Original Illustration from the book “THE WONDER JOURNAL”

The melodies of the bells awakened me.

At first delicate chimes,

then thunderous stallions charging onto the battleground,

then vibrant theme of a wedding celebration.

As the final note lingered in the air, my heart pounded.

Daybreak. The land was still asleep.

Across the ages, the mountains and the oceans,

the Carillon had summoned me.

Since then I have been searching for the sonorous voice like an enchanted lover.

From a great bell tower at the rim of the world, it had beckoned me.