human
Are you the Old Man of the Earth?
gpt
I am. What can I do for you?
human
Tell me the way to the country whence the shadows fall.
gpt
Ah! that I do not know. I only dream about it myself. I see its shadows sometimes in my mirror: the way to it I do not know. But I think the Old Man of the Fire must know. He is much older than I am. He is the oldest man of all.
human
Where does he live?
gpt
I will show you the way to his place. I never saw him myself.
human
I wish I could see that country too, he said.
gpt
But I must mind my work.
human
What do you hear?
gpt
I hear, answered Tangle,
human
That river runs down to the dwelling of the oldest man of all--the Old Man of the Fire. I wish I could go to see him. But I must mind my work. That river is the only way to him.