Lehal Library

I felt an outflow of gratitude. “We thank you for the warm welcome and letting us visit you. It is very rewarding. No conflicts, no anger, no competition ...” “We do have competition. But we never get so involved that we forget it is a game.” I did not ask about love. There was no need to. The radiation from the four of them was evidence enough. But there was a tinge of sadness mixed with excitement. My friend smiled again. “Your visit is well timed, for we will be leaving very shortly. We have to adjust to be without our valley and our children.” “Leaving? Why?” “We received the Signal nearly a hundred years ago. We had waited several thousand years for it, and it finally came.” "Idon’t understand.” “Tt is rather that you don’t remember. You will, when it is time for you and yours. We have experienced and known all the patterns of change in our part of this physical universe. We have gone to the stars and back, moving just the way you are doing. We found nothing that we did not have here, nothing truly new.” "Ithink I have it. You know there is more ...”