d81cbc0f-588a-48f3-8c42-1e42a8d0173a 242 PETER AND FELIX WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY WORSE FRIENDS AFTER IT THEY'D HAVE BEEN BETTER FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THE PRAYING QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED NOW IT CAN'T BE UNLESS FELICITY CAN COAX PETER TO GIVE UP PRAYING AGAINST FELIX FOR ONCE IN HER LIFE THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT AS TACTFUL AS HER WONT OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE SAID IT OUT OF MALICE OF PREPENSE AT ALL EVENTS FELICITY RESENTED THE IMPUTATION THAT SHE HAD MORE INFLUENCE WITH PETER THAN ANY ONE ELSE 721443b9-35d6-452e-982f-2714832f772f 177 WHAT IS IT IS IS IT PAST TWO IMPLORED THE STORY GIRL IT IT'S IT'S FOUR SAID CECILY WITH A GASP THE OLD CLOCK ISN'T GOING MOTHER FORGOT TO WIND IT UP LAST NIGHT AND IT STOP BUT IT'S FOUR BY THE KITCHEN CLOCK SO IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY AND TEA IS READY AND MOTHER SENDS TO COME IN 7a002367-ae8d-456f-ae96-ceabb580cf2a 177 WE WERE ALL UP EARLY NONE OF US IT APPEARED HAD SLEPT WELL AND SOME OF US NOT AT ALL THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN AMONG THE LATTER AND SHE LOOKED VERY PALE AND WAN WITH BLACK SHADOWS UNDER HER DEEP SET EYES PETER HOWEVER HAD SLEPT SOUNDLY ENOUGH AFTER TWELVE O'CLOCK WHEN YOU'VE BEEN STUMPING OUT ELDERBERRIES ALL AFTERNOON IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN THE JUDGMENT DAY TO KEEP YOU AWAKE ALL NIGHT HE SAID WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING IT WAS JUST AWFUL I FORGOT IT FOR A MOMENT THEN ALL CAME BACK WITH A RUSH THAT WAS WORSE SCARED THAN BEFORE aec2a588-37a4-46ef-ae74-73ba01621ca6 1867 THAT IS WHERE I AND THE OTHER TROUBLE SHOOTERS COME IN WE TRAVEL IN WELL STOCKED SHIPS THAT CARRY A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING ONLY ONE MAN TO A SHIP BECAUSE THAT IS ALL IT TAKES TO OPERATE THE OVERLY EFFICIENT REPAIR MACHINERY DUE TO THE VERY NATURE OF OUR JOB WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME JUST ROCKETING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE ef8cb430-e914-40b0-953d-89ee89fded1b 103 FELIX AND I SAW SOMEWHERE INSIDE OF OUR HEADS A VELVET AND PURPLE AND GOLD PANSY WOMAN JUST AS THE STORY GIRL SPOKE BUT IS SHE NICE I ASKED THAT WAS THE MAIN QUESTION ABOUT GROWN UPS THEIR LOOKS MATTERED LITTLE TO US SHE'S LOVELY BUT SHE IS TWENTY NINE YOU KNOW THAT'S PRETTY OLD SHE DOESN'T BOTHER ME MUCH AUNT JANET SAYS THAT I'D HAVE NO BRINGING UP AT ALL IF IT WASN'T FOR HER AUNT OLIVIA SAYS CHILDREN SHOULD JUST BE LET COME UP THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS SETTLED FOR THEM LONG BEFORE THEY ARE BORN I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DO YOU 6837cf57-c97b-4e9f-b972-ac4419853eef 242 DID YOU EVER FIGHT ASKED THE STORY GIRL ONCE I SAID BRIEFLY DREADING THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH PROMPTLY CAME WHO BEAT IT IS SOMETIMES A BITTER THING TO TELL THE TRUTH ESPECIALLY TO A YOUNG LADY FOR WHOM YOU HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION I HAD A STRUGGLE WITH TEMPTATION IN WHICH I FRANKLY CONFESS I MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSTED HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A SAVING AND TIMELY REMEMBRANCE OF A CERTAIN RESOLUTION MADE ON THE PRECEDING JUDGMENT SUNDAY 9ecbdd14-d7ec-4137-bff4-3ec07fff8ac5 188 IT'S A VERY TENDER PART OF HIM AND IT'S HIS ONLY WAY OF PREVENTING IT AND HE DOESN'T MEAN ANY HARM IF YOU CAN CURE PATTY FOR US WE WILL ALWAYS BE VERY VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU THE ACCOMPANYING SMALL OFFERINGS ARE A TESTIMONIAL OF OUR RESPECT AND GRATITUDE AND WE ENTREAT YOU TO HONOR US BY ACCEPTING THEM VERY RESPECTFULLY YOURS SARA STANLEY fec3e27b-5bb2-4044-ba34-37a7eec7b16b 103 BY THIS TIME WE WERE ALL SITTING DOWN ON THE GNARLED ROOTS OF THE SPRUCES AND THE BIG GRAY CAT CAME OVER AND MADE FRIENDS WITH US HE WAS A LORDLY ANIMAL WITH A SILVER GREY COAT BEAUTIFULLY MARKED WITH DARKER STRIPES WITH SUCH COLOURING MOST CATS WOULD HAVE HAD WHITE OR SILVER FEET BUT HE HAD FOUR BLACK PAWS AND A BLACK NOSE SUCH POINTS GAVE HIM AN AIR OF DISTINCTION AND MARKED HIM OUT AS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE COMMON OR GARDEN VARIETY OF CATS HE SEEMED TO BE A CAT WITH A TOLERABLY GOOD OPINION OF HIMSELF AND HIS RESPONSE TO OUR ADVANCES WAS SLIGHTLY TINGED WITH CONDESCENSION e275e25c-9913-4e7a-ad4b-1034017256c4 30 IN THE END HE DECIDED TO SEND US TO UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET DOWN ON THE HOMESTEAD AND OUR HOUSEKEEPER WHO BELONGED TO THE ISLAND AND WAS NOW RETURNING TO IT TOOK CHARGE OF US ON THE JOURNEY I FEAR SHE HAD AN ANXIOUS TRIP OF IT POOR WOMAN 6601f90b-88df-42ea-8cbb-744134e025d5 177 I WON'T HAVE TIME TO READ IT ALL THROUGH I SUPPOSE HE SAID BUT I'LL GET ALONG AS FAR AS I CAN THERE WAS NO PREACHING IN CARLISLE THAT DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS NOT TILL THE EVENING CICELY GOT OUT HER LESSON SLIP AND STUDIED THE LESSON CONSCIENTIOUSLY THE REST OF US DID NOT SEE HOW SHE COULD DO IT WE COULD NOT THAT WAS VERY CERTAIN IF IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY I WANT TO HAVE THE LESSON LEARNED SHE SAID AND IF IT IS I I'LL FEEL I'VE DONE WHAT WAS RIGHT BUT I NEVER FOUND IT SO HARD TO REMEMBER THE GOLDEN TEXT BEFORE 85e06fb9-286c-489b-b2af-4da9a581ce37 413 IT MIGHT INDEED THIS WAS A NEW HORROR WHICH HAD NOT OCCURRED TO US I'M SURE I WON'T SLEEP A WINK TO NIGHT SAID FELIX THE PAPER SAYS TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW SAID DAN YOU NEEDN'T WORRY SARAH BUT SARAH DEPARTED WEEPING SHE DID NOT HOWEVER FORGET TO CARRY THE FORGET ME NOT JUG WITH HER ALL THINGS CONSIDERED HER DEPARTURE WAS A RELIEF 296a6dd8-3f11-4d2a-944a-6d33d8151830 464 I DIDN'T CHEW THE PUDDING GROANED UNCLE ROGER IT WAS TOO TOUGH I JUST SWALLOWED THE CHUNKS WHOLE HE GROANED AND TWISTED AND DOUBLED HIMSELF UP BUT HE OVERDID IT HE WAS NOT AS GOOD AN ACTOR AS THE STORY GIRL FELICITY LOOKED SCORNFULLY AT HIM UNCLE ROGER YOU ARE NOT ONE BIT SICK SHE SAID DELIBERATELY YOU ARE JUST PUTTING ON 722c25c8-a679-4528-a0e2-2060e5f87830 2182 LD THE SIMIAN SHIP WAS PASSING IN HYPERDRIVE THROUGH A CLASSIC THREE BODY SYSTEM COMPRISING IN THIS CASE A FIERCELY WHITE SUN CIRCLED BY A FAINTER COMPANION AND A SINGLE PLANET THAT SWUNG IN PRECISE BALANCE WHEN THE CANTHORIAN ZID BROKE OUT OF ITS CAGE IN THE SPECIMEN HOLD 6a16a617-a220-4593-aadb-f22a18f6fe10 451 THEY WERE SMALL RED CLUSTERED BERRIES OF A GLOSSY SEDUCTIVE APPEARANCE AND WE WERE FORBIDDEN TO EAT THEM BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE POISONOUS DAN PICKED A CLUSTER AND HELD IT UP DAN KING DON'T YOU DARE EAT THOSE BERRIES SAID FELICITY IN HER BOSSIEST TONE THEY'RE POISON DROP THEM RIGHT AWAY 458613a9-8f8d-49d5-b3f1-c1e73f24b911 2312 MANUEL WENT WITH MULA A ROUND EASY MAN AND A SPAR SCORNED MULE MULA WAS A MULE BUT THERE WERE OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE SANTA MAGDALENA OF A GENUS LESS CERTAIN YET EVEN ABOUT MULA THERE WAS AN ODDITY IN HER ANCESTRY HER PATERNAL GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN A GOAT MANOEL HAD ONCE TOLD MISSA MARSHALL ABOUT THIS BUT MISTER MARSHALL HAD NOT ACCEPTED IT aff1a3b9-2b96-4827-8c5a-ff6caddd5fc6 451 WELL IF YOU'RE SO SCARED YOU'D BETTER NOT GO IT ISN'T TOO LATE HERE'S YOUR OWN GAIT SAYS CECILY BUT SARA COULD NOT GIVE UP THE DELIGHTS OF THE SHOW SO SHE WALKED ON A SMALL MISERABLE TESTIMONY THAT THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS NEVER EASY EVEN WHEN SAID TRANSGRESSOR IS ONLY A DAMSEL OF ELEVEN ce7b9742-e5cc-44e5-9023-8494fdfe7ba0 30 THIS WAS HOME FATHER'S HOME OUR HOME WE HAD NEVER LIVED LONG ENOUGH IN ANY ONE HOUSE TO DEVELOP A FEELING OF AFFECTION FOR IT BUT HERE UNDER THE ROOF TREE BUILT BY GREAT GRANDFATHER KING NINETY YEARS AGO THAT FEELING SWEPT INTO OUR BOYISH HEARTS AND SOULS LIKE A FLOOD OF LIVING SWEETNESS AND TENDERNESS b0d8ed7f-0766-4c7f-8284-a35d4de0eade 30 NO SHE ISN'T SAID DAN INSTANTLY FROM ACROSS THE ROOM BUT YOU'LL THINK SHE IS WHILE SHE'S TALKING TO YOU EVERYBODY DOES IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU GO AWAY FROM HER THAT YOU FIND OUT THAT SHE ISN'T A BIT PRETTY AFTER ALL THE GIRL'S DOOR SHUT WITH A BANG SILENCE FELL OVER THE HOUSE WE DRIFTED INTO THE LAND OF SLEEP WONDERING IF THE STORY GIRL WOULD LIKE US b8ead498-9351-4a45-8ecb-8050914b09de 177 WELL SAID AUNT JANET WHEN WE ALL DESCENDED TO THE KITCHEN THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU YOUNG ONES HAVE EVER ALL GOT UP WITHOUT BEING CALLED THAT'S A FACT AT BREAKFAST OUR APPETITES WERE POOR HOW COULD THE GROWN UPS EAT AS THEY DID AFTER BREAKFAST AND THE NECESSARY CHORES THERE WAS THE FORENOON TO BE LIVED THROUGH PETER TRUE TO HIS WORD GOT OUT HIS BIBLE AND BEGAN TO READ FROM THE FIRST CHAPTER IN GENESIS I WON'T HAVE TIME TO READ IT ALL THROUGH I SUPPOSE HE SAID BUT I'LL GET ALONG AS FAR AS I CAN d2ffb813-be12-48a2-a54a-94b6f7bc6528 188 DONALD AND NEIL NANCY AND BETTY WERE THERE IN THE ROOM WITH US WE SAW THE FLASHES OF EXPRESSION ON THEIR FACES WE HEARD THEIR VOICES ANGRY OR TENDER MOCKING OR MERRY IN LOWLAND AND HIGHLAND ACCENT WE REALIZED ALL THE MINGLED COQUETRY AND FEELING AND DEFIANCE AND ARCHNESS IN BETTY SHERMAN'S DARING SPEECH WE HAD EVEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT MISTER CAMPBELL THAT GENTLEMAN IN SILENCE TOOK OUT HIS WALLET EXTRACTED A NOTE THEREFROM AND HANDED IT GRAVELY TO THE STORY GIRL 02d8298f-057d-467a-b2b5-ee313e38c666 198 HE ISN'T IN THE KITCHEN SAID FELICITY RUSHING ABOUT WILDLY AND HE COULDN'T GET INTO THE OTHER PART OF THE HOUSE FOR I SHUT THE HALL DOOR TIGHT AND NO BABY COULD OPEN IT AND IT'S SHUT TIGHT YET SO ARE ALL THE WINDOWS HE MUST HAVE GOT OUT OF THE DOOR DAN KING AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT HE DIDN'T GO OUT OF THIS DOOR REITERATED DAN STUBBORNLY I KNOW THAT WELL WHERE IS HE THEN HE ISN'T HERE DID HE MELT INTO AIR DEMANDED FELICITY OH COME AND LOOK FOR HIM ALL OF YOU 3af54e4e-148d-42ae-ba1e-84823d4f46c4 402 AFTER THE RAIN THE AIR SEEMED DRIPPING WITH THE ODOURS IN THE WARM WEST WIND THE TANG OF FIR BALSAM THE SPICE OF MINT THE WILD WOODSINESS OF FERNS THE AROMER OF GRASSES STEEPING IN THE SUNSHINE AND WITH IT ALL A BREATH OF WILD SWEETNESS FROM FAR HILL PASTURES 4f1e6125-ef10-4265-b388-3c290dabe723 2425 SHE SIGHED A LONG SHUDDERING SIGH AND SNUGGLED INTO MY ARMS VIC GLANCED TOWARD US AND GRINNED COME TO THINK OF IT HE REMARKED I BELIEVE ILL RUN ALONG AND SEE IF I CAN FIND MISSUS PARR I HAVEN'T HAD A THING TO EAT SINCE NOON YESTERDAY AND I'VE JUST REALIZED I'M HUNGRY WILL YOU JOIN ME eb9410cf-a913-4af4-b0fc-9d5b34a1f2ce 188 THERE THE PINK AND GOLD VASES GRANDMOTHER KING GAVE HER SAID FELICITY AS AUNT OLIVIA UNWRAPPED FROM THEIR TISSUE PAPER SWATHINGS A PAIR OF SLENDER OLD FASHIONED TWISTED VASES OF PINK GLASS OVER WHICH LITTLE GREEN LEAVES WERE SCATTERED AREN'T THEY HANDSOME AND OH EXCLAIMED CECILY IN DELIGHT THERE'S THAT CHINA FRUIT BASKET WITH THE APPLE ON THE HANDLE DOESN'T IT LOOK REAL I'VE THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT IT OH MOTHER PLEASE LET ME HOLD IT FOR A MINUTE I'LL BE AS CAREFUL AS CAREFUL 9d20dd3e-1170-40eb-b738-aa802fe9abbb 748 WE CLIMBED MT BLANC SAW THE HUNG FRAU SOARING INTO CLOUDLAND AND WALKED AMONG THE GLOOMY PILLARS OF BONIVARD'S PRISON FINALLY THE STORY GIRL TOLD US THE TALE OF THE PRISONER OF CHILI IN WORDS THAT WERE BYRONS BUT IN A VOICE THAT WAS ALL HER OWN IT MUST BE SPLENDID TO GO TO EUROPE SIGHED CECILY LONGINGLY I AM GOING SOME DAY SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY 528c5fa8-375c-4da0-9fed-ac7deb119f3e 2286 THOUGH PIRACY WAS OF COURSE TOO MEAN AN AMBITION TO ASCRIBE TO THIS BOY DID HE WANT TO RULE A WHOLE PLANET OR MAYBE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OR MORE I SHUDDERED A BIT AS THE THOUGHT HIT ME WAS THERE REALLY ANYTHING THAT COULD STOP A PLAN LIKE THIS ONCE IT GOT ROLLING DURING THE KINGLY WARS ANY NUMBER OF TYPES WITH A COUPLE OF SHIPS AND LESS BRAINS THAN PEPPY HAD SET UP JUST THIS KIND OF EMPIRE THEY WERE ALL PULLED DOWN IN THE END SINCE THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDED ON ONE MAN RULE BUT THE PRICE THAT HAD TO BE PAID FIRST 1e14cbec-e382-4192-b374-acd67c2ef771 748 TO US IN THOSE YEARS EUROPE SEEMED ALMOST AS REMOTE AND UNREACHABLE AS THE MOON IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANY ONE OF US SHOULD EVER GO THERE BUT AUNT JULIA HAD GONE AND SHE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP IN CARLISLE ON THIS VERY FARM SO IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE STORY GIRL MIGHT GO TOO 100522a5-fc55-410e-84a5-fbbd26c9b981 177 CAN'T YOU TELL A STORY TO PASS THE TIME I ENTREATED THE STORY GIRL SHE SHOOK HER HEAD NO IT WOULD BE NO USE TO TRY BUT IF THIS ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY I'LL HAVE A GREAT ONE TO TELL OF US BEING SO SCARED PAT PRESENTLY CAME GALLOPING UP THE ORCHARD CARRYING IN HIS MOUTH A BIG FIELD MOUSE WHICH SITTING DOWN BEFORE US HE PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR BODY AND BONES AFTERWARDS LICKING HIS CHOPS WITH GREAT SATISFACTION 59360af0-8ebe-4b07-8a8d-95924461b7af 198 SHE NEVER APPEARED ANYWHERE BUT IN THE ORCHARD SAID THE STORY GIRL OH OH CHILDREN ISN'T THERE SOMETHING UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE WE PEERED FEARFULLY THROUGH THE GLOOM THERE WAS SOMETHING SOMETHING THAT WAVERED AND FLUTTERED ADVANCED RETREATED THAT'S ONLY MY OLD APRON SAID FELICITY I HUNG IT THERE TO DAY WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT WHITE HEN'S NEST OH WHAT SHALL WE DO 96eeb0d3-d047-4873-acd3-d1347611cf02 2368 THE SILENCE WAS A LONG ONE AND AT THE END OF IT KNOOF ROSE HE WALKED TO THE DOOR OF THE ROOM AND OPENED IT AND THE BALD HEADED GUARD CAME IN HE HAS TRIED TO TEMPT ME TO PACKT WITH SATAN THE QUINT INQUISITOR SAID BUT TAKE HIM AWAY SOME DAY YANUS THOUGHT BACK IN HIS CELL THERE WOULD BE A METHOD OF CONTROLLING MINDS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE THE WILLING CO OPERATION OF THE TWO PARTIES SOME DAY THE MAN WHO READS MINES WOULD BE MORE THAN A PASSIVE ONLOOKER bd07fd1b-0fa2-46e7-9067-8d7ad795dfb1 32 SOON THE HOUSE WAS DARK AND SILENT I WAS JUST DROPPING INTO AN UNEASY SLUMBER WHEN I HEARD A COMMOTION IN THE GIRLS ROOM ACROSS THE HALL THEIR DOOR OPENED AND THROUGH OUR OWN DOOR I SAW FELICITY'S WHITE CLAD FIGURE FLIT DOWN THE STAIRS TO AUNT JANET'S ROOM FROM THE ROOM SHE HAD LEFT CAME MOANS AND CRIES 030fc8b0-1d0f-4e24-a7f8-8c7ace7833bd 2137 HAVE YOU GOT A TELETOWKEY BRANDON ASKED SURE SAID THE FIRST MAN PRODUCING A SET ONE THIRD THE SIZE OF BRANDON'S COULD YOU TUNE IT TO TWENTY EIGHT POINT SIX MICROCYCLES SURE THE MAN SAID AGAIN HE TURNED A DIAL WITH HIS THUMB AND HANDED THE UNIT TO BRANDON BRANDON DEPRESSED THE TOP BUTTON 070c2d69-bdf6-4810-980c-f09a3eae7802 748 IF YOU'D HAD TO PAY FATHER FOR ALL THE EXTRA HANDFULS OF WHEAT YOU FED TO THOSE HENS MISS FELICITY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SO MUCH SAID DAN SPITEFULLY I DIDN'T SAID FELICITY INDIGNANTLY LOOK HOW AUNT OLIVIA'S HENS LAID TOO AND SHE FED THEM HERSELF JUST THE SAME AS USUAL 8893f276-2e35-4a16-a354-322bb14749bb 2312 BUT WHERE DID YOU REALLY GET THIS LIST OF SO MANY NAMES WRITTEN SO SMALL SUFFERING SADDLE SAWS MARSHAL DON'T ASK THE LITTLE BUG SO MANY QUESTIONS YOU GOT A MILLION NAMES IN YOUR HAND CERTIFY THEM SEND THEM IN THERE'S ENOUGH OF US HERE RIGHT NOW WE DECLARE THAT PLACE UNANNEXED FORTHWITH THIS WILL MAKE HIGH PLAINS THE BIGGEST TOWN IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS d489e53f-27d6-409e-b257-7300a4ff78f8 2137 A SERIES OF MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS ROCKED THE SHIP HE CHOPPED THE POWER BACK ALL THE WAY AND LISTENED INTENTLY MAY DAY MAY ESTRO THIS IS BRANDON MAY DAY A FAINT VOICE SPUTTERED IN HIS EAR THE FACE OF REINHERT THE RADIO MAN APPEARED BEFORE HIM BRANDON THIS IS ASTRO ONE WHAT IS YOUR POSITION OVER efea66ba-db30-4bdf-a4ea-5b8f8b26bb02 198 THE STORY GIRL AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD PAY HIM COMPLIMENTS TO HIS LIKING THE STORY GIRL WOULD BOX HIS EARS WITH HER FIST AND SAY BLESS YOUR GRAY HEART PADDY YOU'RE A GOOD SORT OF OLD RASCAL AND PAT WOULD PURR HIS SATISFACTION I USED TO TAKE A HANDFUL OF THE SKIN ON HIS BACK SHAKE HIM GENTLY AND SAY PAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN MORE THAN ANY HUMAN BEING EVER KNEW AND I VOW PADDY WOULD LICK HIS CHOPS WITH DELIGHT BUT TO BE CALLED A SWEET CAT ce30ebb8-c656-4881-a2df-329cdc8f6b08 32 I EXPECTED TO COME DOWN WITH AN AWFUL THUD SHE SAID SHUDDERING BUT I LIT AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER AND WOKE RIGHT UP IF YOU HADN'T WOKE UP YOU'D HAVE DIED SAID PETER WITH A DARK SIGNIFICANCE IF YOU DREAM OF FALLING AND DON'T WAKE YOU DO LAND WITH A THUD AND IT KILLS YOU THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHO DIE IN THEIR SLEEP HOW DO YOU KNOW ASKED DAN SCEPTICALLY NOBODY WHO DIED IN HIS SLEEP COULD EVER TELL IT ec015b2a-d688-434b-9eb4-6c29db5c4c2a 2368 NOW WAS THE TIME FOR HIS PLAY HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND FELT THE STRENGTH IN HIM GATHER TO A SINGLE POINT AND FLOW OUTWARD THE TWO MEN SUDDENLY SEEMED TO STAGGER THERE WAS A SECOND OF CONFUSION AND THEY HAD LET HIM GO HE STOOD ALONE IN THE ROOM HE TURNED AND WALKED TO THE DOOR BUT HE DID NOT OPEN IT INSTEAD HE LEANED AGAINST IT HE FORCED HIS VOICE INTO THE PATTERNS OF CALMNESS AND EASE 09c142d4-bc9f-48e9-9b4b-001e46c7b3e3 198 I NEVER HEARD THAT KIND OF STRIKE BEFORE PROTESTED PETER IT DON'T SOUND A BIT LIKE OTHER CLOCKS AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT AND THE SOUND KIND OF MUFFLED IT'S ALL VERY FINE TO SAY YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT IT WAS BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THE STORY GIRL HONESTLY I THOUGHT IT WAS A BELL WHEN I HEARD IT AND THE DOOR OPEN TOO 5fdd0ad4-f434-40fc-b556-8a3b891fea4a 2286 DOES YOUR NEW GEAR LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS I ASKED THROWING IT ACROSS THE TABLE TO HIM HE RUBBED HIS JAW WHILE HE LOOKED IT WELL HE SAID HESITATINGLY I DON'T WANT TO SAY FOR CERTAIN ALL THESE DETAILS AREN'T IN MY DEPARTMENT I'M JUST RESPONSIBLE FOR FINAL ASSEMBLY NOT UNIT WORK BUT THIS SURELY LOOKS LIKE THE THING THEY INSTALLED BIG THING LOTS OF POWERS IT WAS A BATTLESHIP ALL RIGHT NO DOUBT OF THAT NOW I WAS MENTALLY REACHING AROUND TO PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK WHEN THE MEANING OF HIS WORDS SANK IN 12a85573-dbfa-418f-9990-0ce6db687eef 242 CECILY GAVE A SHRIEK AND RAN OUT OF THE WOOD WE THOUGHT SHE HAD FLED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT ENDURE THE SIGHT OF BLOOD AND WE WERE NOT SORRY FOR HER MANIFEST DISAPPROVAL AND ANXIETY WERE DAMPING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE OCCASION FELIX AND PETER DREW APART AFTER THAT FIRST ONSET AND THEN CIRCLED ABOUT ONE ANOTHER WARILY JUST THEN AS THEY HAD COME TO GRIPS AGAIN UNCLE ALEC WALKED AROUND THE CORNER OF THE GRANARY WITH CECILY BEHIND HIM HE WAS NOT ANGRY 9ac74ea6-23bf-4977-8f9a-65059673adf0 2312 THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE A FOREST PRESERVE OUT OF THE PLACE EXCEPT THAT IT HAS NO TREES WORTHY OF THE NAME NOW IT IS PROPOSED TO MAKE IT THE SODOM AND GOMORRAH STATE PARK FROM THE TWO MYSTERIOUS SCENES OF DESOLATION THERE JUST SEVEN MILES APART IT IS AN INTERESTING PLACE AS WILD A REGION AS YOU WILL EVER FIND AND IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE MAN WHO HAS SEEN EVERYTHING 89af552a-edea-40e8-a55c-d8c01241ad70 402 THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN DO SAID CECILY GENTLY WE CAN PRAY FOR HIM SO WE CAN I AGREED I'M GOING TO PRAY LIKE SIXTY SAID FELIX ENERGETICALLY WE'LL HAVE TO BE AWFUL GOOD YOU KNOW WARNED CECILY THERE'S NO USE PRAYING IF YOU'RE NOT GOOD THAT WILL BE EASY SIGHED FELICITY I DON'T FEEL A BIT LIKE BEING BAD IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO PETER I FEEL SURE I'LL NEVER BE NAUGHTY AGAIN I WON'T HAVE THE HEART 7c781147-5fb9-4b2a-b6f0-c5f1c2823960 188 I'LL TELL YOU THESE STORIES WHEN YOU GET WELL I CAN TELL THEM EVER SO MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN WRITE THEM I KNOW FELICITY IS WONDERING WHY I'M WRITING SUCH A LONG LETTER SO PERHAPS I'D BETTER STOP IF YOUR MOTHER READS IT TO YOU THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF IT SHE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND BUT I THINK YOUR AUNT JANE WOULD I REMAIN YOUR VERY AFFECTIONATE FRIEND SARA STANLEY 624d80f7-e983-4c3f-bce0-48c105fe3220 188 THERE WERE FINE LACE CURTAINS AT THE WINDOWS AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES ON THE WALLS THERE WAS A LITTLE WHITE BED AND A DRESSING TABLE A BOOKCASE FULL OF BOOKS A STAND WITH A WORK BASKET ON IT AND A ROCKING CHAIR THERE WAS A WOMAN'S PICTURE ABOVE THE BOOKCASE MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS SHE THINKS IT WAS A COLORED PHOTOGRAPH BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS 6968fd55-20a0-4e18-b634-c3abce102df9 2425 I'M LEAVING ANOTHER NOTE THERE FOR YOU OLD SON AND AFTER YOU READ IT YOU CAN LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE BRING A GAT ALONG AND PLENTY OF AMO HOPE'S AWAY AT AUNT CLEO'S SO DON'T GET IN TOUCH WITH HER AND SPOIL HER VISIT VIC I HAD A HOT PROSPECT LINED UP FOR A DEMONSTRATION THAT MORNING BUT I DIDN'T EVEN STOP TO GIVE HIM A RING VIC AND I HAD BEEN BUTTIES EVER SINCE WE WERE KIDS AND BESIDES HE WAS HOPE'S BROTHER 7d89d0df-2995-41db-96c5-90c0b29abafe 2274 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM NOT MUCH THEY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE AN ANCIENT TERRAN CHIMPANZEE ONLY WITH BLUE FUR FACES HAIRLESS PINK SKINNED STETSON SNAPPED A SWITCH THE TRANSLATE MAP BECAME A SCREEN WITH A FIGURE FROZEN ON IT LIKE THAT THIS IS LIFE SIZE 64f3c3e4-7139-4d0d-918a-09c4f0fcd748 2317 FARMER BENT ANXIOUSLY OVER THE JUDGE LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE THE DIVING SUIT HAD SHIPPED SOME WATER AND THE JUDGE HAD GOTTEN A NASTY CRACK ON THE HEAD BUT HE WAS A TOUGH BOSO THERE WAS NO BLOOD HIS BREATHING SEEMED ALMOST NORMAL AND HE ALREADY SHOWED SIGNS OF RETURNING CONSCIOUSNESS a4657529-6fcc-4dbd-a0e3-e407f317c85d 2137 WITH AN EFFORT HE SAT UP ON THE BACK SEAT AND LOOKED THROUGH THE PERMANS A TANGLE OF CORDS STRETCHED OUT TO THE NILEN OF THE MAIN CHUTE DRAPED OVER A DUST STONE BEYOND IT HE COULD SEE THE GLEAMING METAL RIBBONS OF THE DROG SHOOT AHEAD OF HIM BEHIND SOME LOW HILLS HE COULD SEE A DULL RED GLOW THE SHIP HE THOUGHT 64b4757b-ab60-453e-b212-9339317486ec 14 IT ISN'T MY FAULT THAT HE'S GOING TO CHURCH SHE SAID SNAPPISHLY IT'S THE STORY GIRL'S DOINGS UNCLE ROGER SAT DOWN ON THE DOORSTEP AND GAVE HIMSELF OVER TO ONE OF THE SILENT INWARD PAROXYSMS OF LAUGHTER WE ALL FOUND SO VERY AGGRAVATING HE SHOOK HIS BIG BLONDE HEAD SHUT HIS EYES AND MURMURED NOT HER FAULT OH FELICITY FELICITY YOU'LL BE THE DEATH OF YOUR DEAR UNCLE YET IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT 2c6a1aa3-177f-458d-9c4e-f08ea01ffabb 32 ADAM AND EVE LIVED IN A GARDEN ALL THE TIME SAID FELICITY AND THEY WERE FAR FROM BEING ALWAYS GOOD THEY MIGHTN'T HAVE KEPT GOOD AS LONG AS THEY DID IF THEY HADN'T LIVED IN A GARDEN SAID THE STORY GIRL WE WERE NOW SUMMONED TO BREAKFAST PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED AWAY THROUGH THE GAP FOLLOWED BY PATTY AND THE REST OF US WALKED UP THE ORCHARD TO THE HOUSE WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STORY GIRL e6f9d4fc-1785-4fc1-88f4-070cc54b3c13 188 CECILY BEHIND ME KEPT GASPING OUT THE CONTRADICTORY SENTENCES OH BEB WAIT FOR ME AND OH BEB HURRY HURRY MORE BY BLIND INSTINCT THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE KEPT TOGETHER AND FOUND OUR WAY OUT OF THE WOODS PRESENTLY WE WERE IN THE FIELD BEYOND THE BROOK OVER US WAS A DAINTY SKY OF SHELL PINK PLACID CLOUDS WERE PLEASURE PASTURING AROUND US THE FAREWELL SUMMER NODDED TO US IN THE FRIENDLY BREEZES WE HALTED WITH A GLAD REALIZATION THAT WE WERE BACK IN OUR OWN HAUNTS AND THAT PEG BOWEN HAD NOT CAUGHT US a3c9d71a-717c-4761-b555-258c73ecebf3 14 VERY SADLY THE OLD KING AND COURTIERS RODE HOME AND NEVER NEVER AGAIN DID HUMAN EYE BEHOLD THE PROUD PRINCESS BUT WHEN THOSE LONG WHITE CLOUDS SWEEP ACROSS THE SKY THE COUNTRY PEOPLE IN THE LAND WHERE SHE LIVED SAY LOOK YOU THERE IS THE WEDDING BELL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS THE WEIRD SPELL OF THE TALE RESTED ON US FOR SOME MOMENTS AFTER THE STORY GIRL HAD FINISHED 04568855-4ab7-4949-a3e3-415301948e2a 402 THEY WERE WONDERFULLY DAINTY WITH A STRANGE FAINT AROMATIC PERFUME WHICH WAS ONLY TO BE DETECTED AT A LITTLE DISTANCE AND VANISHED IF YOU BENT OVER THEM THEY FADED SOON AFTER THEY WERE PLUCKED AND ALTHOUGH STRANGERS GREATLY ADMIRING THEM OFTEN CARRIED AWAY ROOTS AND SEEDS THEY COULD NEVER BE COAXED TO GROW ELSEWHERE 69d66367-ac8b-4aed-9688-708d2b39f31b 32 BUT I GUESS I OVERDID IT BECAUSE I GOT REAL SICK AND COULDN'T SLEEP AT ALL SO OF COURSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DREAMS I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH THE PIE AND PICKLES AND LEFT THE TARTS ALONE PETER DID AND HE HAD AN ELEGANT DREAM THAT PEG BOWEN CAUGHT HIM AND PUT HIM ON TO BOIL ALIVE IN THAT BIG BLACK POT THAT HANGS OUTSIDE HER DOOR HE WOKE UP BEFORE THE WATER GOT HOT THOUGH 37e03141-9ff0-40e2-80ef-dcab053dfcf4 2286 PUT DEGREES IN CHARGE OF THE RECORD ROOM FOR A WHILE YOU SAID THAT WAY HE CAN LEARN THE ROPES BUYING AROUND IN SENTRY OLD DUSTY FILES WILL BE JUST THE THING FOR A FREE SPIRIT LIKE SLIPPERY GIM DEGREES TEACH HIM DISCIPLINE SHOW HIM WHAT THE CORE STANDS FOR AT THE SAME TIME IT WILL GET THE RECORDS IN SHAPE THEY HAVE BEEN NEED NEEDING REORGANIZATION FOR QUITE A WHILE 961dd4f4-fc72-4d3c-8203-699022a9acdf 402 HOW CAN YOU KNOW INTERRUPTED PETER SUDDENLY YOU AIN'T OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A BEAU HOW CAN YOU KNOW THE STORY GIRL LOOKED AT PETER WITH A FROWN SHE DID NOT LIKE TO BE INTERRUPTED WHEN TELLING A STORY THOSE ARE NOT THINGS ONE KNOWS ABOUT SHE SAID WITH DIGNITY ONE FEELS ABOUT THEM e8329674-309c-4752-b205-47e7c63f55ed 2317 RAY POLISHED OFF THE SOMEWHAT RABBIT FROM HATTIE ROUTINE BY BRINGING OUT A PORTABLE TELEVISION SET CONNECTING IT TO THE BOAT'S ELECTRICAL GENERATOR AND STRINGING AN INSORTMENT OF WIRES BETWEEN IT AND HIS INVENTION HE WOULD NOT ALLOW FARMER EVEN CLOSE TO THE LATTER BUT TO THE EDITOR'S UNTECHNICAL EYE IT LOOKED LIKE A FAIRLY ORDINARY RADIO SET WITH MORE THAN ENOUGH DIALS AND SWITCHES ADDED TO IT TO FURNISH THE DAY SPORTS OF SEVERAL ROLLS ROICES eb8056cd-b53c-4056-8c96-847ec9943548 2368 EVEN THE OFFER OF SEVEN CRONA FOR A SINGLE WEEK'S STAY FAILED TO PRODUCE THE DELIRIOUS JOY YANUS HAD EXPECTED THE MONEY IS NEEDED SHARP SAID IN A DOUR BASS VOICE STARING OFF PAST YONAS'S LEFT EAR AT THE DARKENING SKY AND FOR THE MONEY YOU WILL BE WELCOME I MUST TAKE YOUR WORD THAT YOU ARE NOT DANGEROUS I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT YOU DO NOT BETRAY THAT TRUST 92790c14-5543-4eb8-a5b5-bfc5cd721445 2317 AS HE ROSE ROPY TENTACLES TWINED AROUND HIM AND HE SAW WHAT HAD SAVED HIM HE WAS BEING CRADLED GENTLY BUT FIRMLY BY THE NONNIPUS WHICH HAD JUDGE RAY IN ANOTHER SET OF TENTACLES AN ANONIPUS THAT BECAME APPARENT WAS NOT ONLY A WATER CREATURE IT COULD ALSO FLY 7f576c70-377c-45ee-ac49-f0b3e5159082 2108 SIGHED THE CANARY COULDN'T YOU MANAGE TO ESCAPE FROM THIS TERRIBLE YUKOH NO ANSWERED THE SCARECROW WE TRIED TO ESCAPE BUT FAILED SHE FIRST MADE US HER PRISONERS AND THEN TRANSFORMED US BUT HOW DID SHE MANAGE TO GET YOU POLYCHROME I WAS ASLEEP AND SHE TOOK UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OF ME ANSWERED THE BIRD SADLY HAD I BEEN AWAKE I COULD EASILY HAVE PROTECTED MYSELF 013b0642-1289-4e05-a128-fd6a7954cb96 2317 SOMEHOW WHAT POPPED INTO FARMER'S HEAD WAS THE COURSE OF AN OLD SONG HE HAD SUNG IN BOY'S CAMP WHEN VERY YOUNG THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THERE'S A LOG IN THE HOLE YOUR MACHINE REACTIVATED THE GATE FROM THIS SIDE EVEN IF THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU DESIGNED IT TO DO DORA WENT ON IT'S A GOOD THING I NOTICED THE GATE WAS OPEN OF COURSE THE AREA EFFECTED IS ENLARGED IT INCLUDES THOSE STEPS AND A LOT OF WATER AROUND THEM 49586cff-6223-4af7-b68f-6023a099cd2b 188 I HAD A PERFECTLY AWFUL DREAM LAST NIGHT SAID CECILY WITH A SHUDDER OF REMEMBRANCE I DREAMED I WAS ON A DESERT ISLAND INHABITED BY TIGERS AND NATIVES WITH TWO HEADS OH SAID THE STORY GIRL LOOKING AT CECILY HALF REPROACHFULLY WHY COULDN'T YOU TELL IT BETTER THAN THAT IF I HAD SUCH A DREAM I COULD TELL IT SO THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD FEEL AS IF THEY DREAMED IT TOO WELL I'M NOT YOU COUNTED CECILY AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN ANY ONE AS I WAS FRIGHTENED IT WAS AN AWFUL DREAM BUT IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TOO 4472686d-6b28-4cb8-8c92-b1b71bb1cc2c 32 NO CONCEDED PETER RELUCTANTLY SHE WASN'T PRETTY BUT SHE LOOKED LIKE THE WOMAN IN THAT PICTURE THE STORY GIRL'S FATHER SENT HER LAST WEEK THE ONE WITH THE SHINY RING AROUND HER HEAD AND THE BABY IN HER LAP I'VE SEEN AUNT JANE LOOK AT ME JUST LIKE THAT WOMAN LOOKS AT HER BABY MA NEVER LOOKS SO POOR MA IS TOO BUSY WASHING I WISH I COULD DREAM OF MY AUNT JANE I NEVER DO DREAM OF THE DEAD YOU'LL HEAR OF THE LIVING QUOTED FELIX ORACULARLY 0836b1fe-0906-4efe-b3e0-d3699a1ef9cd 402 IT IS NOTHING OF THE SORT SAID MISTER MARWOOD INDIGNANTLY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PICTURE OF GOD FELIX NO HUMAN BEING KNOWS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE NO HUMAN BEING CAN KNOW WE SHOULD NOT EVEN TRY TO THINK WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE BUT FELIX YOU MAY BE SURE THAT GOD IS INFINITELY MORE BEAUTIFUL AND LOVING AND TENDER AND KIND THAN ANYTHING WE CAN IMAGINE OF HIM NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING ELSE MY BOY AS FOR THIS THIS SACRILEGE TAKE IT AND BURN IT 4432b1b8-638f-4b7a-b245-a6b766c175ea 32 THE STORY GIRL BEGAN IT AND WE LISTENED AVIDLY CECILY WHO HAD HEARD IT MANY TIMES BEFORE LISTENED JUST AS EAGERLY AS WE DID SHE DECLARED TO ME AFTERWARDS THAT NO MATTER HOW OFTEN THE STORY GIRL TOLD THE STORY IT ALWAYS SEEMED AS NEW AND EXCITING AS IF YOU HAD JUST HEARD IT FOR THE FIRST TIME 7bfca687-402a-42b6-83fa-01524bbb87db 413 THE STORY GIRL WAS SITTING ON THE MINT BESIDE THE WELL HOUSE WEAVING HERSELF A WREATH OF BUTTERCUPS FELICITY WAS SIPPING FROM THE CUP OF CLOUDED BLUE WITH AN OVERDONE AIR OF UNCONCERN EACH WAS ACUTELY AND MISERABLY CONSCIOUS OF THE OTHER'S PRESENCE AND EACH WAS DESIROUS OF CONVINCING THE REST OF US THAT THE OTHER WAS LESS THAN NOTHING TO HER FELICITY COULD NOT SUCCEED THE STORY GIRL MANAGED IT BETTER 67658806-5217-47da-9c2e-4137d0e7da57 2286 IT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE TRAGEDY BUT A NUMBER OF MONITOR STATIONS HAD PICKED UP THIS DISCHARGED STATIC OF A LARGE ENERGY WEAPON BEING FIRED TRIANGULATION HAD LED INVESTIGATORS TO THE SPOT WHERE THEY FOUND A FREIGHTER OGAT'S DREAM WITH A HOLE PUNCH THROUGH AS BIG AS A RAILROAD TUNNEL THE FREIGHTER'S CARGO PLUTONIUM WAS GONE 11274512-387c-4b1b-9541-9bcc92792af3 2368 HE TOOK ONE HAND OFF HIS HIP TO SCRATCH AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WONDERING BRIEFLY IF HE HAD MANAGED TO PICK UP LICE IN THE LAST TOWN HE HAD VISITED AND HE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CITY SPIRES SEEMED A LOT BETTER AT FIRST GLANCE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES JONAS HAD VISITED FOR ONE THING IT HAD A FULL TOWN HALL BUILT NO LESS OF HONEST STONE AND PROBABLY A RELIC OF THE MOMENT TIMES f7b9bd2b-6cf4-42cc-b0cd-710fd049301e 451 THERE ISN'T ANY I USED THE LAST IN THE SOUP YESTERDAY OH THE STORY GIRL WAS MUCH DISAPPOINTED THEN I SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT THE NEW PEAS WOULDN'T HURT ENOUGH THEY'RE SO SOFT THEY'D SQUASH FLAT I'LL TELL YOU SAID PETER I'LL PICK UP A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE ROUND PEBBLES ON MISTER KING'S FRONT WALK AND THEY'LL BE JUST AS GOOD AS PEAS YOU'LL DO NOTHING OF THE SORT SAID AUNT JANET SARA MUST NOT DO PENANCE IN THAT WAY SHE WOULD WEAR HOLES IN HER STOCKINGS AND MIGHT SERIOUSLY BRUISE HER FEET fc5e2b24-31e5-4891-95c2-69ae28ba6b99 