Trafika Europe 13 - Russian Ballet

The Miracle of...

THE SECOND MIRACLE OF CREATION Once upon a time, Emperor Hu Ligan resolved to undertake an ascent of Mount Pinhead in order to experience a foreign delight – a peregrination on skis. On the occasion of his ascent, his attention was drawn to a thing he had found remarkable: the closer one got to the sun, and the farther away from the earth one climbed, the colder it got. It was then that he came to the conclusion that the true source of light was the Earth, and that its warmth rises into the heavenly dome, where that shining reflection forms that we have called the sun. The court astronomers, who had accompanied the Emperor, acknowledged that this was indeed so, but proposed that this discovery not be disclosed to the people so as not to upset their cordial relations with the Land of the Rising Sun.

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