Book3:WereMyDreamIs (第72/327页)

weentrueexistendphantomimpressions.Inotherwords,thisboundaryisbetweeentandeweenmaybeexistentandmaynot.Orperhapsitdoesatall.Ofcourseallthisisalluptoone’sownprehensionanduanding.Sayingso,Dimitriwavedattheskiesandthequail-sizeddiamohrownupwards,fellintohishands.Histwoloyalservants,CreativityandImaginative,quicklyletfallthehandstheyhadpoiheskiesandloosehefingerscspedtightlytogetherastheystoodhandinhand.Straosay,itwasasifasoftbreezeblewovereverything.Thedarkcloudsintheskyandthesparklingdiamondsthatcoveredthegroundandtwiheskiesalldisappearedwithoutatrace.Everythiuronormandmyriadsofstarsdottedthenightsky.

    “Iinallyinteousethesecasesofgemsasbargainingchips.”saidVioself-sciouslyandnotalittleembarrassed.“ButIseethatthesethingsdonotmeananythingtoyou.Pleasedon’tughatme…”

    “No,no,pleasedon’tsayso,yourmajesty”interruptedDimitribeforeshefinishedspeaking.“Thereisatreasuretroveinallourhearts.Youhaveit.Ihaveit.Mr.Fingeralsohasit.Itisdistributedimpartiallyandequallytoeveryoneandisinexhaustibleandimmeasurable.”HelookedatMr.Fingerandsaidtohim,“Mydearfriend,youtoohaveatreasuretrove,inexhaustibleandimmeasurable.Whydidyousignaureandsellyourselfbodyandsoultosomeoneelseasasve?Isn’tthatridiculous?”

    “Thisismypersonalbusiness”repliedMr.Fingerarrogantlyandrudely.“IdowhateverIwantwithmyownbody.IsellittowhomeverIwishandnotevenaskforanythingiurn.IamwillingtobeauredsvetoQueenVio.Whatbusinessisitofyour?”

    “Yes,yht”repliedDimitriwithamirthlessugh.“It’snoneofmybusiness.ItisaprivateaffairbetweewoofyouandIwon’tsayanythingmoreaboutit.”Dimitrilookedatthergediamondthathadfallenbatohishandfromtheskyandthrewitbatothecasehehadinallytakenitfrom.TurningtoViohesaidseriously,“Yourmajesty,IthinkyoutookthesecasesofgemsfromtheKingdomofDreamsoutofthetreasuretroveofDwarfMickey,thegodoftreasure.AmIright?Isuggestyoureturnthesecasestowhereyoutookthemfrofcourseit’snotmine.Youshouldreturnthem.”

    “Sure”saidVio.Shewavedherhandandthecasesofpricelessgemsanddiamondsdisappearedfromsight.Vihtenedupandgedherposture.Shewasstillweariiarawithahugeredrubyierandsaidfrostily,“Ithinknoeakfranklyabouttheproblembetweenyouandmeandmymother.”CreativityandImaginationlookedguardedlyateachother,knowingthatthedialoguehadfinallyetoitstruesubject.DimitriwasgreatlyagitatedandsaidearlytoVio,

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    “Yourmajesty,iIhaveoftenwonderedwhetheryoureallyexisted.Normallyspeaking,anunformedfetushaslittleceofsurvivalifshelefthermother’swomb,butIprayeddesperatelyforamiracle,fordivineclemencythatwouldallowyoutolive.Onlythenyguiltysdtheself-nationdeepibeslightlyassuaged.Therewasatimewhehatyoureallyexistedsomewherearoundme,sometimesnear,sometimesfar.IfeltyourexisteheKingdomofDreams,withinthesphereofthosemiraountainsahenonedayIheardthatMr.Fingerhadmarriedalittlebeautyofthesamesizeasheis.ItwasthenthatIwassureMr.Finger’sbridewasyou.Youhadsurvived.ForthatIyaantforalongtime.Becauseofthemanythingsthatrequiredmyattentioninthemundaneworld,mystayintheKingdomwasusuallyshort.Iwouldstayonlyforafewdaysandthenwouldgobaundanewo