Dr. Bread

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water over the bridge

"Why do you cease?" the chief was asking the singer. "It is not daybreak, not even dawn." The man stammered and said, "I do not know." "Sing on! The Long Dance is not ended." "I do not know the words," the chanter said, and his voice rose high as if in terror. "I cannot sing. I have forgotten the song." "Sing another, then!" "There are no more songs. It is ended," the chanter cried, and bent forward till he crouched on the decking; and the chief stared at him in amazement.