2425 THE CROWD JOSTLING ABOUT ME SEEMED BLIND TO MY PRESENCE EVERY EYE WAS FIXED ON THE ALTAR LIKE HANDS OF THE IDOL AND THE DEATH THAT BLEW ACROSS THEM PETE YELLED VIC COMING BOY HE WAS WAITING FOR ME STAVING OFF AS BEST HE COULD THE RUSH OF BODIES AROUND HIM SHIELDING HOPE FROM THE SAVAGE JOSTLING e2a67056-3ec9-4a31-8cea-0bda0857bd47 451 ONCE THERE WERE TWO ARCHANGELS IN HEAVEN NAMED ZARA AND ZULEI MYTH HAVE ANGELS NAMES SAME AS PEOPLE INTERRUPTED PETER YES OF COURSE THEY MUST HAVE THEY'D BE ALL MIXED UP IF THEY HADN'T AND WHEN I'M AN ANGEL IF I EVER GET TO BE ONE WILL MY NAME STILL BE PETER 9876d1f5-c3b7-4860-8eae-22be3b456f77 451 OH OH OH WAILED CECILY ON THE SOFA I WISH IT WOULD STOP RAINING I WISH MY HEAD WOULD STOP ACHING I WISH MA HAD NEVER GONE AWAY I WISH YOU'D LEAVE FELICITY ALONE DAN I WISH GIRLS HAD SOME SENSE SAID DAN WHICH BROUGHT THE ORGY OF WISHING TO AN END FOR THE TIME 1153c5dd-e432-472b-a94c-943d586b5f0d 30 WE RECOGNIZED IT AT ONCE HIS MOUTH WAS HIS OWN HOWEVER FOR IT WAS LIKE TO NO MOUTH ON EITHER THE KING OR THE WARD SIDE AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS TO CLAIM IT FOR IT WAS AN UNDENIABLY UGLY ONE LONG AND NARROW AND TWISTED BUT IT COULD GRIN IN FRIENDLY FASHION AND BOTH FELIX AND I FELT THAT WE WERE GOING TO LIKE DAN 7613124a-2752-4935-aa11-5a916c5014ae 2108 NONE COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION THEY SAT AROUND THE CAGE BROODING OVER THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE MONKEY FELL ASLEEP SEEING THIS THE CANARY TUCKED HER HEAD UNDER HER WING AND ALSO SLEPT AND THE TIN OWL AND THE BROWN BEAR DID NOT DISTURB THEM UNTIL MORNING CAME AND IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT 659ee68f-d1eb-4d4f-b523-caabae18e28a 413 BUT TIMOTHY ROOTS WERE FASHIONABLE THEREFORE TIMOTHY ROOFS MUST BE EATEN PECKS OF THEM MUST HAVE BEEN DEVOURED IN CARLISLE THAT SUMMER PAT WAS THERE ALSO PADDING ABOUT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER ON HIS BLACK PAWS GIVING US FRIENDLY POKES AND RUBS WE ALL MADE MUCH OF HIM EXCEPT FELICITY WHO NOT TAKE ANY NOTICE OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS A STORY GIRL'S CAT WE BOYS WERE SPRAWING ON THE GRASS OUR MORNING CHORES WERE DONE AND THE DAY WAS BEFORE US WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FEELING VERY COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY BUT AS A MATTER OF FACT WE WERE NOT PARTICULARLY SO 4614b815-e1c8-4aa2-b14c-568be79bb1f8 451 OH I DON'T KNOW MILLIONS OF YEARS LIKELY AND EVEN THEN I DON'T SUPPOSE ALL THE ANGELS DO A GOOD MANY OF THEM MUST JUST STAY PLAIN ANGELS I EXPECT I SHALL BE SATISFIED JUST TO BE A PLAIN ANGEL SAID FELICITY MODESTLY OH SEE HERE IF YOU'RE GOING TO INTERRUPT AND ARGUE OVER EVERYTHING WE'LL NEVER GET THE STORY TOLD SAID FELIX DRY UP ALL OF YOU AND LET THE STORY GIRL GO ON WE DRIED UP AND THE STORY GIRL WENT ON 271325cc-c520-4665-888c-5d7a13813d32 413 WITH THE GATHERING SHADES OF NIGHT OUR PLIGHT BECAME PITIFUL IN THE DAYLIGHT SURROUNDED BY HOMELY FAMILIAR SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IT WAS NOT SO DIFFICULT TO FORTIFY OUR SOULS WITH A CHEERING INCREDULITY BUT NOW IN THIS TIME OF SHADOWS DREAD BELIEF CLUTCHED US AND WRUNG US WITH TERROR IF THERE HAD BEEN ONE WISE OLDER FRIEND TO TELL US IN SERIOUS FASHION THAT WE NEED NOT BE AFRAID THAT THE ENTERPRISE PARAGRAPH WAS NOT SAVE THE IDLE REPORT OF A DELUDED FANATIC IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WELL FOR US BUT THERE WAS NOT OUR GROWN UPS INSTEAD CONSIDERED OUR TERROR IN EXQUISITE JEST 38675f0b-60fa-4cb5-ba69-ff6f7fc1381f 2274 HE BARKED HE PAUSED IN HIS ROUND OF THE BRIDGE GLARED OUT THE STARBOARD PORT SPAT INTO THE FIRE BLACKENED CIRCLE THAT THE CRUISER'S JETS HAD BURNED FROM THE JUNGLE THE EYE A SECTION CHIEF WAS DARK HAIRED GANGLING WITH LARGE HEAD AND BIG FEATURES HE STOOD IN HIS CUSTOMARY SLOUCH A STANCE NOT IMPROVED BY THE SACK LIKE PATCHED BLUE FATIGUES 8d73664c-12aa-4abf-9c0f-14841eac345e 451 I URGED JANET AND ALEC TO GO TO HALIFAX AND TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHILDREN WHILE THEY WERE AWAY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS LETTING MYSELF IN FOR IF ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED I COULD NEVER HAVE FORGIVEN MYSELF THOUGH I BELIEVE IT'S BEYOND THE POWER OF MORTAL MAN TO KEEP WATCH OVER THE THINGS THAT CHILDREN WILL EAT 0b47d44d-a41d-4333-8215-8b67bc222fe0 32 BUT SHE NEVER TRIED IT AGAIN SHE SAID IT WAS BETTER TO WASTE APPLES ALONE THAN APPLES AND SUGAR TOO AND THEN SHE TRIED GIVING THEM AWAY TO THE FRENCH HIRED MEN BUT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN CARRY THEM HOME THE STORY GIRL'S WORDS FELL ON THE MORNING AIR LIKE PEARLS AND DIAMONDS EVEN HER PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS HAD UNTOLD CHARM HINTING AT MYSTERY AND LAUGHTER AND MAGIC BOUND UP IN EVERYTHING SHE MENTIONED 7e62417f-f298-4ebd-9029-578803527e7c 2368 KNOCK AT THE DOOR I SHALL YONA SAID AND MANY THANKS THE OLD WOMAN STILL CLUTCHING HER COIN DISAPPEARED FROM THE WINDOW AS IF SOMEONE HAD YANKED HER BACK YONAS TURNED WITH RELIEF AND GOT BACK ON THE PATH BUT HIS STAYED QUITE AS BADLY AS THE HOUSE HAD HE ENDURED THE STENCH HEROICALLY SHARP PROVED TO BE A BARROW SHAPED MAN WHO WAS UNACCOUNTABLY CHEERLESS AS IF THE INSIDE STRUCTURE HAD BEEN CAREFULLY REMOVED AND THEN REPLACED BY SAWDUST YONAS THOUGHT EVEN THE OFFER OF SEVEN CRONA FOR A SINGLE WEEK'S STAY FAILED TO PRODUCE THE DELIRIOUS JOY YANUS HAD EXPECTED 7cc60bf4-d55a-4f06-ac5c-1917e047b59b 2182 HER VOICE SEEMED TO TRIGGER THE ATTACK THE ZID LUNGED AGAINST THE DOOR WITH A FORCE THAT CRACKED THE WOODEN HURRICANE BOLT ACROSS AND OPENED A THREE INCH SLIT BETWEEN THE LEADING EDGE AND LINTEL JEFF HAD A GLIMPSE OF SLANTED RED EYES AND A WHITE FANGED SNOUT BEFORE REFLEX SENT HIM HEADLONG TO SHOULDER THE DOOR SHUT AGAIN dce44589-d701-4fa7-8dc5-63f4d0b333a4 2286 THE RELEASE AND FOLLOW UP ALL HARPED ON ONE THEME I EXPANDED ON IT WAXED ENTHUSIASTIC CONDEMNED IT AND WORKED IT INTO AN INTERVIEW I WROTE AS MANY VARIATIONS AS I COULD SO IT COULD BE SLIPPED INTO AS MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS AS POSSIBLE IN ONE FORM OR OTHER I WANTED THE BASIC INFORMATION IN EVERY MAGAZINE NEWSPAPER AND JOURNAL INSIDE THAT EXPANDING SPHERE 78d4ee1d-fce9-4973-8004-b4eff1edb77a 2317 RAY LOOKED MAD STARTED TO AIM A KICK AT THE SCREAM BUT THOUGHT BETTER OF IT A SMALL WAVE ALMOST MADE HIM SET DOWN ON THE DECK BEFORE HE GOT BOTH FEET PLANTED AGAIN HE SWORE AND STARTED TO CHECK THE WIRING MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG INSIDE THE DINGUS ITSELF JOHN ANDREWS SUGGESTED TENTATIVELY 41b48a65-fbc6-49fd-82b1-69dd526e0f8e 2286 HE HAD LONG SINCE GIVEN UP THE ENTIRE OPERATION AS A FUTILE ONE AND SPENT MOST OF THE TIME IN HIS CABIN WORRYING ABOUT THE EFFECT OF IT ON HIS SURFACE RECORD BOREDOM OR CURIOSITY HAD DRIVEN HIM OUT AND HE WAS READING ONE OF MY RELEASES WITH HORROR BILLIONAIRE TO FOUND HOME WILD SPACE YACHT FILLED WITH LUXURIES TO LAST A HUNDRED YEARS THE CAPTAIN'S FACE GREW RED AS HE FLIPPED THROUGH THE STACK OF NOTES WHAT CONNECTION DOES THIS TRIPE HAVE WITH CATCHING THOSE MURDERERS c8da4641-fa3d-47b9-9957-74ab8c213f62 2274 PRESENTLY STETSON SAID O K GO AHEAD AS PLANNED BUT FIND OUT WHERE THE DELPHINIS IS IF WE GET THAT BACK WE PULL THEIR TEETH WHY DO YOU KEEP TOUCHING YOUR THROAT DEMANDED TO NEW I'M NERVOUS SAID ORAN GUNS ALWAYS MAKE ME NERVOUS THE MUZZLE LOWERED SLIGHTLY SHALL WE CONTINUE ON TO YOUR CITY ASKED HORN HE WET HIS LIPS WITH HIS TONGUE THE CAB LIGHT ON TONUB'S FACE WAS GIVING THE GIANT AN EERY SINISTER LOOK ab6559f2-d2ae-424b-b47c-68800558d99e 2368 BUT HE MAKETH VERY LITTLE PROGRESS UNLESS HE PICK THE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE WHO STICKETH OUT HIS NECK WHICH SEEMED QUITE A STICKY PROBLEM FOR A MAN IN A MEDIEVAL CULTURE JONAS DID NOT IN SPITE OF HIS POSE LOOK LIKE THE TYPICAL HERO FOLK TALE OR SCRIBE'S TOME HE WAS NOT EVEN SEVEN FEET TALL FOR INSTANCE NOR DID HE HAVE A HANDSOME LOVESOME FACE WITH FLASHING BLUE EYES OR A BROAD SHOULDERED NARROW WAISTED MARVEL OF A FIGURE HE WAS INSTEAD SOMEWHAT SHORTER THAN THE AVERAGE OF MEN IN EUROPE IN SIXTEEN O FIVE AND FOR SOME TIME THEREAFTER 953e1916-00ef-415d-8ff4-ec9d4bc76d8d 2368 HE RADIATED CAUTION WORRY PATIENCE YONAS TURNED TO THE BED AND CUT OFF FROM THE DIRECTOR WITH A GRUNT HE WAS TIRED LONG DISTANCE LINKAGES WERE A DRAINED ON THE BOY'S ENERGY EVEN WHEN THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS EASY TO VISUALIZE BUT CLARTON HAD INSISTED ON AN INTERMITTENT CONTACT IF THERE WERE SUCH A THING AS TOTAL CONTACT CONSTANT CONTACT OVER PERIOD DAYS YONIST THOUGHT CLARTON WOULD USE ME FOR A PUPPET A VERITABLE PUNCH AMONG MEN HE WOULD OVERRIDE ME AND TAKE ME OVER THE WAY A TRAVELLING ENTERTAINER RULES HIS JOINTED DOLLS 18ed63a4-edd7-44b1-8255-5867b7b6197b 2182 ALSO CHAFFEE THREE POINTED OUT AS THEY DODGED TO THE CONTROL CUBICLE AGAIN JUST AHEAD OF THE SLAVERING ZID WE MAY RETURN LATER WITH THE CAMTHORIAN HUNTING PARTY AND RECOVER OUR INVESTMENT CLOSING THEIR PERCEPTION AGAINST THE ZID'S DISTRACTING RAGINGS THEY SET TO WORK WITH PERFECT CO ORDINATION 0dbf64c8-7941-4edd-8b8a-b47d10fa8305 2274 WHY THEY CAME IN LIKE A PRIMITIVE RAIDING PARTY THE LEADER DROPPED RIGHT ON TO THE HOOD OF MY SLED AN ACT OF BRAVERY NO LESS COUNTING COOP YOU SEE I GUESS SO THEN HE SAID HE WAS A HIGH PATH CHIEF THAT WASN'T ON THE LANGUAGE LIST EITHER BUT IT WAS EASY RAIDER CHIEF THERE'S A WORD IN ALMOST EVERY LANGUAGE IN HISTORY THAT MEANS RAIDER AND DRIVES FROM WORD FOR ROAD PATH OR HIGHWAY c341d137-e28c-407a-a929-0f1e7fad26ab 2286 THE SPACE YARD MANAGER WAS NAMED ROCKER AND HE WAS HAPPILY ASLEEP WHEN WE ARRIVED BUT NOT FOR LONG THE PARADE OF UNIFORMS AND GUNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HAD HIM FRIGHTENED INTO A STATE WHERE HE COULD HARDLY WALK I IMAGINE HE WAS AS FULL OF PETTY LARCENACY AS FORERO NO INNOCENT MAN COULD HAVE LOOKED SO TERROR STRICKEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION I LATCHED MY ROTORIZED LIE DETECTIVE ON TO HIM AND BEGAN SNAPPING THE QUESTIONS EVEN BEFORE I HAD ALL THE ANSWERS I BEGAN TO GET THE DRIFT OF THINGS 43df40ab-d15a-47fc-b38e-e4e6f6e2a078 14 FELICITY AND CECILIA WERE WEARING THEIR NEW SUMMER MUSLINS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WERE ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT FELICITY HER PINK AND WHITE FACE SHADOWED BY HER DROOPING FORGET ME NOT WREATHED LEGH HORN HAT WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS USUAL BUT CECILI HAVING TORTURED HER HAIR WITH CURL PAPERS ALL NIGHT HAD A RAMPANT BUSH OF CURLS ALL ABOUT HER HEAD WHICH QUITE DESTROYED THE SWEET NUN LIKE EXPRESSION OF HER LITTLE FEATURES 53db1ab1-030e-4fed-9769-ec9250ae366d 2317 FARMER THOUGHT DESPERATELY AGAIN THAT HE COULD SWIM AND THEN HE THOUGHT WILDLY OF THE JUDGE WHO HADN'T REGAINED FULL CONSCIOUSNESS HE WENT UNDER ONCE AND CAME UP CHOKING AND SPUTTERING HE DECIDED HIS END HAD COME AND HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE ENEMY WHO HAD DONE HIM IN 3f754967-4af9-4fc3-b431-389576b41dc6 2317 AS INSTANTANEOUSLY AS IT HAD COME THE PAIN LEFT HIM IT LEFT HIM WEAK AND QUIVERING AND JOHN ANDREW FARMER LAY ON HIS BACK WAITING FOR HIS STRENGTH TO SEEP BACK AS A RED HAZE DRIFTED FROM BEFORE HIS EYES HE REALIZED THAT THE LAUNCH HAD ACQUIRED ANOTHER OCCUPANT c6cdcea8-43db-418f-aa8c-09445a4bfe38 451 IN THE MIDST OF OUR LAUGHTER PAT CAME DOWN THE WALK HIS STATELY TAIL WAVING OVER THE GRASSES HE PROVED TO BE THE PRECURSOR OF DAN CLOTHED AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT UP DAN SAID CECILY ANXIOUSLY I HAD TO SAID DAN THE WINDOW WAS OPEN AN IT WAS MORE'N I COULD STAND TO HEAR YOU FELLOWS LAUGHIN DOWN HERE AN ME MISSING IT ALL BESIDES I'M ALL RIGHT AGAIN I FEEL FINE e795bd4f-1c19-4b1d-9bb4-6ca7ebb448c6 2182 THE SCOOP HE SAW AND ONLY HALF BELIEVED IT HAD WALLOWED INTO THE SHALLOWS ALONGSIDE HIS DOCK IT HAD REVERSED ITS UNBELIEVABLE LENGTH TO KEEP THE HEAD SUBMERGED AND AT THE SAME TIME HAD BACKED OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL ITS LEVIATHAN TAIL SPANNED THE HUNDRED ODD YARDS OF SLOPING BEACH FROM SURF TO CABIN bc6eaaa5-0a44-4b88-840a-c698f9a424ab 2312 NO TROUBLE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL ONLY PEOPLE GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH ONLY PEOPLE MANOEL HOW ABOUT LITTLE PEOPLE CHILDREN YES THAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO YOU LITTLE PEOPLE NOT CHILDREN LITTLE PEOPLE 1e54a87e-023c-4472-a1bd-b1dbf1ddee39 188 HE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE THE SHERMAN HOUSE THE SCENE OF A QUARREL SO HE RESOLVED TO GET AWAY BEFORE THE CAMPBELL CAME HE PERSUADED NANCY TO GO WITH HIM TO VISIT SOME FRIENDS AT ANOTHER SETTLEMENT AS HE BROUGHT NEIL'S SLEIGH UP TO THE DOOR HE SAW A BLACK SPECK FAR OUT ON THE BAY AND LAUGHED BLACK DAN GOES WELL BUT HE'LL NOT BE QUICK ENOUGH HE SAID 68b873f3-50fa-484c-a821-9de3e72e2050 14 THE STORY GIRL MADE NO RESPONSE PETER SIDLED UP TO HER I'M AWFUL SORRY HE SAID CONTRITELY I NEVER MEANT TO LAUGH IT JUST HAPPENED BEFORE I COULD STOP MYSELF IT WAS THIS WAY DON'T YOU EVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN SAID THE STORY GIRL IN A TONE OF COLD CONCENTRATED FURY GO AND BE A METHODIST OR A MOHAMMEDAN OR ANYTHING I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE YOU HAVE HUMILIATED ME df695d2e-70e9-4505-9312-e7d74db7ce54 2137 AT THE DOOR HE PAUSED AND HALF TURNED TO THE DOCTOR BUT SAY SOMETHING I MEANT TO ASK YOU THIS DUFF ER THIS FACCENE WHERE DID IT COME FROM SEEMS TO ME I HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT WAY BACK BEFORE YOU FELLOWS GOT IT TAMED IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE DANGEROUS THERE WAS ANOTHER NAME FOR IT DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN aa9d7bb1-c0b1-49cd-998b-f17db36e89fb 2108 MY TIN BODY CONTAINED NO HEART WITHOUT A HEART NO ONE CAN LOVE TILL THE WICKED WITCH CONQUERED IN THE END AND WHEN I LEFT THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY OF OZ THE POOR POOR GIRL WAS STILL THE SLAVE OF THE WITCH AND HAD TO DO HER BIDDING DAY AND NIGHT f0cb3442-b919-4c4d-93ba-a2a34093ffbc 30 OFF TO THE RIGHT WAS A DIM BRANCHING PLACE WHICH WE KNEW WAS THE ORCHARD AND ON OUR LEFT AMONG SIBILANT SPRUCES AND FIRS WAS THE OLD WHITEWASHED HOUSE FROM WHICH PRESENTLY A LIGHT GLEAMED THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR AND AUNT JANET A BIG BUSTLING SAUCY WOMAN WITH FULL BLOWN PEONY CHEEKS CAME TO WELCOME US f72d03ca-9752-4001-9471-9b3eb98ed7d7 2317 I COULD GO INTO THEORIES AND SCIENTIFIC DETAILS RAY SAID I COULD EXPLAIN PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MACHINE FOR HOURS BUT YOU WOULD BE BORED AND WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYWAY IT IS SUFFICIENT TO SAY THAT THE RAY WILL WORK BECAUSE I INVENTED IT 87f9303b-da5e-4a7c-ae3e-7cae0f414083 188 OUR RELATIVES STARTED US WITH A QUARTER APIECE FOR THE REST WE KNEW WE MUST DEPEND ON OUR OWN EXERTIONS PETER WAS HANDICAPPED AT THE BEGINNING BY THE FACT THAT HE HAD NO FAMILY FRIEND TO FINANCE HIM MY AUNT JANE HAD BEEN LIVING SHE'D HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING HE REMARKED AND IF MY FATHER HADN'T RUN AWAY HE MIGHT HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING TOO BUT I'M GOING TO DO THE BEST I CAN ANYHOW YOUR AUNT OLIVIA SAYS I CAN HAVE THE JOB OF GATHERIN THE EGGS AND I'M TO HAVE ONE EGG OUT OF EVERY DOZEN TO SELL FOR MYSELF d093e886-a91a-4d8d-a89d-fabe3dede5cd 32 AND FERNS GROW OUT BETWEEN THE STONES OF THE WELL AS FAR DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE THE WATER IS LOVELY UNCLE EDWARD PREACHED HIS FINEST SERMON ABOUT THE BETHLEHEM WELL WHERE DAVID'S SOLDIERS WENT TO GET HIM WATER AND HE ILLUSTRATED IT BY DESCRIBING HIS OLD WELL AT THE HOMESTEAD THIS VERY WELL AND HOW IN FOREIGN LANDS HE HAD LONGED FOR ITS SPARKLING WATER SO YOU SEE IT IS QUITE FAMOUS d3c6ee47-f818-451b-b98c-d74d5b7642e6 402 THEY FADED SOON AFTER THEY WERE PLUCKED AND ALTHOUGH STRANGERS GREATLY ADMIRING THEM OFTEN CARRIED AWAY ROOTS AND SEEDS THEY COULD NEVER BE COAXED TO GROW ELSEWHERE MY STORY IS ABOUT MISSUS DUNBAR AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE FANNY SAID THE STORY GIRL SETTLING HERSELF COMFORTABLY ON A BOUGH WITH HER BROWN HEAD AGAINST A GNARLED TRUNK b8ca0873-7bdd-45da-ae0d-70b4cc1f8d13 32 SHE CAN PUT ILL LUCK ON YOU JUST BY LOOKING AT YOU AND SHE WILL IF YOU OFFEND HER I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY DON'T YOU ALL RIGHT THEN LAST SUMMER SHE CALLED AT LEM HILLS IN MARKDALE AND HE TOLD HER TO CLEAR OUT OR HE'D SET THE DOG ON HER 3a5ceab5-d8f1-4b01-aafb-d8dcb45af439 2108 BUT ON REFLECTION I CONSIDERED THE TIN HEAD FAR SUPERIOR TO THE NEAT ONE I AM WEARING IT YET SO YOU CAN SEE ITS BEAUTY AND GRACE OF THE OUTLINE AND THE GIRL AGREED WITH ME THAT A MAN ALL MADE OF TIN WAS FAR MORE PERFECT THAN ONE FORMED OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS 543aefe2-223a-45c5-af7a-8487aa44b0cd 32 THE DREAM BOOKS THE NEXT DAY THE STORY GIRL COAXED UNCLE ROGER TO TAKE HER TO MARKDALE AND THERE SHE BOUGHT OUR DREAM BOOKS THEY WERE TEN CENTS APIECE WITH RULED PAGES AND MOTTLED GREEN COVERS MY OWN LIES OPEN BESIDE ME AS I WRITE ITS YELLOWED PAGES INSCRIBED WITH THE VISIONS THAT HAUNTED MY CHILDISH SLUMBERS ON THOSE NIGHTS OF LONG AGO 1aafd874-8f64-4205-b497-37224ac1eb1b 402 LONG LONG AGO IN THE GOLDEN AGE WHEN THE GODS USED TO VISIT THE EARTH SO OFTEN THAT IT WAS NOTHING UNCOMMON TO SEE THEM ODIN MADE A PILGRIMAGE OVER THE WORLD ODIN WAS THE GREAT GOD OF THE NORTHLAND YOU KNOW AND WHEREVER HE WENT AMONG MEN HE TAUGHT THEM LOVE AND BROTHERHOOD AND SKILFUL ARTS AND GREAT CITIES SPRANG UP WHERE HE HAD TRODDEN AND EVERY LAND THROUGH WHICH HE PASSED WAS BLESSED BECAUSE ONE OF THE GODS HAD COME DOWN TO MEN 1561bdcf-ff26-435c-9c5e-507f72648e9e 14 ONE DAY A HORN WAS BLOWN AT THE PALACE GATE AND THERE WAS ONE TALL MAN IN COMPLETE ARMOUR WITH HIS VISOR DOWN RIDING ON A WHITE HORSE WHEN HE SAID HE HAD COME TO MARRY THE PRINCESS EVERYONE LAUGHED FOR HE HAD NO RETINUE AND NO BEAUTIFUL APPAREL AND NO GOLDEN CROWN 03619def-d04b-452a-a3d5-ac33ae7573df 2274 ORN LOOKED UP ATTENTIVELY THE SPEAKER SAID YES THEY SAID WE HAVE TO USE ORAN BECAUSE THE RECORDS ON THE DELPHINIS WELL THEN WILL THEY GIVE US MORE TIME TO BRIEF HIM NEGATIVE IT'S CRASH PRIORITY CONGO EXPECTS TO BLAST THE PLANET ANYWAY efd8e37e-daf5-4caa-b662-fbfa29c8ba35 14 WHEN I HEARD THE STORY GIRL READ IT I MADE A SECRET COMPACT WITH MYSELF THAT I WOULD TRY TO DESERVE SUCH AN EPITAPH I WISH I HAD A FAMILY PLOT SAID PETER RATHER WISTFULLY I HAVEN'T ANYTHING YOU FELLOWS HAVE THE CRAGS ARE JUST BURIED ANYWHERE THEY HAPPEN TO DIE ad46b8e5-14e4-49e9-ac07-6c0095c5da6f 2137 AS HE WATCHED THROUGH A HAZE OF RED DUST WHIPPED UP BY THE MORNING BREEZE THE TWO TREES CAME CLOSER TURNED INTO MEN WEARING DESERT UNIFORMS AND LEANED OVER HIM WERE YOU O KAY ONE OF THEM ASKED BRANDON SAID NOTHING WE SOLUED FROM OUR OBSERVATION STATION OVER ON THE HILL SAID THE OTHER POINTING THEY HELPED BRANDON TO HIS FEET AND GAVE HIM A SWIG OF COOL SWEET WATER FROM A CANTEEN I'M CAPTAIN BRANDON OF THE ASTRO ONE ASTRO ONE e4070199-c07e-48d0-9c07-ace8eca984cc 2317 CRADLING HIM IN HER ARMS SHE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN CALLING TO FARMER TO BE READY TO TAKE HER BURDEN ABOARD THEY GOT HIM ON BOARD THE BOAT WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY AND JOHN ADREW LAID HIM ON THE DECK AS DOOR SPRANG LEAFILY OVER THE RAIL AGAIN SHOWING INTEREST IN THE LITTLE FELLOW'S CONDITION THE DIVING HELMET CAME OFF EASILY NOT HAVING BEEN PROPERLY FASTENED DOWN AT ALL FARMER BENT ANXIOUSLY OVER THE JUDGE LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE 5be90e01-3071-4164-82c1-307cdb45be4b 402 WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT A SACRILEGE MEANT BUT WE KNEW THAT MISTER MILWOOD HAD DECLARED THAT THE PICTURE WAS NOT LIKE GOD THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR US WE FELT AS IF A TERRIBLE WEIGHT HAD BEEN LIFTED FROM OUR MINDS I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE THE STORY GIRL BUT OF COURSE THE MINISTER KNOWS SAID DAN HAPPILY WE'VE LOST FIFTY CENTS BECAUSE OF IT SAID FELICITY GLOOMILY WE HAD LOST SOMETHING OF INFINITELY MORE VALUE THAN FIFTY CENTS ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT REALIZE IT JUST THEN dd9482da-19f4-416e-a77e-3b666bfb223c 2182 JEFF GOT UP SHAKILY AND STUMBLED TO THE DOCK'S EDGE A CHILL CONVICTION OF INSANITY GRIPPED HIM WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN ON WATER LAPPING SMOOTH AND UNDISTURBED BELOW I'VE GOTTEN MAD HE SAID ALOUD OUT ON THE BAY ANOTHER CATASTROPHE JUST AS IMPROBABLE WAS IN PROGRESS 6ee7b7f2-4b51-440c-a6da-70f13eb21bcb 2286 IT WAS A FAST RUN TO UDRIDA WHEN MY BILLIONAIRES YACHT THE EL DORADO WAS WAITING THE DOT YARD COMMANDER SHOWED ME THE SHIP AND MADE A NOBLE EFFORT TO CONTROL HIS CURIOSITY I TOOK A STADISTIC REVENGE ON THE NAVY BY NOT TELLING HIM A WORD ABOUT MY MISSION AFTER CHECKING OUT THE CONTROLS AND SPECIAL APPARATUS WITH THE TECHNICIANS I CLEARED THE SHIP THERE WAS A TAPE IN THE AUTOMATIC NAVIGATOR THAT WOULD PUT ME ON THE COURSE MENTIONED IN ALL THE ARTICLES JUST AT PRESS OF THE BOTTOM AND I WOULD BE ON MY WAY I PRESSED THE BUTTON 1e379dd7-205b-425c-af55-361126feb86f 402 WE ALL WISHED THAT TOO LATE OUR CURIOSITY HAD LED US INTO SOME HOLY OF HOLIES NOT TO BE PROFANED BY HUMAN EYES AND THIS WAS OUR PUNISHMENT I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FEELING RIGHT ALONG WEPT SARAH THAT IT WASN'T RIGHT TO BUY OR LOOK AT GOD'S PICTURE c32a95a9-24d6-4397-87b1-437e45008fcc 188 AUNT OLIVIA'S SKIM MILK IS AS GOOD AS YOUR MOTHER'S CREAM CRIED THE STORY GIRL HOTLY O GIRLS DON'T FIGHT SAID CECILY THE PEACE MAKER IT'S SUCH A NICE DAY AND WE'LL HAVE A NICE TIME IF YOU DON'T SPOIL IT FIGHTING WE'RE NOT FIGHTING SAID FELICITY AND I LIKE AUNT OLIVIA BUT MY MOTHER IS JUST AS GOOD AS AUNT OLIVIA THERE NOW b96fedfb-f000-402b-9fdb-215cb0ca5e30 2182 YOUR FEMALE SUGGESTION IS RIGHT THE SERIMIAN CROAKED THE ZID DOES NOT SWIM FOR AND I ARE ARRANGING ESCAPE ON THAT PREMISE THE ZID'S TALONS RIPPED THROUGH THE DOOR LEAVING PARALLEL ROWS OF SPLINTERED BRAKES BOTH SLANTED RED EYES GLARED IN BRIEFLY daba61ef-8664-4ae5-9319-84ce78dd7c53 32 I HATE TO DREAM OF BEING CHASTE BECAUSE I CAN NEVER RUN SAID SARA RAY WITH A SHIVER I JUST STAND ROOTED TO THE GROUND AND SEE IT COMING AND CAN'T STIR IT DON'T SOUND MUCH WRITTEN OUT BUT IT'S AWFUL TO GO THROUGH I'M SURE I HOPE I'LL NEVER DREAM PEG BOWEN CHASES ME I'LL DIE IF I DO b8488862-fa22-4e88-a928-d748fcfa0886 2274 ONCE A SCOUT SWOOPED DOWN INTO THE HEADLIGHTS AND WAVED HORN STOPPED ON TO NUB'S ORDER AND THEY WAITED ALMOST TEN MINUTES BEFORE PROCEEDING WILD ONES ASKED HORN PERHAPS SAID TO NIB A GLOWING OF MANY LIGHTS GREW VISIBLE THROUGH THE GIANT TREE TRUNKS IT GREW BRIGHTER AS THE SLED CREPT THROUGH THE LAST OF THE JUNGLE EMERGED IN CLEARED LAND AT THE EDGE OF THE CITY HORRENT STARED UPWARD IN AWE THE CITY FLUTED AND SPIRALED INTO THE MOONLIT SKY 81d86cf2-0b3a-4241-867a-d9f588c27a88 2274 STETSON GESTURED AT THE MAP WITH ITS GREEN SUPERPOSED GRID SQUARES HERE WE ARE HERE'S THAT CITY WE FLEW OVER ON OUR WAY DOWN YOU WILL HEAD FOR IT AS SOON AS WE DROP YOU THE PLACE IS BIG ENOUGH THAT IF YOU HOLD A COURSE ROUGHLY NORTHEAST YOU CAN'T MISS IT b053041e-f3ec-45d5-beee-3d4e4fd410b4 2286 WHAT ABOUT THE LEAGUE THOUGH DON'T THEY TAKE ANY INTEREST IN CRIME JUST ABOUT THAT TIME YOU HEAR YOUR FIRST RUMOUR OF THE SPECIAL CALL AND IT FITS THE BAD DREAMS A SHADOWY POWERFUL GROUP THAT SLIPS SILENTLY BETWEEN THE STARS READY TO BRING THE INTERSTELLO BLAWBREAKER LOW SOUNDS LIKE TEEVI DRAMA STUFF I HAD BEEN QUITE SURPRISED TO FIND THEY REALLY EXISTED I WAS EVEN MORE SURPRISED WHEN I JOINED THEM OF COURSE THERE WAS A LITTLE PRESSURE AT THE TIME I HAD THE ALTERNATIVE CHOICE OF INSTANT DEATH 3f94f493-28f2-4f91-aa45-3c4a808481ca 2182 THE IRRITATION DISTRACTS THE SCOOPS FROM THEIR MEDITATIONS THEY ARE A PHILOSOPHICAL SPECIES THOUGH NOTCHANICALLY PROGRESSIVE AND PROMPTS THEM TO BARTER THEIR STRENGTH FOR A TIME TO BE RID OF IT JOENIFY REAPPEARED WITH A WALNUT SIZED CRYSTAL IN HER HAND AND VAULTED ACROSS THE RAIL THERE GOES ANOTHER SCOOP SHE SAID RESIGNEDLY THE QUEEN WILL HAVE TO TACK WITH THE WIND FOR A WHILE UNTIL ANOTHER ONE SHOWS UP 0c8d01c6-9707-4909-bf16-30de80a1249f 2286 BUCKLING THE FUR CAPE AROUND MY SHOULDERS WITH THE PLATINUM CLASP I STAMPED DOWN THE RAMP THE STURDY LITTLE M THREE ROWBOT RUMBLED AFTER ME WITH MY BAGS HEADING DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE MAIN GATE I IGNORED THE STURD OF ACTIVITY AROUND THE CUSTOMS BUILDING ONLY WHEN A UNIFORM UNDER OFFICIAL OF SOME KIND RAN OVER TO ME DID I GIVE THE FIELD ANY ATTENTION d15e0600-fdd2-4281-85a8-22eba0723cb4 2182 THERE IS NO DANGER CHAFFY THREE ASSURED HIM SCOOPS ARE BENEVOLENT AS WELL AS INTELLIGENT AND ARRIVED LONG AGO AT A WORKING AGREEMENT WITH THE ISLANDERS THIS ONE HAS PRODUCED A CRYSTAL AND IS READY TO BE RELIEVED OF IT ELSE IT WOULD NOT HAVE ATTACHED ITSELF TO A CONVENIENT HUMAN 57e0faf5-3f79-4c74-8f71-ada6917f0a3b 32 WE NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE BREAD AND MILK RULE ADDED FELICITY MA MADE A RULE LIKE THAT ONCE BEFORE AND KEPT IT FOR A WEEK AND THEN WE JUST SLIPPED BACK TO THE OLD WAY THAT WILL BE WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS TIME TOO BUT OF COURSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ANY MORE RICH THINGS FOR SUPPER AND OUR DREAMS WILL BE PRETTY FLAT AFTER THIS 86a93753-d774-4ff2-b72f-1b065f1371f1 402 JOB'S COFFIN AND THE NORTHERN CROSS WERE TO THE WEST OF US SOUTH OF US FLAMED FOMALHAUT THE GREAT SQUARE OF PEGASUS WAS OVER OUR HEADS CASSIOPEIA SAT ENTHRONED IN HER BEAUTIFUL CHAIR IN THE NORTH EAST AND NORTH OF US THE DIPPERS SWUNG UNTIRINGLY AROUND THE POLE STAR CECILY AND FELIX WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD DISTINGUISH THE DOUBLE STAR IN THE HANDLE OF THE BIG DIPPER AND GREATLY DID THEY PLUME THEMSELVES THEREON ce6a6c62-c4da-42e0-acf4-571ced866d2c 2317 HE OPENED A LARGE WOODEN CASE WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SOME DREARLY GOOD CABINET WORK AND TOOK OUT A PECULIAR MACHINE WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF UNARGUABLY EXCELLENT MACHINE THESE DETAILS WERE THE FIRST THINGS THAT MADE FARMER THINK RAY MIGHT NOT BE A COMPLETE CRACK PICK AFTER ALL IF HE HADN'T BEEN FEELING JUST THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF SEA SICKNESS JOHN EDGEW WOULD HAVE BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF 722c3926-c3b6-4e5d-ba4c-dc252968dfe0 32 ANYHOW I SAVED MY DREAM SHE SAID PLACIDLY AND THAT OF COURSE WAS ALL THAT REALLY MATTERED GROWN PEOPLE WERE SO STRANGELY OBLIVIOUS TO THE TRULY IMPORTANT THINGS OF LIFE MATERIAL FOR NEW GARMENTS NIGHT OR DAY COULD BE BOUGHT IN ANY SHOP FOR A TRIFLING SUM AND MADE UP OUT OF HAND 2d31e7a2-b9a2-4075-9450-1940f87aa8fd 2274 I'VE GOT A CONFIRMED CONTACT INSTANTLY STETSON WAS POISED ON THE BALLS OF HIS FEET ALERT WHERE ABOUT TEN KILOMETERS OUT SECTION A B SIX HOW MANY A MOB YOU WANT I SHOULD COUNT THEM NO WHAT ARE THEY DOING 1909b0b6-bde7-4170-861a-a1c886d994f9 402 I MUST STOP FOR MAR SAYS I WASTE FAR TOO MUCH TIME WRITING LETTERS TELL JUDY ALL THE NEWS FOR ME YOUR OWN TRUE FRIEND SARA RAY P S OH I DO HOPE PETER WILL GET BETTER MI IS GOING TO GET ME A NEW BROWN DRESS FOR THE WINTER S R 33fbe302-8b5c-4c3b-b8d9-0781b570e33d 32 AUNT OLIVIA AND UNCLE ROGER AUNT JANET AND UNCLE ALEC CAME STROLLING THROUGH THE ORCHARD AND JOINED OUR CIRCLE AS THEY SOMETIMES DID WHEN THE TOIL OF THE DAY WAS OVER AND THE MAGIC TIME TWIXT LIGHT AND DARK BROUGHT TRUCE OF CARE AND LABOR TWAS THEN WE LIKED OUR GROWN UPS BEST FOR THEN THEY SEEMED HALF CHILDREN AGAIN 4fc2e6f5-470e-416c-b4b2-b7931ef62bcf 32 EACH OF US WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO POSSESS THE MOST EXCITING RECORD BUT WE WERE AN HONOURABLE LITTLE CREW AND I DO NOT THINK ANYTHING WAS EVER WRITTEN DOWN IN THOSE DREAM BOOKS WHICH HAD NOT REALLY BEEN DREAMED WE HAD EXPECTED THAT THE STORY GIRL WOULD ECLIPSE US ALL IN THE MATTER OF DREAMS BUT AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING HER DREAMS WERE NO MORE REMARKABLE THAN THOSE OF THE REST OF US IN DREAMLAND WE WERE ALL EQUAL 4dada674-8a38-4992-82e1-afcf5c349e02 32 THIS TRULY AUNT JANITY REMARK BROKE THE SPELL THE GROWN UPS LAUGHED RATHER SHAKILY AND THE STORY GIRL OUR OWN DEAR STORY GIRL ONCE MORE AND NO SERPENT WOMAN SAID PROTESTINGLY WELL UNCLE ROGER ASKED ME TO TELL IT I DON'T LIKE TELLING SUCH STORIES EITHER THEY MAKE ME FEEL DREADFUL 177a3de5-98ee-4c5e-ab34-c7ef879e56a8 2317 FINALLY HE SPOKE IN ENGLISH HE CALLED DORA A PUDDLESNAKE THAT WASN'T ALL OF WHAT HE SAID BY ANY MEANS THE NAME WAS PRECEDED BY SEVERAL ADJECTS AND FOLLOWED BY AN OBSCENE COMMAND DORA BLANCHED SLIGHTLY OH YES SHE SAID HER VOICE DRIPPING DANGER I CAN SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE TOO YOU KNOW I LEARNED IT YEARS AGO BEFORE THE GATE TO THIS WORLD WAS CLOSED AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE 1c19977b-ce58-4bfb-826d-a8991e5ce425 2182 JEFF LOOKED BACK ONCE TO SEE THE ZID CLOSE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN AND SPRING UPWARD TO THE TAIL FLUKE BEHIND HIM HE HAD AN INSTANT CONVICTION THAT THE BRUTE'S SECOND SPRING WOULD SEE HIM TORN TO BITS BUT THE SCOOP AT THE MOMENT FOUND WATER DEEP ENOUGH TO MOVE IN EARNEST THE ZID COULD ONLY SINK IN ALL SIX TALONED LIMBS AND HOLD FAST a41b2acf-d794-4e4e-9bd5-d024e72f0ae2 188 MOTHER SAID TEN O'CLOCK AND SHE'LL STICK TO IT SAID FELICITY CROSSLY IT'S ONLY NINE NOW LET US PUT THE CLOCK ON HALF AN HOUR SAID THE STORY GIRL THE CLOCK IN THE HALL ISN'T GOING SO NO ONE WILL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE WE ALL LOOKED AT EACH OTHER I WOULDN'T DARE SAID THE FELICITY IRRESOLUTELY OH IF THAT'S ALL I'LL DO IT SAID THE STORY GIRL cfe20478-3a88-4337-add3-f32a98ad0e09 2317 IT WAS RAY WHO FIRST STARTED STUMBLING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BOAT HOOK BUT JOHN ANDREW IN A SUDDEN FIT OF BRAVERY SHOVED PAST HIM AND GRABBED THE FRAGILE LOOKING THING FROM ITS CLEACH HE SWUNG TO FACE THE MONSTER WITH A SICK FEELING IN HIS STOMACH AND GOT ANOTHER SURPRISE THE THING HAD STOPPED MOVING STRADDLING A RAIL BEHIND IT AND SIMILARLY DRIPPING WAS A MY GOD 0a81aae8-0aa1-433d-bd0f-e3e1a7d6206c 2317 IT WAS ONCE IN CONSTANT USE BUT MY GOVERNMENT CLOSED IT WHEN YOU PEOPLE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WERE RUNNING AROUND IN SUBMARINES USING DEPTH BOMBS AND JUST NOTICING OUR AIR CRAFT TOO MUCH SOMEHOW WHAT POPPED INTO FARMER'S HEAD WAS THE COURSE OF AN OLD SONG HE HAD SUNG IN BOY'S CAMP WHEN VERY YOUNG THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THERE'S A LOG IN THE HOLE 2614bb68-992f-469d-9f6b-7fa095dc4b75 2274 WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH IT ASKED THORN WITHIN A YEAR WE WILL HAVE A COPY WITH OUR OWN IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THAT YOU INTEND TO START A WAR ASKED SCORN IN THE JUNGLE THE STRONG SLAY THE WEAK UNTIL ONLY THE STRONG REMAIN SAID TENUB AND THEN THE STRONG PREY UPON EACH OTHER ASKED THORN THAT IS A QUIBBLE FOR WOMEN SAID TENUBE IT'S TOO BAD TO FEEL THAT WAY SAID HORN WHEN TWO CULTURES MEET LIKE THIS THEY TEND TO HELP EACH OTHER b16a6d37-bea2-435b-9cad-68124fce623a 402 THERE WAS A DUSKY LITTLE PEAR SHAPED APPLE FROM ONE OF UNCLE STEPHEN'S TREES WHICH WAS OUR FAVOURITE AND NEXT TO IT A DELICIOUS JUICY YELLOW APPLE FROM AUNT LOUISA'S TREE WE WERE ALSO FOND OF THE BIG SWEET APPLES WE USED TO THROW THEM UP IN THE AIR AND LET THEM FALL ON THE GROUND UNTIL THEY WERE BRUISED AND BATTERED TO THE BURSTING POINT fb6de195-f4d5-4741-a783-bee1e589c9fc 188 NOT A BIT OF FEAR OF IT SCOFFED UNCLE ROGER FELICITY IS AS GOOD A HOUSEKEEPER AS YOU ARE AND I SHALL BE HERE TO LOOK AFTER THEM ALL AND KEEP THEM FROM BURNING THE HOUSE DOWN TOO YOU'VE BEEN PROMISING EDWARD FOR YEARS TO VISIT HIM AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE A BETTER CHANCE THE HANGING IS OVER AND HARVEST ISN'T ON AND ALEC NEEDS A CHANGE HE ISN'T LOOKING WELL AT ALL a7ae121e-78da-48f5-b5f5-b1b28bc1172c 32 WE SOMETIMES ACT THE STORY OUT I LIKE IT WHEN PETER PLAYS THE POET I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN DAN IS THE POET BECAUSE HE IS