Chapter 127
The WindmillA WINDMILL stood upon the hill, proud to look at, and it
was proud too.
"I am not proud at all," it said, "but I am very much
enlightened without and within. I have sun and moon for my outward
use, and for inward use too; and into the bargain I have stearine
candles, train oil and lamps, and tallow candles. I may well say
that I'm enlightened. I'm a thinking being, and so well constructed
that it's quite delightful. I have a good windpipe in my chest, and
I have four wings that are placed outside my head, just beneath my
hat. The birds have only two wings, and are obliged to carry them
on their backs. I am a Dutchman by birth, that may be seen by my
figure—a flying Dutchman. They are considered supernatural beings,
I know, and yet I am quite natural. I
