will you dive into the dark ocean, boys? will you fly into the dark sky?
"'Yes! cried Moundshroud. 'Lads, look at yourselves. why are you, boy, wearing that Skull face? And you, boy, carrying a scythe, and you, lad, made up like a Witch? And you, you, you!" He thrust his bony finger at each mask. "You don't know, do you? You just put on those faces and old mothball clothes and jump out, but you don't really know, do you?...'
'The Undiscovered Country. Out there. Look long, look deep, make a feast. The Past, boys, the Past. Oh, it's dark, yes, and full of nightmare. Everything that Halloween ever was lies buried there. Will you dig for bones, boys? Do you have the stuff?'
He burned his gaze at them.
'What is Halloween? How did it start? Where? Why? What for? Witches, cats, mummy dusts, haunts. It's all there in that country form which no one returns. Will you dive into the dark ocean, boys? Will you fly into the dark sky?'"
--Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree
'The Undiscovered Country. Out there. Look long, look deep, make a feast. The Past, boys, the Past. Oh, it's dark, yes, and full of nightmare. Everything that Halloween ever was lies buried there. Will you dig for bones, boys? Do you have the stuff?'
He burned his gaze at them.
'What is Halloween? How did it start? Where? Why? What for? Witches, cats, mummy dusts, haunts. It's all there in that country form which no one returns. Will you dive into the dark ocean, boys? Will you fly into the dark sky?'"
--Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree