(...) - I have! Dufon perked up, feeling the expectant eyes of the gathered. – I will tell you, dear friends, about the bird and the tree.
"About a bird and a tree?" whispered around in astonishment.
"And where's the love?" asked the inquisitive tramp.
– Patience! thundered the excited elf. "It's a story of love stronger than death itself," he said, lowering his voice to a whisper.
Conversations and murmurs ceased. The eyes of the treadmills widened in surprise, the elves fidgeted restlessly, and the ailerons rested their chins on their clasped hands, waiting intently for a story. (...)