look upward often and you will understand their speech never forget the stars l t� t a a it fm mm i � m fa � � l � w� mb � r � � � w i mi r � i i � � � � part ii d � i the land of the blue flower s r part ii as the child king grew day by day the world seemed to grow fuller and fuller of wonders and beauties there were the sun and the moon the storm and the stars the straight falling of rain the springing of the growing things the flight of the eagle the songs and nests of small bird creatures the changing seasons and the work of the great brown earth giving its harvest and its fruits all these wonders in one world and you a man upon it said the ancient one hold high your head when you walk young king and often look f y i � � � j l � e� � l � l r o the land of the blue flower upward never forget one marvel among them all he forgot nothing he lived looking out on all things from great clear joyous eyes c upon his mountain he never heard a paltry or word or knew of the existence of or in thought as soon as he was old enough to go out alone he about the great mountain and feared neither storm nor wild beasts shaggy lions and their mates drew near and on him as their kind had on young adam in the garden of there had never passed through his mind the thought that they were not his friends he did not know that there were men who killed their wild brothers in the huge of the castle the land of the blue flower he learned to ride and to perform great of strength because he had not learned to be afraid he never feared that he could not do a thing he grew so strong and beautiful that when he was ten years old he was as tall as a youth of sixteen and when he was sixteen he was already like a young giant this was because he had been brother to the storm and had lived close to the strength and splendor of the stars only once when he was a boy of twelve a strange and painful thing happened to him from his kingdom in the plains below there had been sent to him a beautiful young horse which had been bred for him never had so magnificent an animal been born in the royal stable when he was brought into the the boy king s eyes the land of the blue flower i i shone with joy he spent the greater j part of the morning in and leaping him over the an j one in his tower chamber heard his shouts of and encouragement at last the king went out to i try him on the winding mountain i road when he returned he went at once to the tower chamber to the ancient one who when he raised his eyes from his great book looked at him gravely let us climb to the the boy said we must talk to i so they went and when they stood looking out on the world below the sky above them the eyes of the ancient one were still more grave the land of the blue flower � � � � � mi i � j tell me young king something strange has happened king answered i have felt i something i have not felt before i was j riding my horse around the field on the and he saw something which he refused to pass it was a young watching us from a tree my i horse reared and he would not listen to me but backed and wheeled around i tried in vain to persuade him and suddenly when i saw i could not make him obey me this strange new feeling rushed through all my body i grew hot and knew my face was scarlet my heart faster and my blood seemed to boil in my veins i shouted out harsh ugly f sounds � i forgot that all things are t i brothers � i lifted my hand and i w the land of the blue flower clenched it and struck my horse again and again i loved him no longer i felt that he no longer loved me i am hot and wearied and heavy from it still i feel no more joy was it pain i felt i have never felt pain and do not know was it pain it was a worse thing answered the ancient one it was anger when a man is overcome by anger he has a poisoned fever he loses his strength he loses his power over himself and over others he throws away time in which he might have gained the end he most desires there is no time for anger in the world so king learned the of anger for they sat long upon the while the ancient one told him how its poison worked in the the land of the blue flower veins and weakened the strongest man until he was made a fool that night lay under the sky looking at his brothers the stars and drawing calm from them if you lie through the night upon the and think only of the stillness and the stars you will forget your anger and its poison will die away if you put into your mind a beautiful thought it will take the place of the evil one there is no room for darkness in the mind of him who thinks only of the stars this been said to him by the ancient one upon the at the foot of the on which the castle 