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They ar e generally large pr edators.

Which you can see by the many flies

which ar e gathering her e.

l've alr eady been away fr om

Germany for 15 years.

Dear Eugen, we have r eceived

your letter very much. How ar e you?

How's life in the hot country?

How ar e you? lsn't it too hot ther e?

When ar e you coming back?

Y es, l am coming back.

A dime.

A dime.

Five bucks or nothing.

Well, ther e ar e certain species...

...of fat tailed sheep

which we count on a lot.

They can endur e such

incr edible temperatur es...

...of appr oximately 122F and 140F.

But ther e ar e only a few.

Some birds ar e able to cool down

by taking flight.

But otherwise, you hardly

find any life her e.

The desert doesn't make it easy

to catch these animals.

For days you have to march thr ough

the dunes and the wind...

...to find the monitors.

lndividual animals run away

at incr edible speeds...

...and try to escape into their burr ows.

And then you have to dig them out

with a shovel in this heat.

lt's not fun.

But then again, what wouldn't you do

to find out about these animals?

ln Paradise r oasted pigeons

fly dir ectly into your mouth.

Ther e you enjoy yourself

without being forced to.

Ther e, enjoyment means obligation.

ln enjoyment, man finds

himself in Paradise.

The ''Blitzkrieg'' is insanity.

ln Paradise even gentiles

move mountains.

Ther e, wars ar e pr evented

by mothers.

Ther e you expect

her ons fr om the left.

ln Paradise ruins mean happiness.

Ther e you find gates without borders.

ln Paradise plane-wr ecks have been

distributed in the desert in advance.

Ther e the landscape is as

God has commanded it to be.

ln Paradise you call ''hello''

without seeing anybody.

Ther e you quarr el with strangers

to avoid having friends.

ln Paradise man is born dead.

While you ar e sleeping...

...acids gnaw and leeches

suck at the tuna-fish.

While you ar e dr eaming, an apple

fr om a tr ee falls onto your br ow.

While you ar e waiting,

trains br eak in two...

...you br eathe softly,

as though you wer e dead.

While you r ecline...

...car elessly str ewn stars

look out into space.

While you ar e sleeping...

...God softly walks over

the fields with Maria.

ln the Golden Age,

man and wife live in harmony.

Now, for ex ample, they appear

befor e the lens of the camera...

...death in their eyes, a smile on

their faces, a finger in the pie.

Running, they train themselves

harder and harder.

Weight-lifting, too, is r ewarding.

Unforgettable, however, r emains

a jump fr om the light-house.

ln the Golden Age traces of

Paradise can still be discerned.

Her e, for ex ample,

a boat once landed.

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