2008年8月18日星期一

Gustav Klimt Apple Tree I painting

Gustav Klimt Apple Tree I paintingSalvador Dali Tiger paintingSalvador Dali Paysage aux papillons (Landscape with Butterflies) painting
four old men looked nervously at one another, coughing and sighing. The first said, "It is our age. Where else could we go? We are too old to be wandering the roads, looking for work and shelter."
"It is our age," said the second man-at-arms. "When you are old, anything that does not disturb you is a comfort. Cold and darkness and boredom long ago lost their sharp edges for us, but warmth, singing, spring — no, they would all be disturbances. There are worse things than living like Haggard."
The third man said, "Haggard is older than we are. In time Prince Lir will be king in this country, and I will not leave the world until I have seen that day. I have always been fond of the boy, since he was small."
Molly found that she was not hungry. She looked around at the faces of the old men, and listened to the sounds their seamy lips and shrunken throats made as they drank her soup; and she was suddenly glad that King Haggard always had his meals alone. Molly inevitably came to care for anyone she fed.
Cautiously she asked them, "Have you ever heard a tale that Prince Lir is

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