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Chapter 6. In the Temple of Light.
Taltal had enjoyed himself thoroughly in thekingdom of the future.
He had seen many wonderful things and thousands oflittle playfellows and then, without taking theleast pains or trouble, had found the blue bird inhis arms in the most magical way.
He had never pictured anything more beautiful,more blue or brilliant, and he still felt it fluttering against his heart and kept hugging hisarms to his breast as though the blue bird werethere.
Alas, it had vanished like a dream.
He was thinking sadly of this latestdisappointment as he walked hand in hand withlight.
They were back in the temple and were going to thevaults where the animals and things had been shutup.
What a sight met their eyes.
The wretches had eaten and drunk such a lot thatthey were lying on the floor quite tipsy.
Tylo himself had lost all his dignity.
He had rolled under the table and was snoring likea porpoise.
His instinct remained, and the sound of the doormade him prick up his ears.
He opened one eye, but his sight was troubled byall that he had had to drink and he did not knowhis little master when he saw him.
He dragged himself to his feet with a greateffort, turned round several times and thendropped on the floor again with a grunt ofsatisfaction.
Bread and the others were as bad, and the onlyexception was the cat, who was sitting up prettilyon a marble and gold bench and seemed in fullpossession of her senses.
She sprang nimbly to the ground and stepped up toTylo with a smile.
I have been longing to see you, she said, for Ihave been very unhappy among all these vulgarpeople.
They first drank all the wine and then startedshouting and singing and dancing, quarreling andfighting and making such a noise that I was veryglad when, at last, they fell into a tipsy sleep.
The children praised her warmly for her goodbehavior.
As a matter of fact, there was no great merit inthis, for she could not stand anything strongerthan milk,
but we are seldom rewarded when by rights we oughtto be and sometimes are when we have not deservedit.
After fondly kissing the children, Tylo asked afavor of Light.
I have had such a wretched time, she whined. Letme go out for a little while, it will do me goodto be alone.
The cat at once draped her cloak round her, openedthe door and ran and bounded out into the forest.
Light gave her consent without suspectinganything, and the cat at once draped her cloakround her, put her hat straight, pulled up hersoft gray boots over her knees, opened the doorand ran and bounded out into the forest.
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We shall know, a little later, where treacherousTylo was going so gaily and what was the horridplot which she was mysteriously concocting.
As on the other days, the children had theirdinner with Light in a large room all encrustedwith diamonds.
The servants bustled around them smiling andbrought delicious dishes and cakes.
After dinner, our little friends began to yawn.
They felt sleepy very early, after all theiradventures, and, Light, ever kind and thoughtful,made them live as they were accustomed to onearth.
So as not to injure their health by altering theirhabits, she had set up their little beds in a partof the temple where the darkness would seem likenight to them.
They went through any number of rooms to reachtheir bedroom.
They at first to pass all the lights known to manand then those which man did not yet know.
There were great sumptuous apartments in splendidmarble, lit up by rays so white and strong thatthe children were quite dazzled.
That is the light of the rich, said Light to Tylo.
You see how dangerous it is? People run the riskof going blind when they live too much in itsrays, which leave no room for soft and kindlyshade.
And she hurried them on so that they might resttheir eyes in the gentle light of the poor.
Here, the children suddenly felt as if they werein their parents' cottage, where everything was sohumble and peaceful.
The faint light was very pure and clear, butalways flickering and ready to go out at the leastbreath.
Next they came to the beautiful light of thepoets, which they liked immensely, for it had allthe colors of the rainbow,
and, when you passed through it, you saw lovelypictures, lovely flowers and lovely toys which youwere unable to take hold of.
Laughing merrily, the children ran after birds andbutterflies, but everything faded away as soon asit was touched.
Well, I never, said Tyvel, as he came panting backto Light. This beats everything. I can'tunderstand it.
You will understand later, she replied, and, ifyou understand it properly, you will be among thevery few human beings who know the blue bird whenthey see him.
After leaving the region of the poets, our friendsreached the light of the learned, which lies onthe borders of the known and the unknown lights.
Let's get on, said Tyvel. This is boring.
To tell the truth, he was a little bit frightened,for they were in a long row of cold and forbiddingarches,
which were streaked at every moment by dazzlinglightning flashes, and, at each flash, you saw outof the way things that had no name as yet.
After these arches, they came to the lightsunknown to man, and Tyvel, in spite of the sleepthat pressed upon his eyelids,
could not help admiring the hall with its violetcolumns and the gallery with its red rays.
And the violet of the columns was such a darkviolet and the red of the rays such a pale redthat it was hardly possible to see either of them.
At last, they arrived at the room of smooth, unflecked black light, which men call darkness becausetheir eyes are not yet able to make it out.
And here the children fell asleep without delay ontwo soft beds of clouds.
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