Rudolph—Rounding the sheep up. (Shouting again.)
They have crossed the bridge.
Canzler— (Turning and looking at Rudolph.)
Honoring their god upon the mountain side?
Rudolph—'Tis the great dragon crawling through the hills.
Canzler—No wonder darkness fills the valley.
(After a pause.)
And in a storm like this!
Rudolph— Hunger.
Canzler— No doubt.
And there is hunger in the heavens, too.
Rudolph—And the two face. (They listen.)
The Asas all night long
Were loud above the mountains as though some
Vast purpose long pent up were finding way.
Canzler—And Selma heard it like a river flow
Washing the peaks and down the wooded slopes
Into the valley where the dragon lies.