Book1:TeDream-Maker
herewasn’tmuchdiffereweewo.Theywerebothrepairshops,onedealingwithmaes,theotherwiththehumanbody.AcrossthesquarewasaCatholicChurch,elegantandcssical,whereheoftenheardsoothingandpeacefulmusicofthechoirapaheaningfromtheinterior,inspiringhisimagination.Thenunsintheirflowingveilsandhabitseandgoontheirsacredandcharitablemissions,likenymphsdesdingfromheaven.Hehadoftenwishedhecouldsummonupenoughcetogetonintimatetermswiththem,butheneverdaredto.Afterpassingthesquare,hecametosomenarrowsteeltracks,whichhadalwaysbeehoughnotrainevercamethrough.Itmustbearemnantofthepioneerdays.Thenearerhegottohisdestinatioerhisheartwentpitapat.Thestreetswerestilldesertedintheearlym.Abatteredcarparkedbythesideofthestreet,withitslightsstillfshingweaklyaddedtothesenseofdesotioerieswerealmostusedupandthecarlookedwornout.Thedriverhadfallenasleepinhisseat,evidentlyexhausted.Boththedriverandthecarhadco-operatedwellontheirlongtripandnowbothweretiredandneededarest.Furtherdowicedadeadseagulllyingonthepavement.Whyhaditleftitsnaturalhabitatbythewatersauredintohumansocietyonlytoendonthesidewalks?Itwasstillearly,butcarsarianshadalreadybeguntoappear,goinghastilyontheirwaywithcoldexpressionlessfaces.Asheapproachedthefinancialdistrict,hesawthetwenty-fourstoreyWorldBankbuildingthatspreadovertheentireblock.Itwashardtobelievethatallthisbeloohim!Ithadn’topesdoorsyet,soDimitrisquatteddownonthecurbacrossthestreettowaitquietly. Withthepassingoftime,Dimitribecametenseandworried.Hecouldhearthefranticthumpingofhisheart.Thestree