Re: a tough short story request...

"rain" <afmareck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1145842700.781029.105710
@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:


Many years ago I read a short story about a wanderer who camped one
night on
an empty, windswept plain. He camped three nights--thinking each night
he
heard voices, saw movement--and on the third night he spoke with a
ghostly
resident of the plain. It seems the residents of the great city, which
covered the plain, had paid so much attention to commerce and wealth,
that
they had slowly forgotten to notice the natural world around them. The
more
they failed to stop and notice their surroundings, the more the
surroundings
dimmed and, eventually, vanished altogether.

I'm afraid I haven't given a graceful rendition, but that's the
gist--if
memory serves.

Anyone happen to remember this story? Author??

It made an impression on me and I've always remembered the message, but
darned if I can remember any particulars... ; ]

thanks for any help you may have to offer..


Sounds like it could be by Lord Dunsany?

--
Dave Empey

"This can be easily fixed by taking 17 levels of Ranger."
--Nockermensch
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