as if something were drawing you--sort of enticing you down?

PEHR. Yes, that I have felt. You see the black streak over there,
where light and darkness meet? In the daytime it looks different;
and when the wind blows, it moves.

FAIRY. The forest.

PEHR. What is it like in the forest?

FAIRY. It is cool and delightful.

PEHR. That's well! Thither I am drawn, sometimes, so powerfully
that I want to rush through the tower window and soar, like the
birds in the air!

FAIRY. Beyond the borders of the forest?

PEHR. Is there something beyond?

FAIRY. There lies the world.

PEHR. The world! What is that?

FAIRY. Would you like to see it?

PEHR. Is it pleasant?

FAIRY. Some say it is; the majority say it is not. Come over here
and I will show you some pictures from that checkered panorama