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As night falls on a soft summer evening, neighborhood children are drawn out of their houses by the sights and sounds of the world after dark.

The dinosaur bones in Drumheller, Alberta, rest by daylight, and come out and dance when the moon rises.

Written shortly after he became Biship of Hippo, "Confessions" highlights Augustine's childhood in Numidia and his riotous youth and early manhood in Carthage, Rome, and Milan.