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The One and the Many, by Milton Lesser
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Title: The One and the Many
Author: Milton Lesser
Release Date: November 1, 2009 [EBook #30386]
Language: English
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Only One Question Is Eternal-- What Lies Beyond the Ultimate?
THE ONE and THE MANY
By Milton Lesser
There are some who tell me it is a foolish war we fight. My brother told me that, for one, back in the Sunset Country. But then, my brother is lame and good for nothing but drawing pictures of the stars. He connects them with lines, like a child's puzzle, and so makes star-pictures. He has fish stars, archer stars, hunter stars. That, I would say, is what is foolish.
Perhaps that is what started it all. I was looking at the stars, trying to see the pictures, when I should have been minding my sentry post. They took me like a baby, like a tot not yet given to the wearing of clothing. The hand came out of the darkness and clamped over my mouth, and I ceased my struggling when I felt a sharp blade pricking at the small of my back.
At first I feared that they would slay the entire camp as it slept and I cursed my brother for hi