SO FRECKLED AND SCREWS HIS EYES UP SO TIGHT BUT YOU CAN HARDLY EVER COAX PETER TO BE THE POET EXCEPT WHEN FELICITY IS EDITH AND DAN IS SO OBLIGING THAT WAY c8735c09-fbb1-4fad-82fa-a578a6625fbb 2317 HE ASKED THEY LOOKED AND SAW WHAT SEEMED TO BE A FLIGHT OF STEPS CARVED FROM STONE OLD AND WORN STARTING ABRUPTLY JUST BELOW THE WATER LEVEL AND LEADING DOWNWARD THERE WAS NOTHING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STEPS OR UNDERNEATH THEM AS FAR AS COULD BE SEEN BUT ORDINARY OCEAN I CAME UP THOSE GAR SAID FARMER STARED AND RAY STARED 9e950380-8ab8-4538-a219-7522c0584c31 2108 ALL THESE WONDERS HAD BEEN MADE BY THE CLEVER WINKIE TINSMITHS WHO WOUND THE BIRDS UP EVERY MORNING SO THAT THEY WOULD MOVE ABOUT AND SEE AFTER BREAKFAST THE BOY WENT INTO THE THRONE ROOM WHERE THE EMPEROR WAS HAVING HIS TIN JOINTS CAREFULLY OILED BY A SERVANT WHILE OTHER SERVANTS WERE STUFFING SWEET FRESH STRAW INTO THE BODY OF THE SCARECROW b8b17381-2839-4dd9-9e15-b96d30e63086 2108 YES OBSERVED THE TIN WOODMAN IT WAS COOK CLIP WHO MADE ME BUT TELL ME WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MUNCHKIN GIRL YOU WERE IN LOVE WITH SHE IS CALLED NIMMY AMMY SAID THE TIN SOLDIER HEARING THIS THEY WERE ALL SO ASTONISHED THAT THEY WERE SILENT FOR A TIME REGARDING THE STRANGER WITH WONDERING LOOKS FINALLY THE TIN WOODMAN VENTURED TO ASK AND DID NIMI AMMY RETURN YOUR LOVE 741e8ceb-372d-4406-bd1a-91d657d924a1 188 PERHAPS PIGS MAY WHISTLE BUT THEY'VE POOR MOUTHS FOR IT WAS ALL THE ANSWER PETER GAINED TO THIS CHARMING SUGGESTION THERE GOES MISTER CAMPBELL DOWN THE ROAD SAID DAN THAT'S HIS NEW MARE ISN'T SHE A DANDY SHE'S GOT A SKIN LIKE BLACK SATIN HE CALLS HER BETTY SHERMAN I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY NICE TO CALL A HORSE AFTER YOUR OWN GRANDMOTHER SAID FELICITY BETTY SHERWIN WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT A COMPLIMENT SAID THE STORY GIRL MAYBE SHE WOULD SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY NICE HERSELF OR SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE AND ASKED A MAN TO MARRY HER SAID FELICITY 67d9a237-7e01-4aee-8a56-1d71cd3ddc75 2317 APPARENTLY HE INTERPRETED THE LOOKS OF CONSTERNATION ON THE FACES OF HIS AUDIENCE CORRECTLY FOR HIS SMILE BECAME MORE FRIENDLY AND HE CONTINUED IN A CASUAL TONE EXCUSE ME HE SAID I DIDN'T SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE AND I HAD TO LEARN IT AND BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO ITS USE THROUGH ANALYZING WHAT YOU JUST SAID 0dcd7372-e645-4a80-b57f-6f028aab52ee 402 EVEN SCEPTICAL DAN PRAYED HIS SCEPTICISM FALLING AWAY FROM HIM LIKE A DISCARDED GARMENT IN THIS VALLEY OF THE SHADOW WHICH SIFTS OUT HEARTS AND TRIES SOULS UNTIL WE ALL GROWN UP WITH CHILDREN REALIZE OUR WEAKNESS AND FINDING THAT OUR OWN PUNY STRENGTH IS AS A REED SHAKEN IN THE WIND CREEP BACK HUMBLY TO THE GOD WE HAVE VAINLY DREAMED WE COULD DO WITHOUT c55d426f-3beb-4d72-bf67-8ce3bcf4db0e 2108 IT IS A PLACE I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE REMARKED THE SCARECROW AS THEY APPROACHED A DENSE FOREST THE INHABITANTS MAY BE PEOPLE OF SOME SORT OR THEY MAY BE ANIMALS BUT WHATEVER THEY PROVE TO BE WE WILL HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY CHARLEY TO DOROTHY AND OZMA ON OUR RETURN 64061f91-0086-4886-ab09-72fc8675af2e 2286 DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE IDEAL SPOT FOR A COUNTRY HOME FRIENDLY PEOPLE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP STRANGERS AND ALL THAT I IMAGINE THAT'S WHAT I LIKE MAKES ME FEEL GRATEFUL VERY PLEASED TO MEET YOU I AM THE GRAND DUKE SAINTE DENGELLIO I SHOOK HIS HAND ENTHUSIASTICALLY AT THIS POINT AND LET ONE HUNDRED CREDIT NOTES SLIP INTO HIS PALM NOW I ADDED I WONDER IF YOU WOULD ASK THE CUSTOMS AGENTS TO LOOK AT MY BAGS HERE DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME DO WE THE SHIP IS OPEN THEY CAN CHECK THAT WHENEVER THEY PLEASE 0c6335f0-29a0-4859-80b1-06ecafe3fbcf 2108 THE BOY WAS NOW FREE AND THE THORN WHICH THE LOON HAD STUCK INTO HIS LEG WAS LYING UNNOTICED ON THE GROUND WHERE THE CREATURE HAD DROPPED IT WHEN HE EXPLODED BOOT LEANED FORWARD AND PICKED UP THE THORN AND WHILE THE LOONS WERE BUSILY WATCHING THE PUMP THE BOY SPRANG TO HIS FEET AND SUDDENLY RUSHED UPON THE GROUN 80d80f97-425a-481c-a554-97ac6533f3ad 188 WELL LET'S HEAR ABOUT IT SAID FELIX ALTHOUGH I THINK KISSING'S AWFUL SILLY AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED MUCH IF IT HADN'T EVER BEEN DISCOVERED THE STORY GIRL SCATTERED HER ROSES AROUND HER ON THE GRASS AND CLASPED HER SLIM HANDS OVER HER KNEES GAZING DREAMILY AFAR AT THE TINTED SKY BETWEEN THE APPLE TREES AS IF SHE WERE LOOKING BACK TO THE MERRY DAYS OF THE WORLD'S GAY YOUTH SHE BEGAN HER VOICE GIVING TO THE WORDS AND FANCIES OF THE OLD TALE THE DELICACY OF HOAR FROST AND THE CRYSTAL SPARKLE OF DEW 625b8600-f87a-4086-9124-8e57930d4ffe 2108 SWEET FRESH GOLDEN STRAW THERE IS SURELY NO FLAW AND IS STUFFING SO CLEAN AND COMPACT IT CREAKS WHILE I WALK AND IT THRILLS WHEN I TALK AND ITS FRAGRANCE IS FINE FOR EFFECT TO CUT ME DON'T HURT FOR I'VE NO BLOOD TO SQUIRT AND I THEREFORE CAN SUFFER NO PAIN THE STRAW THAT I USE DOESN'T LUMP UP OR BRUISE THOUGH IT'S POUNDED AGAIN AND AGAIN 996c284c-2655-4b64-a3c0-382d05db7c22 2286 OF COURSE THERE WERE SECONDARY TASK AS WAS ORDERING A NAVAL CRUISER FOR MY OWN USE AND DIGGING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE THIEVES BUT THESE WERE REALLY SECONDARY TO MY MAIN PURPOSE WHICH WAS WAITING FOR BAD NEWS THERE WAS NO PLACE I COULD GO THAT WOULD BE BETTER SITUATED FOR THE CHASE THAN SETANOVO THE MISSING SHIP COULD HAVE GONE IN ANY DIRECTION WITH EACH PASSING MINUTE THE SPHERE OF PROBABLE LOCATIONS GREW LARGER BY THE POWER OF THE SQUARED CUBE I KEPT THE ON WATCH CREW OF THE CRUISER AT DUTY STATION TO CONFINED THE REST WITHIN A HUNDRED YARD RADIUS OF THE SHIP 5bf12f89-8ab2-43f2-982e-f72746f6a538 188 WELL ANYHOW IT ISN'T A SUITABLE WORD IN THIS CASE INSISTED FELICITY WE ARE NOT UP TO ANY DEVIL ANY EXTRA BAD MISCHIEF WRITING DOWNS ONE'S DREAM ISN'T MISCHIEF AT ALL CERTAINLY IT WASN'T SURELY NOT EVEN THE STRAITEST SECT OF GROWN UPS COULD CALL IT THAT IF WRITING DOWN YOUR DREAMS WITH AGONIZING CARE AS DECOMPOSITION AND SPELLING FOR WHO KNEW THAT THE EYES OF GENERATIONS UNBORN MIGHT NOT READ THE RECORD WERE NOT A HARMLESS AMUSEMENT COULD ANYTHING BE CALLED SO I TROW NOT 8cd4da93-4e33-451a-b127-8a4e7992f422 2286 A VERY GOOD GUESS FOR THIS LATE AT NIGHT I TOLD HIM CHEERILY IT IS A LATE EMPIRE BATTLESHIP OF THE WAR LORD CLASS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST TRULY EFFICIENT ENGINES OF DESTRUCTION EVER MANUFACTURED OVER HALF A MILE OF THE FENCES SCREENS AN ARMAMENT THAT COULD PROBABLY TURN ANY FLEET EXISTENT TO DAY INTO FINE RADIOACTIVE ASH EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE LAST ONE WAS BROKEN UP A SCRAP OVER A THOUSAND YEARS AGO HE MUMBLED I LEANED OVER AND PUT MY LIPS CLOSE TO HIS EAR SO THERE BE NO CHANCE OF MISUNDERSTANDING 0c691d06-4467-43a9-b2a1-f79b86d6ec50 103 AND NOW WE HAD COME TO THE ORCHARD IT WAS BEFORE US WE HAD ONLY TO OPEN THAT LITTLE WHITEWASHED GATE IN THE HEDGE AND WE MIGHT FIND OURSELVES IN ITS STORY DOMAIN BUT BEFORE WE REACHED THE GATE WE GLANCED TO OUR LEFT ALONG THE GRASSY SPRUCE BORDERED LANE WHICH LED OVER TO UNCLE ROGER'S AND AT THE ENTRANCE OF THAT LANE WE SAW A GIRL STANDING WITH A GRAY CAT AT HER FEET a1c0ed01-6c6c-4512-be2b-4293cf6c3923 14 WHAT BETTER EPITAPH COULD ANYONE WISH THAN TO HAVE IT SAID THAT HE WAS LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN HIS LIFE AH WELL ONE CANNOT HAVE EVERY GOOD GIFT THE STORY GIRL HAD NO DIMPLES AT HER SLIM BROWN WRISTS b33f2b38-96eb-400c-8b48-3ba3827b64c9 464 I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL HALF AS MUCH AS YOU DID AND YOU WAS BROUGHT UP IN TORONTO TOO IF YOU'D WORKED OUT EVER SINCE YOU WAS SEVEN AND JUST GOT TO SCHOOL IN THE WINTER THERE'D BE LOTS OF THINGS YOU WOULDN'T KNOW EITHER 4c51e399-16a5-49ee-87fa-da0bb836f71d 1867 THREE THE PRIESTS SHOULD BE SATISFIED THE WATER WAS RUNNING AGAIN MY EYES HAD BEEN DULY BURNED OUT AND THEY WERE BACK IN BUSINESS WHICH ADDED UP TO FOUR THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY LET ANOTHER REPAIR MAN IN UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS IF THE BEACON CONKED OUT AGAIN d8eaffda-eff9-49df-8bfb-8e8ef6e38c8c 451 JUST SMELL MISSUS SAMPSON'S FLOWERS SAID CECILY AS WE PASSED A TRIM WHITE PALING CLOSE TO THE ROAD OVER WHICH BLEW ODOURS SWEETER THAN THE PERFUME OF ARABY'S SHORE HER ROSES ARE ALL OUT AND THAT BED OF SWEET WILLIAM IS A SIGHT BY DAYLIGHT 98b0b4e1-50a8-4b52-beda-6fc763426ec7 413 YOU MUST STAY AND KEEP US CHEERED UP IMPLORED FELICITY I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I'M EVER GOING TO PUT IN THE AFTERNOON I PROMISED KITTY MOTHER I'D GO DOWN AND SPEND IT WITH HER BUT I CAN'T NOW AND I CAN'T NEAR ANY AT MY LACE I JUST KEEP THINKING WHAT IS THE USE PERHAPS IT'LL ALL BE BURNED UP TO MORROW 21a0908d-3b1c-45b0-9817-7ebcfef6bdde 198 WE COULD HAVE RUN ONE AND ALL IF THERE HAD BEEN ANYWHERE TO RUN TOO BUT THERE WASN'T ALL AROUND US WERE ONLY THOSE SHADOWY ARCADES THEN WE SAW WITH SHAME THAT IT WAS ONLY OUR PADDY PAT PAT I SAID PICKING HIM UP FEELING A CERTAIN COMFORT IN HIS SOFT SOLID BODY fb0eb889-ba16-4599-bfc4-21dd2aa06275 1867 THE MOMENT THIS WAS ALL FINISHED I DID THE JOB THEY WERE WAITING FOR I THREW THE SWITCH THAT STARTED THE WATER FLOWING AGAIN WHEN THE WATER WAS CUT OFF WITH THE PILE IN OPERATION IT HAD STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THE AUTOMATIC SAFETIES HAD DUMPED THE CHARGE DOWN THE PIT bc0e063b-09dd-4cd3-a368-62122a0e3410 30 WE HAD KNOWN FROM AUNT OLIVIA'S LETTERS THAT FELICITY WAS THE BEAUTY OF THE CONNECTION AND WE HAD BEEN CURIOUS TO SEE HER ON THAT ACCOUNT SHE FULLY JUSTIFIED OUR EXPECTATIONS 18e490b9-e5ef-4772-a9f2-89c930b32152 32 WE HAD EXPECTED THAT THE STORY GIRL WOULD ECLIPSE US ALL IN THE MATTER OF DREAMS BUT AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING HER DREAMS WERE NO MORE REMARKABLE THAN THOSE OF THE REST OF US IN DREAMLAND WE WERE ALL EQUAL a628324b-5fed-49e0-93f2-a0e653e8da1f 413 I HAVE FORGIVEN HER WAS FELICITY'S ANSWER BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FIRST FOR ALL THAT IT'S VERY WRONG MORE THAN THAT IT'S SO UNCOMFORTABLE COMPLAINED CECILY IT SPOILS EVERYTHING 5a2ffbe3-22a3-4307-9153-de54d08b0a41 464 FELICITY IF I DIE FROM THE EFFECTS OF EATING SAWDUST PUDDING FLAVORED WITH NEEDLES YOU'LL BE SORRY YOU EVER SAID SUCH A THING TO YOUR POOR OLD UNCLE SAID UNCLE ROGER REPROACHFULLY EVEN IF THERE WERE NO NEEDLES IN IT SIXTY YEAR OLD SAWDUST CAN'T BE GOOD FOR MY TUMMY I DARE SAY IT WASN'T EVEN CLEAN ec7a9751-0f45-49b8-b323-744a9de6369f 402 WE WAITED AND WATCHED AT THE WINDOW THE VALLEY WAS FULL OF MIST AND THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN IN SLANTING LINES OVER THE TOPS OF THE SPRUCES BUT AS WE WAITED THE CLOUDS BROKE AWAY AND THE SUN CAME OUT FLASHINGLY THE DROPS ON THE SPRUCE BOUGHS GLITTERED LIKE DIAMONDS c356f8b2-b877-47c7-b2ec-6ebd1b5eb478 451 THOSE OF US WHO HAD NOTHING THE MATTER WITH OUR CONSCIENCES ENJOYED OUR WALK TO THE LITTLE WHITEWASHED SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE VALLEY FELICITY AND CECILY WERE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARDS ALL MEN 72671be2-c08b-4607-9962-ee766d73aa5f 2274 CAN WE CONTROL THEM IF THEY'RE BLOOD THIRSTY WHAT'S THEIR POTENTIAL IN FIVE DAYS NOT A SECOND MORE WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM NOT MUCH THEY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE AN ANCIENT TERRAN CHIMPANZEE 0cadf336-adc1-407f-a02a-b1dc84bedd16 2137 REMEMBER YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS TO LOCATE A FIRM LANDING SITE WITH AMPLE PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU DELARMED YOURSELF IS THAT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD BRANDON NODDED WAS LAUNCHED AND NOW WAS CRUISING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE ALIEN PLANET 11de65a2-9044-495e-bb8f-531facc2a27e 2108 I SUPPOSE YOU THINK THAT AFTER YOU HAD EATEN THIS FOOD IT WOULD TURN TO STONES AGAIN AND MAKE YOU SICK SHE REMARKED THAT THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE 6b134768-d7d3-4c10-a54d-8f7313c1018b 30 WE KNEW THAT UNCLE ALEC WAS FOND OF CHILDREN AND WAS HEART GLAD TO WELCOME ALLEN'S BOYS bae56cbd-0712-4b8b-807c-a8954239c3a2 2286 THERE ARE NATURAL LAWS IN CRIME AS IN EVERY OTHER FIELD OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR I KNEW THIS WAS IT fe26780c-6e39-43e7-8ea8-e4461528486c 2425 HUM THE GREAT REWARD FOR SOME NOTABLE SERVICE RENDERED I IMAGINE WHISPERED VIC THOSE PRIESTS ARE WISER THAN THE REST OF THIS CREW THEY DEAL DEATH SPARINGLY AND THAT MAKES THEM GREAT THEY LOVE LIFE LIKE A MAN OF OUR EARTH PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY'VE FOUND OUT HOW TO ENJOY IT 5e154c55-1d8f-4a6b-a959-98f488d1cdaf 198 GOOD GRACIOUS I DON'T KNOW SAID HE HELPLESSLY YOU'VE BEEN SO DEEP IN THAT WRETCHED BOOK THAT HE'S GOT OUT AND DEAR KNOWS WHERE HE IS CRIED FELICITY DISTRACTEDLY 0fff6bec-5e12-44c1-85e8-202b35dfcc15 14 PAT ISN'T A BIT BETTER HE JUST MOPES ABOUT THE KITCHEN SAID THE STORY GIRL ANXIOUSLY I WENT OUT TO THE BARN AND I SAW A MOUSE I HAD A STICK IN MY HAND AND I FETCHED A SWIPE AT IT SO dda90974-1a73-42ee-8ea3-850cc99542e9 177 IF WE HAD EATEN LITTLE AT BREAKFAST WE COULD EAT STILL LESS AT DINNER AFTER DINNER THE CLOUDS ROLLED AWAY AND THE SUN CAME JOYOUSLY AND GLORIOUSLY OUT THIS WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD OMEN FELICITY OPINED THAT IT WOULDN'T HAVE CLEARED UP IF IT WAS THE JUDGMENT DAY NEVERTHELESS WE DRESSED OURSELVES CAREFULLY AND THE GIRLS PUT ON THEIR WHITE DRESSES 5907e32c-0ca3-45b4-b2c1-d13e979f9d56 32 SHE DREW A PICTURE OF THE GRIMACING OTTOMAN ON THE MARGIN OF HER DREAM BOOK WHICH SO SCARED SARA RAY WHEN SHE BEHELD IT THAT SHE CRIED ALL THE WAY HOME AND INSISTED ON SLEEPING THAT NIGHT WITH JUDY PINNOT LEST THE FURNITURE TAKE TO PURSUING HER ALSO f0ac4e14-c29c-4ffc-9a68-3032c856b2cb 103 THERE WAS A RARE BREEZE FROM THE SOUTH BLOWING TO MEET US THE SHADOWS OF THE SPRUCES WERE LONG AND CLEAR CUT THE EXQUISITE SKIES OF EARLY MORNING BLUE AND WIND WINNOWED WERE OVER US AWAY TO THE WEST BEYOND THE BROOK FIELD WAS A LONG VALLEY AND A HILL PURPLE WITH FIRS AND LACED WITH STILL LEAFLESS BEECHES AND MAPLES 2a03c75c-b109-40c5-9f94-86cc445a6fc1 188 HALF AN HOUR LATER NEIL CAMPBELL RUSHED INTO THE SHERMAN KITCHEN AND OH HOW ANGRY HE WAS WE'RE NOT FIGHTING SAID FELICITY AND I LIKE AUNT OLIVIA BUT MY MOTHER IS JUST AS GOOD AS AUNT OLIVIA THERE NOW 8a5573f3-2e0d-48c1-b7cd-a54d1c32cce0 2274 THE SURGICAL SCARS ON HIS NECK WHERE THE MICRO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN INSERTED ITCHED MADDENINGLY HE SCRATCHED ee1ca858-772d-4dcd-9a22-1ce4da2540df 464 FELICITY HAVING USED UP ALL THE AVAILABLE COOKING MATERIALS IN THE HOUSE HAD TO STOP PERFORCE AND SHE NOW DETERMINED TO STUFF TWO NEW PINCUSHIONS SHE HAD BEEN MAKING FOR HER ROOM 5068058c-4282-46c6-a28f-5b45d18d7f22 14 WE WAITED AT UNCLE ALEC'S DOOR FOR THE OTHERS TO COME UP PETER WAS BY WAY OF SKULKING SHAMEFACEDLY PAST INTO THE SHADOWS BUT THE STORY GIRL'S BRIEF BITTER ANGER HAD VANISHED WAIT FOR ME PETER SHE CALLED SHE WENT OVER TO HIM AND HELD OUT HER HAND dff27e8f-0852-4252-bbcb-b2d8310805c4 242 NO SAID DAN RELUCTANTLY I S'POSE THERE'D BE SOME DRAWBACK TO EVERYTHING EVEN BEIN AN ENGINE ISN'T IT COLD SAID CECILY SHIVERING AGAIN 1ac208cc-7c72-405a-86db-9cb88850b526 14 WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIS QUOTATIONS MEANT BUT WE UNDERSTOOD HE THOUGHT PETER WAS GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE OF FELICITY FELICITY TOSSED HER HEAD IT ISN'T MY FAULT THAT HE'S GOING TO CHURCH SHE SAID SNAPPISHLY IT'S THE STORY GIRL'S DOINGS cd98fd09-85e8-4693-b113-151111bef729 2312 OH YES ALL HAVE NAMES MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL ONLY PEOPLE MANOEL MOULS NO ONE ELSE NO MANOEL NO ONLY THE PEOPLE 07dcc7c9-4bb6-4338-9bb8-f07a298f1cd5 2425 I HAD REALLY COME OUT TO SEE HOPE OF COURSE BUT SHE WAS STILL UPSTAIRS PUTTING ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES VIC LOOKED DOWN FROWNING I'M NOT SURE I'M RIGHT HE REPLIED AFTER A MOMENT BUT IF I AM THEY WISH US TO KILL THEM 30ed1c32-03ad-48af-ab0b-b7193f2adb52 14 IF SHE WERE ONLY MORE INTERESTING FELICITY HAD NOT A PARTICLE OF THE NAMELESS CHARM AND ALLUREMENT WHICH HUNG ABOUT EVERY MOTION OF THE STORY GIRL AND MADE ITSELF MANIFEST IN HER LIGHTEST WORD AND MOST CARELESS GLANCE 7a414efb-4648-4f57-885c-91798633f31a 198 IN THE EAST ABOVE THE MAPLE WOODS WAS A SILVERY SHEEN THAT HINTED THE MOONRISE BUT THE ORCHARD WAS A PLACE OF SHADOWS AND MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS MIDWAY UP THE OPEN SPACE IN ITS HEART WE MET PETER AND IF EVER A BOY WAS GIVEN OVER TO SHEER TERROR THAT BOY WAS PETER 0c7ba816-93d0-45d2-a065-6163c5d56192 242 IT WOULDN'T BE SO NICE IF THEY CAUGHT YOU AND TORTURED YOU AT THE STAKE SAID FELICITY 633e165b-8dc2-41c1-b206-5930ab46679a 2368 KENUPH NEITHER APPLAUDED NOR LOOKED SURPRISED AS I HAVE SAID HE MURMURED THAT WHICH THE DEVIL CAN GRANT HE PAUSED AND LOOKED DOWN AT HIS HANDS AM I TO TAKE THIS AS A CONFESSION HE SAID 37e4f445-a79d-466b-b518-1cc5abdb6e8a 30 WE FELT AT HOME WITH HIM AND WERE NOT AFRAID TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS ON ANY SUBJECT THAT CAME UPPERMOST IN OUR MINDS WE BECAME VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH HIM ON THAT TWENTY FOUR MILE DRIVE d49768dc-073d-4292-96d8-81fe6bae62bf 1867 BUT NOT FOR LONG THERE WAS A SHUFFLING NEAR BY AND I TOOK A CHANCE AND TURNED ON MY FLASH AFTER THAT GRANDPA IN PARADISE HAD MANY HEART TO HEART TALKS WITH GRANDSON WHO FOUND THE HEAVENLY LUTE MORE THAN HE COULD RESIST 4223efe8-cf27-44f7-88df-d23adda4171d 464 FOR ONE THING THE WHOLE HOUSE MUST BE PUT IN APPLE PIE ORDER AND FOR ANOTHER AN ELABORATE SUPPER MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE EXPECTED RETURN OF THE TRAVELLERS THAT NIGHT FELICITY DEVOTED HER WHOLE ATTENTION TO THIS AND LEFT THE SECONDARY PREPARATION OF THE REGULAR MEALS TO CECILY AND THE STORY GIRL b89c76c5-93f1-471c-b41f-ee350d53619e 1867 IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ENDED BY JUST REVERSING THE WATER VALVE SWITCH THE VALVE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USED ONLY FOR REPAIRS AFTER THE PILE WAS DAMPED WHEN THE WATER WAS CUT OFF WITH THE PILE IN OPERATION IT HAD STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THE AUTOMATIC SAFETIES HAD DUMPED THE CHARGE DOWN THE PIT 91d04dd0-4418-4b3e-8730-fd6ee79da5a3 402 NEVER YOU FEAR ANSWERED FELICITY DECIDEDLY A COWARD WOULD COME THROUGH ANYTHING FOR FIFTY CENTS AFTER DINNER WE ALL WITHOUT ANY VERBAL DECISION ABOUT IT WASHED OUR FACES AND COMBED OUR HAIR a7b9637f-e290-4012-9333-6ad5e4bfe816 2286 I STEPPED THROUGH GUN OUT AND POINTED AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ANGELINA STOOD NEXT HIM LOOKING AT THE SCREEN THE GAME'S OVER I SAID STAND UP SLOWLY AND KEEP YOUR HANDS IN SIGHT b165d003-76f7-49e1-b3d9-147360a2f789 2317 RAY HELD UP A HAND PURELY FOR DRAMA SINCE THERE WAS SILENCE ALREADY THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY HE SAID d13c24a2-db4d-4641-86f8-f693f423c90c 2108 AND PERHAPS SHE IS STILL CRYING HER POOR LITTLE HEART OUT BECAUSE NO TIN MAN COMES TO MARRY HER SUGGESTED POLYCHROME 2be7bc4c-a1df-4501-871f-cbacd74a63bf 14 CECILILY CHERISHED A GRUDGE AGAINST FATE BECAUSE SHE HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN NATURALLY CURLY HAIR AS HAD THE OTHER TWO GIRLS BUT SHE ATTAINED THE DESIRE OF HER HEART ON SUNDAYS AT LEAST AND WAS QUITE WELL SATISFIED 93aebc7e-ac58-4124-8592-5fb656ecd0ee 2286 ALL THE BOARD GUARDS HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE SIRENS LIGHTS ACCELERATORS ON THE FLOOR AND THAT SORT OF THING WE BLASTED SCREAMING WHOLE THROUGH THE NIGHT RIGHT TO THE SPACE YARD AND THROUGH THE GATE IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WE WERE STILL TOO LATE A UNIFORM WATCHMAN FRANTICALLY WAVED TO US AND THE WHOLE CONVOY JERKED TO A STOP THE SHIP WAS GONE bd35d4bf-79e4-4b59-a396-870f107896c2 2274 SLAVE CULTURE PROBABLY 508321cc-ee31-48bd-b11c-8af1a6123d45 177 NO BETTER PLAN BEING SUGGESTED WE BETOOK OURSELVES TO THE ORCHARD AND SAT ON THE BOUGHS OF UNCLE ALEC'S TREE BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS WET THE WORLD WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL AND GREEN OVERHEAD WAS A DAZZLING BLUE SKY SPOTTED WITH HEAPS OF WHITE CLOUD 8d974122-f47b-47ad-89ea-566a9c502d9f 748 WE DID NOT EVEN CALL BILLY TO ACCOUNT WE THOUGHT THAT LEE SAID WAS SOONEST MENDED IN SUCH A MATTER WE WENT VERY SOFTLY INDEED LEST THE GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY THAT TERRIBLE UNCLE ROGER SHOULD HEAR OF IT 8d97a53e-58dd-49f3-a9a2-40d19cedf8ad 2108 COULDN'T THE WIZARD GIVE YOU A HEART THAT WAS BOTH KIND AND LOVING ASKED THE BOY f6bcabf6-54cf-42cf-a08f-10042d5351a5 748 FINALLY IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE WHAT WE'D EXPECTED WOULD BE THE JUDGMENT DAY HE CONFESSED TO ME THAT HE HAD TAKEN IT TO MAKE FELICITY FOND OF HIM SKILFULLY INDEED HAD THAT ASTUTE BILLY PLAYED ON OUR RESPECTIVE WEAKNESSES 09eed7b7-553a-43ef-b9ca-b14369a61123 2137 AFTER FOUR YEARS I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE STORE OF PHOTOPHLASH FLARES HE WATCHED FOR A WHILE BUT SAW NO MORE FLARES FINALLY HE SCRAMBLED DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAVA SHEET AND CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE WRECK MOVING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY eef3735c-cb76-4ae7-a7a4-0b4ce79657cb 30 WE WERE QUITE WILLING TO GO TO BED AND PRESENTLY WE FOUND OURSELVES TUCKED AWAY UPSTAIRS IN THE VERY ROOM LOOKING OUT EASTWARD INTO THE SPRUCE GROVE WHICH FATHER HAD ONCE OCCUPIED 2735d4f1-c4a2-4e04-aae9-41ec91e0cd30 198 AN OLD PROVERB WITH NEW MEANING IT WAS HALF PAST FIVE WHEN WE BOYS GOT UP NEXT MORNING WE WERE JOINED ON THE STAIRS BY FELICITY YAWNING AND ROSY O DEAR ME I OVERSLEPT MYSELF 2e2bb225-54f1-44e1-8d42-e53c76ed5ca4 2274 WHO CONTROLS THE BREEDING SIGHTS CONTROLS OUR WORLD SAID TO NEW ONCE THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY WE DESTROYED IT ARE THERE MANY WILD ONES ASKED THORN FEWER EACH YEAR SAID TO NEWBE THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR SLAVES HIS STETSON 29e84907-2b33-4a74-80c0-d7a7886cfaa3 2425 THEIR ROUND DARK EYES DEEPLY RECESSED WERE CAVERNS OF DESPAIR THEY WERE CLOTHED IN SOME COARSE BLACK STUFF THAT BRISTLED AS THOUGH LOOSELY WOVEN OF STIFF HAIR AND YET WHICH WAS NOT A TRUE FABRIC FOR IT SEEMED TO MOVE WITHIN ITSELF AND SCINTILLATE AS THOUGH COMPOSED OF BILLIONS OF RESTLESS MOTES 4688ce71-907e-40d8-b1a3-621b63fa1554 32 IT'S ALL JUST AS FATHER DESCRIBED IT SAID FELIX WITH A BLISSFUL SIGH AND THERE'S THE WELL WITH THE CHINESE ROOF WE HURRIED OVER TO IT TREADING ON THE SPEARS OF MINT THAT WERE BEGINNING TO SHOOT UP ABOUT IT 2d318a8c-2868-479c-bcee-ba5fdc57682e 188 THAT SETTLED IT WE WERE NOT GOING TO LET THE STORY GIRL GET AHEAD OF US IN THE MANNER OF COLLECTING be64acae-b4d5-4a38-9a9d-6ddbc2387849 32 THEN HE OPENED HIS BIG BLUE EYES AND LOOKED UP INTO EDITH'S FACE SHE BLUSHED AS RED AS A ROSE FOR SHE KNEW SHE HAD DONE A DREADFUL THING THIS COULD NOT BE HER COUSIN FROM SCOTLAND SHE KNEW FOR HE HAD WRITTEN SO TO HER THAT HE HAD EYES AS BLACK AS HER OWN 6d01eb3b-26bd-45ec-8b39-6f918d629af1 177 IT MUST BE GETTING HANDY TOO SAID CECILY IT SEEMS AS IF WE'D BEEN WAITING HERE FOR EVER SO MUCH LONGER THAN AN HOUR ec4b9c82-d60f-4046-9ec9-8b240a8c4351 198 YOUR UNCLE ROGER WENT TO MARKDDVILLE RIGHT AFTER MILKING SAID PETER HE LOCKED UP THE HOUSE AND GAVE ME THE KEY THERE WASN'T A SOUL IN IT THAT I'M SURE OF I DROVE THE COWS TO PASTURE AND I GOT BACK ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO I SET DOWN ON THE FRONT DOOR STEPS FOR A MOMENT AND ALL AT ONCE I HEARD A BELL RING IN THE HOUSE EIGHT TIMES 757d9d75-59e5-49ab-82d5-64d70d71d054 14 AUNT JANET ON THE CONTRARY GAVE US SO MUCH GOOD ADVICE AND WAS SO CONSTANTLY TELLING US TO DO THIS OR NOT TO DO THE OTHER THING THAT WE COULD NOT REMEMBER HALF OF HER INSTRUCTIONS AND DID NOT TRY 71b15158-96f3-45ba-8ec1-cbec9a07f528 188 WE DEMANDED THE TALE INSTANTLY THE STORY GIRL TOLD IT TO US AS SHE PEELED HER POTATOES WELL WILL MONTAGUE FELL IN LOVE WITH RACHEL WARD AND SHE WAS WITH HIM AND IT WAS ALL ARRANGED THAT THEY WERE TO BE MARRIED FROM HERE IN THE SPRING ec081794-eb45-491b-846a-6194dbb6f821 14 WELL I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY SHE'S DEAD SAID PETER REBUKINGLY DO PEOPLE GO ON BEING JUST THE SAME AFTER THEY'RE DEAD NO OF COURSE NOT THEY'RE ANGELS THEN NOT METHODISTS OR ANYTHING BUT JUST ANGELS THAT IS IF THEY GO TO HEAVEN 5c3015fc-410a-4daf-bb7b-d345419ff455 2286 THIS TIME I DIDN'T ANSWER HIM BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING AND PANTING LIKE A DOG AND HAD THE MIKE TURNED OFF JUST AHEAD IF THE BLUE PINS WERE RIGHT WAS THE DOOR TO THE CONTROL ROOM PEPE SHOULD BE THERE 05efc493-7599-4055-b988-0d5cbd6d5ba4 32 DON'T YOU REMEMBER OLD MISS BAXTER IN TORONTO BETH AND HOW SHE TOLD MISSUS MC LAREN THAT SHE WAS SUBJECT TO TERRIBLE DREAMS AND FINALLY SHE TOOK TWO LIVER PILLS AND NEVER HAD ANY MORE DREAMS AFTER THAT I'D RATHER HAVE DIED THAN RISK IT CONCLUDED FELIX SOLEMNLY f9fa6ea1-038a-4a3a-96e9-6d13f65350c6 2368 HE SMILED BRIEFLY HIS FACE REMAINED COLD THE STRONG HANDS MOVED ON THE TABLE TOP IT IS A MATTER OF INDIFFERENCE TO MEONA SAID BUT THE WEIGHT BECOMES BORING AFTER A TIME e65aac58-56bd-4ba9-9bee-2b15cdc730ff 2286 OH IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH THE COVERS WENT ONE WAY AND IN SKIT WENT THE OTHER IN A SINGLE UNFOLDING IN CONCERTED MOTION HE LEFT THE HORIZONTAL AND RECUMBENT AND STOOD TENSELY VERTICAL AGAINST THE WALL EXAMINING THE PICK OF THE BATTLESHIP UNDER THE LIGHT 0a8a7104-16f7-432d-951c-d8b0541c606d 188 SOMETHING LIKE LIKE BLUEBEARD'S CHAMBER SUGGESTED FELIX IN A SCARED TONE 6f0b5b0a-372b-4666-9308-902fe943b607 2182 CAN YOU FISH AND SAIL JEFF AUBREY THE CONSULATE ROCKET LANDED ASHORE BUT JEFF IGNORED IT I CAN LEARN HE SAID 4755493a-28d0-489a-ac92-30980e02c874 402 AND THE RAINBOW WAS A GREAT BRIDGE BUILT OF LIVING COLORS SO DAZZLING AND WONDERFUL THAT BEYOND IT THE EYE COULD SEE NOTHING ONLY FAR AWAY A GREAT BLINDING SPARKLING GLORY WHERE THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE SPRANG UP IN A SHOWER OF DIAMOND FIRE 531555ba-1f6b-4646-b5d3-47371245b4f3 748 HAD HE BEEN A POOR MAN HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MORE SUCCESSFUL ARTIST BUT HE HAD A SMALL FORTUNE OF HIS OWN IN LACKING THE SPUR OF NECESSITY OR OF DISQUIETING AMBITION HE REMAINED LITTLE MORE THAN A CLEVER AMATEUR 111bf3b2-823e-4672-8fe7-6f3ce2648aa5 2274 ITS HEADLIGHTS SWUNG IN WILD ARCS ACROSS THE TRUNKS AND DOWN THE MUD AERIAL CREEPERS GREAT LOOPING VINES OF THEM SWUNG DOWN FROM THE TOWERING FOREST CEILING A STEADY DRIP OF CONDENSATION SPATTERED THE WINDSHIEL FORCING ORAN TO USE THE WIPERS 50cde6cc-4dec-4dbc-a4d4-2246abf822a2 748 DAN WAS TOO MUCH IN EARNEST TO RESENT MY BLUNT SPEECH LOOK HERE BEV IS THAT MAGIC SEED AND DID YOU GET IT FROM BILLY ROBINSON b4c26550-75d7-4462-85d4-7a64ffd21971 14 SPOS'N THEY WENT TO THE OTHER PLACE fec0515e-3d19-46d7-9e17-b3f7b5504769 2137 TOWERS FROWNED WHAT INNER USE STRAIGHT ROCKET POWER WELL SIR NEVER MIND NOW YOU MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED OXYGEN OR HYDROGEN RICH ATMOSPHERE MELT AS YOU COMPRESS YOUR BLADES TRY AN AIR START ON STRAIGHT ROCKET I WANT THAT SHIP BACK BRANDON REPEAT I WANT THAT SHIP BACK 6f11cd01-aeb9-420e-8500-a57cdcacb366 103 OH I'M SO GLAD YOU BOYS HAVE COME TO LIVE HERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE EXCEPT DAYS SO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR OWN GOOD TIMES f6b8c549-5536-4b84-b7c4-a99cae8003fa 177 SARA RAY AND PETER AND THE STORY GIRL WENT HOME AND WE WENT IN TO TEA WITH ROYAL APPETITES AFTERWARDS AS WE DRESSED FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL UPSTAIRS OUR SPIRITS CARRIED US AWAY HATE TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT AUNT JANE HAD TO COME TWICE TO THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS AND INQUIRE SEVERELY CHILDREN HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHAT DAY IT IS 1fdd6ae6-c3cb-4c10-8b83-1c2b5075514c 2274 YOU ARE A WEAK FOOL LIKE THE OTHERS GRITTED TO NEWBE IT'S TOO BAD IF YOU FORMED YOUR OPINION OF US BY OBSERVING ONLY THE LOW GRADES OF THE URN ARE SAID ORAN EASY BOY HISS STUTSON DON'T PICK A FIGHT WITH HIM NOW REMEMBER THIS RACE IS ARBOREAL HE'S PROBABLY STRONG AS AN APE 053c2da1-42d8-4104-ba36-b78a6ac23ae3 2425 BUT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO JUST BEFORE YOU ARRIVED SIR SHE BECAME NERVOUS LIKE AND RAPPED ON THE DOOR THERE WASN'T A SOUND SO SHE WENT UP TO THE MASTER'S ROOM AND FOUND A KEY AND WENT IN AND NOW SHE DON'T ANSWER AND WE WERE JUST ABOUT READY TO CALL THE POLICE 9d14bb3d-0228-494f-9ee6-3a72e99be7b2 198 HE ISN'T IN THE KITCHEN SAID FELICITY RUSHING ABOUT WILDLY AND HE COULDN'T GET INTO THE OTHER PART OF THE HOUSE FOR I SHUT THE HALL DOOR TIGHT AND NO BABY COULD OPEN IT AND IT'S SHUT TIGHT YET 24c340de-b54c-4303-82dd-0dd566e3ef7e 2312 THIS WAS CALLED SODOM IT WAS STREWN WITH LOW LYING GHOSTS AS OF PEOPLE AND OBJECTS FORMED WHEN THE GRANITE BUBBLED LIKE WATER 08e73385-1ad4-449f-960a-803b34d76f01 2312 COUNT EVERYONE ALL RIGHT FILL IN EVERY ONE I NEED MORE PAPERS WHAT HE HELD UP WAS THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF SAND MARSHALL COULD NOT SEE IT IN DETAIL 851f6562-58db-4b9f-9b2e-ec2748817de2 2108 STRANGELY ENOUGH IT WAS NOT DARK IN THIS IMMENSE NATURAL CHAMBER IN THE WOODLAND FOR THE PLACE GLOWED WITH THE SOFT WHITE LIGHT THAT SEEMED TO COME FROM SOME UNSEEN SOURCE b411d064-ce59-482e-8a69-9b4b962e1ea0 402 WELL IT WAS AWFUL SAD SAID FELICITY WIPING HER EYES BUT IT WAS LONG AGO AND WE CAN'T DO ANY GOOD BY CRYING OVER IT NOW LET US GO AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT I MADE SOME NICE LITTLE RHUBARB TARTS THIS MORNING 48331dcc-f305-4f30-9047-bc75f37ffd8e 2425 BOTH HOPE AND VIC WERE FIGHTING DESPERATELY BUT THERE WERE AT LEAST TEN GUARDS TO EACH OF THEM I LIFTED MY HAND AND WAVED A FAREWELL HOPING THAT ONE OF THEM AT LEAST WOULD SEE THE GESTURE AND KNOW THAT MY LAST THOUGHT WAS OF THEM 54f86cf6-fb2b-4e17-bfc5-d2cffd0fba14 242 IT WAS ALL NONSENSE FIGHTING ABOUT SUCH PRAYERS ANYHOW SAID DAN WHO PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT SINCE ALL CHANCE OF FIGHT WAS OVER HE MIGHT AS WELL AVOW HIS REAL SENTIMENTS AS TO ITS FOLLY ba61df50-d004-4ab5-96ab-d9923c9bb084 103 FELIX WAKE UP I WHISPERED SHAKING HIM WHAT'S THE MATTER HE MURMURED RELUCTANTLY IT'S MORNING LET'S GET UP AND GO DOWN AND OUT I CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE TO SEE THE PLACE HIS FATHER TOLD US OF WE SLIPPED OUT OF BED AND DRESSED WITHOUT AROUSING DAN WHO WAS STILL SLUMBERING SOUNDLY HIS MOUTH WIDE OPEN AND HIS BEDCLOTHES KICKED OFF ON THE FLOOR 50dede52-f819-46ee-8de4-5858e0c1447a 402 CECILY SPRANG UP SHAKING WITH SOBS OH DON'T DON'T GO ON SHE IMPLORED I CAN'T BEAR ANY MORE 897545fe-05ee-4702-ba67-7fd2547ee54b 2312 SURE I'M MANUEL JUST LIKE I LEFT THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO YOU CAN'T BE MANUEL SHRUNK THREE FEET AND TWO HUNDRED POUNDS AND AGED A MILLION dfdb25d3-0921-414d-97b7-c896246cb2db 2274 WE YOU THOSE ARE TALL BUILDINGS TOO WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS PLACE FORM AND UNLESS YOU BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD THERE'LL BE NOTHING BUT ASHES FOR OUR ARCHAEOLOGIST TO PICK OVER 8e8ad48e-1f67-475a-948c-436bc0c37f79 2286 I'LL SAY THIS THE NAVY BOYS KNOW THEIR BUSINESS WHEN THE SIREN SCREAMED THE CREW SECURED SHIP AND BLASTED OFF BEFORE I HAD FINISHED READING REPORT AS SOON AS MY A BALLS UNSQUASHED BACK INTO FOCUS I READ IT THROUGH THEN ONCE MORE CAREFULLY FROM THE BEGINNING 5a820823-78a4-4cc9-aa44-ff0e69845f5b 30 I WONDER WHAT THE STORY GIRL WILL THINK OF THEM SAID FELICITY AS IF AFTER ALL THAT WAS THE MAIN THING bbdbf856-5fea-469e-af98-03501afbab3f 2182 OUR ZID ESCAPED ITS CAGE AND DESTROYED TWO OF US FORCING US TO MAROON IT HERE FOR OUR OWN SAFETY UNFORTUNATELY WE TRUSTED OUR STAR MANUAL STATEMENT THAT THE PLANET IS UNPOPULATED THE TERRANS DREW TOGETHER AGAIN 