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My father asked me, “How did you come up with that?
My father asked me, “How did you come up with that?
Didn't you hear of Don Quixote?”
I told him,
"I once had an army of them
Every night they gathered around me, for I was their spiritual leader
I never let the warriors down
I shared with comrades Quixote all the visions I had
I built for them the windmills
Then I waited for the fight to start
But the windmills DID become ugly monsters; that was not the vision I had
In the story they blamed Don Quixote; but here, I was the one to take the blame
I hug my pillow and sank into it, trying not to listen to their anguish and cries!
They could no longer conquer the windmills; and I could no longer kill the monsters.
I was called a betrayer and I was sentenced for eternal sailing!"
My father said I might never reach the sea!
"I once had an army of them
Every night they gathered around me, for I was their spiritual leader
I never let the warriors down
I shared with comrades Quixote all the visions I had
I built for them the windmills
Then I waited for the fight to start
But the windmills DID become ugly monsters; that was not the vision I had
In the story they blamed Don Quixote; but here, I was the one to take the blame
I hug my pillow and sank into it, trying not to listen to their anguish and cries!
They could no longer conquer the windmills; and I could no longer kill the monsters.
I was called a betrayer and I was sentenced for eternal sailing!"
My father said I might never reach the sea!
