our powers.' 'it makes me very sad,' added the first lead. they were silent for a while. then the first leaf said quietly to herself, 'why must we fall?'... the second lead asked, 'what happens to us when we have fallen?' 'we sink down...' 'what is under us?' the first leaf answers, 'i don't know, some say one thing, some another, but nobody knows.' the second lead asked, 'do we feel anything, do we know anything about ourselves when we're down there?' the first leaf answered, 'who knows? not one of all those down there has ever come back to tell us about it.' they were silent again. then the 