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00:00Musique de l'ambiance
00:18Cris d'oiseaux
00:29There once was discovered a land where freedom flowed like a clear, refreshing stream.
00:37Word of this wondrous stream spread to places where the currents of freedom were weak and dying.
00:44Many who heard of the river longed to come and live in this new land,
00:48to refresh themselves in this stream,
00:51for they knew that the power of freedom was great,
00:54that it would renew their hope and replenish their energy.
00:59So they came and tasted the waters of freedom.
01:05It was refreshing.
01:08And they said,
01:10Here is the greatness of this land.
01:13So long as this stream flows strong and clear,
01:17our people will be filled with life and hope.
01:21Our land will bring forth a vigorous and abundant life.
01:26But if these waters cease to flow or lose their clarity,
01:33our land will decay and die.
01:38The new land prospered.
01:40The people tilled the soil and built great cities.
01:46Remarkable inventions and new ideas made life rich and joyous.
01:50In this land of freedom.
01:53The people became content.
01:56How good to live in this most favored land.
02:00They grew proud.
02:02How well our hands have cultivated and built.
02:10Their pride grew and grew.
02:13They did not know that too much pride could blind them.
02:19They did not know that too much pride could make them arrogant, foolish.
02:25And so it happened that because they so coveted the river,
02:29they barred from it people who looked unfamiliar or talked differently.
02:35In the false belief that strangers were not deserving.
02:40Little remembering that not long ago, they too were strangers.
02:48When new ideas were proposed, the people ridiculed them,
02:53for they were not afraid to change the old ways.
03:00When some among them arose and selfishly took more than their share,
03:06the people did not stop them, but instead resolved to do the same.
03:16Instead of helping those who were ill and weak,
03:20they despised them and chastised them for their idleness.
03:28When a wise man stood up and said, look, the waters are beclouding,
03:33they could not see it, for their pride made them blind.
03:39And when he tried again to make them see, they shut him up.
03:45For his vision infuriated them.
03:49How could they act differently?
03:51They loved the stream as they remembered it, fresh and clear,
03:56and could not bear to look upon its decay.
04:00When the children, unblinded by old recollection, saw it too, they cried out.
04:08But their fathers called them ungrateful and punished them.
04:13And even as the river grew weak and muddy,
04:17glib leaders said it was strong and clear and must be sent to certain deserving lands.
04:24But the people believed them and allowed their precious little fluid
04:28to be spilled upon alien soil.
04:35The people, feeling their hopes dying and their energy waning,
04:41finally looked at the river.
04:45They saw it was wasted and stagnant.
04:50The spirit of despair was great in the land.
04:55The people became confused.
04:58They did not know what to do.
05:03In the darkness of that hour, they heard many voices.
05:09Some said,
05:10The river is a nuisance and only lowers efficiency.
05:14Too much freedom causes disorder.
05:18The people are not ready for the river of freedom.
05:21Perhaps later we will stop the river and start it again when it is safe.
05:31But other voices said,
05:34Let us work to make the waters of freedom flow fresh and strong again.
05:41Where it has been fouled by our foolishness, it can be made clear by our wisdom.
05:47Where it has grown stagnant from our neglect, it can be kept fresh by our vigilance.
05:55And the people listening said,
05:59The life or death of the river of freedom is in our hands.
06:29Translation & english voice CLAUDIA MARSCHAL