Everyday all these boys and girls go to their exercises and return to their great assemblies in the palace,” explained Sol, ”some of them go out at sun-rise and return at sun-set, and the others set out at moon-rise and return at moon-set.”

Now Sol and Mani went on one of the scintillating bridges and flew upwards with the stream of boys and girls; others came the opposite direction and greeted them very friendly as they passed by.

Along the golden railing of the bridge innumerable flowers grew up from the flower-meadow towards the palace; containing already innumerable star-worlds of their own, they all set out to harvest the nectar of the stars of the lofty sky.