3b016118-7d7e-47b3-a061-0dc7cb46f915 748 BUT SARA RAY HAD SOMETHING TO GIVE SHE CAME UP THE HILL AFTER TEA ALL RADIANT WHEN SARA RAY SMILED AND SHE DID NOT WASTE HER SMILES SHE WAS RATHER PRETTY IN A PLAINTIVE APOLOGETIC WAY 9804e43b-920d-4ad1-8a7b-e30119045375 2286 WHAT BATTLESHIP HE GASPED THE WAR LORD CLASS BATTLESHIP THAT HAS BEEN BUILT AT THE CENT ORANTOLA SPACE YARDS DISGUISED BEHIND THESE BLUE PRINTS I THREW THEM ACROSS THE DESK TO HIM AND POINTED TO ONE CORNER THOSE YOUR INITIALS THERE AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION 7eb35cbe-d826-487f-9176-8a70c8bfaf30 2182 THEY FELL SLACK HOWEVER WHEN THE QUEEN REACHED HIS CHANNEL AND FLAPPED LAZILY REVERSING TO CATCH THE WIND AND NOSE HER CAUTIOUSLY INTO THE SHALLOWS JEFF DISMISSED IT IMPATIENTLY A CHANGE OF WIND OR SOME CRAFTY MANEUVRE OF OLD CHARLEY MAX TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CURRENT f3d93dc5-fb8f-427a-8169-bbdb6cc63c36 402 BUT MANY MEN AND WOMEN FOLLOWED ODIN HIMSELF GIVING UP ALL THEIR WORLDLY POSSESSIONS AND AMBITIONS AND TO THESE HE PROMISED THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE 5a4f97f4-457a-4db9-ba20-d27fa905a66e 2312 THERE MUST BE A MILLION NAMES HERE LITTLE BIT MORE LITTLE BIT MORE I GET TWO BITS A NAME 4c45e04a-5568-4965-966d-8f2daef5e27f 188 WHEN WE GOT AWAY WE COMPARED NOTES AND FOUND THAT WE ALL LIKED HIM AND THIS ALTHOUGH HE HAD SAID LITTLE AND HAD APPEARED SOMEWHAT GLAD TO GET RID OF US HE GAVE US THE MONEY LIKE A GENTLEMAN SAID THE STORY GIRL I FELT HE DIDN'T GRUDGE IT AND NOW FOR MISTER CAMPBELL IT WAS ON HIS ACCOUNT I PUT ON MY RED SILK 381165c1-b72c-4051-b987-f335fe0b03d0 2108 I AM KNOWN AS WOOT THE WANDERER ANSWERED THE BOY AND I HAVE COME THROUGH MANY TRAVELS AND BY ROUNDABOUT WAYS FROM MY FORMER HOME IN A FAR CORNER OF THE GALLOPIN COUNTRY OF OZ cc258b37-c1cf-429d-a4f1-432f3ce8b176 2286 NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING I SNAPPED INTO THE MIKE WORKING AWAY THE WORRIED BILLIONAIRE EXPRESSION FIRST I'LL REPEAT YOUR OWN WARNING OBEY ORDERS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE I'LL SHOW YOU WHY WHEN I THREW THE BIG SWITCH A CAREFULLY WORKED OUT SEQUENCE TOOK PLACE d39dd0ea-0982-4bbd-a2bd-3308b54eb112 30 THE GIRL'S DOOR SHUT WITH A BANG SILENCE FELL OVER THE HOUSE WE DRIFTED INTO THE LAND OF SLEEP WONDERING IF THE STORY GIRL WOULD LIKE US 94eeecf2-9cd2-4ba3-9335-1777695a72f4 2274 ORNE FOUGHT DOWN A SUDDEN PANIC THE LIPLESS MOUTH HAD LOOKED SO ODD FORMING THE FAMILIAR WORDS 5eeb9b3f-f823-402f-8685-f3fdd71a48b3 2425 THE THING IS SET TO OPERATE THE REVERSE CYCLE AT THREE HOUR INTERVALS EXACTLY 56c09144-a1bc-46e3-891d-ce683fb2ada6 2312 BUT HE WAS SYSTEMATIC SO HE CHECKED THE LIST OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN THERE SEEMED TO BE SOMEBODY MISSING AH YES HIMSELF 490f58ef-134b-4f32-980a-b340ab4ddf9e 451 A DAUGHTER OF EVE I HATE THE THOUGHT OF GROWING UP SAID THE STORY GIRL REFLECTIVELY BECAUSE I CAN NEVER GO BAREFOOTED THEN AND NOBODY WILL EVER SEE WHAT BEAUTIFUL FEET I HAVE 52028929-e78f-4b7a-8a5e-adb214bf938e 103 SARA'S CONSCIENCE IS ALWAYS TROUBLING HER FOR DOING THINGS SHE'S SURE HER MOTHER WON'T APPROVE BUT IT NEVER PREVENTS HER FROM DOING THEM IT ONLY SPOILS HER FUN e154b652-94be-4381-801b-68c433ccbcc2 2286 IT HAD BEEN INTERESTING AT FIRST PARTICULARLY SINCE UP TO THE TIME I WAS DRAFTED INTO THE SPECIAL CORPS I WASN'T EVEN CERTAIN IT REALLY EXISTED IT WAS TOO MUCH LIKE A COMMAND'S NIGHTMARE TO BE REAL A SECRET WORRY AFTER A FEW HAPPY YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL CRIME YOU BEGIN TO WONDER HOW LONG IT WILL LAST c4c6eff9-4f46-41f2-bcf4-7d6aab038768 464 UNCLE ROGER HOBBLED OFF TO THE BARN STILL HOLDING ON TO HIS STOMACH DO YOU THINK HE REALLY FEELS SICK ASKED THE STORY GIRL ANXIOUSLY NO I DON'T SAID FELICITY YOU NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT HIM THERE'S NOTHING THE MATTER WITH HIM I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY NEEDLES IN THAT SAWDUST 3ea50781-e052-4111-b405-66b65715d53d 464 AND HE RAN AND WAKENED UP A VERY TIRED DOCTOR JUST AS HE HAD GOT TO SLEEP OH DOCTOR MY SON HAS SWALLOWED A MOUSE HE CRIED WHAT SHALL I DO 66cada12-03f9-4b75-ba7b-1fc5681dd6d0 413 SARA RAY HAD ALSO YEARNED TO STAY BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER SHE MUST BE HOME BEFORE DARK NEVER MIND SARAH COMFORTED CECILY WHAT A SULKY SULKY LOT OF LITTLE PEOPLE SAID AUNT OLIVIA GOING AWAY ACROSS THE YARD HOLDING A PRETTY DRESS UP FROM THE DEWY GRASS d2e78988-2bb3-4e39-b317-82766453edb4 32 SHE FIRST THREATENED THAT SHE WOULD NEVER SPEAK TO HIM AGAIN IF HE DIDN'T TELL HER AND THEN SHE PROMISED HIM THAT IF HE DID SHE WOULD LET HIM WALK BESIDE HER TO AND FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL THE REST OF THE SUMMER AND CARRY HER BOOKS FOR HER 15cd29dc-f7b5-4289-aa96-318c89eb9b45 748 WE KNEW THAT THE STORY GIRL WAS THOUGHT TO RESEMBLE HIM STRONGLY IN APPEARANCE AND TEMPERAMENT BUT SHE HAD FAR MORE FIRE AND INTENSITY AND STRENGTH OF HER INHERITANCE FROM KING AND WARD e2da5122-1955-4115-a0cb-0cad1cecfeac 188 I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF THAT YARN SAID DAN TRYING TO SPEAK WITH HIS USUAL INCREDULITY I DON'T SEE YOU YOU CAN HELP BELIEVING IT SAID CECILY IT ISN'T AS IF IT'S SOMETHING WE'D READ OF OR THAT HAPPENED FAR AWAY IT HAPPENED JUST DOWN AT MARKDALE AND I'VE SEEN THAT VERY SPRUCE WOOD MYSELF 250f1c27-9c09-48c5-925d-c4f3214b8c84 402 MISTER MILWOOD TOLD ME TO BURN IT SAID FELIX IT DOESN'T SEEM REVERENT TO DO THAT SAID CECILY EVEN IF IT ISN'T GOD'S PICTURE IT HAS HIS NAME ON IT 098aa752-4287-40a8-a10d-f19a8439970a 242 MANY MOONS AGO AN INDIAN TRIBE LIVED ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER IN NOVA SCOTIA 8e56d4d7-5c8a-42fc-b417-092603bdd742 14 COME TO MY ARMS MY BRIDE HE CRIED I HAVE WON YOU FAIRLY I AM THE KING WHO CONQUERS ALL KINGS c1c124ae-fd84-4050-98a8-a32a192bee8a 2312 GIVE HIM A NAME ANYHOW AND GET HIM COUNTED WE GOT TO GET TO THAT TEN THOUSAND MARK TELL US WHAT HAPPENED MANWELL IF YOU ARE WHICH YOU AREN'T BUT TELL US AFTER I COUNTED THE REGULAR PEOPLE I WENT TO COUNT THE LITTLE PEOPLE 04bb5e9a-20b6-4869-a825-e66cb445c509 177 WHY NOT SAID THE STORY GIRL WITH A FLASH OF HER EYES INDEED I SHALL I'LL TELL STORIES AS LONG AS I'VE A TONGUE TO TALK WITH OR ANYONE TO LISTEN I DOUBTLESS THAT DAUNTLESS BIRTH WOULD SOAR TRIUMPHANTLY ABOVE THE WRECK OF MATTER AND THE CRASH OF WORLDS TAKING WITH IT ALL ITS OWN WILD SWEETNESS AND DARING 9bd22d25-7678-441b-9a91-3c5f4753d931 413 WITH THE USUAL LEVITY OF GROWN UPS THEY RECOVERED THE COLDNESS BETWEEN THE GIRLS AS A SUBJECT OF MIRTH AND JEST AND RECKED NOT THAT IT WAS FREEZING THE GENIAL CURRENT OF OUR YOUTHFUL SOULS AND BLIGHTING HOURS THAT SHOULD BE FAIR PAGES IN OUR BOOK OF DAYS f616e558-92b9-4d2f-acc9-b1aa4087d253 30 JUST THINK THOSE ARE THE VERY FROGS FATHER LISTENED TO WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY WHISPERED FELIX 16d424d3-2c9a-48a6-8414-1bd347ea5c20 402 THE MINISTER LOOKED AT THE PICTURE A STERN EXPRESSION CAME INTO HIS GENTLE BLUE EYES AND HE GOT AS NEAR TO FROWNING AS IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET WHERE DID YOU GET THAT THING HE ASKED 66940adc-df24-47be-8be0-bb51ab7d8aec 103 HE CALLS HIS PLACE GOLDEN MILESTONE I KNOW WHY BECAUSE I'VE READ LONGFELLOW'S POEMS HE NEVER GOES INTO SOCIETY BECAUSE HE IS SO AWKWARD THE GIRLS LAUGH AT HIM AND HE DOESN'T LIKE IT I KNOW A STORY ABOUT HIM AND I'LL TELL IT TO YOU SOMETIME 47083c65-f3fb-4f47-a54d-e266dbe4de4c 242 YOU MIGHT SETTLE IT BY DRAWING LOTS SAID CECILY DESPERATELY DRAWING LOTS IS WICKEDER THAN FIGHTING SAID DAN IT'S KIND OF GAMBLING b73c2583-4a02-4718-870a-3ac01ba9e126 2368 AH JONAS SAID PLEASANTLY BUT YOU'RE HOME AREN'T YOU THE OLD WOMAN FROWNED AT HIM SUSPICIOUSLY NOW SHE SAID VAGUELY WELL 60fe0a64-0e38-439e-a175-ec9df91446c4 451 BUT FELICITY HAD DONE HER WORK TOO THOROUGHLY THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT TO BE COMFORTED SHE BANGED THINGS ABOUT AND RATTLED THE STOVE COVERS UNTIL EVEN CECILY PROTESTED FROM HER SOFA bfad421b-6c08-450c-a72b-b42da559697e 748 WE WENT PROMPTLY A LETTER FROM THE STORY GIRL'S FATHER WAS ALWAYS AN EVENT AND TO HEAR HER READ IT WAS ALMOST AS GOOD AS HEARING HER TELL A STORY 72c61323-35f8-4e45-8046-867d6ab9277c 2368 BUT HE REFUSED TO LET THE THOUGHT SPOIL HIS ENJOYMENT AFTER ALL HE WAS A HERO THOUGH OF HIS OWN UNIQUE KIND THERE WAS NO DENYING THAT AND IN HIS OWN WAY HE HAD HIS REWARD HE TOOK ONE HAND OFF HIS HIP TO SCRATCH AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WONDERING BRIEFLY IF HE HAD MANAGED TO PICK UP LICE IN THE LAST TOWN HE HAD VISITED AND HE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CITY 99a78732-2fb9-4f79-b55f-fd759afd0650 198 DO YOU SEE WHAT IT MEANS NOW YEAH I GUESS SO SAID CECILY SOMEWHAT DOUBTFULLY LATER ON WE HEARD HER IMPARTING HER NEWLY ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO FELICITY IN THE PANTRY 721e48e5-d0e6-4bf5-b267-da2c551731db 2108 MY SISTER WHO IS WRITING THIS FOR ME READS ME THE OZ BOOKS BUT I WISH I COULD READ THEM MYSELF VERY GOOD ANSWERED THE TIN WOODMAN IN HIS ACCUSTOMED CHEERFUL MANNER TELL ME WHO YOU ARE AND WHENCE YOU CAME 10d37e63-368e-4e49-a5e5-cd9a1750e588 413 I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION THE STORY GIRL GOT NO FURTHER WE NEVER HEARD THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION FELIX CAME TEARING UP THE LANE WITH A NEWSPAPER IN HIS HAND WHEN A BOY AS FLAT AS FELIX RUNS AT FULL SPEED ON A BROILING AUGUST FORENOON HE HAS SOMETHING TO RUN FOR AS FELICITY REMARKED ae8702b4-d4bc-4754-9b61-4b732a057006 464 SO IT IS SAID CECILY IT ISN'T THERE ISN'T A SPECK OF SAWDUST IN THAT BOX 8736eae9-95c7-4842-8efc-fec81f24889f 2182 THE DISCOVERY RELIEVED THEM GREATLY FOR THE REASON THAT NO SERIMIAN EVEN TO SAVE HIS OWN FEATHERED SKIN WOULD HAVE SET DOWN SUCH A MONSTER AS THE ZID AMONG RATIONAL BUT VULNERABLE ENTITIES 5807c712-7f75-48e0-a5b3-bacddd5dd300 413 WELL I SUPPOSE THAT SETTLES IT SAID PETER IN A DESPAIRING TONE IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PREPARE ASKED CECILY IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE FACT THAT IN ALL OUR FOREGATHERINGS SHE WAS CAREFUL TO SIT AS FAR FROM FELICITY AS POSSIBLE WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN DECEIVED a5558b2d-8db7-4384-806b-c7d329847c42 413 BUT TO WHOM COULD WE APPEAL UNCLE ALEC WAS AWAY AND WOULD NOT BE BACK UNTIL LATE THAT NIGHT NEITHER AUNT JANET NOR UNCLE ROGER WERE PEOPLE TO WHOM WE CARED TO APPLY IN SUCH A CRISIS WE WERE AFRAID OF THE JUDGMENT DAY BUT WE WERE ALMOST EQUALLY AFRAID OF BEING LAUGHED AT cdcc856d-bffa-47a3-ac34-edd4953e2c7f 2312 HE CALLED MULA FROM THE THORN PATCH WHERE SHE WAS GRAZING GAVE HER SALT AND LOADED HER AGAIN I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE OR IF YOU ARE REALLY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU EVEN BELONG ON THE WORLD ba2b4a48-cc7c-4ea3-a689-4212867f22dd 2137 AMUSEMENT FLICKERED ACROSS THE DOCTOR'S FACE THEN TURNED SMOOTHLY INTO A REASSURING HALF SMILE OH NO THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DANGER INVOLVED NONE AT ALL WE HAVE TISSUE REGENERATION PRETTY WELL UNDER CONTROL NOW SO I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ACCURATE RECORDS IN DATA ARE VERY NECESSARY FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND PROGRESS 97f5f8ba-fe33-4fac-b675-48bb2c96fb94 2182 IT WAS MORE THAN VAST THE THING MUST WEIGH JEFF THOUGHT DIZZILY THOUSANDS OR MAYBE MILLIONS OF TONS DO YOU WANT THAT DEVIL TEARING THE CABIN DOWN AROUND US SHE FELL QUIET REMEMBERING THE ZID AND HE MADE HIS CALL 0561d802-3f2f-462c-bbe7-d46051909565 413 WELL SAID THE STORY GIRL FINALLY I MUST GO AND GET THE POTATOES READY I SUPPOSE THEY MUST BE BAWLED EVEN IF IT IS THE JUDGMENT DAY TOMORROW BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS AND I'VE GOT TO GO AND STUMP ELDERBERRY SAID PETER I DON'T SEE HOW I CAN DO IT GO AWAY BACK THERE ALONE I FEEL SCARED TO DEATH THE WHOLE TIME c3bd2e9f-3009-493e-aa09-5639630fa537 2108 YOU KNEW IT WAS A PRIVATE PROPERTY I SUPPOSE SAID SHE BUTTERING ANOTHER BISCUIT WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THE LEG ANYHOW 8aa11409-eaf7-40fd-98a5-599bea93d4bb 32 WE WERE NOW SUMMONED TO BREAKFAST PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED AWAY THROUGH THE GAP FOLLOWED BY PATTY AND THE REST OF US WALKED UP THE ORCHARD TO THE HOUSE 386fabb1-3f9d-4433-a90b-7faf870d1dfa 2274 NEGATIVE IT'S CRASH PRIORITY CONGO EXPECTS TO BLAST THE PLANET ANYWAY STETSON GLARED AT THE GRID THOSE FAT HEADED LARD BOTTOMED PIG BRAINED 1bb198a7-27f1-4802-b21b-891918aa95b9 2312 IT COULD HAVE ONLY BEEN ABOUT THREE DAYS THEN HOW COME I'M SO OLD WE DON'T KNOW THAT MANOEL WE SURE DON'T KNOW THAT HOW BIG WERE THESE PEOPLE WHO KNOWS A FINGER LONG MAYBE TWO 5e524b26-63a0-4ba0-b1fe-82ec8ac19b72 198 THERE'S SOMETHING DREADFUL IN THERE SOMETHING THAT RINGS A BELL PETER HEARD IT DON'T GO IN THERE'S NO USE ASKING THE MEANING OF THIS I SUPPOSE SAID UNCLE ROGER WITH THE CALM OF DESPAIR I'VE GAVE UP TRYING TO FATHOM YOU YOUNG ONES PETER WHERE'S THE KEY WHAT YARN HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING I DID HEAR A BELL RING SAID PETER STUBBORNLY 896b8f54-235b-4294-a7d0-3f9f487613fa 103 I HAD HARD WORK TO KEEP FELIX FROM TRYING TO SEE IF HE COULD SHY A MARBLE INTO THAT TEMPTING OPEN MOUTH I TOLD HIM IT WOULD AWAKEN DAN WHO WOULD THEN LIKELY INSIST ON GETTING UP AND ACCOMPANYING US AND IT WILL BE SO MUCH NICER TO GO BY OURSELVES FOR THE FIRST TIME f4a2a113-bb46-4ef2-94d6-3653d60bfbf6 2368 A MAN LIKE YOURSELF A MAN WITH A PARTICULAR CAT TALENT GIVEN BY GOD THE NAME OF GOD I CAN SAY THAT NAME YUNUS TOLD THE INQUISITOR NO WIZARD MAY SAY IT IT IS A TRICK KNUFF SAID YUNUS SHOOK HIS HEAD NOT AT ALL I WILL ASK YOU TO DO NOTHING AGAINST THE FAITH I MERELY ASK YOU TO TEST FOR YOURSELF WHAT I SAY 2f69e8ea-4822-4f8e-8247-a1a92c133afe 2137 WHILE HIS PATIENT SCRAMBLED TO HIS FEET HASTILY PUTTING OUT HIS CIGARETTE THE PHYSICIAN CAME AROUND THE DESK HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE MAN'S SHOULDER RELAX TAKE IT EASY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL AGE WE LIVE IN BARRING A REALLY MAJOR ACCIDENT THERE'S NO REASON YOU SHOULDN'T LIVE AT LEAST ANOTHER SEVENTY FIVE YEARS f133dbc5-5cd7-444f-9257-1ebba5555bf1 2182 WHEN PEOPLE BACKSLIDE THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT'S ON THEIR MINDS AND WE HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE NEGOTIATING OR CONVINCING THEM 58867146-07e5-4d82-8c8b-0a68cd1d90fb 2368 COME WITH ME HE SAID AT LAST AND LED THE WAY INTO HIS MUD HOUSE INSIDE THERE WAS ONLY ONE LARGE ROOM BUT IT SEEMED SPACIOUS ENOUGH FOR FOUR YOU HAVE CONFESSED TO ME HE SAID YOUR HERESY NOW YOU WILL BE MADE TO RATIFY YOUR CONFESSION 967bcabf-2a78-4cfe-a24e-ede22d9ffd33 402 OH I WISH I'D NEVER SAID PETER WASN'T FIT TO ASSOCIATE WITH MOANED FELICITY IF HE EVER GETS BETTER I'LL NEVER SAY SUCH A THING AGAIN I'LL NEVER THINK IT HE'S JUST A LOVELY BOY AND TWICE AS SMART AS LOTS THAT AREN'T HIRED OUT 5406783d-1215-43dc-a7e1-8184726cecb7 2425 VIC UNDERNEATH IN HOPE'S CLEAR PURPOSEFUL HAND WAS THIS DEAR PETER NOT KNOWING WHEN YOU'LL ARRIVE I'M GOING ON AHEAD WE MUST GIVE VIC A HAND MUSTN'T WE H 4a00c339-7283-46e8-8098-b0464bf33460 1867 FOR A HYPERSPACE JUMP YOU NEED AT LEAST FOUR BEACONS FOR AN ACCURATE FIX FOR LONG JUMPS NAVIGATORS USE AS MANY AS SEVEN OR EIGHT SO EVERY BEACON IS IMPORTANT AND EVERY ONE HAS TO KEEP OPERATING 5c3e99d5-bc0f-46ae-98bf-88345f0e0a29 748 IT WAS TO MAKE FELICITY AS CLEVER AS THE STORY GIRL AND IT WAS TO MAKE THE STORY GIRL AS GOOD A COOK AS FELICITY WHAT PETER HAD BOUGHT MAGIC SEED FOR REMAINED A SECRET LONGER THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS 8c5e3ea3-8e3f-4746-80b7-31bbecbfc904 2317 SO THE ODDLY ASSORTED PAIR QUICK BOX LIKE LITTLE RAY AND BIG AWKWARD UNCOMFTABLE FARMER SPURTED OUT INTO LONG ISLAND SOUND IN AN INDESCRIBABLE OLD MOTOR LODGE AND THE ADVENTURE WAS ON 60972fb4-9d97-43f0-9780-a8f9b0d1e03f 32 BUT FELIX FLATLY REFUSED TO TAKE LIVER PILLS MEXICAN TEA HE WOULD DRINK BUT LIVER PILLS HE WOULD NOT TAKE IN SPITE OF HIS OWN SUFFERING AND AUNT JANET'S COMMANDS AND ENTREATIES 35690485-b75d-4bf7-8ca0-2a6810fa166e 2182 JEFF WHEELED ON HIM INCREDULOUSLY ME GO DOWN THERE AFTER THAT MONSTER NOT ON YOUR HE MEANS THE SCOOP JENOFER SAID THEY BROUGHT IT ASHORE TO HELP US OUT OF THE CABIN WHY SHOULDN'T IT HELP THEM NOW 31cdce25-a4fd-42d9-8e8f-6e8697322ab7 177 WE WATCHED HER WHITE CLAD FIGURE PASS THROUGH THE GATE AND ENTER THE FRONT DOOR A FEW MINUTES PASSED OR A FEW YEARS WE COULD NOT HAVE TOLD WHICH THEN CICELY CAME RUNNING AT FULL SPEED BACK TO US WHEN SHE REACHED US SHE TREMBLED SO MUCH AT FIRST SHE COULD NOT SPEAK 25cf5e0d-1af3-4067-95d6-158256a05e7d 2274 ABOUT FIVE FEET TALL THE STANCE WAS SLIGHTLY BENT FORWARD LONG ARMS TWO VERTICAL NOSE SLITS A FLAT LIPLESS MOUTH RECEDING CHIN b0c50cc2-a784-45ee-bd6f-0ff408337ade 2312 LITTLE BIT MORE LITTLE BIT MORE I GET TWO BITS A NAME THEY GOT MARSHALL THERE HE WAS VERY BUSY BUT HE CAME 2f28a7ae-fa50-4e46-89d1-1ac126e062c0 2317 YES IT WAS NICE TO KNOW HE LOVED HER AND SHE LOVED HIM TOO LIKE AN AMUSING BABY BROTHER ca258bbf-e395-4bf1-941b-ec6f6d3e866b 413 OH I WISH FATHER WAS HERE HE WILL BE SAID CECILY IF IT'S THE JUDGMENT DAY FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND IT WILL BE FOR EUROPE TOO I WISH WE COULD JUST KNOW WHETHER WHAT THE PAPER SAYS IS TRUE OR NOT SAID FELIX DESPERATELY IT SEEMS TO ME I COULD BRACE UP IF I JUST KNEW 588eec55-42a6-4618-86c4-cbb092c6b728 464 I MUST HAVE SWALLOWED A NEEDLE SEVERAL NEEDLES PERHAPS I'M DONE FOR THE POOR STORY GIRL WENT VERY WHITE WHAT HAS SQUINTING GOT TO DO WITH TWINS ASKED DAN WHY TWINS ARE JUST PEOPLE THAT SQUINT AREN'T THEY d1973ae0-3b11-493b-ac55-3f3130de78b8 1867 THEY SPENT MOST OF THE DAY SWEATING THE HEAVY BOX UP THROUGH THE NARROW TEMPLE STAIRS AND I ENJOYED A GOOD SLEEP 7e45c1e7-9058-4b2c-ac53-7d9ead315086 177 WE ALL BECAME VERY TENSE EVEN PETER HAD TO STOP READING ANY UNACCUSTOMED SOUND OR SIGHT IN THE WORLD ABOUT US STRUCK ON OUR TAUT SENSES LIKE THE TRUMP OF DOOM 675d9ad6-7cfe-4c80-ba04-8bec72e34f9c 198 I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A GHOST SAID THE STORY GIRL THE RULING PASSION STRONG EVEN IN EXTREMITY IT IS ABOUT A GHOST WITH EYEHOLES BUT NO EYES DON'T CRIED CECILY HYSTERICALLY DON'T YOU GO ON caa8217b-1633-4ea4-b7e9-38303edac8c6 198 I KNEW HE NEVER WENT OUT OF THE DOOR CRIED DAN TRIUMPHANTLY WHEN THE LAST BUGGY HAD DRIVEN AWAY FELICITY SET A BATCH OF BREAD AND THE REST OF US SAT AROUND THE BACK PORCH STEPS IN THE CAT SLIGHT AND ATE CHERRIES SHOOTING THE STONES AT EACH OTHER e7c72eb3-6774-4f72-90ca-b78b4d53d2fa 748 FATHER COULD TALK WELL BUT AS FELIX SAID HE COULDN'T WRITE WORTH A CENT THE LETTERS WE HAD RECEIVED FROM HIM SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN RIO DE JANEIRO WERE MERE SCRAWLS TELLING US TO BE GOOD BOYS AND NOT TROUBLE AUNT JANET INCIDENTALLY ADDING THAT HE WAS WELL AND LONESOME c75c8e78-599e-4108-b254-99d121a460c7 2108 I'M MARRIED NOW BUT I'M AS EAGER TO GET AND READ THE OZ STORIES AS EVER AND STILL ANOTHER WRITES MY GOOD WIFE AND I BOTH MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE BELIEVE THAT WE FIND MORE REAL ENJOYMENT IN YOUR OZBOOKS THAN IN ANY OTHER BOOKS WE READ 71c98eb6-00bc-4a52-8bcb-d1c5851373b3 198 WHICH IS THE WAY OF HUMAN NATURE COMPANY DESCENDED ON US THAT AFTERNOON UNCLE ROGER AND PETER WERE SUMMONED FROM THE FIELD MISSUS PATERSON BECAME HYSTERICAL AND WAS TAKEN INTO THE SPARE ROOM WITH SUCH REMEDIES AS COULD BE SUGGESTED 17835635-805f-4195-8f4c-7a46074438cf 14 WE FELT ASHAMED OURSELVES BECAUSE WE KNEW PEOPLE SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES DECENTLY AND IN ORDER ON SUNDAY FAR FARINGS FORTH BUT AS WITH PETER IT HAD LAUGHED ITSELF fd829c79-1f0d-4232-b8af-9173be06538a 14 ONCE WHEN SARAH WAS IN A BROWN STUDY I ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS THINKING OF I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING MA HASN'T FORBID SHE ANSWERED WITH A SIGH 7f70dbad-eb48-483e-8fc0-c49563716ffb 2274 I ADMIRED YOUR CITY FROM THE AIR SAID ORAN IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL YES SAID TO NEW WHY DID YOU LAND SO FAR FROM IT WE DIDN'T WANT TO COME DOWN WHERE WE MIGHT DESTROY ANYTHING d446f983-e3c7-4b6f-b2df-2e4d0af46ae9 402 IT'S ALL VERY WELL FOR YOU TO SAY SO SAID FELICITY BUT YOU DON'T KNOW EITHER I WISH I COULD BELIEVE THAT ISN'T LIKE GOD BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE 4b2cb0bd-9bdf-4bb4-af3d-6cefc010e53e 198 BUT IT WAS OVER TWO HOURS SINCE WE HAD EATEN THE COOKIES AND FELICITY SUGGESTED THAT A SAUCERFUL APIECE OF RASPBERRIES AND CREAM WOULD NOT BE TOO HARD TO TAKE IT WAS NOT FOR ANY ONE BUT CECILY WHO COULDN'T SWALLOW A MOUTHFUL 2c8db98e-df20-4564-a20a-aa3dc96fc39e 2274 IN OUR TONGUE IT MEANS THE LIMB OF VICTORY SAID TO NEW BY ITS LIGHT WE WILL CONTINUE WHY I HAVE A HUNCH ABOUT THESE CREATURES WHAT IS IT NO TIME NOW TRUST ME c94f95f8-de7e-4646-9f6b-872ca0c2a5f6 748 WE HAD EARNED OUR CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SWEAT OF OUR BROW OR BY THE SCARCELY LESS DISAGREEABLE METHOD OF BEGGING AND SARA'S HAD AS GOOD AS DESCENDED UPON HER OUT OF THE SKIES AS MUCH LIKE A MIRACLE AS ANYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE b483aec2-3f4f-4ee4-abaa-d8c08cda3bee 2286 THIS IS A HEARTLESS WORLD WE LIVE IN THIS MOMENT A SELF PITY RELAXED ME AND I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO BED SINCE MY MAIN JOB WAS NOW WAITING I COULD WAIT JUST AS WELL ASLEEP f8b5bc07-3655-48ec-945d-76176f9ff3d8 188 WELL AIN'T THAT ALL THE MORE REASON FOR CRYING RETORTED PETER I'VE HAD TO DO WITHOUT HER FOR TWO YEARS AND THAT'S WORSE THAN IF IT HAD JUST BEEN A FEW DAYS I BELIEVE YOU WERE CRYING BECAUSE PAT IS SO SICK I SAID FIRMLY 8cfae1d9-b6b2-40b5-b753-d12a59eb3004 2368 BORING IS HARDLY THE WORD OTHERS WOULD USE I AM NOT LIKE OTHERS YONAH SAID HE WISHED FOR CLARETON SUDDENLY BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO REACH HIM SAFELY HE HAD TO MAKE HIS MOVE ALONE WELL HE TOLD HIMSELF THAT WAS WHAT HE HAD WANTED I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IS IN YOUR MIND HE SAID THE WORDS HUNG IN THE AIR OF THE ROOM FOR A LONG TIME 81a7d4ab-2d65-492f-9aa0-66f399d30a9b 30 OR WAS IT SIMPLY THE GLAMOUR OF OLD FAMILY TRADITIONS AND TALES WHICH WAS OVER US LENDING ITS MAGIC TO ALL SIGHTS AND SOUNDS AROUND US feb8a47f-efab-4410-9861-56a6fcd8aa54 2368 PROBABLY HE TOLD HIMSELF TRYING TO BE FAIR SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ONE TO TALK TO UNTIL A STRANGER CAME ALONG HE SIGHED BRIEFLY 9de3ad59-3ce5-4190-b101-40d9ed9a398f 2425 THEN AS THE PRIESTS COMPLETED THEIR THIRD BOW I TURNED AND FACED THE STATUE AS MY EYES FELL UPON THE SHUTTER BEHIND THE THICK GRINNING LIPS THE SHUDDER WHICH RELEASED THE LETHAL FORCE A WILD AND DESPERATE IDEA CAME TO ME 95bed89c-319d-4367-9085-c587a506a677 2137 BUT EVEN FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE SHUT UP IN ASTRO ONE WITH FIVE OTHER MEN ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS THE IMPERIOUS COLONEL TOWERS YOU SEE HE SAID QUIETLY IN THOSE DAYS THEY CALLED IT CANCER 1f8be640-34e6-4408-b549-0c5938154682 14 HE CLASPED HER FAINTING FORM TO HIS BREAST AND SPURRED HIS WHITE HORSE TO THE TOMBS A TEMPEST OF RAIN BROKE OVER THE VALLEY AND BLOTTED THEM FROM SIGHT 7242c21e-35ba-4ff0-a4db-2b140e9e784e 32 WHAT IS PETER LIKE I ASKED PETER IS SPLENDID HIS MOTHER LIVES ON THE MARKDALE ROAD AND WASHES FOR A LIVING PETER'S FATHER RAN AWAY AND LEFT THEM WHEN PETER WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD 0c0e1b88-bf4a-438f-bdcc-fc60f5fd2bfc 2312 AND IN THE DAYS THAT THE ARGUMENT WAS GOING ON THEY CLEANED UP AND FED MANWELL IF IT WERE HE AND TRIED TO GET FROM HIM A COGENT STORY f9549d93-57c8-4f60-bf83-ea9930282f2c 242 HE TOLD FELICITY AND FELICITY TOLD ME SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT IT WAS REAL CUTE OF HIM I THINK THAT IT IS A DREADFUL WAY TO TALK ABOUT PRAYING AND I TOLD HER SO SHE WANTED ME NOT TO TELL YOU BUT I WOULDN'T PROMISE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FAIR FOR YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON b3cb17c0-c763-40ce-9019-c055c6777bcb 103 BEHIND THE HOUSE WAS A GROVE OF FIR AND SPRUCE A DIM COOL PLACE WHERE THE WINDS WERE FOND OF PURRING AND WHERE THERE WAS ALWAYS A RESINOUS WOODSY ODOUR ON THE FURTHER SIDE OF IT WAS A THICK PLANTATION OF SLENDER SILVER BIRCHES AND WHISPERING POPLARS AND BEYOND IT WAS UNCLE ROGER'S HOUSE 5817c3df-328a-48fe-ace1-6a0b8310f350 177 PSHAW I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY FEAR OF IT BEING THE LAST DAY SAID DAN BEGINNING A WHISTLE OUT OF SHEER BRAVADO WELL DON'T WHISTLE ON SUNDAY ANYHOW SAID FELICITY SEVERELY 6794eb63-94bc-4fa1-b98e-694d0aa5ec6d 748 PEG BOWEN HAD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT WELL WE HAD ALL BEEN BADLY HOAXED BUT WE DID NOT TRUMPET OUR WRONGS ABROAD WE DID NOT EVEN CALL BILLY TO ACCOUNT WE THOUGHT THAT LEE SAID WAS SOONEST MENDED IN SUCH A MATTER 4fc06b10-bf62-4aba-b848-17f8b7ab1ffd 2137 BUT THERE'S NO GAMBLE WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE HE TOLD THE MILKY WAY RIPPING OFF HIS OXYGEN MASK HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH OF THE ALIEN ATMOSPHERE 2170aa31-50c8-4a5f-a0f6-7b5aa98cc715 30 WE SUPPOSED WE SHOULD GET ACQUAINTED WITH HER WHEN WE REACHED THERE AND WE HAD AN IDEA FROM AUNT OLIVIA'S LETTERS TO FATHER THAT SHE WOULD BE QUITE A JOLLY CREATURE 69f7d67f-0635-4b31-8eec-e903c7a72c4f 242 FELIX WAS VERY INDIGNANT AND AGGRIEVED AS WELL I DON'T SEE WHY GOD SHOULD ANSWER PETER'S PRAYERS INSTEAD OF MINE HE SAID BITTERLY I'VE GONE TO CHURCH IN SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL MY LIFE AND PETER NEVER WENT TILL THIS SUMMER IT ISN'T FAIR e25a94b8-27f4-4d8e-b029-f27ba4de85d9 464 THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING FELICITY WAS CUMBERED WITH MANY CARES THE NEXT MORNING fde4ebe4-4dd4-40fa-ab50-76b4a1ca9ec0 103 BY THIS TIME WE WERE ALL SITTING DOWN ON THE GNARLED ROOTS OF THE SPRUCES AND THE BIG GRAY CAT CAME OVER AND MADE FRIENDS WITH US 0163e6c5-e198-4171-bf13-c5454eb61379 2368 WHICH IN A WAY THEY DID JONES REFLECTED ON THAT A TRIFLE GRIMLY THINKING OF THE HOLY INQUISITION WITH ITS HIERARCHY OF PRIESTS AND LAY FOLK BUSILY WORKING IN SPIRE JUST AS IT WORKED IN EVERY OTHER TOWN THROUGHOUT OFFENBURG AND THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD 666c9831-8de5-4584-a893-3ee6088d2a00 198 IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS SAID UNCLE ROGER AS HE WENT OUT TO TAKE THEIR HORSE BUT FELICITY'S FOOT WAS ON HER NATIVE HEATH SHE HAD BEEN BAKING ALL THE AFTERNOON AND WITH THE PANTRY WELL STOCKED WITH BISCUITS COOKIES CAKES AND PIES SHE CARED NOT IF ALL CARLYLE CAME TO TEA 5453216c-1ae3-402f-89e8-ad9483fa2f1a 2425 YOU AND MISSUS PARENT STAY HERE THERE BY THE DOOR I SUGGESTED I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG HERE BUT SOMETHING'S HAPPENED THERE'S NO NEED FOR ALL OF US ENTERING b771c4d3-16fb-4ebe-b915-1bf5edc88c88 32 HE HAS NEVER COME BACK AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE IS ALIVE OR DEAD ISN'T THAT A NICE WAY TO BEHAVE TO YOUR FAMILY PETER HAS WORKED FOR HIS BOARD EVER SINCE HE WAS SIX 35d76bf9-36cb-4e26-a8bf-0f96958b12ce 188 FELIX'S LETTER DEAR PETER I'M AWFUL GLAD YOU'RE GETTING BETTER WE ALL FELT BAD WHEN WE THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T BUT I FELT WORSE THAN OTHERS BECAUSE WE HADN'T BEEN ON VERY GOOD TERMS LATELY AND I HAD SAID MEAN THINGS ABOUT YOU I'M SORRY AND PETER YOU CAN PRAY FOR ANYTHING YOU LIKE AND I WON'T EVER OBJECT AGAIN a6a6dba3-a154-4992-86c6-98e520f2ce26 2286 I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF NORMALLY BAD SIGN BUT RIGHT NOW I DIDN'T CARE THE MOOD OF SPACE PIRACY HAD SEIZED ME AND I HAD BEEN GOING ALONG FINE UNTIL THIS GLARING INCONSISTENCY JUMPED OUT AND HIT ME SQUARE IN THE EYE ccb3952f-900a-43c9-9e93-9d578b78277a 242 SHE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART BEFORE THE SPRING AND SHE AND KATY WERE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER WHICH HAS EVER SINCE BORE THEIR NAMES THE RIVER OF SCHUBEN KATY SAID THE STORY GIRL d73dbe44-19e7-46f6-8db4-8ae47b1b5633 2137 BRANDON WAS LOOKING AT THE MILKY WAY THROUGH HIS PURMA GLASS CANOPY HE COULD SEE IT TRAILING ACROSS THE BLACK VELVET OF SPACE LIKE A WHITE BRIDAL VEIL SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED HE PAUSED AND ASKED DEFENSIVELY IS THAT UNUSUAL THE DOCTOR SMILED OPENLY NOW NOT AT ALL NOT AT ALL c5bb515e-976c-4fdd-9af4-389679a0de19 2182 THE DOOR JEFF PANTED INSIDE FASTEN THE HURRICANE BOLT HURRY HE CAME UP SPOUTING WATER AND FIGHTING FOR BREATH TO FIND HIMSELF A PERILOUS TWENTY FEET FROM THE ZID 1ef5b905-e28a-42aa-9416-ec12097bca80 2182 YOU WILL BE GLAD TO GET BACK TO YOUR PATROL WORK SHE SAID IT HAD AN ODDLY TENTATIVE SOUND 83f089d1-89bc-4780-bb32-490ffa367c1d 2317 JOHN ANDREW HAD STOPPED TRYING TO HIDE HIS OWN FEAR AND THOUGH HE HAD PLENTY OF QUESTIONS OF HIS OWN HE WAS MAINLY CONCERNED WITH LOOKING FOR A MEANS OF ESCAPE eb05f0d0-9cf8-41a3-ac62-92d42f5994f6 2108 WHY NOT ASKED THE LITTLE DRAGON 106d3ba8-bd3a-49d9-8540-b8f6a24d3d62 2286 THE MESSENGER WOKE ME FROM A DEEP SLEEP TURNING ON THE LIGHT AND HANDING ME THE SLIP OF PAPER I BLINKED MYSELF AWAKE READ THE FIRST TWO LINES AND PRESSED THE ACTION STATION ALARM OVER MY BUNK 68d35764-e603-405f-bcd8-f26128f1ace5 103 HER LARGE CURVING MOUTH WAS AS RED AS A POPPY AND SHE HAD BRILLIANT ALMOND SHAPED HAZEL EYES BUT WE DID NOT THINK HER PRETTY THEN SHE SPOKE SHE SAID GOOD MORNING d3be2456-5e0a-474c-b93d-4746b90af56c 30 THE HOME OF OUR FATHERS I DO LIKE A ROAD BECAUSE YOU CAN BE ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT IS AT THE END OF IT THE STORY GIRL SAID THAT ONCE UPON A TIME 980338fe-d17f-4052-98c9-bc42cf52032a 32 AUNT OLIVIA SAYS THE STORY GIRL IS FASCINATING SAID CECILY THE VERY ADJECTIVE 45e108a2-3a03-40de-8b52-2f1ce219ee58 103 THEN SHE SPOKE SHE SAID GOOD MORNING NEVER HAD WE HEARD A VOICE LIKE HERS 00dad53a-ee57-42e3-bd2b-f9d478b4afde 2137 WHILE FARTHER AWAY IT SHOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME CONDITIONS AS DID THE EARTH AND IT HAD SEAS NOT AS LARGE AS ON EARTH BUT SEAS NEVERTHELESS NO SIGN OF HIM AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH TOWERS TOLD RYNEHART IF HE GOT OUT OBSERVED RHIN HART HE COULD BE A HUNDRED MILES AWAY OR MORE a57acac4-db5b-4bc5-8521-f787e90c44d7 2368 BELIEVE ME JONAS BEGAN I LET IT BE SHARP SAID QUIETLY I BELIEVE YOU IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT I BELIEVE YOU HE SHRUGGED AGAIN MOVING OUT TOWARD THE DOOR OF THE HUT AND IN ANY CASE HE SAID THE MONEY IS NEEDED FOR THERE ARE FINES TO PAY IN COSTS OF THE INQUISITION 05afb6c9-7853-4b39-ab78-7bc4929617b6 451 THE STORY GIRL COULD SEE US THROUGH THE WINDOW CAROUSING WITHOUT STINT ON RAISIN PIES AND UNCLE EDWARD'S CHERRIES BUT SHE WORKED ON AT HER BUTTONHOLES SHE WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE EXCITING SERIAL IN THE NEW MAGAZINE DAN BROUGHT HOME FROM THE POST OFFICE NEITHER WOULD SHE OPEN A LETTER FROM HER FATHER 64b6fdd0-e48b-491b-9af7-10c4c7c00dd8 2425 AS OUR PARTY APPEARED AN AISLE OPENED AND WE WERE MARCHED THROUGH THE ASSEMBLED CROWD DIRECTLY TOWARD THE IDOL 22ecf3c8-980d-4394-b319-b21ce15672a1 2274 I'M GETTING TIRED OF WAITING HE SAID YOU'RE TIRED HA A BREEZE RIPPLED THE TOPS OF THE GREEN OCEAN BELOW THEM HERE AND THERE RED AND PURPLE FLOWERS JUTTED FROM THE VERDURE BENDING AND NODDING LIKE AN ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE d016117a-ac65-4e67-86bc-be85dc5261a9 103 ALL RIGHT I KNOW STORIES ABOUT IT TOO SHE SAID AS WE WALKED ACROSS THE YARD FOLLOWED BY PATTY OF THE WAVING TAIL OH AREN'T YOU GLAD IT IS SPRING THE BEAUTY OF WINTER IS THAT IT MAKES YOU APPRECIATE SPRING cb84bbcf-67d1-436f-816e-f368d7a829ef 402 FELICITY AND DAN BEGAN A SMALL SPAT OVER SOMETHING BUT STOPPED AT ONCE WHEN CECILY SAID SEVERELY HOW DARE YOU QUARREL WHEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A PICTURE OF GOD TO DAY 86674f68-8e55-4852-9e9d-60f32e120121 402 WE ARGUED OVER IT SERIOUSLY BUT FINALLY HAD TO GIVE UP WELL WHAT IS THE REASON ASKED FELICITY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OF THEM SAID FELIX GRINNING I FORGET WHAT WE DID TO FELIX 741b3bce-161e-4021-b229-e5e34011a67d 