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Then the flies and the antlers,
like branches, flowing down the river.
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All that ever grew again was grass...
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growing over the bodies of wild cats,
wild boar and buffaloes.
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One morning, out of the savannah,
its forehead smeared with grass...
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appeared the biped,
our image, so long awaited.
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And its first word was a shout.
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Was it "ah" or "oh",
or was it merely a groan?
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We were at last able to laugh,
for the first time.
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Through this man's shout and that
of his followers, we learnt to speak.
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A long story.
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Sun, lightning, thunder in the sky...
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and below on earth,
the firesides, the leaps...
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the round dances,
the signs, the writing.
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Then one broke through the cycle
and ran straight ahead.
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As long as he ran straight ahead,
swerving sometimes perhaps from joy...
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he seemed free,
and again we could laugh with him.
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But then, suddenly, he ran zigzag,
and stones flew.
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With his flight began
the history of wars. It is still going on.
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But the story of the grass, the sun,
the leaps and the shouts...
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is still going on, too.
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Do you know how one day
the road was built here...
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which the next day
saw the Napoleon retreat...
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and was paved later on?
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