"YdomofDreams?Whatisthat?Isitfarfromhere?"
"It’sfar,faraway，butI’msureyou’lllikeitthere．Itisprettierthanparadiseandisinhabitedbymanytalentedbeautieswhowouldbeentedtohaveyouastheirnewpanion．I’msureyou’llbegoodfriends.”
"Istherereally?Oh，howwonderful!"Megginnjumpedforjoy．"Oh，takemethere，takemethere.”Thensherememberedheroldfriend,thecar.“ButIwillhavetomakearrasformycarfirst．I’tleavejustlikethat.”
"Therearemanythingsiareiable,Megginn．Sometimesyouhavetomakepainfulchoidgiveupwhatyoumust．Onedayyouwillhavetoleaveevenyourfleshbody，nottosayyourcar..."Megginndidnotreply．Tolightenthemoodahesilence，Dimitrisaid，"I’msureyou’dloveitthereandI’llgdlytakeyou，butyoumightfindthingsunventional．Mypeoplebelieveinkeepinglifesimple，preservingthee,innodcarefreenature，sothebeautiesintheKingdomhaveallgonebaature,asitwere，regardingclothingassuperfluous，anencumbrahefleshbody.”Dimitrigherandsawshehadtake．Hereyesgrewroundinastonishmerit．
"Youmeantheygoaroundnaked?"
"Yes，mydear，"saidDimitri，"andsowillyouwhenyougothere.”Megginngavehimawhiteeye．"Don’tyouwanttogo?"
"I’dliketo，butyou’tgiveupeverythingherejustlikethat..."
"Ifyouwon’tgo，I’llbeleaving,”saidDimitriandmadeasiftogo．
"Ididn’tsayIwon’t"saidMegginnhastily．Theedseductivelyandsaid，"Butmylegsaretirednow,soyou’llhavetocarryme.”Dimitriswungherupandcarriedhertothebeige-coloredCadilclikeanewly-wedcouplecrossihresholdandthendroveoffintothedeepofthenight．ThatwashowMegginheKingdomofDreams,tookoverIleen’sdutiesandbecameanimportantmemberofDimitri’sKingdom．
Thewarmautumnsunshoheearth．Tendergreengrassgraduallyturnedbrownandfallenleavesandflowerscoveredtheground．Formerlylusciousfoliageweregone，leavingonlybaldbranow．Dimitrihadresumedhisoldhabits．Wearinghisraggedgarments，hewaslyingzilyontheparkbench,halfasleep,halfawake,hazilysciousofhissurroundings．Intheskies,thegesofnightanddaysucceededeachotherandlifewentonwakeandsleep,wakeandsleep,inthesamerepetitiouscycle．Thedailyroutinedeepenedhisimpressionswhichwereasnaturaltohimashisownsteadybreathing．Moreandmore，hefeltlikeafish，nowswimminguptothesurfaceofthewater，nowsinkingdowntothedepthofthesea．Thisyear，timereallyseemedtoflyanditwasautumnagain．Butthespeedoftimecouldactuallybetrolledbyoions．Dimitriletnaturegoonitsownstableschedule，frtosummer，fromautumntowinter，whilehehimselflivedinhisownever-ging，creativeimpressions，acctohisowne．Nowsunlightwaswarminghisbody．Howdifferentwasitfromthewarmth?Dimitriopenedhisdrowsyeyesandlookedaround．Suddenly,hefounditringagain．Thegrasswasgreen,theflowerswerebloomingonthebranchesamidgreenluxuriantleavesandbutterfliesweredangamongthemall．Yes，helivedinhisowntimeframe，differentfromtheoutsideworld．Iance，hesawMark’sfatfigurewalkingtowardshimwithausedinhishand,whichhewasblowinglikeaballooburst,hetosseditaway．Abutterflycaughthisattentionandheraheagileflutteriure,hisbulkybody,freeandhappy,movedclumsilyintherapidfloodoftime．Heybecausehedidnothavetousehisbrains,justlettinghislimbsmoveindulgently,howeveritwould,inthefloodoftime．DimitriuoodMark’shappiness，buthissciousnesswasgrowingblurredasleepy．Howwonderfulitwasnottohavetothink．Hazierandhazier．Howwonderfulitwasnottohavetothink．Mark’sclumsybodymovinginthefloodoftime．Hoy…Hoy..．Didn’thavetousehisbrains…Dimitrigrewdrowsieranddrowsier.HappyMarkyboylettinghislimbsmovecarefreeinthefloodoftime…indulgently，howeveritwould．Dimitri’ssciousnesswasgettingblurred,gettingblurred．
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