(Shadows  over  a  cradle  .  .  . 
fire-light  craning.  .  .  . 
A  hand 
throws  something  in  the  fire 
and  a  smaller  hand 
runs  into  the  flame  and  out  again, 
singed  and  empty.  .  .  . 
Shadows settling  
over  a  cradle  .  .  . 
two  hands and  a  fire.)