The summit of the tree was canada goose jackets a wide-spreading garden, and in the

midst of it, where the green boughs formed a kind of hill, stood a

castle of crystal, with a view from it towards every quarter of

heaven. Each tower was erected in the form of a lily, and within the

stern was a winding staircase, through which one could ascend to the

top and step out upon the leaves as upon balconies. The calyx of the

flower itself formed a most beautiful, glittering, circular hall,

above which no other roof arose than the blue firmament and the sun

and stars.

Just as much splendor, but of another kind, appeared below, in the

wide halls of the castle. Here, on the walls, were reflected

pictures of the world, which represented numerous and varied scenes of everything that took place daily, so that it was useless to read the

newspapers, and indeed there were none to be obtained in this spot.

All was to be seen in living pictures by those who wished it, but

all would have been too much for even the wisest man, and this man

dwelt here. His name is very difficult; you would not be able to

pronounce it, so it may be omitted. He knew everything that a man on

earth can know or imagine. Every invention already in existence or yet

to be, was known to him, and much more; still everything on earth

has a limit. The wise king Solomon was not half so wise as this man.