"The man tried to describe it; but to no purpose; for he had no words which could make the glorious, brilliant sun,—the very source of light—understand what such a thing as darkness could be,—and so at last he said,
"'Well, if you so much wish to know what this dreadful darkness is, come down into my cave and see it for yourself. It will not take you long to understand it then, I'll warrant. Come down, I say, and see it for yourself.'
"Now the sun very much wished to know what this fearsome thing called darkness, might be; so he came down and went and peeped into the cave where lay the man; but all that he saw was light—brilliant, shining light, covering everything.
"'Where is your darkness?' he cried to the man. 'I see none of it.'
"'No, it is gone,' said the man. 'Neither do I see it now.'
"'But where has it gone?" asked the sun.
"'Back, farther back into the cave,' said the man.
"So the sun went back—and back—into the depths of the cave, peering into all of the chinks