2368 THE QUESTION WAS HE TOLD HIMSELF EXACTLY WHAT WERE THE INQUISITOR'S REAL BELIEFS HIS PUBLIC PROFESSIONS WERE WELL KNOWN YONAS SEARCHED AND FOUND THE ANSWER 21e4e3b3-b2a9-4278-a4b7-38af07a9ff0c 2368 HIS EYES GLITTERED THE SMILE BROADENED A LONG SECOND PASSED I WILL TELL THE INQUISITOR YOU WISH TO SEE HIM THE BOLD GUARD SAID YONES RELAXED AND STEPPED BACK I SHALL BE MOST GRATEFUL HE SAID FORMALLY THE GUARD TURNED AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY 0ab8b31d-86bb-48fa-8c6b-4ced4e1f04ad 2368 AND THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES WOOD MUD AND STONE CLUSTERED IN THE VALLEY BELOW HIM AS IF THEY WERE AFRAID AND NEEDED EACH OTHER'S PROTECTION eceacedc-e460-4d50-b0ae-3f3af0f8a3d6 198 I DO THINK HE MIGHT HAVE HAD MORE SENSE THAN TO TAKE A CLOCK STRIKING FOR A BELL RINGING I NEVER HEARD THAT KIND OF STRIKE BEFORE PROTESTED PETER IT DON'T SOUND A BIT LIKE OTHER CLOCKS AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT AND THE SOUND KIND OF MUFFLED 46ce147c-a427-41cb-99c8-00bea19f75c8 2137 HE LOOKED AT IT AS A MAN LOOKS AT A FLICKERING FIREPLACE AND THINKS OF OTHER THINGS HE THOUGHT OF THE SUN FIFTY TWO TRILLION MILES AWAY A PIN POINT OF LIGHT LOST IN THE DAZZLE OF THE MILKY WAY THE EARTH A SPECK OF DUST IN ORBIT JUST AS THIS PLANET WAS TO ITS MASTER SERIOUS 9ac172be-2df0-4923-bc59-c14bf8018675 2317 THEY FINALLY SUCCEEDED THOUGH THE HELMET SWUNG BACK AND RAY PROMPTLY SHOVED FARMER ASIDE SOME A FARMER'S FEAR GAVE WAY TO AMAZEMENT AT THE LITTLE INVENTOR'S AUDACITY AND WHAT SEEMED TO FARMER AT LEAST TO BE FOOLISHLY OPTIMISTIC SCIENTIFIC DETACHMENT 53b73ce3-e860-4029-8b47-b07f1eeaedd4 2312 HE HAD BEEN WORKING HARD ON IT THOUGH BUT HE CAME WHEN THE POLICE CALLED HIM YOU MARSHALL'S LITTLE BOY YOU LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER SAID THE MIDGET 67350251-b568-4c6c-82fb-4781a4984c3b 14 HE LIFTED HIS VISOR ALL SAW HIS AWFUL FACE THE PROUD PRINCESS SHRIEKED ec560936-24a9-4e02-9f3d-2e6ae5207198 2368 NOR OF COURSE DID HE CARRY THE SWORD OF A GREAT HERO OR A NOBLE JONAS HAD NO VAUGHAN TO STICK ON HIS NAME AND HE HAD NEVER THOUGHT IT WORTH WHILE TO CLAIM ONE AND ACCEPT THE TINY RISK OF DISCLOSURE AFTER ALL A NOBLE WAS ONLY A MAN LIKE OTHER MEN AND BESIDES JONAS KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT HE HAD NO NEED OF A SWORD ff458827-888c-44a4-9f7f-e672ca525a13 2425 THEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A TERRIFIC CRASH OF SOUND AND MY SENSES RETURNED I LOOKED AROUND IT SEEMED THAT AN INSTANT BEFORE I HAD BEEN STANDING THERE IN VIC'S LABORATORY SLOWLY TURNING THE SECOND OF THE TWO DIALS WHILE THE FOUR LIGHTS BEAT DOWN UPON MY BODY AND NOW 34c4c1a7-4aa3-4baa-a9dc-10bed9a71f3b 198 OH WILL UNCLE ROGER NEVER COME HOME SOBBED FELICITY I KNOW HE'LL LAUGH AT US AWFUL BUT IT'S BETTER TO BE LAUGHED AT THAN SCARED LIKE THIS 9db68270-7daa-4b39-bed9-f16d7d476dc8 14 MY AUNT JANE WOULDN'T HAVE A BOOK THAT WASN'T GOOD RETORTED PETER SULKILY HE REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT FURTHER SOMEWHAT TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT a69eccbe-dd14-4d37-8e1b-714ff15a9023 242 PETER AND FELIX PITCHED IN WITH MORE ZEAL THAN DISCRETION ON BOTH SIDES AS A RESULT PETER GOT WHAT LATER DEVELOPED INTO A BLACK EYE AND FELIX'S NOSE BEGAN TO BLEED e529562a-e790-4d27-a3a4-07d68e60cf91 2182 SOMETHING ODD IN THE SET OF THE QUEEN'S SAILS PUZZLED HIM UNTIL HE IDENTIFIED THE ABNORMALITY IN SPITE OF DISTANCE AND THE SWIFT APPROACH OF THE OLD FISHING BOAT HE COULD HAVE SWORN THAT HER SAILS BELLIED NOT WITH THE WIND BUT AGAINST 13b8b82f-ea27-41d2-be27-977531feebe3 451 IT'S BECAUSE OF DAN EXPLAINED FELICITY WEARILY HE WENT AND ATE MORE OF THE BAD BERRIES A WHOLE LOT OF THEM AND WE WERE SURE HE'D BE SICK AGAIN BUT HE HASN'T BEEN YET AND NOW HE'S ASLEEP IS THAT BOY STARK STARING MAD SAID UNCLE ROGER abfccbb1-ebc7-4092-9cd7-4be1f5e11351 2274 ANOTHER LONG PAUSE IN WHICH ORAN AND TO NEWBE CONTINUED TO STUDY EACH OTHER PRESENTLY STETSON SAID O K GO AHEAD AS PLANNED BUT FIND OUT WHERE THE DELPHINIS IS IF WE GET THAT BACK WE PULL THEIR TEETH c2b2128f-f125-4af6-bcbb-74d4610d6c93 2274 NOW AND THEN HE GLANCED AT THE BRIDGE CONTROL CONSOLE THE CHRONOMETER ABOVE IT THE BIG TRANS LIKE MAP OF THEIR POSITION TILTED FROM THE OPPOSITE BULKHEAD 67f5a560-9e7c-4a7c-82e5-ffe49d5bcc6d 451 WHEN WE WENT TO THE MISSIONARY MEETING THAT EVENING THE STORY GIRL WORE HER DRESS AND HAT WHILE FELICITY AND CECILY WERE IN THEIR PRETTY MUSLINS AND SHE HAD TIED HER HAIR WITH A SNUFF BROWN RIBBON WHICH WAS VERY UNBECOMING TO HER a60a97b8-d425-47d2-8494-f441d9748f3f 451 NOW WHEN THE OTHER ARCHANGELS SAW WHAT HAD BEEN DONE THEY FLEW IN FEAR AND ANGER TO GOD'S WHITE THRONE AND CRIED TO HIM SEE WHAT THESE REBELLIOUS ONES HAVE DONE THEY HAVE BUILT THEM A BRIDGE OF LIGHT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE AND SET THY DECREE OF SEPARATION AT NAUGHT eda91774-e4a4-4559-96fa-e82e5d1475f7 2274 STETSON'S VOICE HISSED SUDDENLY THROUGH THE SURGICALLY IMPLANTED SPEAKER HOW'S IT LOOK ALIEN ANY SIGN OF THAT MOB NEGATIVE O K WE'RE TAKING OFF e0dffbbe-ee36-4e16-b62f-9c3b160b09bd 2425 NICELY TIMED I'LL SAY THAT CHUCKLED VIC HOW DOES OUR OWN MATERIAL WORLD LOOK GREAT I STEPPED QUICKLY AWAY FROM THE MACHINE DRAWING HOPE WITH ME DOESN'T IT HOPE 046c4174-d81e-4ba2-a630-671d96da60fb 198 THE STORY GIRL ON THE CONTRARY WAS UNDER ECLIPSE SHE WAS FAIR AND LUSTRELESS FROM HER DISTURBED NIGHT AND EARLY RISING AND NO OPPORTUNITY OFFERED TO TELL A MELTING TALE NOBODY TOOK ANY NOTICE OF HER IT WAS FELICITY'S DAY e1fc8527-ab39-49bf-8f4f-8254bc92ed90 2286 LIKE MANY OTHER PLANETS THIS ONE WAS UNIFORM CONSCIOUS DELIVERY BOYS STREET CLEANERS CLERKS ALL HAVE TO HAVE CHARACTERISTIC UNIFORMS MUCH PRESTIGE ATTACHED TO THEM AND MY BLACK DRESS OUTFIT SHOULD WRITE AS HIGHLY AS ANY UNIFORM IN THE GALAXY aa657af9-2a9a-4299-a5f6-a12665a3a862 1867 OTHER PARTS THEY HAD BEEFED UP FIGURING THEY WOULD WEAR BUT SLOWLY THE WATER FED PIPE FROM THE ROOF FOR EXAMPLE THE PIPE WALLS WERE AT LEAST THREE METERS THICK AND THE PIPE OPENING ITSELF NO BIGGER THAN MY HEAD THERE WERE SOME THINGS I COULD DO THOUGH AND I MADE A LIST OF PARTS 7bf71837-a45e-4bca-b36b-e718dffe5f7b 2368 VERY WELL HE SAID THINK OF A WORD THINK OF ANY SINGLE WORD I SHALL TELL IT TO YOU 18b270f2-9fb4-4d10-8b60-c86086e3e5be 30 WHO IS THE STORY GIRL ASKED FELIX OH SARA SARA STANLEY da2fdcb4-f1cd-4227-b81f-2d57de4c7edf 242 THE OTHER FELLOW I SAID WITH RELUCTANT HONESTY WELL SAID THE STORY GIRL I THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU GET WHIPPED OR NOT SO LONG AS YOU FIGHT A GOOD SQUARE FIGHT 15acf774-d2da-469a-b9d4-7bc46d2271ad 2317 STILL THERE WAS SOMETHING AWFULLY ATTRACTIVE DAMN BUT HE WAS CONFUSED 53c5ec55-9f8c-4127-861f-5055dc0459e0 30 SHE WAS CONSTANTLY IN A QUITE JUSTIFIABLE TERROR LEST WE SHOULD BE LOST OR KILLED SHE MUST HAVE FELT GREAT RELIEF WHEN SHE REACHED CHARLOTTETOWN AND HANDED US OVER TO THE KEEPING OF UNCLE ALEC INDEED SHE SAID AS MUCH 82bf5563-8020-46a1-957e-c112d6e44f2b 402 IN THE MORNINGS IT WAS VERY DELIGHTFUL IN THE AFTERNOONS TOLERABLE BUT IN THE EVENINGS WE LAGGED AND THE LAUGHTER AND ZEST OF FRESHER HOURS WERE LACKING 003681f5-a3b2-47cd-b292-a38fed5685c3 30 FELIX AND I ON THE MAY MORNING WHEN WE LEFT TORONTO FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HAD NOT THEN HEARD HER SAY IT AND INDEED WERE BUT BARELY AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH A PERSON AS THE STORY GIRL 8f8908a1-d6c1-4f6f-beed-8525396f384e 451 WE SAT STILL AND COUNTED THE HUNDRED WHEN CECILY FINISHED SHE GOT UP AND WENT IN SEARCH OF DAN RESOLVED TO SOOTHE HIS WOUNDED FEELINGS FELICITY CALLED AFTER HER TO TELL DAN THERE WAS A JAM TURN OVER SHE HAD PUT AWAY IN THE PANTRY SPECIALLY FOR HIM b1faca98-ad0b-4246-943c-d8becad39bf0 2286 WHEN WE WERE ALONE HE WAS ANYTHING BUT COURTEOUS TO ME HAVING ASSURED HIMSELF BY NOT TOO SUBTLE QUESTIONING THAT I WAS A SPURIOUS ADMIRAL THERE WAS NO DOUBT I WAS STILL IN CHARGE BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS ANYTHING BUT FORMAL 003284f0-26c0-461b-a186-32e69daf2819 30 BEHIND US A YOUNG MOON WAS HANGING OVER SOUTHWESTERN MEADOWS OF SPRINGTIME PEACE BUT ALL ABOUT US WERE THE SOFT MOIST SHADOWS OF A MAY NIGHT 4fbe21ab-4c97-4f14-a647-644d66a68ca0 177 Y THE JUDGMENT SUNDAY SUNDAY MORNING BROKE DULL AND GRAY f5185c52-8225-41f7-b0eb-dd2025b561bf 413 CRASH FELICITY HAD DROPPED THE CUP OF CLOUDED BLUE WHICH HAD PASSED UNSCATHED THROUGH SO MANY CHANGING YEARS AND NOW AT LAST LAY SHATTERED ON THE STONE OF THE WELL CURB AT ANY OTHER TIME WE SHOULD ALL HAVE BEEN AGHAST OVER SUCH A CATASTROPHE BUT IT PASSED UNNOTICED NOW WHAT MATTERED IT THAT ALL THE CUPS IN THE WORLD BE BROKEN TODAY IF THE CRACKADOON MUST SOUND TO MORROW ff65c9f6-c290-47d7-a08a-17c84eb8dad0 177 THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT METHODISTS OR PRESBYTERIANS IN THE BIBLE SAID FELICITY SCORNFULLY PETER LOOKED AMAZED WHAT HAD THEY HAPPENED THEN HE ASKED WHEN DID THEY BEGIN TO BE d366973f-c0a3-45a0-97f7-98d66d1d6127 2312 SO MARSHALL CERTIFIED THEM AND SENT THEM INTO WASHINGTON THIS GAVE HIGH PLANES THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF ANY CITY IN THE NATION BUT IT WAS CHALLENGED 4b185ee0-9aaf-4f0b-8d0b-60b93b6b56c0 402 DID HE SAY WHAT IT WAS LIKE ASKED PETER NO ONLY THAT IT WAS A PICTURE OF GOD WALKING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN THE SHADOW FEARED OF MAN WE WERE ALL UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING DRESSING BY CANDLE LIGHT 933989f4-f620-43a5-9e04-eda6975419c0 2108 FINALLY I ASKED HER TO MARRY ME AND SHE AGREED TO DO SO BUT THE WITCH HAPPENED TO OVERHEAR OUR CONVERSATION AND IT MADE HER VERY ANGRY FOR SHE DID NOT WISH HER SLAVE TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HER e52727df-cef0-475f-84d4-a143e32dc803 242 DID YOU EVER FIGHT ASKED THE STORY GIRL ONCE I SAID BRIEFLY DREADING THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH PROMPTLY CAME 19259536-e857-4fd8-b018-7a6664e05c25 402 AND OH HOW GOOD WE WERE HOW ANGELICALLY AND UNNATURALLY GOOD NEVER WAS THERE SUCH A BAND OF KIND SWEET TEMPERED UNSELFISH CHILDREN IN ANY ORCHARD 70957a82-9b11-4d58-acc1-a7eef26e4f65 30 THE FAT ONE WAS FELIX WHO WAS VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT HIS PLUMPNESS HE WAS ALWAYS TAKING EXERCISES TO MAKE HIM THIN WITH THE DISMAL RESULT THAT HE BECAME FATTER ALL THE TIME 121a400a-63cf-4498-bf70-ff233542024e 402 IT MAKES YOU THINK OF CATHEDRALS AND CHIMES DOESN'T IT LET'S GO OVER TO UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK AND SIT ON THE BRANCHES OF THE BIG TREE IT'S TOO WET ON THE GRASS AND I KNOW A STORY A TRUE STORY ABOUT AN OLD LADY I SAW IN TOWN AT AUNT LOUISE'S SUCH A DEAR OLD LADY WITH LOVELY SILVERY CURLS 161fc7dd-aaba-4eaf-8e65-0280f36245c9 748 MOUTH IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY MOUTH HE SAID IT WOULD MAKE ME GROW TALL AND IT HASN'T NOT AN INCH I DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANTED IT FOR YOU'RE TALL ENOUGH 07a2c921-f2b0-428b-99ab-a949c0195a70 402 THE HENS AND TURKEYS PROWLED ABOUT PECKING AT WINDFALLS AND PAT MADE MAD RUSHES AT THEM AMID THE FALLEN LEAVES WHATEVER IS THE MATTER WITH YOU ALL DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL APPEARING AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS WHAT IS SARAH CRYING ABOUT WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE f9df12e6-514e-41c0-b025-1356451b9034 32 FELIX SITS ON THE RIGHT OF THE STORY GIRL FAT AND STODGY GRIMLY IN EARNEST EVEN OVER DREAMS HE WRITES WITH HIS KNEES STUCK UP TO FORM A WRITING DESK AND HE ALWAYS FROWNS FIERCELY THE WHOLE TIME 9f836caa-12f5-4627-b40e-65bf1bf875e1 177 I'LL NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING I READ IN THE PAPERS AGAIN SAID DAN RUSHING TO THE OPPOSITE EXTREME I TOLD YOU THE BIBLE WAS MORE TO BE DEPENDED ON THAN NEWSPAPERS SAID CECILY TRIUMPHANTLY 265a41fa-ece6-4e75-b54a-4839272fed8b 1867 GREETINGS O NOBLE SERVERS OF THE GREAT GOD I SAID OF COURSE I DIDN'T SAY IT OUT LOUD JUST WHISPERED LOUD ENOUGH FOR THE THROAT MIKE TO CATCH THIS WAS RADIOED BACK TO THE M T AND THE TRANSLATION SHOT BACK TO A SPEAKER IN MY JAWS e5e6bc49-7c28-49cf-bc21-ea92b7e44f3d 402 CANTERBY BELLS IS A LOVELY NAME FOR A FLOWER ISN'T IT SHE SAID IT MAKES YOU THINK OF CATHEDRALS AND CHIMES DOESN'T IT c575d17c-c58f-4f07-ae24-46a652b93b03 451 MISSUS RAY NOW APPEARED LOOKING FOR SARA AND SAID SHE WOULD STAY ALL NIGHT WITH US I'LL BE MUCH OBLIGED TO YOU IF YOU WILL SAID UNCLE ROGER I FEEL A BIT SHOOK 4bb045e3-795a-42f9-b007-ea97bb7d30e1 2368 JONAS TOLD HIMSELF AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS THAT HE SIMPLY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WHAT TO DO WITHOUT THE RATS TRYING TO TRAP AND KILL THEM WITH NO WEAPONS BEYOND HIS BARE HANDS EVEN AN EATING KNIFE HE HAD CARRIED IN HIS JERKIN HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY LEAVING HIM TO THE UNCOMFORTABLE REFLECTION THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO DINE WITH HIS FINGERS WAS A PASTIME THAT OCCUPIED HIM FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE FIRST DAY 3d6889e6-d42b-40c7-8378-8dbf2075cfbd 2317 JOHN ANDREW TURNED A DOOR WELL I SHOULD THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HIM BACK I GUESS HE MUTTERED BUT NOW THAT YOU'RE WITH US AGAIN HE SHOT OUT A BIG PAW AND GRABBED HER BY THE WRIST HOW ABOUT EXPLAINING SOME OF THIS 4e9d18d6-652e-4676-bbd1-d26b3acde638 748 HE BELONGED TO A DIFFERENT WORLD FROM THEIRS THEY HAD NEVER KNOWN HIM VERY INTIMATELY OR UNDERSTOOD HIM I REALIZED NOW THAT UNCLE BLAIR WAS A BIT OF A BOHEMIAN A RESPECTABLE SORT OF TRAMP a9f1bd75-19c4-4315-955c-0c8180125441 2368 PHILOSOPHY FOR ONE OF THE BROTHERHOOD CLARETON THOUGHT BACK WE ARE TINY AS YET WE HAVE NO FORCE YOU CAN ADD TO THAT FORCE ADD GREATLY BUT YOU MUST BE WISE 64d3bd4e-c576-4510-9bf5-fcc746847cd9 103 BUT IT TOOK THE STORY GIRL TO MAKE US REALIZE JUST HOW DREADFUL IT WAS AND WHAT A TERRIBLE RISK WE HAD RUN YEARS BEFORE WE OR OUR PARENTS EITHER HAD EXISTED UNCLE ROGER SAYS THAT A MOTHER WHO WON'T LET YOU DO ANYTHING AND A CONSCIENCE THAT WON'T LET YOU ENJOY ANYTHING IS AN AWFUL COMBINATION AND HE DOESN'T WONDER SARA IS PALE AND THIN AND NERVOUS 6a805999-1ce7-46ad-89a5-61316c7491cc 2425 BUT WHAT DOES THE WORK WHAT KILLED HIM I ASKED BREATHLESSLY CAN'T SAY PETE YOU CAN'T NAME THINGS HERE IN TERMS OF OUR OWN WORLD SOME NATURAL FORCE THEY'VE CORRALLED I IMAGINE THEY CONTROL IT WITH THAT SHUDDER BEHIND THE LIPS OF THE IMAGE DID YOU NOTICE IT 7b319486-97d2-49c7-98a0-5c9c2041c468 14 THERE'S A GREAT BIG PATCH ON HIS BEST PAIR OF TROUSERS PROTESTED FELICITY WELL THAT'S BETTER THAN A HOLE SAID THE STORY GIRL ADDRESSING HERSELF DAINTILY TO HER TURNOVER GOD WON'T NOTICE THE PATCH b7e7df40-5152-40cb-be24-a26c379e5048 413 BUT IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT SAID PETER MISERABLY I CAN'T TURN INTO A CHRISTIAN BETWEEN THIS AND TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW I'LL JUST HAVE TO BE SATISFIED WITH MAKING UP MY MIND TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST I WANTED TO WAIT TILL I GOT OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE OUT WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM BUT I'LL HAVE TO CHANCE IT NOW 837a1a29-b1fd-4891-b4e9-f81f81cdb09f 451 IT SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE SWEARING THEN I KNOW ANOTHER STORY ABOUT MISTER SCOTT SAID THE STORY GIRL JAMES CLARK WHOSE PEW WAS BEHIND OURS NEVER TOOK HER EYE OFF OF IT OR SO FELICITY AVERRED 7ca58fa3-2a69-4261-82f1-df502868578e 451 IT IS MEAN YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT YOUR SHOES AND STOCKINGS ON WHEN YOU GO TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW TO NIGHT SAID FELICITY IN A TONE OF SATISFACTION 9ad838e0-a2f5-40a6-9d8c-859308bdff74 2317 WHAT ABOUT THAT DORA SHRUGGED 1b687371-d454-41e8-ace7-48ff5a81ed7b 103 YOU ARE FELIX AND BEVERLY SHE WENT ON SHAKING OUR HANDS WITH AN AIR OF FRANK COMRADESHIP WHICH WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE SHY FEMININE ADVANCES OF FELICITY AND CECILY FROM THAT MOMENT WE WERE AS GOOD FRIENDS AS IF WE HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A HUNDRED YEARS a6a241d7-0e06-40ab-a14c-fd8732e87faa 2137 HE HAD A DECISION TO MAKE STAY HERE WITH THE CAPSULE OR HEAD FOR THE FIRE COULDN'T BE MORE THAN A THOUSAND YARDS AWAY HE DECIDED 4dae9b50-7c96-45eb-9556-1c3d814d1325 451 WHY WHAT DID I SAY TO MAKE HIM MAD ASKED FELICITY IN HONEST PERPLEXITY I THINK IT'S AWFUL FOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO BE ALWAYS QUARRELLING SIGHED CECILY THE COHANTS FIGHT ALL THE TIME AND YOU AND DAN WILL SOON BE AS BAD c63619f2-4a4a-4586-a5b6-15c0cf7c7130 748 FELIX HAD BELIEVED BLISSFULLY THAT IT WOULD MAKE HIM THIN CECILY'S HAIR WAS TO BECOME NATURALLY CURLY AND SARA RAY WAS NOT TO BE AFRAID OF PEG BOWEN ANY MORE 1f9a48af-94d1-41e1-bf27-639e7444639d 2368 THIS WILL BE YOURS HE SAID WHILE YOU ARE WITH US IT IS POOR BUT IT WAS ALL WE CAN OFFER I AM HONORED YUNUS SAID e6c75bbd-9b3d-4fea-beab-0782534d768b 413 AND TO MORROW MIGHT BE THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THEIR LAST ACCOUNTING OH IF I HAD ONLY BEEN A BETTER BOY 538653f5-e05b-4112-a0cc-c028925d13d2 413 PERHAPS THEY'LL LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIR FACES TO MORROW SAID DAN WITH GLOOMY SATISFACTION WE WERE SITTING ON THE CELL HATCH WATCHING WHAT MIGHT BE OUR LAST SUNSET OVER THE DARK HILLS OF TIME PETER WAS WITH US IT WAS HIS LAST SUNDAY TO GO HOME BUT HE HAD ELECTED TO REMAIN IF TO MORROW IS THE JUDGMENT DAY I WANT TO BE WITH YOU FELLOWS HE SAID 5e4b82a6-30e9-45db-b106-6ee67349e64c 2274 WHAT IF THE DELPHINIS JUST CRASHED HERE AND THE LOCALS PICKED UP TO PIECES THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING IN TO FIND OUT ORNE BUT ANSWER ME THIS IF THEY DO HAVE THE DELPHINUS HOW LONG BEFORE A TOOL USING RACE COULD BE A THREAT TO THE GALAXY 66d330cd-88fd-4dd1-ae47-aab06736620c 2274 AH AND HE HAD THE HEAVY FRICATIVE GREETING SOUND FLORI GOTSY HE SAID THE NATIVE SHIFTED TO THE LEFT ANSWERED IN PURE UNACCENTED HIGH GALATIES WHO ARE YOU a62c9946-d8c8-4287-9a95-1c9d7261e392 451 SAID THE STORY GIRL IRREVERENTLY IT'S SO EXPRESSIVE SQUELCH CERTAINLY IT WAS A LOVELY WORD AND AS THE STORY GIRL SAID IT 04975cc6-a4fc-4986-828a-8b0779b30a61 2286 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS I ASKED HIM POKING A LARGE GLOSSY PICK UNDER HIS LONG BROKEN NOSE ONE EYE OPENED SLOWLY BEGULL SHIP OF SOME KIND LOOKS LIKE AMBALLIANCE NOW FOR THE LAST TIME GO AWAY HE SAID 87cbce99-1d8e-4738-9ca1-bd455f709f55 451 AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS OH OUR ANGELS ARE ANGELS THAT HAVE BEEN ANGELS SO LONG THEY'VE HAD TIME TO GROW BETTER AND BRIGHTER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN NEWER ANGELS SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO PROBABLY MADE THAT EXPLANATION UP ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT JUST TO PACIFY PETER 1d8db86f-cc81-41e9-8114-dbb12d5743c2 14 WE GOT ALONG VERY WELL WITH EACH OTHER IN THE MAIN IN SPITE OF SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AS FOR THE GROWN UP DENIZENS OF OUR SMALL WORLD THEY SUITED US ALSO 708e7c89-fe2a-4aad-af36-40a927bbfb71 748 BEFORE COMING TO CARLISLE UNCLE BLAIR STANLEY HAD BEEN A MERE NAME TO US NOW HE WAS A PERSONALITY HIS LETTERS TO THE STORY GIRL THE PICTURES AND SKETCHES HE SENT HER HER ADORING AND FREQUENT MENTION OF HIM ALL COMBINED TO MAKE HIM VERY REAL TO US afef280d-2013-4e1e-90e7-da350049f444 748 OH WELL IT'S DIFFERENT WITH SARA SAID DAN WE COULD EARN MONEY AND SHE COULDN'T 5e21d6a6-a834-444c-9692-4178b9b58bf8 2286 NINETY EIGHT PER CENT OF THEIR OUTPUT IS NOW FEEDING INTO COALS THAT MAKE AN ELECTROMAGNET OF THIS SHIP'S HULL YOU WILL FIND IT VERY HARD TO SEPARATE US AND I WOULD ADVISE YOU NOT TO TRY c9a2abe1-d18d-4680-b8d8-4744d2d302ec 2137 THE RADIO OPERATOR STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING HESITATED AND FINALLY SETTLED FOR YES SIR 7071d58c-291e-48f6-a52f-38612c807bf8 2312 MAYBE THEY WERE REALLY ALL PRAIRIE DOGS MANOEL MAYBE THE HEAD GOT YOU AND YOU ONLY DREAMED THAT THEY WERE LITTLE PEOPLE 5dc40366-b000-43f6-9051-d82fad583cdf 242 FOR MYSELF I CARED NOT A GROAT I WISHED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE SERMON CONTEST AND FELT SORE WHENEVER I THOUGHT OF MY FAILURE BUT I HAD NO BURNING DESIRE TO EAT SOUR APPLES WITHOUT GRIMACING AND I DID NOT SYMPATHIZE OVER AND ABOVE WITH MY BROTHER 528d4228-8c9e-4c3c-ab37-a30602c5a150 2274 I A WHAT IS THAT THERE WAS A WARY TENSENESS IN THE GIANT'S FIGURE HIS MOUTH OPEN TO REVEAL THE LONG CANINES 1450d666-18a3-468c-a366-37833f2ac14a 14 SHE HAD TWINED FRESHLY PLUCKED DANDELIONS AROUND IT AND THE EFFECT WAS THAT OF A CROWN OF BRILLIANT GOLDEN STARS ON HER SLEEK BROWN CURLS LOOK AT THAT LONG THIN LACY CLOUD UP THERE SHE SAID WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK OF GIRLS a78bb0a6-2cec-4238-bf64-037f5f19eb4f 2312 HE GOT ANOTHER FORM AND FILLED OUT ALL THE DARKER ON HIMSELF NOW IN ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT HIS PART OF THE SENSES WAS FINISHED IF ONLY HE HAD LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY HE WOULD HAVE SAVED WORRY AND TROUBLE FOR EVERYONE AND ALSO TEN THOUSAND LIVES 5f6517d0-acc2-4def-965d-7542dc049d2e 188 JUST TO MAKE YOU LAUGH I'LL WRITE YOU A LITTLE STORY I HEARD UNCLE ALEC TELLING LAST NIGHT IT WAS ABOUT ELDER FRUIN'S GRANDFATHER TAKING A PAIR OF ROPE REINS TO LEAD A PIANO HOME EVERYBODY LAUGHED EXCEPT AUNT JANET OLD MISTER FREWIN WAS HER GRANDFATHER TOO AND SHE WOULDN'T LAUGH 3171f90b-32c8-4c4a-8871-187ee698b6a2 2317 JOHN ANDREW FARMER SCOWLED AT THE OCCUPANT THAT SPRAWLED ON HIS LIVING ROOM COUCH RUBBED HIS STUBBY JAW WITH A STUBBY FIST AND SAID I LOVE YOU c82b32d8-65c8-4156-a74d-2232c3ec6b71 2368 IT WAS FAR FROM A WARM WELCOME BUT YONAS WAS SATISFIED WITH IT I SHALL WORK TO DO YOU GOOD HE SAID AND NOT EVIL STRANGER SHARP SAID WORK FOR YOUR OWN GOOD DO NOTHING FOR ME THIS IS AN ACCURSED FAMILY THERE IS NO GOOD TO BE DONE TO ME OR MY WIFE OR CHILD cb38e43f-195a-4abc-a904-3177ac6cd7b1 2274 WE'LL MONITOR EVERYTHING GOT THAT YES STETSON HELD OUT HIS RIGHT HAND HIGHWAYMEN SAID STETSON RATE ITSELF SAID ORNE AN ANCIENT TERRAN LANGUAGE CORRUPTION OF ROAD 8053f51c-1690-4311-9d19-1e7204fd4663 2317 JOHN ANDREW BEGAN TO FEEL QUICK FROZEN AGAIN BEING ALONG AT SEA IN A RICKETY CRAFT WITH A POSSIBLE MADMAN HAD BEEN BAD ENOUGH TO HAVE A WEIRD CREATURE WITH SUPERHUMAN POWERS AND AN IMPOSSIBLE PIT MONSTER ADDED TO THE CREW WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH 36fd100e-344b-4220-9d72-b7e34ed9c8fe 2137 BRANDON NODDED WAS LAUNCHED AND NOW WAS CRUISING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE ALIEN PLANET 4847e72d-043d-4bad-97f6-47e0190218a7 14 WE ALL ENJOYED OUR TURNOVERS EXCEPT SARA RAY SHE ATE HERS BUT SHE KNEW SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE SO HER MOTHER DID NOT APPROVE OF SNACKS BETWEEN MEALS OR OF JAM TURNOVER AT ANY TIME f12bd9e0-2541-4b79-a251-70f5e7bbeac9 2425 ONLY YOU'VE BEEN PASSED INTO ANOTHER FORM OF BEING THROUGH THE ACTION OF FOUR LITTLE QUARTZ BULBS WHOSE PERIODS OF VIBRATIONS FORM A BEAT BUT THAT'S OVER YOUR HEAD PETE OLD SON AND WE'LL HAVE TIME TO TALK OVER DETAILS WHEN WE GET BACK RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN SOMEWHAT OF A JAM fe5bcd3d-192c-42f5-87c6-a21cde37dbaf 2182 VOCALLY SAID CHAFFY FOUR THEY SHUDDERED AND TELEPARTED THE UNGODLY HOUR OF TRANSMISSION NATURALLY WAS SET TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLOSING OF THE CONSUL'S FIELD OFFICE HALF WAY AROUND THE PLANET 32ec8aaa-437c-484d-aee0-ba7536c76cc4 2317 JUST AT THE MOMENT OF COURSE YOU'RE AT A CROSSROAD YOU CAN JUMP IN EITHER DIRECTION BLOWING YOURSELF UP OR TAKING THE BIG STEP INTO SPACE I THINK YOU'LL TURN OUT O K BUT NOT EVERYBODY AGREES AND THE FEDERATION CAN'T TAKE EVEN SMALL CHANCES f964e648-4af7-4b59-8ef8-868bab3c4440 402 I'M AFRAID I DID VERY WRONG TO COME AGAINST MAR'S WILL SHE SAID MISERABLY BUT I COULDN'T WAIT I WANTED TO SEE THE PICTURE AS SOON AS YOU DID WE WAITED AND WATCHED AT THE WINDOW THE VALLEY WAS FULL OF MIST AND THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN IN SLANTING LINES OVER THE TOPS OF THE SPRUCES 1b37c623-ea79-495b-b3b9-1258ed63b2ff 188 UNCLE ALEC AND AUNTS LEFT ON MONDAY MORNING POOR AUNT JANET WAS FULL OF DISMAL FOREBODINGS AND GAVE US SO MANY CHARGES AND WARNINGS THAT WE DID NOT TRY TO REMEMBER ANY OF EM UNCLE ALEC' MERELY TOLD US TO BE GOOD AND MIND WHAT UNCLE ROGER SAID 6718fdd9-3376-4c45-bd72-2147b39c49c4 748 A DIMPLE OR TWO CAME INTO SIGHT AND SHE HAD VERY NICE TEETH SMALL AND WHITE LIKE THE TRADITIONAL ROW OF PEARLS a7bf3283-7d77-4301-b657-1097c2ced9d1 2274 STETSON TOOK HIS OWN GLASS COMGO HEARD THE WHOLE THING OVER THE GENERAL MONITOR NET HE SAID DO YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN BREVETED TO THE SENIOR FIELD MAN 15994a88-e7e2-4cd0-9bdf-7990bf29b3b6 451 THANK YOU AND WILL YOU GIVE ME A HANDFUL OF HARD PEAS AFTER BREAKFAST AUNT JANET I WANT TO PUT THEM IN MY SHOES e4b9d355-dd02-4b6e-8224-dee3491e0ac4 1867 BEFORE THEY COULD THINK UP A GOOD ANSWER I WAS INSIDE THE TEMPLE WAS A SMALL ONE BUILT AGAINST THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID I HOPED I WASN'T BREAKING TOO MANY TABOOS BY GOING IN I WASN'T STOPPED SO IT LOOKED ALL RIGHT THE TEMPLE WAS A SINGLE ROOM WITH A MURKY LOOKING POOL AT ONE END 38afb10d-b806-4d36-97d8-1b9a56aa7ee6 32 EDITH RAN AWAY AND HID AND OF COURSE SHE FELT STILL WORSE WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS A FAMOUS POET BUT HE WROTE ONE OF HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL POEMS ON IT AFTERWARDS AND SENT IT TO HER AND IT WAS PUBLISHED IN ONE OF HIS BOOKS 192e6d29-6aa3-4ef2-bc1d-08dfef9520ed 2286 THIS WAS THE PLAN AND I FELT IN MY BONES THAT I WAS RIGHT I MIGHT BE WRONG ON SOME OF THE MINOR DETAILS THEY WEREN'T IMPORTANT I KNEW THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE IDEA JUST AS WHEN I BUMPED INTO A MARK I KNEW HOW MUCH IT COULD BE TAKEN FOR AND JUST HOW TO DO IT fd5520ea-3414-4fa2-95df-4c9f27c2d34c 198 FELICITY TRIED AND HAD THE MOST GRATIFYING LUCK WITH A NEW AND COMPLICATED CAKE RECIPE A GORGEOUS COMPOUND OF A PLUMMINESS TO MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER THE NUMBER OF EGGS SHE USED IN IT WOULD HAVE SHOCKED AUNT JANET'S THRIFTY SOUL BUT THAT CAKE LIKE BEAUTY WAS ITS OWN EXCUSE d6ce57d3-12de-4a61-a501-cd4af8908b63 242 YES BUT SAID DAN TRIUMPHANTLY IF YOU BELIEVE GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS ABOUT PARTICULAR THINGS IT WAS PETER'S PRAYER HE ANSWERED WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT a1854163-36d9-40c3-97de-717dfb0f9f50 2137 WHEN BRANDON OPENED HIS EYES HE WAS STARING AT THE SILVERY DISKS OF THE TWIN MOONS THEY WERE HIGH IN THE SKY OBSCURING THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY ASTRO THIS IS BRANNAN COME IN PLEASE TOWERS CONTINUED TO PACE AND TALK WE DID IT TO SPITE ME bf18081e-37d2-4452-962a-7f684c7328d3 748 I HAD A LETTER TO DAY FROM UNCLE ARTHUR IN WINNIPEG AND HE SENT ME THREE DOLLARS 0a2f7f5f-cd23-4be4-9575-a5e2ecbb39ea 402 BUT THREE DAYS AFTER HER DEPARTURE FELIX TOLD US SOMETHING ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL WHICH LENT SOME SPICE TO EXISTENCE IMMEDIATELY 1f03f9ca-633d-4595-a50f-c9d4d79a3a80 242 SHE DREW HER ARROW TO HER EYE ALAS SHE KNEW THE ART ONLY TOO WELL 009eb677-8d26-4b08-abbc-51c269692e62 2182 THAT WILL BE SATTERFIELD AND HIS TASK FOR US JEFF TOLD THE COFFEES I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOURSELVES IN AN ARGUMENT OVER THAT MATTER OF SQUEEZING TERRA OUT OF THE CRYSTAL TRADE THEY REASSURED HIM SOLEMNLY 199f0960-a7ae-4d87-a1b6-6bd824db1a58 30 SHE WAS PLUMP AND DIMPLED WITH BIG DARK BLUE HEAVY LIDDED EYES SOFT FEATHERY GOLDEN CURLS AND A PINK AND WHITE SKIN THE KING COMPLEXION THE KINGS WERE NOTED FOR THEIR NOSES AND COMPLEXION d108386c-8d57-4b79-a7aa-1787d50b3107 14 I MIXED A POWDER IN SOME MILK AND TRIED TO POUR IT DOWN HIS THROAT WHILE PETER HELD HIM JUST LOOK AT THE SCRATCHES I GOT AND THE MILK WENT EVERYWHERE EXCEPT DOWN PAT'S THROAT fade43d1-9250-42d7-9cb9-13e8ef1ada1f 188 WHEN WE WENT TO BED THAT WONDERFUL WHITE ENCHANTRESS THE MOON WAS MAKING AN ELFLAND OF THE SNOW MISTED WORLD OUTSIDE FROM WHERE I LAY I COULD SEE THE SHARP TOPS OF THE SPRUCES AGAINST THE SILVERY SKY THE FROST WAS ABROAD AND THE WINDS WERE STILL AND THE LAND LAY IN GLAMOUR 98dcf430-d7bc-4e16-b49f-edc11052290f 198 I DO HOPE THAT BABY HASN'T WANDERED DOWN TO THE SWAMP IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE HE COULDN'T WALK SO FAR BUT I MUST GO AND SEE FELICITY HAND ME MY HIGH BOOTS OUT FROM UNDER THE SOFA THERE'S A GIRL ec11476d-bcde-4433-bd2a-5c3a8e623529 2317 RAY YELPED HE STARTED AFTER HER BUT HIS PROGRESS IN THE DIVING SUIT WAS WADDLING AND SLOW SHE REACHED THE RAIL FIRST AND WENT OVER RAY WAS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND AND HE SLAMMED HIS HELMET DOWN ANGRILY AS HE REACHED THE RAIL 42768e7a-6375-4620-a1cd-7f0761868cdd 103 I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SINGLE ONE OF US CHILDREN HERE AT ALL OR IF WE WERE WE WOULD BE PART SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT WOULD BE ALMOST AS BAD 31d15fd9-1520-4115-9196-a352977f4fe5 198 UNCLE ROGER DID NOT COME TILL NEARLY TEN NEVER WAS THERE A MORE WELCOME SOUND THAN THE RUMBLE OF HIS WHEELS IN THE LANE 57b0ef50-ec8a-4944-b94b-6649dcdba8e1 2274 I TAKE IT THERE'S BEEN A HEAVY MUTATIONAL VARIATION IN THE HUMAN OY NORM ON THIS PLANET SAID HORN WHAT IS IT HARD RADIATION f2c74992-9904-4545-ad5e-b325df421426 2286 THE EASY GOING HATRED AND CONTEMPT OF ALL MY ASSOCIATES HAD ANNOYED ME THROWN ME OFF BALANCE I WAS THINKING WITH ANGER NOW NOT WITH LOGIC FORCING A BIT OF CONTROL I ORDERED MY THOUGHTS CHECKING OFF A MENTAL LIST cb1f5f01-3da4-4e07-b46e-c25a825cb621 2182 THE COMPARISON IT FORCED BETWEEN COLLAXIA AND EARTH WHOSE YAWNING FORTH WORE SCARS AND HERITAGE OF ANXIETIES MADE CALM CRYSTAL SO DESPERATELY NECESSARY OPPRESSED HIM COLLAXIA WAS WHOLLY UNSCARED HER PEOPLE WITHOUT NEED OF THE CALM CRYSTALS THEY TRADED 55933cbe-e53f-4366-ab09-4d5b6397815c 14 AH DO WE EVER FEEL QUITE THE SAME TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO DESTROY OUR ILLUSIONS SHALL I EVER BE ABLE TO FORGIVE THE BRUTAL CREATURE WHO FIRST TOLD ME THERE WAS NO SUCH PERSON AS SANTA CLAUS 2fcf5f9e-149b-4af2-b55e-04cddc0924ca 32 WE WERE NOT SO SURE OF THIS GHOSTS WERE UNCHANCY FOLK EVEN IF THEY WERE OUR FAMILY GHOSTS AND STORY GIRL HAD MADE THE TALE VERY REAL TO US WE WERE GLAD WE HAD NOT HEARD IT IN THE EVENING HOW COULD WE EVER HAVE GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE THROUGH THE SHADOWS AND SWAYING BRANCHES OF A DARKENING ORCHARD 65661163-3f33-46dd-994d-713396d374b7 30 WE HAD A VAGUE FEELING THAT WE SOMEHOW BELONGED THERE IN THAT CRADLE OF OUR FAMILY THOUGH WE HAD NEVER SEEN IT a5e91e92-e56e-4a01-bd95-d2457d71f7d1 2286 ONE WAS BUILT FOR SELF SUSTAINING COLONY ATTEMPT THE SECOND ALEXY FOR ALL WE KNOW SHE'S STILL ON THE WAY THE OTHER FIVE WERE ALL D CLASS COLONIZERS BUILT DURING THE EXPANSION WHEN LARGE POPULATIONS WERE MOVED TOO BIG TO BE PRACTICAL NOW 811d8ac1-f2a4-474e-92fb-f5f1b75b3e7f 2108 MEET TIRES AFTER A DAY'S TRAVEL ADDED THE SCARECROW WHILE STRAWN TIN NEVER TIRE AT ALL WHICH PROVES SAID HE THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT SUPERIOR TO PEOPLE MADE IN THE COMMON WAY 1f067fb5-70b0-42ba-8c1b-b2347a46a896 32 FELICITY WORMED THE SECRET OUT OF PETER BY THE DEPLOYMENT OF DELILA WILES SUCH AS HAVE BEEN THE UNDOING OF MANY A MISERABLE MALE CREATURE SINCE SAMSON'S DAY 40a16e0c-3746-407e-bddb-ccf21fffc259 2312 THE MIDGET WAS MAD THE ANIMAL HAD MORE PRESENCE OF MIND SHE LAY DOWN QUIETLY AND DIED WHICH WAS THE BEST SHE COULD DO CONSIDERING THE STATE THAT SHE WAS IN 102a39dd-8aec-440a-9141-37ec363c980f 242 HE TOLD FELICITY AND FELICITY TOLD ME SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT IT WAS REAL CUTE OF HIM cab87b33-8a34-4a93-b736-241b4868b6c0 1867 THE M T WHISPERED IN MY EAR JUST WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE THIRTEENTH SIN ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE I DREW UP MY SCALY FIGURE IN A NOBLE GESTURE AND POINTED TOWARD THE CEILING I COME FROM YOUR ANCESTORS TO HELP YOU I AM HERE TO RESTORE THE HOLY WATERS 