlds and suns in the twinkling of an eye. Who 

 could grab up chunks of mud and blow breath into 

 them and send them off in a gallop. Who could stand 

 on tip toe and hang stars up on nails driven into 

 nothingness. He, the big one, standing on the earth 

 and placing stars up on nails or limbs of sunflowers. 

 The stars being little bits of matter millions of times 

 as large as the mound the great one stood on when 

 lifting the load. But of course he would chastise the 

 mound if it slipped from under him while he lifted 

 up millions of times its weight. 



Of course it was necessary that he would hang up 

 millions of those little specks of light, each of which 

 would make millions of earths. Always millions of 

 greater objects paying tribute to the little ones. It 

 would never do for the little ones to pay tribute to the 



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