File:Male Sleeper Story - Too Old.mp3

"Recall. He is 66. Too old, says the headman. Soon the tribe will paint his shadow in the cave. Give him naked to the cold-night! But two children enter, with fire! Speak with one Voice. They spare him. They say "Your people have failed you - pity! Pity the Upright Ape. Give us your words and you shall not die. WE ARE NOT THE BREATH. WE ARE THE WORD. WE DO NOT DIE."