05b12780-e412-402a-9ef8-9a20ea367bd0 2312 THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY OF YOU BUCK EYED BEASTS THERE SAID THE SMALL MARTINET YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT IT'S BEEN A FEW HUNDRED YEARS WE DECIDED IT WAS TOO CLOSE NOW I HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE TOO CLOSE 2926f320-228f-4d31-9db3-404df91f7b15 198 JUST LOOK SHE SAID PROUDLY I HAVE EVERY BIT OF THE BREAD BAKED I GOT UP AT THREE AND IT WAS LOVELY AND LIGHT SO I JUST GAVE IT A RIGHT GOOD KNEADING AND POPPED IT INTO THE OVEN AND IT'S ALL DONE AND OUT OF THE WAY BUT THE LOAVES DON'T SEEM QUITE AS BIG AS THEY SHOULD BE SHE ADDED DOUBTFULLY 7b9d1f80-3a50-458d-84d6-d695454cf77d 30 WE KNEW ONLY THAT A COUSIN SARAH STANLEY WHOSE MOTHER OUR AUNT FELICITY WAS DEAD WAS LIVING DOWN ON THE ISLAND WITH UNCLE ROGER AND AUNT OLIVIA KING ON A FARM ADJOINING THE OLD KING HOMESTEAD IN CARLISLE ae054756-4913-4d0c-bf27-fc1dc7c5d20a 748 ONCE IN A WHILE HE PAINTED A PICTURE WHICH SHOWED WHAT HE COULD DO BUT FOR THE REST HE WAS SATISFIED TO WANDER OVER THE WORLD LIGHT HEARTED AND CONTENT aafbfb4b-5316-4d00-bfea-db914cdea56d 32 I WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IT WOULD BE RATHER QUESTIONABLE BUT DAN VOWED HE DIDN'T SEE WHY HE'D TELL IT QUICK AS ANY OTHER DREAM THERE WAS NOTHING BAD IN IT 0d45c261-6a00-471c-a17c-4a59a2e86a4f 413 LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE AND READ JUST WHAT THE BIBLE DOES SAY ABOUT IT SUGGESTED CECILY WE CREPT IN CAREFULLY LEST WE DISTURB AUNT OLIVIA AND CECILY FOUND AND READ THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF HOLY WRIT THERE WAS LITTLE COMFORT FOR US IN THAT VIVID AND TERRIBLE PICTURE f29e18cd-fe0c-4758-a381-5ed2dade38b4 32 GRANDFATHER SAW HER WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY AND MY MOTHER SAW HER ONCE DID YOU EVER SEE HER ASKED FELIX SCEPTICALLY NO BUT I SHALL SOME DAY IF I KEEP ON BELIEVING IN HER SAID THE STORY GIRL CONFIDENTLY e9d82b41-638e-4a5f-828c-731ba1997d87 748 BEFORE COMING TO CARLISLE UNCLE BLAIR STANLEY HAD BEEN A MERE NAME TO US NOW HE WAS A PERSONALITY WE WENT VERY SOFTLY INDEED LEST THE GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY THAT TERRIBLE UNCLE ROGER SHOULD HEAR OF IT acf1fcd9-b1da-4390-a188-e614e5144a45 103 I THINK IT'S AWFULLY LUCKY WE WERE ALL BORN INTO THE SAME FAMILY FELIX REMARKED ISN'T IT I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT SO AND I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT WHAT A DREADFUL THING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER KING HAD NEVER GOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SINGLE ONE OF US CHILDREN HERE AT ALL OR IF WE WERE WE WOULD BE PART SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT WOULD BE ALMOST AS BAD 9da70344-709b-4536-8485-7735cc60ea9c 2368 THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO BE SURE THAT THOUGHT PLEASED HIM GREATLY AFTER ALL HE TOLD HIMSELF THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE DANGER DESPISED THE BORING BUSINESS OF LIVING 9fcba5c5-b7a0-4d92-93df-0d82680e83c5 2274 WE'VE A AGAIN THE CALL BELL CHIMED NOW WHAT 247cb008-47a0-4f20-b9c7-c28090dd0503 2182 ONE USUALLY SURFACES OUTSIDE MY HARBOUR AT ABOUT THE TIME OLD CHARLEY MACK'S SUPPLY BOAT COMES IN THINKING OF CHARLEY MACK BROUGHT A FORCED END TO HIS REPORT CHARLEY'S DUE NOW I'LL CALL BACK LATER 33aa06e2-ff6d-45ef-90f7-14921b3ab659 1867 I HAD THE SPEAKER ON FULL VOLUME AND THE VIBRATION ALMOST SHOOK MY HEAD OFF THE LIZARDS CRINGED AND I SET MY SOLAR FOR NARROW BEAM AND RAN IT AROUND THE DOOR JAM THERE WAS A GREAT CRUNCHING AND BANGING FROM THE JUNK PILED AGAINST IT AND THEN THE DOOR SWUNG FREE I THREW IT OPEN 476ca068-0e5b-4f52-85e0-d4afc47b9101 242 HE WAS NOT ANGRY THERE WAS A QUIZZICAL LOOK IN HIS EYES BUT HE TOOK THE COMBATANTS BY THEIR SHIRT COLLARS AND DRAGGED THEM APART THIS STOPS RIGHT HERE BOYS HE SAID YOU KNOW I DON'T ALLOW FIGHTING 05bd158d-3b83-41c2-becd-b7e33a0ef143 2425 A SCARLET HAZE OF LIGHT SHOT FORTH FROM THE MOUTH OF THE BLACK GOD AND THE OLD MAN STEPPED BACK SHARPLY AS THOUGH STRUCK BY SOME INVISIBLE AGENT HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN BUT AS HE CRUMPLED HIS BODY SEEMED TO SOFTEN AND SHATTER INTO A SCINTILLATING CLOUD AN INSTANT LATER THERE WAS NO TRACE OF HIM ANYWHERE 9f3bd7fd-cc3f-49a5-b068-916b93acf8bc 2312 AWAY FROM THE DEAD CENTRE THE RAVINES WERE BODY DEEP IN CHAPARRAL AND THE HILLSIDES STOOD GRAY GREEN WITH OLD CACTUS THE STUNTED TREES WERE LOWER THAN THE GIANT BUSHES AND YUKA 417d2c67-bcd3-4f05-8eb8-dc5df35c8530 2137 FOUR YEARS HAD GONE BY IN THIS SHIP THIRTEEN YEARS ON EARTH FOUR YEARS OF COLONEL TOWERS MILITARY DISCIPLINE GREW MORE STRICT EACH DAY SPACE DOES FUNNY THINGS TO SOME MEN 6f443c85-15ae-4c64-b788-f2d999072baa 242 ONE OF THE YOUNG BRAVES WAS NAMED A KATY HE WAS THE TALLEST AND BRAVEST AND HANDSOMEST YOUNG MAN IN THE TRIBE WHY IS IT THEY'RE ALWAYS SO HANDSOME IN STORIES ASKED ANNE WHY ARE THERE NEVER NO STORIES ABOUT UGLY PEOPLE bb99ad5e-501f-4815-802f-123d17e9d936 32 IN THIS LITTLE OLD BOOK FILLED WITH CRAMPED BOYISH WRITING THERE IS A SPELL OF WHITE MAGIC THAT SETS THE YEARS AT NAUGHT BEVERLY KING IS A BOY ONCE MORE WRITING DOWN HIS DREAMS IN THE OLD KING ORCHARD ON THE HOMESTEAD HILL BLOWN OVER BY MUSKY WINDS de8b41f5-aef2-424b-b9e6-854836c439ea 103 WHEN I THINK IT ALL OVER I CAN'T FEEL TOO THANKFUL THAT GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER KING HAPPENED TO MARRY EACH OTHER WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THEY MIGHT HAVE MARRIED FELIX AND I SHIVERED WE FELT SUDDENLY THAT WE HAD ESCAPED A DREADFUL DANGER THE DANGER OF HAVING BEEN BORN SOMEBODY ELSE b908a142-a9d6-409c-a49a-42665fac4b19 103 BUT IT WAS A MAY MORNING AND OUR YOUNG BLOOD WAS RUNNING BLITHELY IN OUR VEINS WE SUGGESTED A VISIT TO THE ORCHARD WOULD BE MORE AGREEABLE 28598abb-2605-47c3-8886-109084343956 451 OH THERE'S EVERY DIFFERENCE I CAN'T JUST EXPLAIN IT BUT EVERYONE KNOWS THERE'S A DIFFERENCE YOU KNOW IT YOURSELF OH PLEASE DON'T DO SUCH A THING SARA WELL I WON'T JUST TO OBLIGE YOU SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WOULD HAVE DIED THE DEATH BEFORE SHE WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE PUBLIC MEETING BAREFOOTED 037cb52e-e8d1-4fe6-bf0d-b560228800eb 2108 IT WAS QUITE A CLEVER IDEA I THINK FOR IT DOESN'T MAR THE BEAUTY OF THE LANDSCAPE SOLID AIR BEING INVISIBLE AND YET IT KEEPS ALL STRANGERS AWAY FROM THE HOUSE 5cd7d597-1007-4c27-bea0-c2c5028bab2f 14 THE UNCLE ALEC WE GAVE OUR WARMEST LOVE WE FELT THAT WE ALWAYS HAD A FRIEND AT COURT IN UNCLE ALEC NO MATTER WHAT WE DID OR LEFT UNDONE AND WE NEVER HAD TO TURN HIS SPECIES INSIDE OUT TO DISCOVER THEIR MEANING c44bb65d-e107-4ffe-ab42-c7f1afc56110 2274 UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF PEACEFUL INTENTIONS EMPTY HANDS THE GUN MUZZLE LOWERED SLIGHTLY ORN CALLED INTO HIS MIND THE LANGUAGE THAT HAD BEEN HYPNO FORCED INTO HIM O CHIRO NO THAT MEANT THE PEOPLE 747fb564-8b4b-4489-9517-a5af3dbbd4cf 2368 NOT MANY ASKED TO SEE ME KUNUF SAID IN THE SAME VOICE HE WENT ON LOOKING AT HIS HANDS THERE WAS BITTERNESS IN HIS MIND BITTERNESS THAT HE CHANGED TO HATE THEY ARE PLEASED TEND TO BE EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE I DO NOT PLEAD YONAS POINTED OUT IT WAS NECESSARY THAT I COME TO SEE YOU 9bb989e0-b649-4054-aac7-d001ad4c21ad 103 I AM VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH ALL CATS THEY ARE SO SLEEK AND COMFORTABLE AND DIGNIFIED AND IT IS SO EASY TO MAKE THEM HAPPY 40f58efd-8f7e-44a7-8a8e-b7f914261da8 2137 HIS OXYGEN MASK WAS STILL IN PLACE BUT HIS HELMET HUNG PARTLY LOOSE HE ADJUSTED IT AUTOMATICALLY THEN UNBUCKLED THE SEAT STRAPS HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH UNDER THE OXYGEN MASK HE WAS AWARE OF DRIED BLOOD CLOTTED IN HIS NOSTRILS CAKED AROUND THE CORNERS OF HIS LIPS c917a457-b73c-4936-b490-2a9338c46a90 402 WE ALL STOOD AROUND STRICKEN INCREDULOUS DO YOU MEAN SAID FELIX FINDING VOICE AT LENGTH THAT PETER IS GOING TO DIE THE STORY GIRL NODDED MISERABLY THEY'RE AFRAID SO 1c452b3d-a847-45da-8a12-12c681e16100 188 CAN PEG PORTHON TURN HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT ASKED FELIX STARING IT'S MY BELIEF THAT THAT IS THE LEAST OF PEG BOWEN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ANSWERED UNCLE ROGER IT'S THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD FOR A WITCH TO TURN HERSELF INTO ANY ANIMAL YOU CHOOSE TO MENTION YES PAT IS BEWITCHED NO DOUBT OF THAT NOT THE LEAST IN THE WORLD 716152d5-4282-4134-9418-7f0c42e78230 2137 BUT WE CAN'T RAISE HIM SIR THE RADIO OPERATOR SAID MAYBE HE DIDN'T GET OUT OF IT ALIVE COLONEL TOWERS CAN'T YOU HEAR ME BRANDON YELLED INTO HIS OXYGEN MASK 3e0cda3b-3c02-4609-8910-6971837c0981 2368 HE HATED THE IDEA TIME PASSED SOMEHOW WHEN MORNING DAWNED YONAS AWOKE TO FIND THE DOOR OF HIS CELL BEING UNLOCKED THE BALD MAN AND THE BLACK HAIRED MAN WERE BOTH THERE HE LOOKED UP WITH THEM WITH DISTASTE THEN HE SAW WHAT WAS IN THEIR MINDS AND THE DISTASTE CHANGED TO FEAR 8f91fbe5-21f3-4e0e-9ef7-de6dc8ac9c6c 451 GO RIGHT HOME AND DRESS YOURSELF DECENTLY OR EAT YOUR SUPPER IN THE KITCHEN THE STORY GIRL CHOSE THE LATTER ALTERNATIVE SHE WAS HIGHLY INDIGNANT f6dbf46f-d0cc-4ad5-bbaa-4d04692be183 14 WE WERE ALL GLAD TO HEAR THAT PETER WAS GOING TO CHURCH EXCEPT FELICITY SHE WAS FULL OF GLOOMY FOREBODINGS AND WARNINGS I AM SURPRISED AT YOU FELICITY KING SAID CECILIA SEVERELY YOU OUGHT TO BE GLAD THAT POOR BOY IS GOING TO GET STARTED IN THE RIGHT WAY fb02b8ed-153d-470e-8c8c-b62a08cc7396 2425 IN TERMS OF OUR OWN BEING YOU DO NOT EXIST IN YOUR PRESENT FORM THIS WORLD DOES NOT EXIST AND THE REVERSE IS JUST AS TRUE I STARED AT HIM BEWILDERED WHAT AM I THEN A GHOST a092eff0-d998-4900-9d22-c61466e9d7bb 413 NOTHING CAN BE SO VERY BAD THEN I'M GOING TO READ THE BIBLE ALL TO MORROW FORENOON SAID PETER 80a9d799-8935-44f2-848b-768de6167981 32 WE WERE RATHER DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THEM QUITE LARGE STURDY ONES IT SEEMED TO US THAT THEY SHOULD STILL BE IN THE SAPLING STAGE CORRESPONDING TO OUR BOYHOOD YOUR APPLES ARE LOVELY TO EAT THE STORY GIRL SAID TO ME BUT FELIXES ARE ONLY GOOD FOR PIES 3e7edd30-ac47-42fe-bc4b-7df8b83764de 413 IF THE DAILY ENTERPRISE SAID THAT AUGUST TWELFTH WAS TO BE THE JUDGMENT DAY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET AROUND IT DO YOU BELIEVE IT SARA STANLEY PERSISTED FELICITY DO YOU NO NO I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT SAID THE STORY GIRL 874d91cf-a8ae-404d-bd4c-49851fb52698 30 WE DID NOT KNOW HER AT ALL UNDER THAT NAME c8d9042c-aa9b-47a6-bb38-2cf7af433304 2274 STETSON'S VOICE HISSED IN ORNE'S EARS EASY ON THE SEXLIME BOY THAT'S ALWAYS TOUCHY THESE CREATURES ARE OVIPAROUS SEX GLANDS ARE APPARENTLY HIDDEN IN THAT LONG FUR BEHIND WHERE THEIR CHINS OUGHT TO BE 71d5428e-bcb9-41c3-98d4-4b87352295d8 188 I'VE THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT IT OH MOTHER PLEASE LET ME HOLD IT FOR A MINUTE I'LL BE AS CAREFUL AS CAREFUL THERE COMES A CHINA SET GRANDFATHER KING GAVE US SAID THE STORY GIRL WISTFULLY OH IT MAKES ME FEEL SAD 33c4eba0-cb56-4f5f-b534-d6451eed319c 2108 THERE I STOOD AX IN HAND BUT UNABLE TO MOVE FOR DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS INDEED I HAVE NEVER KNOWN EXACTLY HOW LONG THE TIME WAS BUT FINALLY ALONG CAME DOROTHY AND I WAS SAVED SEE THIS IS THE VERY TREE I WAS CHOPPING AT THE TIME I RESTED ffc597ae-a83c-4df9-ac97-8eb9ae34d689 2274 WHAT IS THE I A I AM OF THE I A SAID HORN WHERE HAVE YOU HIDDEN THE DELPHINIS IN THE PLACE THAT SUITS US BEST SAID TO NEWBE IN ALL OUR HISTORY THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER PLACE df482ef6-026c-4152-a3d9-758599687bc2 2425 EXACTLY I GLANCED DOWN AT MY WRIST WATCH AND NOTED WITH RELIEF THAT IT WAS STILL RUNNING 82dd2b46-ab0f-4504-a85b-0b70c5b41656 2274 LOOKS LIKE THE MISSING LINK THEY'VE ALWAYS HUNTED FOR SAID HORN YEA BUT YOU'VE GOT A DIFFERENT KIND OF MISSING LINK VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS IN THEIR EYES SAID HORN HE STUDIED THE FIGURE IT HAD BEEN CAUGHT FROM THE FRONT BY A MANY SNEAKER CAMERA ABOUT FIVE FEET TALL 67c7ae38-1adf-460e-a290-b023194508b4 14 BELOW US WAS THE CARLISLE VALLEY WITH ITS ORCHARD EMBOWERED HOMESTEADS AND FERTILE MEADOWS ITS UPPER END WAS DIM WITH A DELICATE SPRING MIST WINDS BLEW UP THE FIELDS LIKE WAVE UPON WAVE OF SWEET SAVOUR SPICE OF BRACKEN AND BALSAM 9c51f5da-83c4-40d5-98bf-2be22100320d 30 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE BOYS ASKED CECILY I AM GOING TO CLIMB IT TO MORROW I SAID JOYFULLY 90cf22d6-b287-4342-bcca-c270c51a4d3d 32 WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STORY GIRL ASKED FELICITY SHE'S JUST FINE SAID FELIX ENTHUSIASTICALLY I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE HER TO TELL STORIES 5cd231c3-7142-46c4-b09e-d1a9e4e1399f 451 NO YOU'LL HAVE A NEW NAME UP THERE SAID CECILY GENTLY IT SAYS SO IN THE BIBLE WELL I'M GLAD OF THAT PETER WOULD BE SUCH A FUNNY NAME FOR AN ANGEL 74e3ca9c-5bec-46ab-b7ef-a7b0d0d8e614 2137 TAKE FIRE FOR EXAMPLE MAN LIVED IN FEAR OF FIRE FOR A GOOD MANY HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS AND RIGHTLY SO BECAUSE HE HADN'T LEARNED TO CONTROL IT AS HE WATCHED THROUGH A HAZE OF RED DUST WHIPPED UP BY THE MORNING BREEZE THE TWO TREES CAME CLOSER TURNED INTO MEN WEARING DESERT UNIFORMS AND LEANED OVER HIM 73823466-78ef-4a29-85c2-955734e9d721 2368 YONAS SHRUGGED MENTALLY I SUPPOSE SO HE SAID I LIKE TO WORK ON MY OWN DO MY OWN JOB AND IT'S GOT YOU INTO TROUBLE BEFORE CLARETON SAID BUT YOU CAN'T AFFORD ANY MISTAKES THIS TIME 34bfcb4e-8acf-4b9b-8b14-f527ca922e89 2312 IT WAS CAUSED BY A LARGE METEOR IT WAS CAUSED BY ONE OF THESE 93fc4892-dd0b-401e-979e-a191135a875e 2137 RETURNING THE MAN'S SEARCHING GAZE THE DOCTOR OPENED THE DOOR IT'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN YOU SEE HE SAID QUIETLY IN THOSE DAYS THEY CALLED IT CANCER 7293a6a4-f57e-4047-8058-1468dbca54e6 2274 ALL THAT WITH GLASS MURMURED HORN WHAT'S HAPPENING HIS STETSON HORN TOUCHED HIS THROAT CONTACT WE'RE JUST INTO THE CITY CLEARING PROCEEDING TOWARD THE NEAREST BUILDING 688171e1-f14f-42c8-b9a3-f2c780e68714 14 LOOK AT THAT LONG THIN LACY CLOUD UP THERE SHE SAID WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK OF GIRLS A WEDDING VEIL SAID CECILY THAT IS JUST WHAT IT IS THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS 038588ef-bb22-42c2-882a-959f07a6b8ab 32 I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HIS ANTIPATHY TO THE INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE WHITE PELLETS WHICH WERE SO EASY TO SWALLOW BUT HE EXPLAINED THE MATTER TO US IN THE ORCHARD WHEN HE HAD RECOVERED HIS USUAL HEALTH AND SPIRITS c0edac36-3c66-4e50-83b7-478b37f22c87 242 I THINK IT WOULD BE DREADFUL SURELY YOU CAN ARRANGE IT SOME OTHER WAY LET'S ALL GIVE UP THE ORDEAL ANYWAY THERE ISN'T MUCH FUN IN IT AND THEN NEITHER OF YOU NEED TO PRAY ABOUT IT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THE ORDEAL SAID FELIX AND I WON'T 84a39fc1-3b86-4b4b-bca2-873cfb5e842a 188 I FELT HE DIDN'T GRUDGE IT AND NOW FOR MISTER CAMPBELL IT WAS ON HIS ACCOUNT I PUT ON MY RED SILK I DON'T SUPPOSE THE AWKWARD MAN NOTICED IT AT ALL BUT MISTER CAMPBELL WILL OR I'M VERY MUCH MISTAKEN 376a0313-105d-4b69-b77d-72a508a812af 2274 THAT'S WHY I'M DOWN HERE BRIEFING YOU INSTEAD OF SITTING BACK ON A FLAGSHIP I GOT YOU INTO THE I A NOW YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY IF YOU PUSHED THE PANIC BUTTON ON THIS ONE WITHOUT CAUSE I WILL PERSONALLY FLAY YOU ALIVE f3394daa-a8a7-4e53-9ca1-21437592cf4a 451 HE HAD A RETENTIVE MEMORY AND NEVER FORGOT ANYTHING HE HEARD OR READ THE FEW BOOKS LEFT TO HIM BY HIS OFT REFERRED TO AUNT JANE HAD STOCKED HIS MIND WITH MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION WHICH SOMETIMES MADE FELIX AND ME DOUBT IF WE KNEW AS MUCH AS PETER AFTER ALL 992122aa-4f64-4aae-8d15-5cb134278482 1867 THIS POWER IS TURNED INTO RADIATION THAT IS PUNCHED THROUGH INTO HYPER SPACE EVERY BEACON HAS A CODE SIGNAL AS PART OF ITS RADIATION AND REPRESENTS A MEASURABLE POINT IN HYPER SPACE 5d2951d4-fb2c-435d-9c17-79f283fdbfe3 2425 WONDERINGLY MY HEAD WHIRLING WHETHER FROM MY STRANGE EXPERIENCE OR FROM THE SHOCK OF FINDING MYSELF IN WHAT WAS OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER WORLD I DO NOT KNOW I TURNED TOWARD THE CITY 23218ca7-73c1-4a31-b617-6edff477592c 32 MY OWN LIES OPEN BESIDE ME AS I WRITE ITS YELLOWED PAGES INSCRIBED WITH THE VISIONS THAT HAUNTED MY CHILDISH SLUMBERS ON THOSE NIGHTS OF LONG AGO ON THE COVER IS PASTED A LADY'S VISITING CARD ON WHICH IS WRITTEN THE DREAM BOOK OF BEVERLY KING be166c34-48cd-43fd-805d-0bf491f2b9cd 32 IT IS THE VERY SAME CUP SAID THE STORY GIRL IMPRESSIVELY ISN'T IT AN AMAZING THING THAT CUP HAS BEEN HERE FOR FORTY YEARS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE DRUNK FROM IT AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN BROKEN 10911be1-d13c-4748-926b-06bc564c1c71 2286 LOOKING OVER THE ORIGINAL BREW PRINTS AGAIN THE BIG SUPERSTRUCTURE HIT MY EYE IN ORDER TO TURN THE SHIP INTO A WARSHIP THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS TO GO 8257606d-45c4-4044-8b10-68561f2f208e 2182 THE CRYSTAL NOW WE MUST HAVE IT TO QUIET THE ZID UNTIL IT IS SAFELY CAGED AGAIN 29b45025-973e-4401-9db7-fd919a1497a0 2286 PEPPO DROPPED HIS FACE INTO HIS HANDS AND HIS SHOULDERS SHOOK I FLICKED THE GUN HIS WAY AND SNAPPED AT HIM SIT UP PEPPY I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CRYING THERE ARE SOME NAVAL SHIPS ON THE WAY NOW THE AUTOMATIC ALARM WAS TRIGGERED A MINUTE AGO I'M SURE THEY'LL BE GLAD TO SEE THE MAN WHO 642a613c-d95e-437b-9a6b-24e7f2ca661f 198 AS WE SAT THERE THE AWKWARD MAN PASSED BY WITH HIS GUN OVER HIS SHOULDER AND HIS DOG AT HIS SIDE I'M GLAD FATHER AND MOTHER WILL BE BACK TO MORROW NIGHT SHE SAID IT'S TOO EXCITING WHEN THEY'RE AWAY CECILY WAS IN QUEST OF INFORMATION WHAT DOES IT NEVER RAIN BUT IT POURS MEAN e310958a-e259-478a-868a-bc2cf02e3f53 32 DAN DID NOT COME DOWN UNTIL BREAKFAST WAS HALF OVER AND AUNT JANET TALKED TO HIM AFTER A FASHION WHICH MADE US REALIZE THAT IT WOULD BE WELL TO KEEP AS THE PIQUANT COUNTRY PHRASE WENT FROM THE ROUGH SIDE OF HER TONGUE BUT ALL THINGS CONSIDERED WE LIKED THE PROSPECT OF OUR SUMMER VERY MUCH 989613da-3f00-4e71-9bb7-7b053f008f3d 2425 THEN THEY ASSUME THEIR ORIGINAL FORM WHERE THEY WILL JUST AGAIN AS ELECTRICITY PASSES FROM THE END OF THE WIRE EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT ENTERED IT ALLOWING ONLY FOR VOLTAGE DROPS AND SOME OTHER FACTORS THAT AREN'T PERTINENT HERE cff33bde-f9d9-468f-b96c-c979f1abdbfa 188 WELL BESS OLD GIRL HERE WE ARE NOW DONALD FRASER PLUCK UP HEART AND PLAY THE MAN NEVER FLINCH BECAUSE A SLIP OF THE LASS LOOKS SCORNFUL AT YOU OUT OF THE BONNIEST DARK BLUE EYES ON EARTH BUT IN SPITE OF HIS BOLD WORDS DONALD'S HEART WAS THUMPING AS HE DROVE INTO THE SHERMAN YARD 58c2d9bb-128c-4a19-839d-b6dd142f0a20 2368 SHE WAS ABOUT SEVENTEEN AND HER MIND WAS AS FRESH AND CLEAN AND PRETTY AS HER FACE AND FIGURE YONAS STARTED MUSING ON HEROES AGAIN BUT HE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE A MOVE TOWARDS HER SHE HAD A VERY NICE SMILE AND FOR MEMORIES IN THE OTHERS MINDS HE COULD HEAR THE VOICE LOW AND QUIET AND ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY 449cc237-5b5c-4303-9a55-c6e52dc95ffd 2368 UNHAPPINESS SHE TOLD HERSELF WAS HER PORTION IN THIS LIFE IN THE LIFE ABOVE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT 7b0e9883-b0f4-41b0-8188-e7d238a9049b 2368 ANY MAN WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF A WIZARD WILL HAVE HIS MIND SEEN BY THE INQUISITOR AND SINCE THERE ARE NO WIZARDS AT LEAST NONE WE HAVE DISCOVERED THE TRIALS WILL CEASE YONAS FINISHED AND THE BROTHERHOOD HAS GAINED A NEW MEMBER CLTON SAID A MEMBER WITH INFLUENCE AND POWER 3e4482fe-ee92-4180-9a1d-a717672bd40f 413 THE FAD WAS AT ONCE TAKEN UP BY THE CARLISLE SCHOOL GIRLS TIMOTHY ROOTS QUITE OUSTED SOURS AND YOUNG RASPBER SPROUTS BOTH OF WHICH HAD THE REAL MERIT OF BEING QUITE TOOTHSOME WHILE TIMOTHY ROOTS WERE TOUGH AND TASTELESS b368d446-d589-4d89-847a-7fccf5ea7ad2 188 UNCLE ROGER HAD GONE TO THE STATION TO MEET THE TRAVELERS AND THE DINING ROOM TABLE WAS SPREAD WITH A FEAST OF FAT THINGS IT'S BEEN A JOLLY WEEK TAKE IT ALL AROUND SAID FELIX BUT I'M GLAD THE GROWN UPS ARE COMING BACK TO NIGHT ESPECIALLY UNCLE ALEC fe52a642-3fb4-48c4-9b5a-89517a3d8bcb 2286 HIS AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTION OF MY INCOMPETENCE WAS BEGINNING TO GET ME ANNOYED I BRIDLED MY TEMPER AND TRIED ONE LAST TIME WHAT IN THE DEVIL DOES THIS NONSENSE MEAN CAPTAIN STEIG ASKED PEEVISHLY 3b2781f4-be64-4470-ae2e-0c5bf2292206 402 MARGARET WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS A DREAM WITH SOFT BLUE EYES AND CLOUDS OF GOLDEN HAIR AND SHE LOVED ALLAN DUNBAR JUST AS MUCH AS HE LOVED HER BUT HER PARENTS WERE BITTERLY OPPOSED TO HIM AND THEY HAD FORBIDDEN MARGARET TO SEE HIM OR SPEAK TO HIM 97ec205d-642e-4dce-a023-adcad71146d6 14 PETER'S APPEARANCE DID NOT ATTRACT AS MUCH ATTENTION AS WE HAD FONDLY EXPECTED INDEED NOBODY SEEMED TO NOTICE HIM AT ALL THE LAMPS WERE NOT YET LIGHTED AND THE CHURCH WAS FILLED WITH A SOFT TWILIGHT AND HUSH a5d7d0c0-0027-4517-9846-d51c754921ee 2312 FOR THE SECTOR THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO HIM HE WOULD NOT NEED A MAP HE KNEW IT BETTER THAN ANY ONE ELSE CERTAINLY BETTER THAN ANY MAP MAKER BESIDES HE WAS POOR AND NEEDED THE MONEY THEY INSTRUCTED HIM AND SENT HIM OUT OR THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD INSTRUCTED HIM THEY COULDN'T BE SURE c80307ce-53b6-4d44-8a03-d984d89c60b7 2108 DO NOT WORRY FOR WE SHALL NOT GO FAR TO THE NORTH SAID THE EMPEROR MY ONE IDEA IS TO AVOID THE EMERALD CITY WITHOUT GOING OUT OF OUR WAY MORE THAN IS NECESSARY 95d663f6-e1a7-4550-914b-f25de666ca72 32 FELICITY IS AFRAID SHE'S MISSED SOMETHING REMARKED THE STORY GIRL IN A TONE OF QUIET AMUSEMENT IS YOUR BREAKFAST READY FELICITY OR HAVE I TIME TO TELL THE BOYS THE STORY OF THE POET WHO WAS KISSED 1faf4a90-0617-48f5-935e-35375786f82a 32 BUT IF THE STORY GIRL COULD NOT DREAM ANYTHING MORE WONDERFUL THAN THE REST OF US SHE SCORED WHEN IT CAME TO THE TELLING TO HEAR HER TELL A DREAM WAS SO GOOD OR AS BAD AS DREAMING IT YOURSELF AS FAR AS WRITING THEM DOWN WAS CONCERNED I BELIEVED THAT I BEVERLY KING CARRIED OFF THE PALM 71f8ee47-ac76-41d7-a5d3-991be478b551 2317 GOOD DORA SAID BRISKLY NOW I'LL JUST A SHE STRODE DIRECTLY TO RAISE INVENTION AND FARMER WONDERED WHY BOTH ALIENS WERE SO INTERESTED IN A GADGET THAT DIDN'T WORK 4802c62a-92fb-4232-a34b-a70cb084dc7d 2108 IF YOU DESIRE IT PROMISED THE TIN WOODMAN LEANING BACK IN HIS TIN THROAT AND CROSSING HIS TIN LEGS c3f96489-7235-4d5d-bc4a-e05baaab4dff 402 THE RAINBOW HAD FADED OUT AND THE DARKNESS OF THE OCTOBER DUSK WAS FALLING I WONDER SAID DAN MEDITATIVELY AS WE WENT AWAY FROM THAT REDOLENT SPOT WHAT WOULD BE LIKE TO LIVE FOR EVER IN THIS WORLD 10efab36-0511-4047-a441-bad5c2d579dd 2286 I SAT BACK WITH A RELAXED SIGH AND LIT A CIGAR WOULDN'T YOU BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ROBART WHO IS HOLDING YOU I SAID b3230a61-7b15-4421-a5e4-6f6801a1907a 2368 THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SMUG HE TOLD YANAS AFTER ALL YOU DID NOT DO THE JOB YOURSELF UNIMPORTANT YONAS THOUGHT THE MAN IS CONVINCED HE CAN BE TRAINED FURTHER AND JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD IT WILL TAKE TIME CLARTON SAID A FEW YEARS PERHAPS e4527865-45bc-42d8-ad92-c6b9044928e4 2368 YONAS WAS THANKFUL FOR THAT AND FOR THE REST WELL HE THOUGHT RESIGNEDLY WHAT WAS A HERO WITHOUT A QUEST 9907cc59-5199-499b-954d-0f23af87b7e2 2368 YOU HAVE CONFESSED TO ME HE SAID YOUR HERESY NOW YOU WILL BE MADE TO RATIFY YOUR CONFESSION THAT DONE YOUR PENALTY WILL BE EXACTED AND THE PENALTY OF COURSE WILL BE DEATH DEATH AT THE STAKE 03c9d1a3-6d47-4b59-9d8b-211f821cf841 2137 BRANDON WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO POLE ENGINE TROUBLE SIR LOSING ALTITUDE FAST YOU KNOW THE NATURE OF THE TROUBLE NEGATIVE MIGHT HAVE THROWN A COMPRESSOR BLADE GOT A FIRE INDICATION THEN A COMPRESSOR SURGE CHOPPED OFF THE POWER abd63f5e-2d3b-44fb-b38e-0a8f1d2fd8c1 2108 AND NOW THE CANARY PERCHED UPON A STUMP A LITTLE WAY FROM THE FOREST BEAST AND SAID I AM GLAD OUR FRIEND HAS ESCAPED YOU BUT AS IT IS NATURAL FOR A HUNGRY BEAST TO WISH HIS BREAKFAST I WILL TRY TO GIVE YOU ONE 5c0db33c-e894-4380-895a-46e2dce7d104 2425 ONE OF THE PRIESTS SAW US AND CRIED OUT SHRILLY TO HIS COMPANIONS WITH ONE ACCORD THEY CAME TOWARD US OBVIOUSLY INTENT UPON BLOCKING OUR WAY I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN ANY OTHER EYES SUCH ANGER AND HATRED AS BLAZED IN THE EYES OF THOSE STRANGE BEINGS 101c08da-1543-4d89-91d3-1d5e4f95c7ec 2274 SHALL WE CONTINUE ON TO YOUR CITY ASKED HORN HE WET HIS LIPS WITH HIS TONGUE THE CAB LIGHT ON TONUB'S FACE WAS GIVING THE GIANT AN EERY SINISTER LOOK 763a808f-9f00-4646-97b7-57e5c7773028 1867 THE OLD MAN HAD THAT LOOK OF INTENSE GLEE ON HIS FACE THAT MEANT SOME ONE WAS IN FOR A VERY ROUGH TIME 8f7ed064-c32e-490b-9267-6480c24eea87 1867 WE JAWED AND GURGLED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND SETTLED ALL THE MAJOR POINTS I FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE NEW PRIESTS THE PREVIOUS ONES HAD ALL BEEN BOILED FOR LETTING THE HOLY WATERS CEASE b310bd46-094a-43e8-8e88-adf97acb205e 14 THERE TOO SLEPT THE EMILY WHOSE FAITHFUL SPIRIT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAUNT THE ORCHARD BUT EDITH WHO HAD KISSED THE POET LAY NOT WITH HER KINDRED SHE HAD DIED IN A FAR FOREIGN LAND AND THE MURMUR OF AN ALIEN SEA SOUNDED ABOUT HER GRAVE 3da9e7d6-20ec-4805-b5d7-6d2e94dd9b02 103 IF VOICES HAD COLOR HERS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE A RAINBOW IT MADE WORDS LIVE WHATEVER SHE SAID BECAME A BREATHING ENTITY NOT A MERE VERBAL STATEMENT OR UTTERANCE fae0e9cc-f739-4e14-a0f0-5d04aea0dfe7 2274 FOUR FINGERED HANDS IT WORE A WIDE BELT FROM WHICH DANGLED NEAT POUCHES AND WHAT LOOKED LIKE TOOLS ALTHOUGH THEIR USE WAS OBSCURE 4aa0f79d-6979-4f69-b107-f50b883446d8 1867 THE NATIVES CHOMPED AND RATTLED AND THE TRANSLATION ROLLED OUT ALMOST INSTANTLY I HAD THE VOLUME TURNED UP AND THE WHOLE SQUARE ECHOED SOME OF THE MORE CREDULOUS NATIVES PROSTRATED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS FLED SCREAMING c8db5688-373a-474e-8aa0-1507c5a6e265 188 OUR SUMMER WAS OVER IT HAD BEEN A BEAUTIFUL ONE WE HAD KNOWN THE SWEETNESS OF COMMON JOYS THE DELIGHTS OF DAWNS THE DREAM OF GLAMOUR OF NOONTIDES THE LONG PURPLE PEACE OF CARE FREE NIGHTS 7a5c9f96-0b96-4641-9f95-05ddfaa3c48d 198 FELICITY THOUGHTFUL CREATURE ALSO TOOK A SMALL BASKETFUL OF JELLY COOKIES ALONG WITH HER WE HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH THE MAPLE WOODS TO THE EXTREME END OF UNCLE ROGER'S FARM A PRETTY WALK THROUGH A WORLD OF GREEN WHISPERING BOUGHS AND SPICED SWEET FERNS AND SHIFTING PATCHES OF SUNLIGHT f76a9c7f-8a8d-454f-98a1-4125a41ca937 2425 EAGERLY HE CLAMBERED UPON THE OUTSTRETCHED HANDS AND STOOD THERE FACING THE GRINNING FACE STROKING THE POLISHED CHEEKS WITH BESEECHING FINGERS THE PRIESTS SANK TO THE FLOOR BENDING THEMSELVES IN MOCKERY OF THE IMAGE b1794502-b53d-499f-a8eb-4c03ef47fecb 188 ACROSS THE HALL THE STORY GIRL WAS TELLING FELICITY AND CECILY THE OLD OLD TALE OF ARGIVE HELEN AND EVIL HEARTED PARIS BUT THAT'S A BAD STORY SAID FELICITY WHEN THE TALE END ENDED SHE LEFT HER HUSBAND AND RAN AWAY WITH ANOTHER MAN 599deafe-c760-4cf1-9b0a-7c35df05248a 32 HER BEST SET IS STILL COMPLETE AUNT OLIVIA HAS IT YOU MUST GET HER TO SHOW IT TO YOU ee847a1a-0b83-4308-8fee-4bed60d53810 2317 THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION IN FARMER'S BRAIN THIS WAS TOO MUCH GARF HAD GONE TOO FAR THE BLURLY EDITOR PLUNGED ACROSS THE DESK SWINGING A FIST 863decf0-8a88-46a9-b613-bf054a82c414 103 FOUR GIRLS OH YES SARA RAY FELICITY MENTIONED HER WHAT IS SHE LIKE WHERE DOES SHE LIVE THE LATCH OF THE GATE CLICKED UNDER THE STORY GIRL'S HAND AND THE NEXT MOMENT WE WERE IN THE KING ORCHARD cf839c8c-ffa5-45ee-8268-bf9ece0b69c6 2182 HIS KNEES SHOOK AND PERSPIRATION CRAWLED COLD ON HIS FACE BUT HE MANAGED TO HAUL JENIFER UP WITH HIM COME OUT OF IT WILL YOU HE YELLED UNGALLANTLY IN HER EAR IF A THING LIKE THAT IS LOOSE ON THE ISLAND WE'VE GOT TO GET HELP 43aed5b6-f4aa-4fd2-815a-27190d5428ce 103 HE SEEMED TO BE A CAT WITH A TOLERABLY GOOD OPINION OF HIMSELF AND HIS RESPONSE TO OUR ADVANCES WAS SLIGHTLY TINGED WITH CONDESCENSION THIS ISN'T TOPSY IS IT I ASKED I KNEW AT ONCE THAT THE QUESTION WAS A FOOLISH ONE TOPSY THE CAT OF WHICH FATHER HAD TALKED HAD FLOURISHED THIRTY YEARS BEFORE AND ALL HER NINE LIVES COULD SCARCELY HAVE LASTED SO LONG 3244244d-c28e-4aee-8a41-42c674807932 103 BUT IT WAS ALWAYS KNOWN BY THE NAME OF THE PERSON FOR WHOM OR BY WHOM IT WAS PLANTED AND FELIX AND I KNEW AS MUCH ABOUT AUNT FELICITY'S PEARS AND AUNT JULIA'S CHERRIES AND UNCLE ALEC'S APPLES AND THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT'S PLUMS AS IF WE HAD BEEN BORN AND BRED AMONG THEM 22d6d61f-722d-4c03-9cc2-e23c68084a0b 2182 ATAVISTIC AGREED CHAFFY FOUR THEY COULD EVEN LIE TO EACH OTHER BUT THEIR DILEMMA REMAINED bc8b9be4-c735-4886-8c92-96ac20dfc258 2286 INSTANT YAWNED AND POURED HIMSELF A GLASS OF WATER FROM THE DISPENSER UNIT ABOVE THE BED JUST BECAUSE I HAD THE SPECIAL CALL DOESN'T MEAN I AM THE SPECIAL CALL HE SAID MOISTLY WHILE HE DRAINED THE GLASS I HAVE TO SLEEP SOME TIME MY SCREEN IS ONLY OPEN FOR EMERGENCY CALLS NOT FOR EVERY AGENT WHO NEEDS HIS HAND HELD 8509d864-16de-45e5-ac18-e401e503de13 2312 GAVE ME THE SLIP WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT WELL I'LL DO IT TOO I'M TOO WORN OUT FOR ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE YOU DO MANOEL JUST A COUPLE OF LAST QUESTIONS MAKE THEM REEL FAST THEN I'M ON MY WAY ac12767e-076e-4b03-823a-756a73cad79b 413 IT CAN'T BE MUCH WORSE THAN DYING I SUPPOSE SAID FELIX GRASPING AT ANY STRAW OF COMFORT I'M AWFULLY GLAD I'VE GOT INTO THE HABIT OF GOING TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS SUMMER SAID PETER VERY SOBERLY I WISH I'D MADE UP MY MIND BEFORE THIS WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST 2fe1d358-15aa-4c8d-87f7-2b08fc8d56f0 198 THE STORY GIRL KISSED HER FINGERTIPS TO HIM WITH THE DELIGHTFUL AUDACITY WHICH WAS A PART OF HER AND THE AWKWARD MAN PLUCKED OFF HIS HAT AND SWEPT HER A STATELY AND GRACEFUL BOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CALL HIM THE AWKWARD MAN SAID CECILY WHEN HE WAS OUT OF EAR SHOT cb301c33-0c8d-4b0c-ad71-35d3a8d3c3c1 1867 THERE WAS A NOSE AND TAIL RADAR IN THE EYE AND I FED THEIR SIGNALS INTO A SCOPE AS AN AMPLITUDE CURVE 901ed853-e3d0-4fd5-91a9-082538ee7245 14 AND WE NEVER HAD TO TURN HIS SPECIES INSIDE OUT TO DISCOVER THEIR MEANING THE SOCIAL LIFE OF JUVENILE CARLYLE CENTERED IN THE DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS df8f10cc-e981-434a-b12e-536cbd81ca77 242 HER EYES WERE DARK AND SOFT HER FOOT WAS AS LIGHT AS A BREEZE AND HER VOICE SOUNDED LIKE A BROOK IN THE WOODS OR THE WIND THAT COMES OVER THE HILLS AT NIGHT a6770561-6193-494a-a9ad-3b95603767c1 2425 FIRST OF ALL I INSISTED TELL ME WHERE WE ARE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US DO YOU KNOW WHERE ARE WE SURELY LOOKING AT IT IN ONE WAY WE'RE LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY LABORATORY 1ff52563-560a-4951-a157-c9353006d6c0 2368 AND SUPPOSE YOU HAVEN'T THEN YOU CAN'T TRANSMIT A THING TO HIM YOU'RE TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE REMEMBER AND THE FIRE'S STARTED WHAT GOODS YOU'D TELEPATHY HE SIGHED ONCE DEEPLY THIS WAS WHAT A HERO CAME TO AND TOLD HIMSELF THIS WAS THE END OF HEROICS AND PLAYING A LONE HAND 5a3c4145-a8eb-4c47-88fd-923e01919d1d 451 IT WAS PERMISSIBLE FOR HIRED BOYS TO GO TO PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEN NOT HELD IN THE CHURCH WITH BARE FEET AND NO PARTICULAR DISGRACE ATTACHED TO IT BUT FELICITY WOULD NOT WALK WITH A BAREFOOTED COMPANION IT WAS DARK NOW SO NOBODY WOULD NOTICE HIS FEET 9d2db116-6b7f-4487-8f5c-561271df9cde 2286 BUT IF THE LEGS WERE THIN THE VOICE WAS MORE THAN FULL ENOUGH TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE TALK BLESS YOU DECORES TALK HE ROARED WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE ABOUT A BARRESHIP WHO'S BUILDING IT I HAD MY NAIL FAR OUT AND WAS TOUCHING UP A CUTICLE