We begin with an older man talking to his son, who wants to go on a journey. Meanwhile, the chorus behind them calls out warnings. It is forbidden to cross the Great River called Ou-dis-sun, and forbidden to go beyond the Dead Place. However the young man crosses the Great River called Ou-dis-sun, comes to the Dead Place where remaining pieces of stone have bits of words such as 'Ashing' and Biltmore'. In a vision which is reinforced by the strange sounds of city traffic and panic, he sees an apparition who tells of the death of civilization in a place once called Newyork.' The young man returns safely, filled with determination to learn from the remaining books, mend the broken magic tools and begin again (The role of the boy is non-speaking.)

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