“agoodbegi

ingforasolidariyservice，”houghbernardmiserably，andforesawforhimselfyeanoherfailureoachieveaonemenifonlyhehadgivenhimselfimeolookaroundinseadofsculingforheneareschair！hecouldhavesabeweenfifibradughandjoa

adieselinseadofwhichhehadgoneandblindlypnedhimselfnexomorganamorgana！ford！hosebckeyebrowsofhers–haeyebrow，raher–forheymeabovehenoseford！andonhisrighwascradeerdingrue，cra’seyebrowsdidn’meebushewasreallyoopneumaicwhereasfifiandjoa

awereabsoluelyrighplump，blonde，nooorge…andiwashagrealou，omkawaguchi，whonowookheseabeweenhem

hesarrivalwassarojiniengels

“you’ree，”saidhepresidenofhegroupseverely“don’leihappenagain”

sarojiniapologizedandslidinoherpcebeweenjimbokanovskyandherberbakuninhegroupwasnowcomplee，hesolidariycircleperfecandwihoufwman，woman，man，inaringofendlessalernaionroundheablewelveofhemreadyobemadeone，waiingocomeogeher，obefused，oloseheirwelveseparaeideniiesinargerbeing

hepresidensoodup，madehesignofheand，swichingonhesynheicmusic，leloosehesofindefaigablebeaingofdrumsandachoirofinsrumens–nearwindandsupersring–hapngenlyrepeaedandrepeaedhebriefandunescapablyhauningmelodyofhefirssolidariyhymnagain，again–andiwasnoheearhaheardhepulsingrhyhm，iwashemidriff；hewailandcngofhoserecurringharmonieshauned，nohemind，buheyearningbowelsofcompassion

hepresidenmadeanohersignofheandsadownheservicehadbegunhededicaedsomaableswerepcedinhecenreofheablehelovingcupofsrawberryicecreamsomawaspassedfromhandohandand，wihheformu，“idrinkomya

ihiion，”welveimesquaffedhenoheaccompanimenofhesynheicorchesrahefirssolidariyhymnwassung

“ford，wearewelve；oh，makeusone，

likedropswihinhesocialriver，oh，makeusnowogeherrun

asswiflyashyshiningflivver”

welveyearningsanzasandhenhelovingcupwaspassedasecondime“idrinkohegreaerbeing”wasnowheformualldrankirelesslyhemusicpyedhedrumsbeahecryingandcshingofheharmonieswereanobsessioninhemeledbowelshesecondsolidariyhymnwassung

“come，greaerbeing，socialfriend，

a

ihiingwelveinone！welongodie，forwhenweend，

ourrgerlifehasbubegun”

againwelvesanzasbyhisimehesomahadbegunoworkeyesshone，cheekswereflushed，hei

erlighofuniversalbenevolencebrokeouoneveryfaceinhappy，friendlysmilesevenbernardfelhimselfalilemeledwhenmorganarohschildurnedandbeamedahim，hedidhisbesobeambackbuheeyebrow，habckwoinone–as，iwassillhere；hecouldn’ignorei，couldn’，howeverhardheriedhemelinghadn’gonefarenoughperhapsifhehadbeensiingbeweenfifiandjoa

a…forhehirdimehelovingcupwenround；“idrinkoheimminenceofhiscoming，”saidmorganarohschild，whoseurnihappenedobeoiniiaehecircurrieheronewasloud，exulanshedrankandpassedhecupobernard“idrinkoheimminenceofhiscoming，”herepeaed，wihasincereaempofeelhahecomingwasimminen；buheeyebrowconinuedohaunhim，andhecoming，sofarashewasconcerned，washorriblyremoehedrankandhandedhecupocradeerding“i’llbeafailureagain，”hesaidohimself“iknowiwill”buhewenondoinghisbesobeam

helovingcuphadmadeiscircuilifinghishand，hepresidengaveasignal；hechorusbrokeouinohehirdsolidariyhymn

“feelhowhegreaerbeingcomes！

rejoiceand，inrejoicings，die！melinhemusicofhedrums！

foriamyouandyouarei”