HOLDING IT OUT FOR INSPECTION BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING 2e142925-0e15-4f6f-8dbb-6d3ba900c62d 2317 YOU THE INTELLIGENT ONE HE SAID THE QUOTES AROUND INTELLIGENT WERE CLEAR IN HIS INTONATION EXPLAIN THIS TO ME IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT REACTIVATED THE GATE BUT WHOEVER MADE IT DID A SCREW BALL JOB e1409ce2-d45a-4345-874b-4b0c7fbf7f31 2425 WELL I FINALLY DECIDED THAT MY GUN DID ANYTHING BUT FRIGHTEN THEM THEY WERE ANGRY WHEN I REFUSED TO DO ANY MORE SLAUGHTERING AND LED ME HERE 1b4e58b7-99ba-4bf0-a606-ac1a8675bcc2 2425 SOME WORK I'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS INDICATES THAT THERE IS A FORM OF LIFE ABOUT US ALL AROUND US WHICH IS IMPERCEPTIBLE TO OUR SENSES WHICH DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST dc260653-3e6e-4135-ab9a-7d6168299e11 413 IT WAS FINALLY DECIDED THAT DAN AND FELIX SHOULD GO I WANTED TO GO ALSO BUT THE GIRLS PROTESTED YOU MUST STAY AND KEEP US CHEERED UP IMPLORED FELICITY d873fd1b-95fe-4651-8c1a-841e20b68dcd 402 TALL AND STRAIGHT WAS HE AS A YOUNG PINE AND HIS LONG HAIR WAS THE COLOUR OF RIPE WHEAT IN THE SUN AND HIS BLUE EYES WERE LIKE THE NORTHLAND HEAVENS ON A STARRY NIGHT 768e5aac-cd0d-4668-9828-cc9c66dbeb16 2425 GOOD KID SAID VIC AND I PRESSED HER HAND AS COMFORTABLY AS I COULD WE TURNED A BEND IN THE LONG RAMP WE HAD BEEN CLIMBING AND CAME OUT UPON THE VAST LEVEL TOP OF THE BUILDING eb36721b-0dde-4c55-a136-808ce38a24dc 242 AFTER THAT NO MORAL FORCE ON EARTH COULD HAVE PREVENTED FELIX FROM FIGHTING HE WOULD HAVE FACED AN ARMY WITH BANNERS 377f2534-2fda-43c4-bddb-638abc8410ed 2274 ANY TOUCHY PLANETS OUR SPIES REPORT WE DIVERT THE FILES THEN WHAT a6cca703-4a9c-4479-aaf2-e3fc42ff547a 2286 THE DRIVE ON THE BATTLESHIP AS WELL AS CONTROLS AND PRIMARY ARMAMENT HAD BEEN STOOD WEEKS BEFORE I SHOWED UP MUCH OF THE SUBSIDIARY WORK REMAINED TO BE DONE WHEN THE SHIP HAD LEFT 7de7063a-5c70-447b-9734-2ad052593847 451 FELICITY AND CECILY WERE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARDS ALL MEN THE STORY GIRL WALKED UPRIGHTLY LIKE INCARNATE FLAME IN HER CRIMSON SILK 26b91d69-9761-4baa-8182-dff5552c785e 2286 THEIR SUBJECT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR BATTLE SHIP THE ROBERT SAID COLDLY ALL HIS STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SHIP WERE TRUE NOW IT'S MY TURN FOR THE GAPING AND I POPMY ACT WHILE FERREO PULLED HIMSELF TOGETHER HE HAD NO IDEA I WASN'T INTEREST IN HIS OTHER HANKEY PANKY BUT COULD TELL THAT I HAD A LOW BLOW 97007ee5-2cb2-444d-a5da-dca6c8c14c59 14 HAVE YOU GOT A CENT FOR COLLECTION DEMANDED FELICITY I'VE GOT A YANKEE CENT I SUPPOSE IT WILL DO WON'T IT FELICITY FROWNED AT HIM AND THE STORY GIRL TOUCHED HER WITH HER SLIPPERED FOOT TO REMIND HIM THAT HE MUST NOT TALK IN CHURCH 64ec4ab9-4034-4be2-be88-84d8c3e47517 2312 HE CAN'T BE MAN WELL SAID THE BIG POLICEMAN AND THE LITTLE POLICEMAN MAYBE NOT THEN THE DWARF CONCEDED I THOUGHT I WAS BUT I WASN'T SURE e8e3bc90-ecda-42d7-9f7b-a5edcadb3f46 14 I CAN EASILY PROVE IT BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS HE SAID BUT YOU MUST GO WITH ME TO MY KINGDOM FOR THE PROOF 18d7678f-4a20-4411-9f9e-201c284796de 2182 BETWEEN THEM THEY WEDGED THE BUNK AGAINST THE DOOR AND HELD IT IN PLACE THEN THEY STOOD LOOKING PALELY AT EACH OTHER AND WAITING FOR THE NEXT ATTACK HE HAD NOT VOCALIZED SINCE FLEDGLING DAYS AND HIS VOICE HAD A JARRING CROAK OF DISUSE 74ff8a65-1f72-472f-87d1-1806b8490dc6 14 PETER STIFFENED UP AND SAT AT ATTENTION DURING THE SERVICE NOBODY COULD HAVE BEHAVED BETTER BUT WHEN THE SERMON WAS OVER AND THE COLLECTION WAS BEING TAKEN UP HE MADE THE SENSATION WHICH HIS ENTRANCE HAD NOT PRODUCED eec128f0-5842-42d7-9b17-f0472b68dc12 2312 ONE ELSE NO MANOEL NO ONLY THE PEOPLE NO TROUBLE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL NOW I HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE TOO CLOSE A THING THAT SIZE COULDN'T CRACK A WALNUT 19d16938-6a40-4a6f-a755-8b6c596d46a7 2317 RIGHT NOW HE WAS ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF HOW RIDICULOUS IT MUST LOOK FOR HIM TO BE MAKING LOVE TO AN OCCUPUS BUT HE WAS EVEN MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE VERY REAL PAINS OF UNREQUITTED LOVE e882bdbd-f8f4-407f-a1f4-55bd4502601f 2137 INSTANTLY BRANDON'S EYES WERE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THE TAIL PIPE TEMPERATURE SEEMED ALL RIGHT IT COULD BE A FALSE INDICATION 48e321d2-c7d0-45c9-814b-da1731842224 14 I'LL FORGIVE YOU SHE SAID GRACIOUSLY FELIX AND I FELT THAT IT WOULD REALLY BE WORTH WHILE TO OFFEND HER JUST TO BE FORGIVEN IN SUCH AN ADORABLE VOICE PETER EAGERLY GRASPED HER HAND 97cf81b5-b3f2-42aa-a961-eb9e7db0f7a8 402 WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER MARGARET'S FATHER AND MOTHER FORGAVE HER AND SHE WENT BACK HOME TO WAIT TO WAIT 6650dca1-0bb4-4a09-813a-b05b96935d9b 2312 AND WONDERINGLY MARSHALL DID I WANT THE LIST THAT WAS STOLEN DON'T GAPE GET IT WHAT LIST DON'T STALL DON'T STUTTER GIVE ME OUR TAX LIST THAT WAS STOLEN IT ISN'T WORDS THAT I WANT FROM YOU e8bff962-a8a7-4e65-83b3-5ef20281bb7c 2182 THERE WAS A SOUND OF STEALTHY MOVEMENT OUTSIDE THE CABIN AND HE FLICKED SWEAT OUT OF HIS EYES WITH A HAND THAT SHOOK E I FOR GOD'S SAKE COME IN I'M IN TROUBLE HERE THE IMAGE ON HIS THREE INCH SCREEN WAS NOT CONSEIL SEDTERFIELD'S BUT THE STARTLED CONSOLATE OPERATORS TROUBLE 662c4da4-28cc-405b-afda-4076d57b94d2 103 ABRAHAM KING SMILED AND BEING A MAN OF FEW WORDS SAID NOTHING BUT IN HIS MIND HE HAD A VISION OF THE YEARS TO BE AND IN THAT VISION HE SAW NOT RIPPLING ACRES OF HARVEST GOLD BUT GREAT LEAFY AVENUES OF WIDE SPREADING TREES LADEN WITH FRUIT TO GLADDEN THE EYES OF CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN YET UNBORN IT WAS A VISION TO DEVELOP SLOWLY INTO FULFILMENT b576e603-25fc-4bc1-ab66-d9c0c49e2229 402 MANY A PRINCESS RODE BY US ON HER PALFREY MANY A SWAGGERING GALLANT RUFFLED IT BRAVELY IN VELVET AND PLUME ADOWN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK MANY A STATELY LADY SILKEN CLAD WALKED IN THAT OPULENT ORCHARD 641e98f9-36fa-4281-b039-f58887e4cb83 451 JUST THINK HOW MANY NEW STORIES I'D HAVE TO TELL AFTER I'D HEARD HIM NO I MUST GO BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO I'LL WEAR MY SCHOOL DRESS AND HAT THAT WILL BE PENANCE OH IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR A MINISTER TO SPEAK OF HIM BUT IT ISN'T NICE FOR LITTLE GIRLS 1d1de2e7-7637-4c18-aba7-3e5511a19124 2317 HAVING DECIDED ALL THIS FARMER WENT BACK OVER THE TERRITORY TO SEE IF HE COULD FIND ANY FLAWS IN IT OR ANY OTHER WAY OUT IT STILL MADE SENSE HE ADDED A DECISION TO GET THE BOAT BACK TO SHORE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE HE APPROACHED THE ENGINE 974a8457-ab7a-4cb8-a9db-f8d464ad7f06 2108 PERHAPS IF WE GO NEARER WE SHALL FIND OUT WHETHER ANYBODY LIVES THERE OR NOT SUGGESTED LU LOOKS TO ME AS IF NOBODY LIVED THERE 5fcc1bb7-2157-4905-a07b-ec7face03b7e 2286 BEING BUILT NOW IN THE NAVAL SHIPYARD AT EUDORIDER WE'RE ALMOST READY TO GO THERE NOW AS SOON AS THIS BATCH OF INSTRUCTIONS GOES OUT CAPTAIN STAIN DROPPED THE RELEASES ON TO THE TABLE THEN CAREFULLY WIPED HIS HANDS OFF TO REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE INFECTION c58bdab2-8dca-407a-b1b2-c938a6a6d6d6 413 PETER RESOLVED TO STAY ALL NIGHT WITH US TOO NOT TROUBLING HIMSELF BY ANYBODY'S PERMISSION IT'S JUST AS LIKELY TO BE GOOD NEWS HE IS RUNNING FOR IS BAD SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WAS NO BELIEVER IN MEETING TROUBLE HALF WAY 96c5aef3-39f4-4709-98d9-401254fc233f 413 WE WERE ONLY CHILDREN BE IT REMEMBERED WITH A VERY FIRM AND SIMPLE FAITH THAT GROWN PEOPLE KNEW MUCH MORE THAN WE DID AND A ROOTED CONVICTION THAT WHATEVER YOU READ IN A NEWSPAPER MUST BE TRUE IF THE DAILY ENTERPRISE SAID THAT AUGUST TWELFTH WAS TO BE THE JUDGMENT DAY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET AROUND IT ce3d7b2f-de10-436b-8f4e-2d396a12095a 198 WELL HERE'S THE KEY GO AND SEE FOR YOURSELF SAID PETER FELICITY HAD NO INTENTION OF GOING AND SEEING I THINK YOU BOYS OUGHT TO GO SHE SAID RETREATING BEHIND THE DEFENCE OF SEX c87a77d0-8d89-41bc-ae8a-a75ff99aca4d 2317 THEN SHE THREW BACK HER HEAD AND LAUGHED A MERRY LAUGH LISTEN FRIENDS SHE SAID AT LAST 378ae756-70bc-4349-a574-7618e331e1ac 1867 MARK THREE THE OLD MAN REPEATED PRACTICALLY CHARTELING I NEVER HEARD OF IT EITHER UNTIL RECORDS DUG UP THE SPECKS THEY FOUND THEM BURIED IN THE BACK OF THE OLDEST WAREHOUSE THIS WAS THE EARLIEST TYPE OF BEACON EVER BUILT BY EARTH NO LESS 6fcedb0f-77cc-494a-9946-15a24f0bcfd5 2108 AND AFTER A TIME THE GIANTESS CAME FROM HER BEDROOM WEARING ANOTHER DRESS THAT WAS QUITE AS ELABORATE AS THE ONE IN WHICH SHE HAD BEEN ATTIRED IN THE EVENING BEFORE AND ALSO WEARING THE PRETTY LACE APRON 1c4c15bf-81db-4583-9462-88009dbf8f3f 451 I'M GOING TO PUT TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK IN MY MISSIONARY BOX THAN I'VE BEEN DOING SAID CECILY DETERMINEDLY beb24b54-1776-4bb3-af33-7ed4df1c69b1 2317 THE DETAILS RESOLVED AS FARMER STARED AT HIM THE ODDNESS ABOUT THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS BECAME FINNY CREST AND WHAT LOOKED AT FIRST LIKE A RED SKIN TIGHT COSTUME BECAME A SCALY HEIGHT FARMER REALIZED WITH A SHOCK THAT THE CREATURE WASN'T WEARING ANYTHING c44fafbd-d27f-42e8-80e8-a876a4ad9862 2425 BELOW ME HEMMING ME IN WERE THE GUARDS A TRIPLE RING OF THEM THROUGH WHICH I KNEW I COULD NOT ESCAPE BEHIND ME FOR I WAS FACING THE MULTITUDE WAS THE HIDEOUS GRINNING FACE OF THE IDOL THE PRIESTS BOWED A SECOND TIME 1dc406ca-5a4d-4542-93e9-93e2d3a74c9a 14 FELICITY STARTED OFF INDIGNANTLY AND WE FOLLOWED PICKING UP SARA RAY AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL bde47f0f-3e8c-4f11-befd-991cdb6a6407 188 ANYWAY IT WAS A VERY PRETTY GIRL BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING OF ALL WAS THAT A WOMAN'S DRESS WAS HANGING OVER A CHAIR BY THE TABLE MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS IT NEVER BELONGED TO JASPER DALE'S MOTHER FOR SHE THOUGHT IT A SIN TO WEAR ANYTHING BUT PRINT AND DRUGGET AND THIS DRESS WAS OF PALE BLUE SILK 49626d38-41ec-4dfc-9d75-f9013314d3ce 402 PRESENTLY THE STORY GIRL WHO HAD BEEN STANDING UP LEANING AGAINST A TALL FIR SLIPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND IN A HUDDLED FASHION AND BROKE INTO A VERY PASSION OF WEEPING I HAD NEVER HEARD ANY ONE CRY SO WITH DREADFUL RENDING SONGS 5d796a3f-191e-4337-8382-dea765f15964 2286 THE SUIT WAS ON AND I KEPT THE RUNNING CHATTER UP THROUGH THE MIKE IN THE HELMET RELATING TO THE SHIP'S TRANSMITTER THE SCENE IN THE MONITOR RECEIVER CHANGED YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT A HYDROGEN BOMB THAT IS PRIMED AND AWARE OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD HOLDING OUR SHIPS TOGETHER IT WILL OF COURSE GO OFF IF YOU TRY TO PULL AWAY 7dfdaa75-d49f-4771-b054-37e7ef54380e 242 HER POTENT VOICE MADE ME FEEL THAT I WAS QUITE A HERO AFTER ALL AND THE STING WENT OUT OF MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT OLD FIGHT WHEN WE ARRIVED BEHIND THE GRANARY THE OTHERS WERE ALL THERE CECILY WAS VERY PALE AND FELIX AND PETER WERE TAKING OFF THEIR COATS c9216a41-ed39-4b66-8f0e-84777f20e43e 1867 I CURSED AND WHEELED THE EYE IN CIRCLES SCANNING THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY IT WAS FLAT MARSHY BOTTOM LAND WITHOUT A BUMP I PULLED THE EYE STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY AND THREW IN THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THAT WOULD RETURN IT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE SHIP a54b9a7f-bf7c-488b-9633-93207b9355b0 2368 I MUST BE SLOW YOU MEAN I MEAN WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU CLARTON THOUGHT AND ONE MORE THING YONUS YES THE DAUGHTER CURRETON THOUGHT I HAVE SEEN HER IN YOUR MIND IGNORE THE WENCH IS SHE WORTH WHAT YOUR TASK IS WORTH c76e8d6c-9bef-4c76-8cd5-ae4672cfbf6b 198 THERE HIS HEAD PILLOWED HARDLY ON UNCLE ROGER'S BOOTS LADY JIMMIE PATTERSON STILL SOUND ASLEEP WELL I'LL BE JIGGERED SAID UNCLE ROGER I KNEW HE NEVER WENT OUT OF THE DOOR CRIED DAN TRIUMPHANTLY 8fee8f26-94a8-4d7d-9b38-e45ea26ba0d9 413 BUT HE SAID I MUST GO IN SOME HELPERY'S JUST THE SAME SAID PETER HE SAID IT MIGHT NOT BE THE JUDGMENT DAY TOMORROW THOUGH HE BELIEVED IT WAS I KNOW WE KEEP ME OUT OF MISCHIEF BUT I JUST CAN'T STAND IT BACK THERE ALONE SOME OF YOU FELLOWS MUST COME WITH ME I DON'T WANT YOU TO WORK BUT JUST FOR COMPANY eb6dfea8-2b7c-4aa5-967c-a798dd672df3 402 AS IT WAS NOT IN PETER TO BE A MALINGERER HE WAS LEFT IN PEACE WHILE WE PICKED APPLES ff5675d4-cb97-4f3b-96f4-08133eaca9cc 2286 ANY ONE WITH LESS SELF ESTEEM THAN MYSELF WHO HAD LED A MORE HONEST EARLY LIFE MIGHT HAVE DOUBTED HIS OWN REASONING AT THAT MOMENT 91da321a-240c-49ad-8a16-1d673a227598 32 AND WHILE SHE WAS WAITING THERE THINKING SUCH LOVELY THOUGHTS A NEIGHBOR'S BOY CAME RUNNING UP A BOY WHO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HER ROMANCE AND CRIED OUT THAT MALCOLM WARD HAD BEEN KILLED BY HIS GUN GOING OFF ACCIDENTALLY d1813eaf-61d1-4264-a002-f29fce988766 242 JUST AS MUCH NONSENSE AS PRAYING ABOUT THE BITTER APPLES IN THE FIRST PLACE OH DAN YOU DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS SOME GOOD IN PRAYING SAID CECILY REPROACHFULLY 2b3f7037-c48f-4560-a060-1b27f82aee43 2286 ROCKER COLLAPSED AWAY FROM MY ROAR AND GNAWED HIS EARS YES HE SAID NOT TOO LONG AGO I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME TROUBLE AND WHAT ELSE I INTERRUPTED HIM COLD MOISTURE WAS BEGINNING TO COLLECT ALONG MY SPINE NOW THE DRIVES THE CONTROLS ARE THEY IN TO WHY YES HE SAID HOW DID YOU KNOW THE NORMAL TREADY WAS CHANGED AROUND CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF UNNECESSARY TROUBLE 68f87789-c3ec-424e-9151-34b773bedfc6 242 SAID CECILY REPROACHFULLY YES I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME GOOD IN SOME KINDS OF PRAYING BUT NOT IN THAT KIND SAID DAN STURDILY THE ORDEAL OF BITTER APPLES I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND WHY FELIX TOOK PETER'S SUCCESS IN THE ORDEAL OF THE BITTER APPLES SO MUCH TO HEART 82f4ab3f-6e56-40f5-8a01-a2d07854cfcd 14 THERE WAS GREAT GRANDFATHER KING'S FLAT TOMBSTONE OF ROUGH ISLAND SANDSTONE SO OVERGROWN WITH IVY THAT WE COULD HARDLY READ ITS LENGTHY INSCRIPTION RECORDING HIS WHOLE HISTORY IN BRIEF AND FINISHING WITH EIGHT LINES OF ORIGINAL VERSE COMPOSED BY HIS WIDOW 369a0668-8dd7-4a97-887f-176cb3406c2c 2108 AIR EXCLAIMED WOOT STARING IN ASTONISHMENT INTO THE RABBIT'S BLUE EYES WHO EVER HEARD OF AIR SO SOLID THAT ONE CANNOT PUSH IT ASIDE bf26fbb4-8b79-461e-a4e8-8a12507e2f32 2312 SENT IT TO WASHINGTON YOU BUCK EYED BEEMOFF DO YOU REALIZE WHAT A TRICK THAT WILL BE YOU GRANDFATHER OF INANITIES IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO DESTROY YOU b624afa7-11f2-466e-8c82-6379707689c9 2368 YONAS TOOK A DEEP BREATH THERE WAS NO WAY TO BACK OUT NOW HEROISM LOOKED A LITTLE EMPTY THOUGH HE CLOSED HIS EYES CABBAGES HE SAID 077c17d8-bbb3-4043-9d42-e27eee7c427e 2137 ON THE TELETOKEY SCREEN BRIHNHARD ALONE IN THE RADIO ROOM WAS CALLING QUIETLY FOR BRAND THE BULKHEAD DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND TOWERS POKED HIS HEAD THROUGH KNOCK THAT OFF SAID TOWERS STERNLY AND TAKE YOUR LANDING STATION 2a6211df-a04e-4fa8-b8c8-7ee92c2e24a3 2317 IT WASN'T EVEN A RESPECTABLE ORDINARY LOOKING OCCUPANT TO BE ACRID IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CALLED A NONIPUS EACH OF THE NINE TINNACLES HAD A LOBSTERISH CLAW AT ITS TIP AND THERE WERE VARIOUS OTHER UNUSUAL APPENDAGES b2022ab3-73cf-428c-86a1-93bed9508ebb 198 I HAVE AN IDEA THAT A RASPBERRY PIE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN THE FOLKS COME HOME WOULD HIT THE RIGHT SPOT ACCORDINGLY AFTER TEA WE ALL SET OFF ARMED WITH JUGS AND CUPS c3490d6f-5f56-4f2c-bbbb-e483347fe225 1867 IF POSSIBLE THE SMILE WAS STILL WIDER NOW I SHOULD HAVE SAID A DUPLICATE OF YOUR CONTRACT LIKE THIS ONE HERE HE MADE A QUICK NOTE ON HIS SECRETARY PLATE I HAVE DEDUCTED THIRTEEN CREDITS FROM YOUR SALARY FOR THE COST OF THE DUPLICATE AS WELL AS A ONE HUNDRED CREDIT FINE FOR FIRING A SOLAR INSIDE A BUILDING f2dc372a-78b1-466d-bce8-63d5129450eb 2368 UNHAPPINESS SHE TOLD HERSELF WAS HER PORTION IN THIS LIFE IN THE LIFE ABOVE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT YONES HAD MET THE TYPE BEFORE AND WAS UNINTERESTED IN GOING FURTHER BUT ELSIE SHARP WAS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY SHE DID NOT SAY A WORD TO HIM COMING INTO THE HOUSE THAT EVENING A PACE BEHIND HER MOTHER LIKE AN OBEDIENT SLAVE e9f92f03-0818-4fcc-bcc9-3b6c40749b19 14 THE SOCIAL LIFE OF JUVENILE CARLYLE CENTERED IN THE DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS 717b3920-b0ca-41f1-936e-0cbff5c30c79 2368 WELL THEN THE OLD WOMAN SAID AND STARTED TO DRAW BACK JONAS GESTED LAZILY WITH ONE HAND WAIT HE SAID I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE YOUR HOUSE AWAY FROM YOU MADAM I AM ONLY HERE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION 3b82f78b-986a-46ce-a083-f0e5ca17b08d 2108 THE WITCH COMMANDED ME NEVER TO COME NEAR NIMMY ANNIE AGAIN BUT I TOLD HER I WAS MY OWN MASTER AND WOULD DO AS I PLEASED NOT REALIZING THAT THIS WAS A CARELESS WAY TO SPEAK TO A WITCH 5ee5bf37-2566-4aa4-a5e9-cf4ac8c5b3cf 2368 AS FOR THE PIETY CLARTON THOUGHT I LEAVE THAT TO THE PRIESTS AND THE WOMEN BUT WISDOM AND CAUTION ON MY TASK YUNUS AS THEY MUST BE YOURS 323d209a-4793-4f8c-9778-be07ed85774e 402 WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAID IN A VERY SOLEMN YET EXCITED TONE JERRY COWAN TOLD ME AT RECESS THIS AFTERNOON THAT HE HAD SEEN A PICTURE OF GOD THAT HE HAS IT AT HOME IN AN OLD RED COVERED HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND HAS LOOKED AT IT OFTEN 2a681059-66ed-4d7b-87f9-5b31f5a46d97 32 I DIDN'T TELL CECILY TO DRINK THE MILK AND THE CUCUMBER ALONE WOULDN'T HAVE HURT HER HE GRUMBLED I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW I DO IT SAID THE STORY GIRL PERPLEXEDLY IT JUST DOES ITSELF 7067be1d-d3b0-445d-8abb-9336c4291c38 2274 O K TELL THEM WE'LL COMPLY ONE MORE THING STET WHAT NOW 564c8f67-b8fc-47f7-af20-9c030ccf0bc3 32 IT'S SO PRETTY WITH RED BERRIES ALL OVER IT AND THE FUNNIEST LITTLE POT BELLIED CREAM JUG AUNT OLIVIA NEVER USES IT EXCEPT ON A FAMILY ANNIVERSARY 183f194c-d04f-4fbe-a726-a8c463d418ee 413 HE WOULDN'T BE RUNNING SO FAST FOR GOOD NEWS SAID DAD CYNICALLY WE WERE NOT LEFT LONG IN DOUBT THE AUTCHA GOAT FLEW OPEN AND FELIX WAS AMONG US ONE GLIMPSE OF HIS FACE TOLD US THAT HE WAS NO BEARER OF GLAD TIDINGS HE HAD BEEN RUNNING HARD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RUBICUND d3721d0d-a9c3-4df0-a536-870705f2844f 2425 NOW WHAT I WHISPERED TO VIC I DON'T KNOW THAT CHAP WITH THE BIG STONE AT HIS THROAT SEEMS TO BE THE HEADMAN OF THE CITY I THINK HIS NAME IS E PAY THE OTHERS SEEM TO CALL HIM THAT MAYBE IT'S JUST THE TITLE BUT WHAT THEY'RE UP TO NOW I CAN'T EVEN GUESS KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR A CHANCE TO GET AWAY THOUGH a04f7187-e452-4307-9c18-99f2c5c2d639 2317 NOW FARMER WASN'T MUCH OF AN EDITOR EVEN AS EDITORS GO THE ONE USEFUL QUALITY HE HAD WAS A HOME STUNNED INGRATIATING AIR WHICH PUT NERVOUS YOUNG GENIUSES AT THEIR EASE SO THAT THEY COULD GIVE A REASONABLE COHERENT VERBAL PICTURE OF WHAT THEIR BOOKS WERE ABOUT 08875427-0426-46d3-ac11-5cfd71c18961 2317 RAY TURNED ON HIM WITH A LOOK THAT WOULD HAVE SEARED THE SPHINX THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MACHINE HE SAID ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE SHOUTING THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TELEVISION THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WIRING 7da67372-cfd9-4e39-830f-1bfdccdc2c87 1867 THERE WERE A FEW MINUTES WHILE THE WATER BEGAN TO GURGLE DOWN THROUGH THE DRY PIPE THEN A ROAR CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE PYRAMID THAT MUST HAVE SHAKEN ITS STONE WALLS SHAKING MY HANDS OVER MY HEAD I WENT DOWN FOR THE EYE BURNING CEREMONY THE BLIND LIZARDS WERE WAITING FOR ME BY THE DOOR AND LOOKED EVEN UNHAPPIER THAN USUAL fc63fd9b-b610-4300-a97e-5d9f6851d191 2368 A STRANGER KENUF SAID WHO ENTERS A SMALL CITY IS SEEN AT MYSTERIOUS UNDERTAKINGS PLUCKS WORDS OUT OF THE CENTRE OF A MAN'S MIND WHY THE PICTURE IS A CLASSIC ONE DELRIO HIMSELF HOLSINGER OR ANY OF THE OTHERS COULD NOT DESCRIBE A BETTER fb80c01c-86a4-4cf3-84c0-5aff4cec8755 2108 WHEN I EXPLAINED THIS TO GINGER THE GIRL AT ONCE PAINTED A STRAW STACK WHICH WAS SO NATURAL THAT I WENT TO IT AND SECURED ENOUGH STRAW TO FILL ALL MY BODY IT WAS A GOOD QUALITY OF STRAW TOO AND LASTED ME A LONG TIME 29beec1d-30d2-4f52-81ef-b795e733ab8c 402 IN ODIN'S BAND WAS A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN NAMED ALIN SHE WAS AS FAIR AND DELICATE AS A YOUNG BIRCH TREE IN THE SPRING AMONG DARK OLD PINES AND FIRS AND VING LOVED HER WITH ALL HIS HEART 973677c2-9148-41df-bd70-8ceac3c1169d 2286 ANGELINA ASKED HER EYES WERE OPEN NOW 29dd101f-61c8-4017-b09a-c4a2995f7467 2137 A CLOUD OF POWDERY DUST SETTLED OVER HIS LEGS THE LIGHTNESS IN HIS HEAD TOLD HIM THAT HIS OXYSM WAS RUNNING OUT THE WEAKNESS IN HIS MUSCLES REMINDED HIM THAT IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE HE HAD WALKED IN THE PLANET'S GRAVITY 290da7af-ff35-46a1-af4e-302e6761eeec 188 NEIL WENT ON TASTING AND THAT SLY DONALD SAT THERE WITH A SOBER FACE BUT LAUGHING EYES AND COAXED HIM ON AT LAST NEIL'S HEAD FELL FORWARD ON HIS BREAST AND HE WAS SOUND ASLEEP 1aed4b21-b34d-4794-be5a-c9f63b83b68b 32 THAT WAS AN UNCANNY EXHIBITION FOR A GIRL OF FOURTEEN YOU KNOW ROGER SAID AUNT OLIVIA MUSINGLY WHAT IS IN STORE FOR THAT CHILD 91137d1f-e8f5-4e24-8d68-a053f179564b 2286 WHEN THE ALARM BLEW OFF ALL I FELT WAS AN INTENSE SENSATION OF RELIEF I MIGHT BE DEAD AND BLASTED TO DUST IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES BUT THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE ea5ac453-e286-4971-ba90-b4d4d18027bb 188 I'LL GIVE HER THAT SPONGE CAKE I MADE THIS MORNING SAID FELICITY I GUESS SHE DOESN'T GET SPONGE CAKE VERY OFTEN I'VE NOTHING BUT THE RHEUMATISM RING I GOT AS A PREMIUM FOR SELLING NEEDLES LAST WINTER SAID PETER I'LL GIVE HER THAT EVEN IF SHE HASN'T GOT RHEUMATISM IT'S A REAL HANDSOME RING IT LOOKS LIKE SOLID GOLD bb8a4864-f5cd-4b7e-bdac-07abdab93231 242 PETER AND FELIX WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY WORSE FRIENDS AFTER IT THEY'D HAVE BEEN BETTER FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THE PRAYING QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED NOW IT CAN'T BE UNLESS FELICITY CAN COAX PETER TO GIVE UP PRAYING AGAINST FELIX 69fe8dfd-840f-42af-8e37-2b996f4c6efe 14 WE WERE OUT IN UNCLE ROGER'S HILL PASTURE SITTING ON SOME SMOOTH ROUND STONES UNDER A CLUMP OF BIRCHES BEHIND US WAS AN OLD GRAY FENCE WITH VIOLETS AND DANDELIONS THICK IN ITS CORNERS BELOW US WAS THE CARLISLE VALLEY WITH ITS ORCHARD EMBOWERED HOMESTEADS AND FERTILE MEADOWS d0ca93b0-b389-40fa-b18e-832f0286e2a0 2317 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN CLOSE UP THE GATE OURSELVES OR IF THIS NEEDS TO BE REPORTED AND THEN LET'S GO HOME ee8f9274-7402-4dbb-bc5e-a9d3ba5c7488 188 I WANT IT FOR ONE OF MY WOOD NYMPHS SAID PAN AND I MUST HAVE IT HE ADVANCED THREATENINGLY BUT AGLEIA RAN AS HARD AS SHE COULD UP THE MOUNTAIN IF SHE COULD ONLY REACH GLECON SHE WOULD PROTECT HER PAN FOLLOWED HER CLATTERING AND BELLOWING TERRIBLY BUT IN A FEW MINUTES SHE RUSHED INTO GLAUCON'S ARMS 8b2dbf17-72b7-4b5e-8113-ce1d9837d61f 2286 HE HAD WANTED A BATTLESHIP AND HE HAD GOT HIMSELF A BATTLESHIP WHICH MEANT HE HAD MORE IN MIND THAN JUST SIMPLE PIRACY WHAT dd0e4bb1-577c-40a8-91fe-6633c25d7bf2 14 SARA RAY HAVING TURNED IN AT HER OWN GATE I RAN AHEAD TO JOIN THE STORY GIRL AND WE WALKED UP THE HILL TOGETHER SHE HAD RECOVERED HER CALMNESS OF MIND BUT SHE MADE NO REFERENCE TO PETER 8945a2c6-b445-4786-a1d0-8d040e08d862 451 THEY WERE SLENDER AND SHAPELY AND SATIN SMOOTH WITH ARCHED IN STEPS THE DAINTIEST OF TOES AND NAILS LIKE PINK SHELLS WE WERE ALL IN THE HAYLOFT THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN TELLING US TALE OF OLD UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS AND BATTLES LONG AGO bd25fd5b-1b48-4c2c-aa57-f21d661d3e34 2182 NO PROGRESS JEFF REPORTED EXCEPT THAT THE FEW ISLANDERS I'VE MET SEEMED TO BE ACCEPTING ME AT LAST f2ecb6be-d9f7-4a61-b6b0-bc2f8e51546f 2286 FUEL HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF FIRST THE GUTTED HULL OF OCKITT'S DREAM WAS SILENT WITNESS TO THAT THERE WERE COUNTLESS PLANETS THAT COULD BE USED AS A BASE GETTING A CREW WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT IN THESE PEACE TIMES THOUGH I COULD THINK OF A FEW ANSWERS TO THAT ONE TOO b04b3f91-a8ec-40f4-af9d-a42986a81ab7 2368 THAT DONE YOUR PENALTY WILL BE EXACTED AND THE PENALTY OF COURSE WILL BE DEATH DEATH AT THE STAKE HE FORCED HIMSELF TO REMAIN CALM NOW WAS THE TIME FOR HIS PLAY HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND FELT THE STRENGTH IN HIM GATHER TO A SINGLE POINT AND FLOW OUTWARD 23118e47-0906-4d2a-8fca-be63f64c3ed9 2108 IF POLYCHROME THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER WHO WAS A REAL FAIRY HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED IN SLAVE BY THIS HUGE WOMAN THAT CLAIMED TO BE A YUKEO WHAT WAS LIABLE TO HAPPEN TO THEM 38e4f4db-3563-4e69-b046-b72534c5acb7 2182 AS IT WAS THEY HAD BARELY TIME TO TELEPPORT THEMSELVES TO THE AFTER HOLD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM IMMEDIATE DANGER AND TO CONSIDER THE ISSUE WHILE THE ZID LUNGED ABOUT THE SHIP IN SEARCH OF THEM WITH MALIGNANT CRIES AND A GREAT SHRIEKING OF CLAWS ON METAL 9b3fc7ee-a181-4c1c-96c6-dfab1c0ce786 1867 THE SUMMIT OF THE STONE PILE WAS NOW COVERED WITH LIZARDS OF SOME TYPE APPARENTLY THE LOCAL LIFE FORM AND I HAD TO WALK INTO THE MIDDLE OF THAT MESS AND REPAIR THE THING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY ENOUGH IF WE WERE ALLOWED A LITTLE MAYHAM 89b74247-23b2-4754-9840-56605a57353b 451 WHAT A LOVELY STORY SIGHED SARA RAY WHO HAD BEEN WOOED A TEMPORARY FORGETFULNESS OF HER WOES BY ITS CHARM THE REST OF US CAME BACK TO EARTH FEELING THAT WE HAD BEEN WANDERING AMONG THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN 50602047-01b7-409a-b36d-281b3614f294 14 THE PROUD PRINCESS HELD HERSELF MORE PROUDLY THAN EVER BUT SHE WAS AS WHITE AS HER VEIL AND THERE WAS NO LAUGHTER OR MERRYMAKING SUCH AS SHOULD BE AT A WEDDING AND EVERY ONE LOOKED AT EVERY ONE ELSE WITH FEAR IN HIS EYES ad87da36-0b60-4abb-8a38-c627c6871a64 32 NEXT TO HER SITS FELICITY BEAUTIFUL AND CONSCIOUS THAT SHE IS BEAUTIFUL WITH HER HAIR OF SPUN SUNSHINE AND SEA BLUE EYES AND ALL THE ROSES OF THAT VANISHED SUMMER ABLOOM IN HER CHEEKS f2441e1b-5a2d-4b16-89df-628c2888b188 2425 AS MANY AS POSSIBLE WHEN I FOUND MYSELF HERE I WANDERED NEARLY TO THE CITY BEFORE I WAS MOLESTED WHEN THEY DID APPEAR AND TRIED TO LAY HANDS ON ME I WARNED THEM BACK AND FINALLY SHOT ONE OF THEM f261e64b-c820-4050-ac8f-ccb04c783f4e 198 UNCLE ROGER CAN LAUGH SAID CICELY WITH A QUIVER IN HER VOICE BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER TO BE SO SCARED I FEEL JUST SICK I WAS SO FRIGHTENED I WOULDN'T MIND IF HE'D LAUGH ONCE AND HAVE IT DONE WITH IT SAID FELICITY BITTERLY BUT HE'LL LAUGH AT US FOR A YEAR AND TELL THIS STORY TO EVERY SOUL THAT COMES TO THE PLACE 232ed912-74f0-4cd6-a2e0-a6b49e24f742 2274 YOU DON'T LIKE IT LOOK SAID ORAN THERE MUST BE ANOTHER WAY b4af4f4c-3d56-41a2-89a7-9f16dfcd0612 32 FELIX HAD A SIX SPELL SOON AFTER WE BEGAN OUR DREAM BOOKS AND AUNT JANET ESSAYED TO CURE HIM BY ADMINISTERING A DOSE OF LIVER PILLS WHICH ELDER FREWIN HAD ASSURED HER WERE A CURE ALL FOR EVERY DISEASE THE FLESH IS HEIR TO 6c770b73-e357-448b-9d1e-099aa5a60143 2108 AND WHATEVER OF WHOM EVER SHE WAS SHE HAD MANAGED TO KEEP OUT OF MY WAY 9930d7bc-e374-4fe1-9d4f-a5c8d1925388 2182 JENIFER WHO SAILED WITH HER UNCLE AND DID A CREWMAN'S WORK AS A MATTER OF COURSE WOULD DESPISE THE SIGHT OF HIM 28baca84-3fcf-4263-9c37-a9123edd45ed 2368 JONAS HAD HE THOUGHT REGRETFULLY FEW DUELS TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND HE HAD HAD EVEN FEWER TO LOOK BACK ON AND AS A MAID IS WON BY FAITH FIGURE AND DARING AND A WIFE BY RICHES POSITION OR PROSPECTS THERE WAS A NOTABLY PAUCITY OF LICEN LADIES IN JONAS'S CAREER 9342269c-bde4-4ae0-9b3f-6178978e29a5 32 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT FELIX WAS THIN SAID PETER LAUGHING HE DID LOOK SO QUEER HIS CLOTHES JUST HUNG LOOSE AND HE WAS GOING ROUND TRYING TO HOLD THEM ON db5dee94-21a6-4096-8201-b45f333aa5a9 188 SO WHEN BILLY CONFIDED TO ME UNDER SOLEMN PROMISE OF SECRECY THAT HE HAD SOME MAGIC SEED WHICH WOULD MAKE BOYS GROW AND WOULD SELL ME A BOX OF IT FOR JUST TEN CENTS I JUMPED AT THE OFFER BILLY WAS TALLER THAN ANY OF THE BOYS OUR AGE IN CARLISLE AND HE ASSURED ME IT ALL CAME FROM TAKING MAGIC SEED db51e001-c076-4fa7-8b6e-643b8389be5c 2425 I SAW THE PRIESTS CROUCH LOW AND MAKE THEIR FIRST BESEECHING BOW IN IMITATION OF THE BLACK GOD FRANTICALLY I LOOKED ABOUT ME SEEKING SOME AVENUE OF ESCAPE 360b5495-c167-4828-b6ba-52ee3b363779 32 NEITHER I DO SAID CECILY WITH A GRIMACE BUT PETER SAYS THEY'RE SPLENDID FOR DREAMING HE AT ONE THAT NIGHT HE HAD THE DREAM ABOUT BEING CAUGHT BY CANNIBALS I EAT THREE CUCUMBERS IF I COULD HAVE A DREAM LIKE THAT 7f9f6dd7-d7a5-4bcd-aaef-6eca74a5d4d9 2317 RAY AND FARMER SHOOK WITH HIM IN TURN HIS HAND WAS DAMP AND WEBBED BUT FELT FAIRLY HUMAN FOR ALL THAT HE ASKED HIS VOICE WAS SNEERING RAY FROWNED AND SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MASS APPEAL 089d5db9-92f4-424e-a576-16e2a7aa8a69 32 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT WE OPENED THE BLUE CHEST SAID THE STORY GIRL AND ALL THE THINGS WERE THERE THE BLUE CHINA CANDLESTICK ONLY IT WAS BRASS IN THE DREAM AND THE FRUIT BASKET WITH THE APPLE ON IT AND THE WEDDING DRESS AND THE EMBROIDERED PETTICOAT c090df10-46a8-4847-80d9-28cf5656bb59 2317 IT STILL MADE SENSE HE ADDED A DECISION TO GET THE BOAT BACK TO SHORE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE HE APPROACHED THE ENGINE AS HE DID SO THE ENGINE MELTED INTO A SOLID IRREGULAR LUMP OF METAL cdbd5d7a-f6f5-4619-840f-81a50d7b9a71 2368 HE SAID BRINGING YOU ALONG THE BALD MAN TOLD HIM THE BLACK HAIRED MAN NODDED VERY SLOWLY GURR HE SAID YONAS SIGHED AND WENT FORWARD TO MEET THE TWO BIG MEN LEAVING MISSUS SHARP SOBBING IN THE BACKGROUND dcc48dc5-6d4c-44a4-9f2d-d7db3e3a9f6a 2286 A CAB WAS SUMMONED A HOTEL SUGGESTED I NODDED AGREEMENT AND SETTLED BACK WHILE THE ROBOT LOADED THE BAGS ABOUT ME IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SHIP AND THE DOCK YARD HAD BEEN LAVISH WITH HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL FROM BOW TO REAR TUBE SHE WAS PLAITED IN PURE GOLD 768180cf-0b4d-4b62-b164-dd729c414d35 2368 DO YOU KNOW WHY I WAS PUT HERE YOU CAST SPELLS YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT'S RIGHT YONA SAID SMILING AGAIN I'M A WIZARD A WARLUCK THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY ISN'T IT YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THE BOLD MAN SAID BUT HE HAD THE BASIC IDEA YONAS CHECKED THAT IN HIS MIND VERY WELL HE SAID b843d520-fd7b-423f-b273-f3b8f21a3e6a 2425 THE ONLY SIGN OF VEGETATION I COULD PERCEIVE WERE STRANGE GROWTHS THAT REMOTELY RESEMBLED TREES INVERTED TREES WITH WIDE SPREADING BRANCHES HUNGRILY NURSING THE BLACK AND BARREN SOIL AND GNARLED BRIEF ROOTS REACHING OUT TORTURED ARMS TOWARDS THE FORBIDDING SKY f734d2fb-2547-4ae5-8bc5-05e4268e9653 2368 I HOLD THIS HOUSE FREE AND PROPER SHE SAID IN A DETERMINED ROAR AND NOBODY CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME IT BELONGS TO ME AND TO MY CHILDREN AND TO THEIR CHILDREN AND TO THE CHILDREN OF THOSE CHILDREN THE CATALOGUE SEEMED LIKELY TO GO ON FOR EVER EXACTLY JONAS SAID HASTILY a70dbf39-8d67-4d0e-a58a-0c733fd1b606 2286 I KEPT THE GUN ON HIM AND NEITHER OF US MOVED WHILE THE NAVY SHIPS PULLED UP AND THEIR BOOTS STAMPED OUTSIDE I HAD CAPTURED MY BATTLESHIP AND THE RAIDS WERE OVER a819cfdd-a40b-4c04-af89-083bd1e4c1e5 242 THIS IS DIFFERENT I KNOW WHAT I'M FIGHTING FOR BUT I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD I GUESS YOU MEAN PRINCIPLE I SUGGESTED YES THAT'S IT AGREED PETER IT'S ALL RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE IT'S KIND OF PRAYING WITH YOUR FISTS dce1729d-20f7-4c09-9a43-20f5bca1d7a7 14 NONE OF THE GROWN UPS WERE GOING TO CHURCH