1 We were in the Uncharted Forest.
2 We do not wish to look upon the Uncharted Forest.
3 We knew that men would not follow us, for they never enter the Uncharted Forest.
4 We have heard that there are many Uncharted Forests over the land, among the Cities.
5 The Uncharted Forest has protected them from the Cities and from the men of the Cities.
6 We heard that you had gone to the Uncharted Forest, for the whole City is speaking of it.
7 And as we look upon the Uncharted Forest far in the night, we think of the secrets of the Unmentionable Times.
8 Beyond the ravine there is a plain, and beyond the plain there lies the Uncharted Forest, about which men must not think.
9 And beyond the City there lies the plain, and beyond the plain, black upon the black sky, there lies the Uncharted Forest.
10 We had not thought of coming here, but our legs had carried our wisdom, and our legs had brought us to the Uncharted Forest against our will.
11 And here, in this uncharted wilderness, I and they, my chosen friends, my fellow-builders, shall write the first chapter in the new history of man.
12 It is whispered that once or twice in a hundred years, one among the men of the City escape alone and run to the Uncharted Forest, without call or reason.
13 Men never enter the Uncharted Forest, for there is no power to explore it and no path to lead among its ancient trees which stand as guards of fearful secrets.