human
What news hast thou to tell? Thou canst see better.--What is going on there below?
gpt
Dense clouds veil the earth.... Wait!
human
Well, what now?
gpt
Now I can see; down yonder, below, everything is still the same: party-coloured, tiny. The waters gleam blue; the forests are black; heaps of stones piled up shine grey. Around them small beetles are still bustling,--thou knowest, those two-legged beetles who have as yet been unable to defile either thou or me.
human
Men?
gpt
Yes, men.
human
Well, and what now?
gpt
I seem to see fewer of the little beetles, thunders the Finsteraarhorn.
human
Things have become clearer down below; the waters have contracted; the forests have grown thinner.
gpt
What dost thou see?
human
Things seem to have grown clearer round us, close at hand, replies the Finsteraarhorn;
gpt
And now?
human
Now it is well, replies the Finsteraarhorn;
gpt
Good, said the Jungfrau.--
human
But thou and I have chattered enough, old fellow. It is time to sleep.
gpt
It is time!