Christmas (duerrenmatt)

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"Christmas" (by Friedrich Duerrenmatt): It was Christmas. I was walking across the vast plain. The snow was like glass. It was cold. The air was lifeless. No movement, not a sound. The horizon was round. The sky black. The stars dead. The moon carried to its grave yesterday. The sun not risen. I screamed. I could not hear myself. I screamed again. I saw a body lying on the snow. It was the Christ child. Its limbs white and rigid. Its halo a yellow frozen disc. I took the child in my hands. I moved its arms up and down. I opened its lids. It had no eyes. I was hungry. I ate the halo. It tasted like old bread. I bit his head off. Old marzipan. I continued on my way. Original: Es war Weihnacht. Ich ging über die weite Ebene. Der Schnee war wie Glas. Es war kalt. Die Luft war tot. Keine Bewegung, kein Ton. Der Horizont war rund. Der Himmel schwarz. Die Sterne gestorben. Der Mond gestern zu Grabe getragen. Die Sonne nicht aufgegangen. Ich schrie. Ich hörte mich nicht. Ich schrie wieder. Ich sah einen Körper auf dem Schnee liegen. Es war das Christuskind. Die Glieder weiss und starr. Der Heiligenschein eine gelbe gefrorene Scheibe. Ich nahm das Kind in die Hände. Ich bewegte seine Arme auf und ab. Ich öffnete seine Lider. Es hatte keine Augen. Ich hatte Hunger. Ich aß den Heiligenschein. Er schmeckte wie altes Brot. Ich biß ihm den Kopf ab. Alter Marzipan. Ich ging weiter.

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