Although the police stepped in a few times and broke up the procession when it obstructed the traffic, the children were undeterred.
They simply formed up elsewhere and set off again.
Nothing happened apart from this, and they didn’t sight a single man in gray for all their vigilance.
They were, however, joined by other children who saw the demonstration and hadn’t known of the affair till now.
More and more youngsters tagged along until the streets were filled with hundreds or even thousands of them,
all urging their elders to attend the meeting that was to change the world.
NINE: THE TRIAL
The great moment had come and gone. It was over, and not a single grown-up had appeared.
The children’s demonstration had passed almost unnoticed by the very people it was aimed at.
All their efforts had been in vain. The big red sun was already sinking into a sea of purple cloud,
so low in the sky that its rays lit only the topmost tier of steps in the amphitheater,
where so many hundreds of children had been waiting for so long.
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