Beyond that great water that flows all round the world, but far away, so far that it would take months in a big boat to reach them, there are islands, some small, others as large as this world.

But, Rima, they are so far away, so impossible to reach, that it is useless to speak or to think of them.

They are to us like the sun and moon and stars, to which we cannot fly.

And now sit down and rest by my side, for you know everything." She glanced at me with troubled eyes.
"Nothing do I know--nothing have you told me.

Did I not say that mountains and rivers and forests are nothing?
Tell me about all the people in the world.