AUNT OLIVIA HAD A SICK HEADACHE AND UNCLE ROGER STAYED HOME WITH HER AUNT JANET AND UNCLE ALEC HAD GONE TO THE MARKDALE SERVICE AND HAD NOT YET RETURNED 42b035f3-7f7b-40d9-9fc6-5155b1ccc35a 2274 NO NEED FOR YOU TO DIE SAID HORN BETTER TO DIE THAN BE SLAVES SAID TO NEWBE WE DON'T NEED THE DORN WE I CANNOT TAKE THE CHANCE THAT YOU ARE LYING SAID TO NUB I MUST KILL YOU NOW HORN'S FOOT RESTED ON THE AIR SLED CONTROL PEDAL a867098d-ed7b-4eee-a798-c974b6c5333d 2137 AGAIN HE MOVED ON THE SOUND FADING IN THE DISTANCE BEHIND HIM THE NEXT MILE BROUGHT HIM TO A GREAT SHEET OF ANCIENT LAVA LAID BARE BY THE ELEMENTS HE CLIMBED TO THE TOP THE FIRE STILL SEEMED TO BE ABOUT A THOUSAND YARDS AHEAD BEYOND A RIDGE OF LOW HILLS 8a0fcbbb-6ada-4b44-9a5c-b26665771cf0 1867 I PULLED THE EYE STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY AND THREW IN THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THAT WOULD RETURN IT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE SHIP THEN I WENT TO THE GALLEY FOR A LONG STRONG DRINK MY BEACON WAS NOT ONLY LOCKED INSIDE A MOUNTAIN OF HAND MADE STONE BUT I HAD MANAGED TO IRRITATE THE THINGS WHO HAD BUILT THE PYRAMID 1a82b92a-a548-4acd-950a-b39285df1a73 2137 BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR NEARLY A YEAR THE FIRST MAN SAID GOD BENT ON DOZENS OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE MILKY WAY ONE SHIP WHEN A THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS OUT BY THE TIME THEY COME BACK CIVILIZATION ON EARTH WILL BE TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLDER 7fbabecb-8cf2-4e32-9c66-d55342aebfaa 2317 SHE LAUGHED AGAIN OH THE ROEBOT IT'LL FOLLOW ME IT'S DESIGNED TO OH DAMN THE DAM WAS FOR SOMETHING SHE SAW IN THE WATER AS SHE LOOKED BACK OVER THE RAIL AGAIN 978c55af-1e79-4348-8394-21a4b32720eb 188 AMEN CRIED FELIX WHO HAD SUFFERED MANY THINGS BECAUSE FELICITY SO OFTEN MADE FACES AT HIM 12d92c7c-cd95-4dd2-8397-ce83a9ff40ea 451 I DON'T THINK SHE DID SHE LOOKED VERY PALE AND WOEBEGONE WHEN SHE CAME DOWN TO BREAKFAST BUT FOR ALL THAT THERE WAS A CERTAIN EXHILARATION ABOUT HER I'M GOING TO DO PENANCE ALL DAY FOR COAXING SARA TO DISOBEY HER MOTHER SHE ANNOUNCED WITH CHASTENED TRIUMPH PENANCE 8540ac81-fc35-4665-98cc-865f6fa0d18e 1867 NINETY PER CENT OF THE MACHINERY HAD NO MOVING PARTS AND HAD SUFFERED NO WERE WHATEVER OTHER PARTS THEY HAD BEEFED UP FIGURING THEY WOULD WEAR BUT SLOWLY 1bb02224-a0ff-4af9-9678-2b900b4b0194 32 OVER IT THE QUEER PAGODA LIKE ROOF BUILT BY UNCLE STEPHEN ON HIS RETURN FROM A VOYAGE TO CHINA WAS COVERED WITH YET LEAFLESS VINES 621f91d6-9ea8-4c7e-ac2f-623fd30b2ee7 2274 WE DON'T KNOW IF IT DID WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPOT IT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WAY OFF IN THE BALLANDINE SYSTEM BY NOW BUT WE'VE SOMETHING ELSE ON OUR MINDS IT'S THE ONE ITEM THAT MAKES ME WANT TO BLOT OUT THIS PLACE AND RUN HOME WITH MY TAIL BETWEEN MY LEGS 0963d6e4-7e4e-45b6-9ef5-ac1769357d63 413 WELL WHAT DOES SHE SAY ASKED CICELY TREMULOUSLY SHE SAID RUN AWAY AND DON'T BOTHER ME I HADN'T ANY TIME FOR YOUR NONSENSE RESPONDED FELICITY IN AN INJURED TONE AND I SAID BUT MA THE PAPER SAYS TO MORROW IS THE JUDGMENT DAY AND MARJOR SAID JUDGMENT FIDDLESTICKS 8226cb48-a2cd-46cb-a4da-7d144bada7ce 198 OH IT MEANS IF ANYTHING HAPPENS SOMETHING ELSE IS SURE TO HAPPEN SAID THE STORY GIRL I'LL ILLUSTRATE THERE'S MISSUS MURPHY SHE NEVER HAD A PROPOSAL IN HER LIFE TILL SHE WAS FORTY AND THEN SHE HAD THREE AND THE ONE WEEK AND SHE WAS SO FLUSTERED SHE TOOK THE WRONG ONE AND HAS BEEN SORRY EVER SINCE 13c2014c-ad1c-4694-b5ed-f56db9d183d8 2286 OF COURSE THIS COULD ALL BE COINCIDENCE THE PLANS OF A NEWLY BUILT SHIP AGREE INTO SIX PLACES WITH THOSE OF A SHIP BUILT A THOUSAND YEARS AGO AND IF YOU THINK SO I'LL GIVE YOU A HUNDRED TO ONE ODDS YOU ARE WRONG ANY SIZE BET YOU NAME 9efd38d9-4779-4108-8e4c-53a54ab762a1 402 THOU MAYEST RETURN TO EARTH IF THOU FEAREST TO ESSAY THE FLOOD SAID THE WARDER NAY SAID VING WILDLY EARTHLY LIFE WITHOUT ALIN IS MORE DREADFUL THAN THE DEATH WHICH AWAITS ME IN YON DARK RIVER 5b3e45d5-e21b-45d8-8bc0-c30732a54cb8 2317 AMAZINGLY HIS TONGUE ONLY GOT TANGLED ONCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SPEECH AND HE REGAINED CONTROL OF IT QUICKLY THEN JOHN ANDREW FELT A TOUCH OF JEALOUSY AT THE LITTLE MAN'S CAPABILITY IN ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE SITUATION ab6eb677-3a43-4f42-9a1d-71115eee8d88 2137 WE'RE GOING TO SET HER DOWN ON A SOLID PIECE OF GROUND NEAR ONE OF THE OCEANS THERE WAS A PAUSE AND BRANDON COULD ALMOST SEE COLONEL TOWERS DRAWING UP TO HIS FULL HEIGHT I'M GOING TO BE THE FIRST MAN TO SET FOOT ON A PLANET OF ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM KNOW THAT MEANS REINART 9142a31c-7534-4039-8c89-f2e11ead5a66 451 MY AUNT JANET WAS FOND OF MISSIONS ARE THERE ANY METHODISTS HEATHENS I SUPPOSE I OUGHT TO GIVE MY BOX TO THEM RATHER THAN TO PRESBYTERIAN HEATHEN 80133197-2349-40ed-b9fb-5f9a1c627ca0 14 I DON'T SEE WHY BUT ANYHOW I SUPPOSE IT WOULDN'T BE MUCH USE BECAUSE IF HE WAS A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER HE'D SAY I OUGHT TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN AND IF HE WAS A METHODIST HE'D TELL ME TO BE ONE TOO LOOK HERE FELICITY WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM 4e805e6a-d051-4074-a9f8-48eff1a90392 2286 SHOULD YOU BE POINTING LIKE THAT I ASKED THE ROBART MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE SUSPICIOUS YOU KNOW IMPOSSIBLE SAID THE ROBART WITH MECHANICAL SURETY I BRUSHED AGAINST IT AND IT IS NOW UNSERVICEABLE b31c0ec4-6d2a-4147-9c53-992fe4fdaa43 451 I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY GOT SOME NEW IMPROVEMENTS ON IT SINCE AUNT JANE'S DAY SAID PETER RELIEVED SARA RAY IS COMING ALONG THE LANE AND SHE'S CRYING ANNOUNCED DAN WHO WAS PEERING OUT OF THE KNOTHOLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LOFT 5e283f40-a71d-4767-a806-b77c3f6257e4 2425 AT MY LEFT WAS A SIZABLE PIECE OF APPARATUS THAT WAS STRANGE TO ME ON A SMALL ENAMELED TABLE BESIDE IT WAS A RATHER LARGE SHEET OF PAPER WEIGHTED DOWN WITH A CRACKED FLORENCE FLASK IN A SORT OF PANIC I SNATCHED UP THE PAPER d2f3a044-7a0c-4b51-954b-2fc95ca641f6 451 OF COURSE ADDED FELICITY HER HEART MELTING AT SIGHT OF THE MISERY IN THE STORY GIRL'S PITEOUS EYES MISSUS RAY ALWAYS LOOKS ON THE DARK SIDE AND IT MAY NOT BE THE MEASLES SARA HAS AFTER ALL BUT FELICITY HAD DONE HER WORK TOO THOROUGHLY THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT TO BE COMFORTED 8fd07a7e-8f25-4b96-9381-f14cb55b74de 2182 JUST AHEAD OF HIM JONIFER CAUGHT AN ERECT FIN SPINE AND CLUNG WITH BOTH ARMS HANG ON WE'RE GOING THE SCOOP CONTRACTED ITSELF WITH A SUDDENNESS THAT YANKED THEM YARDS FROM THE COTTAGE AND ALL BUT DISLODGED JEFF 2dff7142-3be0-46dd-9b7a-71d6b2685729 2108 WHEN I RETURNED TO MY WORK THE AXE SLIPPED AND CUT OFF MY HEAD WHICH WAS THE ONLY PART OF ME THEN REMAINING d1c20e2d-0a43-4781-af94-10bb7e42ba2d 2286 ALL THE GIRLS HAD FOOD POISONING A REGULAR EPIDEMIC IT SEEMED EACH OF THEM IN TURN HAD BEEN REPLACED BY THE SAME GIRL be5d0204-7ab6-4c21-90e6-3d01d69658b1 2274 OUT BEYOND US WILL BE FIVE TRANSPORTS FULL OF I A MARINES AND A CLASS NINE MONITOR WITH ONE PLANET BUSTER 522132c3-546c-4ddc-bcd2-822b22b12318 2317 FINALLY HE PLACED HIS FINGERS ON THE LARGEST OF THE CONTROL SWITCHES THEN CHANGED HIS MIND AND GESTURED IMPERATIVELY TO JUDGE RAY 23c37a40-9742-4da9-a086-5448cb965cba 2317 GARF WAS RISING AGAIN LOOKING IMPATIENT RAY REACHED A DECISION SAID GO TO HELL AND TURNED HIS BACK ON THE FEASTMAN GARF LOOKED ASTONISHED THEN ANGRY AND RAISED A HAND b7f2da74-ab2b-4603-a115-3f23a970977f 413 I GUESS IT DEPENDS A GOOD DEAL WHETHER YOU'RE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE FIRES I SAID ANDREW DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT OF COURSE HE JUST SAID IT TO SOUND SMART AND MAKE A STARE THE MARS ARE ALL LIKE THAT BUT ANYHOW I'M GOING TO KEEP ON PRAYING THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO EXCITE THE STORY GIRL 5bd5c425-28a9-4a4f-a4ac-dbbd04450fee 2274 RIM WAR ALL OVER AGAIN BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT BREED OF FISH IT'S NOT REPEAT NOT A REDISCOVERY 98668d34-03e4-4372-876b-24e97db33d5b 2368 YET ALL THIS WAS DONE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO FIX IT ON WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU YONAH SAID SHIFTING HIS FEET AGAIN 05481ff8-e8d4-4d07-90ea-7cd05e42bf7a 402 I ASKED HIM THAT SOON AS EVER HE TOLD ME SAID FELIX HE SAID HE MIGHT BUT HE COULDN'T PROMISE FOR HE'D HAVE TO ASK HIS MOTHER IF HE COULD BRING THE BOOK TO SCHOOL IF SHE'LL LET HIM HE'LL BRING IT TO MORROW OH I'LL BE ALMOST AFRAID TO LOOK AT IT SAID SARA RAY TREMULOUSLY 175646b8-c5e6-4d4d-9566-da88b9aaea8b 2182 THE SCOOP TOUCHED ITS VAST FACE TO THE QUEEN'S RAIL AND DROPPED THE UNCONSCIOUS BODY TO THE DECK THE ZID TWITCHED WEAKLY AND COUGHED UP FROTH AND WATER JEFF BACKED AWAY WARILY fc9c7601-d866-4d4e-aaef-762ed7b3e2cf 2368 WHAT'S WANTED THE GUARD SAID SOURLY STARING THROUGH THE BARS YONAS SMILED SOFTLY YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE DON'T YOU HE SAID IN A VOICE AS CLOSE TO SILKY AS HE COULD MAKE IT YOU THE BALD MAN SAID YOU'RE HERE IN A CELL THAT'S RIGHT YONAS SAID PATIENTLY HE RUBBED AT HIS FACE 1a658504-ae5b-4b5d-bc14-33077a2f32f4 2274 WE DON'T NEED SLAVES SAID ORAN WE HAVE MACHINES TO DO OUR WORK WE'LL SEND EXPERTS IN HERE TEACH YOU PEOPLE HOW TO EXPLOIT YOUR PLANET HOW TO BUILD GOOD TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES HOW SHOW YOU HOW TO MIND YOUR MINERALS HOW TO AND WHAT DO WE DO IN RETURN ee3e6eca-e14f-4b62-96ff-e181df1df591 2108 WHOOP FOLLOWED NEXT AND LAST OF THE THREE CAME THE SCARECROW WHO COULD NOT HAVE KEPT THE PATH AT ALL HAD NOT HIS COMRADES BROKEN THE WAY FOR HIS STUTE 50d684bb-8e9d-4551-bb23-2c8e0f3386f2 413 WHEN AUNT OLIVIA CAME OUT TO GO HOME THE STORY GIRL ASKED HER PERMISSION TO STAY ALL NIGHT WITH FELICITY AND CECILY 2a69e167-69a3-4c5b-bb15-cea9134bb1bc 2368 ORDINARILY HE WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN IT A THOUGHT BEYOND A PASSING SIGH FOR THE WAYS OF THE WORLD HE HAD OTHER BUSINESS BUT NOW HE GRINNED TO HIMSELF AND HE GRIN TURNED TO A LAUGH AS HE STARTED DOWN THE HILL THE GRISLIER METHODS OF THE INQUISITORIAL PROCESS WERE WELL KNOWN TO HIM BY REPUTATION AND SOON HE MIGHT BE TESTING THEM OUT FOR HIMSELF ee9254cd-a270-4ccd-85d3-4eff3c2e5bb8 2368 THIS TIME OF COURSE THE RISK WAS MORE THAN SLIGHT WHY HE THOUGHT HAPPILY IT WAS EVEN MORE FOR HIM TO GET KILLED AND MOST PAINFULLY TOO 4277d947-4b43-4171-81cd-6cf57ad7c750 2274 IN THE BUCKET SEAT OF THE SLEDGE CAB ORAN FOUGHT THE CONTROLS HE WAS PLAGUED BY THE VAGUE SLOW MOTION FLOATING SENSATION THAT A HEAVY PLANET NATIVE ALWAYS FEELS IN LIGHTER GRAVITY IT GAVE HIM AN UNHAPPY STOMACH eeba6abc-7be0-49a9-8796-b1e059ec1a79 2182 HIS CY PROJECTION OF THE ZID APPEARED ON THE DOCK BEFORE THEM WITH DEMONIAC ABRUPTNESS CROUCH TO LEAP TWIN TAILS LASHING AND ITS TEN FOOT LENGTH BRISTLING WITH GLASSY MAGENTIVE BRISTLES 810262b6-1dec-4cf3-a5ec-7161fb6a9fb2 2368 HE HAD SMALL ALMOST HIDDEN EYES THAT SEEMED TO SEE A GREAT DEAL THAT FAILED COMPLETELY TO MAKE A FUSS ABOUT THE FACT AND WHILE HIS FIGURE WAS JUST A TRIFLE DUMPY HIS FACE COMPLETED THE RHYME BY BEING EXTRAORDINARILY LUMPY THE NOSE AS A MATTER OF STRICT TRUTH WAS HARD TO DISTINGUISH FROM THE OTHER CONTUSIONS SWELLINGS AND MARKS THAT COVERED THE HEAD 650fd408-fb4a-4e59-928e-152190c6eadb 2137 HE HESITATED FOR A MOMENT THEN SWUNG HIS FEET OVER THE SIDE AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND AT LEAST TO HAVE THAT SATISFACTION HE SAID GRINNING UNDER HIS OXYGEN MASK f486b959-00a7-47d6-bd2a-cee328759fb7 2286 PRESIDENT FERERO HAD HIS GUN OUT AND WAS STARING AT IT GRIMLY IT WAS HARD TO TELL IF HE WAS THINKING OF MURDER OR SUICIDE I DON'T CARE WHICH ALL HE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WAS THE NEXT ELECTION WHEN THE VOTERS AND THE POLITICAL COMPETITION WOULD CARVE HIM UP FOR LOSING THE SHIP cdc2b0d3-db55-4372-a95c-ae0708c96a55 2182 THE ZID CRASHED AGAINST THE DOOR AND DROVE IT INCHES AJAR DRIVING BACK THEIR BARRICADE ONE TALENT PAW SLID IN AND SLASHED VICIOUSLY AT RANDOM 5c618177-cf06-4607-9841-2c29f185dfe9 188 PEG BOWEN'S HOUSE WAS NEARLY A MILE AWAY EVEN BY THE SHORT CUT PAST THE SWAMP AND UP THE WOODED HILL WE WENT DOWN THROUGH THE BROOK FIELD AND OVER THE LITTLE PLANK BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW HALF LOST IN ITS SURROUNDING SEA OF FAREWELL SUMMERS WHEN WE REACHED THE GREEN GLOOM OF THE WOODS BEYOND WE BEGAN TO FEEL FRIGHTENED BUT NOBODY WOULD ADMIT IT 6fb6eba3-c747-4622-b2c2-6744b9d606c4 14 HAVE YOU GOT A CENT FOR COLLECTION DEMANDED FELICITY I'VE GOT A YANKEE CENT I SUPPOSE IT WILL DO WON'T IT FELICITY SHOOK HER HEAD VEHEMENTLY OH NO NO IT MAY BE ALL RIGHT TO PASS A YANKEE CENT ON A STOREKEEPER OR AN EGG PEDDLER BUT IT WOULD NEVER DO FOR CHURCH 4ec02a8f-da69-43dc-b455-e904aea5ccd2 2274 I SAW THAT CITY THEY BUILT STEAD THEY COULD BE DUG IN WITHIN SIX MONTHS AND THERE'D BE NO YEH I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN SAID ORAN HE TOOK ANOTHER SIP OF THE BRANDY STETSON FLICKED ON THE SWITCH OF THE RECORDER BESIDE HIM O KNO GO AHEAD ANY TIME 519b1b9f-5caa-4de3-b071-dc497c022098 188 AUNT OLIVIA REALLY WAS A DUCK WE WANTED TO STAY WITH HER ALSO BUT AUNT JANE WOULDN'T HEAR OF SUCH A THING SHE ORDERED IT OFF US OFF TO BED SAYING THAT IT WAS POSITIVELY SINFUL IN US TO BE SO WORKED UP OVER A CAT cbcf5b03-ab5b-4776-b7a8-94f7427d49be 32 FELIX THAT SOBER SOLID FELLOW DREAMED CONSTANTLY OF FLYING THROUGH THE AIR HIS DESCRIPTIONS OF HIS AERIAL FLIGHTS OVER THE TREE TOPS OF DREAMLAND ALWAYS FILLED US WITH ENVY fd3b10a5-d665-4012-9af9-bc23c5bc2c4f 2317 THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY HE SAID YOU ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF RAISE RAY THE WORK OF GENIUS WHICH WILL ALLOW MANKIND HIS FIRST REALLY CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE LAST REMAINING FRONTIER ON HIS HOME PLANET THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA 99d27a9c-5abe-413e-b71c-0f6ee806ca16 1867 THAT NIGHT I TOOK THE SHIP DOWN INTO THE HILLS NEAREST THE PYRAMID AN OUT OF THE WAY DRY SPOT WHERE THE UNPHIBIOUS NATIVES WOULD NEVER GO YOU ARE A LIAR YOU ARE NO ANCESTOR OF OURS WE WILL STOP I THUNDERED BEFORE HE GOT SO FAR IN THAT HE COULDN'T BACK OUT 2eb74168-96b4-4e1e-85d9-e6cd53d04acf 2317 SOME HARD WORK WOULDN'T HURT YOU EVEN IF YOU DID INHERIT A FORTUNE I DON'T MIND SO MUCH WHEN YOU PULL THOSE DUNKS ON ME BUT WHEN I THINK OF HOW YOU PRACTICALLY DROWNED THOSE POOR DEFENCELESS EARTH CREATURES 2ee2ee9d-09b0-48da-92f9-c57bb76e01d2 2137 RIPPING OFF HIS OXYGEN MASK HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH OF THE ALIEN ATMOSPHERE THE DUST CHOKED HIM HIS EARS RANG BLACK SPOTS DANCED BEFORE HIS EYES THEN MELTED INTO SOLID BLACKNESS 89e33c82-f1db-49bc-8812-3ac7e696d614 451 I SHUT UP FELICITY AND CECILY WERE SETTING OUT A LUNCH IN THE PANTRY WHEN WE WERE ALL STARTLED BY A LOUD GROAN FROM THE SOFA OH I'M SICK I'M AWFUL SICK SAID DAN ABJECTLY ALL THE DEFIANCE AND BRAVADO GONE OUT OF HIM 3f360fe9-e184-4aec-9351-98b2e33a3032 242 THEY'RE ALWAYS SO TALL AND SLENDER WOULDN'T IT BE AWFUL IF ANYONE WROTE A STORY ABOUT A FAT HERO OR ONE WITH TOO BIG A MOUTH IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT A MAN LOOKS LIKE I SAID FEELING THAT FELIX AND DAN WERE CATCHING IT RATHER TOO HOTLY 29519773-9a60-477c-88b0-534e1213c7d5 402 BUT HER PARENTS WERE BITTERLY OPPOSED TO HIM AND THEY HAD FORBIDDEN MARGARET TO SEE HIM OR SPEAK TO HIM THEY HADN'T ANYTHING AGAINST HIM AS A MAN BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT HER TO THROW HERSELF AWAY ON A SAILOR a19b10de-77d1-4589-a2f3-d63fbaaa64a2 451 AFTER BREAKFAST SHE WASHED THE DISHES AND DID THE BEDROOM WORK A GRIM SILENCE THEN WITH A BOOK UNDER ONE ARM AND PAT UNDER THE OTHER SHE BETOOK HERSELF TO THE WINDOW SEAT IN THE UPSTAIRS HALL AND WOULD NOT BE LURED FROM THAT RETREAT CHARMED WE NEVER SO WISELY 721cc0d7-ca92-4aeb-8bd7-2cf3041a3e74 14 WHY NOT WHAT ARE MINISTERS FOR IF THEY AIN'T TO TELL PEOPLE HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN OH WELL IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR GROWN UPS TO ASK THEM THINGS OF COURSE BUT IT ISN'T RESPECTFUL FOR LITTLE BOYS ESPECIALLY HIRED BOYS efcdda48-599e-43b9-b548-98dc610cbb21 451 OH LOOK AT THE MOONSHINE ON THE ROAD IN THAT GAP BETWEEN THE SPRUCES I'D LIKE A DRESS OF MOONSHINE WITH STARS FOR BUTTONS IT WOULDN'T DO SAID FELICITY DECIDEDLY YOU COULD SEE THROUGH IT WHICH SEEMED TO SETTLE THE QUESTION OF MOONSHINE DRESSES EFFECTUALLY b3263061-9616-47c1-98c6-89f72c74d8de 2137 HE DROPPED THE TELE TALKING BEHIND THE SEAT AND EXAMINED THE GAUGE ON HIS OXYGEN MASK THERE WAS ENOUGH TO LAST THE NIGHT BUT NOT MUCH MORE HE SAT DOWN ON THE CAPSULE TO THINK e6e91d4a-89c9-431d-8c49-f2ec61022d99 242 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT A MAN LOOKS LIKE I SAID FEELING THAT FELIX AND DAN WERE CATCHING IT RATHER TOO HOTLY HE MUST BE A GOOD SORT OF CHAP AND DO HEAPS OF THINGS THAT'S ALL THAT'S NECESSARY a23f2656-e33c-43a6-af46-32ae59157cb4 14 THEN THEY WERE MARRIED AT ONCE BUT THE BRIDEGROOM NEVER LIFTED HIS VISOR AND NO ONE SAW HIS FACE 1ea818d2-8645-4a32-870c-d553d4a18d5c 242 SHE AND A KATY WERE VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER AND OFTEN THEY HUNTED TOGETHER FOR SCHUBEN WAS ALMOST AS SKILFUL WITH HER BOW AND ARROW AS THE KATY HIMSELF THEY LOVED EACH OTHER EVER SINCE THEY WERE SMALL PAPOOSES AND THEY VOWED TO LOVE EACH OTHER AS LONG AS THE RIVER RAN 91f0a80b-02ba-4fb0-8472-6c1e43d2c6b5 2425 THEY GLANCED AT EACH OTHER SWIFTLY ALMOST AS THOUGH THEY UNDERSTOOD IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THEIR MOUTHS LIFTED THAT THEY ALMOST SMILED THEN THEY RUSHED AT ME I HAD ONLY ONE BOX OF CARTRIDGES BESIDES THOSE IN THE CYLINDER OF MY GUN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE IN STORE FOR ME AND I TOOK NO CHANCES 0af9e170-74e4-4b7f-8380-ebb88c084e4e 2286 IT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE TRAGEDY BUT A NUMBER OF MONITOR STATIONS HAD PICKED UP THIS DISCHARGED STATIC OF A LARGE ENERGY WEAPON BEING FIRED d00f728e-0eb7-4b84-bcaf-a44d44eb5711 402 THERE WAS A WARDER OF THE BRIDGE A GOD DARK AND STERN AND SORROWFUL AND TO HIM ODIN GAVE COMMAND THAT HE SHOULD OPEN THE GATE AND ALLOW HIS FOLLOWERS TO CROSS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE THAT THEY MIGHT DRINK OF THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE BEYOND AND THE WARDER SET OPEN THE GATE 0aeedbba-f9a3-4db5-8e55-00493f5e6c1b 2182 GALACTIC ADJUSTMENT WILL EXTEND AID TO BOTH CALAXIA AND TERRA FURNISHING SUBSTITUTES FOR THE CRYSTALS YOU DEAL IN THERE WILL BE NO LOSS TO EITHER FACTION 3ab850f2-4d1a-4260-9aae-7807dbd365e3 1867 HERE IS SOME MONEY FROM PARADISE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD BOY NOT REALLY FROM PARADISE I LIFTED IT FROM THE TREASURY THE NIGHT BEFORE IT HAS BEEN DECIDED A LIZARD SAID THAT YOU SHOULD REMAIN HERE FOR EVER AND TEND THE HOLY WATERS WE WILL STAY WITH YOU AND SERVE YOUR EVERY NEED 7a8edc29-b3d0-4d85-a095-c943ea1d9ee6 2425 MISSUS PARIN HAD JUST TOLD HER ABOUT THE MASTER AND MISS OAK LOOKS INTO HIS ROOM HE ISN'T THERE AND THE BED HASN'T BEEN SLEPT IN THE POOR DEAR SHE SAYS HE'S WORKED HIMSELF HALF TO DEATH AND DROPPED OFF ON THAT HORRIBLE CART HE KEEPS IN HIS LABORATORY SAYS MISS HOPE I'LL LET HIM SLEEP 84472dd7-065b-4721-a081-50729650f676 2317 JOHN ANDREW FELT A TOUCH OF JEALOUSY AT THE LITTLE MAN'S CAPABILITY IN ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE SITUATION THAT AND A SUDDEN IDEA OF HIS OWN FORCED HIM TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF IT WAS A SAD ATTEMPT VENUS SPACE SHIP 5108620d-40c7-4561-9ca7-7c5a17232f43 451 INDEED I WOULD IF I'D JUST MADE UP MY MIND TO WHY NOT WHY NOT BARE FEET IF THEY'RE CLEAN AS WELL AS BARE HANDS AND FACE OH YOU WOULDN'T IT WOULD BE SUCH A DISGRACE SAID POOR FELICITY IN REAL DISTRESS 1553bbcb-453c-432f-a0ac-8abb09f84076 2137 AS HE TALKED A PICTURE FLICKERED ON THE SCREEN IT WAS THE RADIO ROOM ON ASTRO WON COLONEL TOWERS WAS PACING BACK AND FORTH IN FRONT OF THE RADIO MAN e6abe7cb-7a9b-42a0-927c-47b33d2dfc31 198 IT'S LUCKY THERE IS ENOUGH OLD BREAD TO DO TO DAY THIS WILL GO TO THE HENS BUT IT'S AN AWFUL WASTE OF GOOD FLOUR THE STORY GIRL CREPT OUT WITH FELIX AND ME TO THE MORNING ORCHARD WHILE DAN AND PETER WENT TO DO THE BARN WORK 002bdf38-cfbf-4c17-94e7-cf39148c24c6 1867 THEY FOUND OUT I WAS THERE ONLY TO HELP THEM RESTORE THE FLOW OF THE WATERS THEY BOUGHT THIS TENTATIVELY AND WE ALL HEAVED OUT OF THE TUB AND TRICKLED MUDDY PATHS ACROSS THE FLOOR THERE WAS A BOLTED AND GUARDED DOOR THAT LED INTO THE PYRAMID PROPER WHILE IT WAS BEING OPENED THE FIRST LIZARD TURNED TO ME 03a0559a-9df6-4156-9849-0cc294e2cd1e 2286 HIS EYES WERE UNFOCUSED AS HE SPOKE SOFTLY INTO A MIKE PULLING IN A MESSAGE FROM SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE GALAXY OUTSIDE THE RUSHING TRANSCRIBERS COPIED COATED AND FILED MESSAGES BUT NO SOUND PENETRATED THE INSULATED WALL 082202b9-4038-41d1-92e5-b0bd24a4895b 2425 THEY WERE ANGRY WHEN I REFUSED TO DO ANY MORE SLAUGHTERING AND LED ME HERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ONE OF THE CAPTAINS WOULD COME IN AND COMMAND ME TO KILL HIM I REFUSED FOR THAT'S THE ONLY TRUMP CART I HELD 20f9d578-b387-4ee0-83f9-bee2fdf52aaf 198 THE SHADOWS HAD BEEN STILL BEFORE NOW THEY MOVED AND DANCED AS THE NIGHT WIND TOSSED THE BOUGHS THE OLD HOUSE WITH ITS DREADFUL SECRET WHITE AND CLEAR AGAINST THE DARK BACKGROUND OF SPRUCES WE WERE WOEFULLY TIRED BUT WE COULD NOT SIT DOWN BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS REEKING WITH DEW THE FAMILY GHOST ONLY APPEARS IN DAYLIGHT SAID THE STORY GIRL f38459f9-7482-4edf-8967-1667288d4a33 2317 ANYWAY HE DECIDED HE WASN'T GOING TO TAKE SIDES IF THE TWO ALIENS WERE GOING TO FIGHT IT OUT HIS FIRST INTEREST WAS IN SAVING HIS OWN HIDE HIS SECOND IN GETTING BACK TO SHORE TO GIVE WARNING OF THE INVASION bae78b19-19f6-4f2d-98ee-2a3a49203e2b 2317 RAY HAD NOT BEEN A REAL JUDGE OBVIOUSLY BUT HAD USED THE TITLE IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER FIRST NAME c79ccb18-48df-44b3-9b50-50681425169c 2317 FARMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SAY NO TO RAY BUT EVEN HE LOOKED DUBIOUS AT THE SMALL GREY FELLOW'S VOLLE OUTPOURING OF PSEUDO SCIENTIFIC JARGON 11af4a3d-142b-46e9-93e8-a6a2be9e3d33 2137 BRANDON FELL BACK ON THE GROUND HIS BREATHING WAS SHORT STRAINED HIS FACE WAS BATHED IN PERSPIRATION THE OXYGEN HE REALIZED WAS GIVING OUT WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT THE AIR OF SERIOUS THREE IS BREATHABLE HE WONDERED ONE AND A HUNDRED 69440980-7a92-4459-aae6-70483feedfde 14 THE TONES OF HER VOICE BROUGHT OUT THE POIGNANT AND IMMORTAL BEAUTY AND PATHOS OF THAT WONDERFUL OLD LAMENT THE GIRLS WIPED THEIR EYES AND WE BOYS FELT AS IF WE MIGHT HAVE DONE SO TOO HAD NOBODY BEEN LOOKING 0f84c152-1af7-4efc-a9bb-92e4fa1a0d7f 2286 SINCE I WAS ONLY CHASING MY TAIL WITH THIS LINE OF THOUGHT I PUT IT OUT OF MY MIND AND WORKED ON SOME DRY D CHESS PROBLEMS THIS FILLED THE TIME UNTIL SETANOVO BLINKED INTO THE BOW SCREEN ONE OF MY MOST EFFECTIVE MOTTOES HAS ALWAYS BEEN SECRECY CAN BE AN OBJIOSITY WHAT THE MAGICIANS CALL MISDIRECTION f671cdf0-5ec5-423b-8f86-d2b6776d2f05 2317 IT SHOULD HAVE SPLINTERED IN HIS HANDS ASSUMING HE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO BEND IT AT ALL IT HADN'T IT WAS IN PERFECT SHAPE EXCEPT FOR THE KNOT IF HE HADN'T BEEN FEELING JUST THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF SEA SICKNESS JOHN EDGEW WOULD HAVE BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF e3285256-b1b6-4cfb-9f01-5cf7873d709e 32 SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON PETER TOOK DAN AND ME ASIDE ONE EVENING AS WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE ORCHARD WITH OUR DREAM BOOKS SAYING SIGNIFICANTLY THAT HE WANTED OUR ADVICE d585c7e1-1105-436f-9e90-340d4b355185 2286 THE SHIP WAS COMPLETELY CLEAN EVERYTHING I MIGHT NEED FOR THE JOB WAS IN MY LUGGAGE SOME OF IT QUITE LETHAL AND EXPLOSIVE AND VERY EMBARRASSING IF IT WAS DISCOVERED IN MY BAGS IN THE SAFETY OF MY HOTEL SUITE I MADE A CHANGE OF CLOTHES AND PERSONALITY d7f305a6-8152-4d68-be7c-9ba267f3ba93 2317 GET BACK WHERE FARMER MANAGED TO PUT MORE CURIOSITY THAN IMPATIENCE INTO HIS TONE 01ec7f82-bd6e-43f5-8f02-ae04316fd1f7 2317 A CLINK AND CLATTER BROUGHT HIS ATTENTION TO THE LAUNCH HE GAWKED RAY HAD THROWN BACK A DECK CATCH AND PRODUCED A DIVING SUIT WHICH LOOKED AS UNSHIP SHAPED AS THE REST OF THE BOAT'S EQUIPMENT e986132e-3779-4e4c-905a-965ccfd25b8f 2182 IT WAS WINGLESS AND COVERED SMOOTHLY WITH PASTEL BLUE FEATHERS IT STOOD SOLIDLY ON CAREFULLY MANICURED YELLOW FEET AND STARED AT HIM OUT OF SQUARE VIOLET EYES 222cd397-19d9-40bb-9cc8-737b424f5723 402 BUT ODIN STOOD SILENT WITH HIS FACE TURNED FROM HIS BELOVED AND VING'S HEART WAS FILLED WITH UNSPEAKABLE BITTERNESS AND DESPAIR aa88c98c-c38c-4d7f-acdd-6f260c5d5809 413 BUT FOR ONCE HER VOICE FAILED TO CARRY CONVICTION OR RATHER IT CARRIED CONVICTION OF THE VERY OPPOSITE KIND IT WAS BORNE IN UPON OUR MISERABLE MINDS THAT IF THE STORY GIRL DID NOT ALTOGETHER BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE SHE BELIEVED IT MIGHT BE TRUE AND THE POSSIBILITY WAS ALMOST AS DREADFUL AS THE CERTAINTY 8b48d098-697c-4b4b-8d09-74b7c5d985f0 242 ONE TWILIGHT WHEN A KATY WAS OUT HUNTING IN THE WOODS HE SHOT A SNOW WHITE MOOSE AND TOOK OFF ITS SKIN AND WRAPPED IT AROUND HIM WHEN HOWEVER HE TOOK TO PRAYING ABOUT IT I REALIZED HOW DEEPLY HE FELT ON THE SUBJECT AND HOPED HE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL e4367794-1b38-48d5-b039-f873eea8eed7 413 I WISH I'D MADE UP MY MIND BEFORE THIS WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST DO YOU SUPPOSE IT'S TOO LATE NOW NO THAT DOESN'T MATTER SAID CERTILY EARNESTLY IF IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN PETER THAT'S ALL THAT'S NECESSARY bda8424f-39e9-4d1b-9643-d420aa138948 2182 YOUR FEMALE SUGGESTION IS RIGHT THE SERIMIAN CROAKED THE ZID DOES NOT SWIM FOR AND I ARE ARRANGING ESCAPE ON THAT PREMISE 8b795764-2b00-4536-8484-57f79a179464 14 BUT PETER MUST HAVE A CENT FELICITY WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM ONE HERSELF AND SHE WAS NONE TOO LAVISH OF HER COPPERS RATHER THAN HAVE HIM GO WITHOUT ONE DAN HOWEVER LENT HIM ONE ON THE DISTINCT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS TO BE REPAID THE NEXT WEEK 82858410-a4cd-46f3-a6bc-799b9240abec 2108 WHEN THEY WERE ALL SEATED IN A ROW ON THE CUSHION OF THE CHAIR THE GIANTESS CONTINUED NOW TELL ME HOW YOU HAPPENED TO TRAVEL IN THIS DIRECTION AND WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND WHAT YOUR ERRAND IS edb63e01-715c-4625-95fd-a4d6df8ed794 402 POSSIBLY NIGHT HAD BROUGHT COUNSEL TO JERRY COUN OR PERHAPS HIS MOTHER HAD PUT HIM UP TO IT AT ALL EVENTS HE ANNOUNCED TO US THAT HE COULDN'T BRING THE RED COVERED HISTORY TO SCHOOL BUT IF WE WANTED TO BUY THE PICTURE OUTRIGHT HE WOULD TEAR IT OUT OF THE BOOK AND SELL IT TO US FOR FIFTY CENTS c3becd10-0588-4ae3-8049-07889afa13e1 2286 I CAN DO THAT AS WELL AS ANY OF THE EXPERIENCED OPERATORS AND IT MAY GIVE ME THE EXPERIENCE I NEED SO THAT SOME DAY I TOO WILL BE QUALIFIED TO JOIN THE RANKS ALL RIGHT HE SAID STOP SHOVELLING ON WHILE I CAN STILL BREATHE 7b548fea-0ae2-44bf-a687-00561f0eb3f4 188 HE WAS THINKING OF HER AS HE PLAYED ANNIE LAURIE FOR NANCY WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE LADY OF THE SONG NEITHER FELICITY NOR CECILY COULD HAVE WORN IT BUT IT BECAME THE STORY GIRL PERFECTLY 692c938d-a14d-4685-abd0-df6dc86c967c 2425 E PAY SPOKE UP IN SHARP PROTEST AND THRUST HIMSELF BETWEEN ME AND THE PRIEST FOR A MOMENT DUE TO THIS OBVIOUSLY UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTION EVERYTHING IN CONFUSION d1810bfc-760e-467b-95d8-add7eccbed95 1867 THIS RAISED A BUZZ OF CONVERSATION BEHIND ME BUT GOT NO RISE OUT OF THE CHIEF HE SANK SLOWLY INTO THE WATER UNTIL ONLY HIS EYES WERE SHOWING I COULD ALMOST HEAR THE WHEELS TURNING BEHIND THAT MOSS COVERED FOREHEAD THEN HE LUNGED UP AND POINTED A DRIPPING FINGER AT ME e85e29f4-c4b0-419a-bf7b-13d253d241b6 1867 IT WAS FLAT MARSHY BOTTOM LAND WITHOUT A BUMP THE ONLY THING IN A TEN MILE CIRCLE WAS THIS PYRAMID AND THAT DEFINITELY WASN'T MY BEACON OR WASN'T IT I DIVED THE EYE LOWER THE PYRAMID WAS A CRUDE LOOKING THING OF UNDRESSED STONE WITHOUT CARVINGS OR DECORATIONS 1174b985-7d7c-4512-8e93-625ef023f01d 2274 THE SURFACING OF STETSON'S VOICE CAME THROUGH THE HIDDEN SPEAKER WANT US TO COME BACK NEGATIVE STAND BY HE LOOKS CAUTIOUS RATHER THAN HOSTILE da8b4267-27cb-49c1-9693-8af935ae759f 2274 YOU TOOK THE DAPHINIS BY TREACHERY ASKED HORN THEY WERE SIMPLE FOOLS SAID TENUBE WE ARE SMALLER THUS THEY THOUGHT US WEAKER THE MARKED TWENTY'S MUZZLE CAME ROUND THE CENTER ON ORN'S STOMACH YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED MY QUESTION 1383d44e-e653-458a-91f3-a718608f9ad5 2108 AS SOON AS HE REACHED THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH THE HOLE CLOSED AGAIN AND THE BOY MONKEY REALIZED WITH A THRILL OF JOY THAT HE HAD SEEN THE LAST OF THE DANGEROUS DRAGON FAMILY e6456ddb-cf3d-434e-960a-82e44b0b6348 2425 THE REST OF THAT UNHOLY CREW WERE GRINNING AND THEIR EYES WERE SHINING WITH ANTICIPATION THEY CLOSED IN UPON ME EAGERLY EACH APPARENTLY DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO INVITE MY ATTENTION 5cd667e4-79a5-4389-9b37-42438c7021bc 242 WE APOLOGIZED AND PROMISED TO BEHAVE BETTER SHE WENT ON APPEASED A KATY WAS ALL THESE THINGS THAT I HAVE MENTIONED AND HE WAS THE BEST HUNTER IN THE TRIBE BESIDES NEVER AN ARROW OF HIS THAT DID NOT GO STRAIGHT TO THE MARK 4d408b4b-f350-4d3c-9107-fcb2a02f64da 2182 HE FLINCHED WHEN JENIFER TO BE HEARD ABOVE THE ZID'S RAGINGS SHOUTED IN HIS EAR MY SCOOP SHOULD HAVE THE QUEEN AFLOAT BY NOW CAN WE REACH HER 25598503-5bfd-4ada-8fa7-1e4b4a3603c8 2317 SHE TURNED TO GO BUT FARMER HELD ON WHAT'S THIS ABOUT A GALACTIC FEDERATION AND IF THEY BAND ALL COMMUNICATION WITH EARTH WHY HAVEN'T THEY JUST BLASTED THE PLANET OUT OF EXISTENCE AND GOTTEN RID OF IT 1d7f6d1a-635b-4c4b-9ad8-15c72b59123a 1867 A FAST READING WITH THE PHOTOSIL GAVE ME THE APPARENT MAGNITUDE AND A COMPARISON WITH ITS ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE SHOWED ITS DISTANCE I TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SCREEN AND REALIZED THAT I HAD LOCKED THE EYE INTO A CIRCULAR ORBIT ABOUT TWENTY FEET ABOVE THE PYRAMID b9e151d9-754f-43d8-b9f9-ef2115068379 198 ONLY A FEW WHO REMAIN CHILDREN AT HEART CAN EVER FIND THAT FAIR LOST PATH AGAIN AND BLESSED ARE THEY ABOVE MORTALS THEY AND ONLY THEY CAN BRING US TIDINGS FROM THAT DEAR COUNTRY WHERE WE ONCE SOJOURNED AND FROM WHICH WE MUST EVERMORE BE EXILES fbfd0458-0590-4838-a9e0-89eecab5a8e8 2274 ALL OTHER SOUNDS HUNG SUSPENDED IN THE AFTER SILENCE THEN RESUMED THE STRONGEST FIRST AND THEN THE WEAKEST A HEAVY OBJECT SUDDENLY ARCHED THROUGH THE HEADLIGHTS SWINGING ON A VINE IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND A TREE ANOTHER 2e824590-b716-4ab5-8e98-ff31c4204a13 2286 INSTEAD I CONCENTRATED MY ATTENTION ON THE RECENT MODIFICATIONS LIKE THE GUN TURRET THAT WOULD QUICKLY GIVE ME A TRAIL TO THE GUILTY PARTIES a157c474-ef17-4cae-913d-30c96dafc7ef 2368 YONAS KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT RATIFICATION OF A FREE CONFESSION TOOK PLACE IN A TORTURE HE WIPED HIS FACE WITH ONE HAND BUT HE HARDLY THOUGHT OF ESCAPING HE HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PLAN THE TWO GUARDS CAME INTO THE CELL AND GRIPPED HIS ARMS YUNUS ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE CARRIED OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR AND DOWN IT TO A GREAT WOODEN DOOR THE GUARDS OPENED IT AND DRAGGED HIM THROUGH dd161b9d-164e-450c-b76e-633ecb9cc99d 2286 I WAS IN SPACE NOW LEAPING ACROSS THE GIGANTIC WALL OF THE OTHER SHIP WHAT DO YOU WANT 7ba946a7-64ae-406d-820c-6acbdd0ec510 14 DAN PRESENTLY BROKE THE SPELL 71fc418b-d956-421c-9e46-f84b2bbe59f3 402 FELIX TOOK HER ADVICE MISTER MIRWOOD PRESENTLY WALKING BENIGNLY ALONG THE LANE WAS CONFRONTED BY A FAT SMALL BOY WITH A PALE FACE BUT RESOLUTE EYES THE REST OF US REMAINED IN THE BACKGROUND BUT WITHIN HEARING 23d9a186-849f-4f87-bbd9-6065acc8dd1d 14 ELDER FREWIN A TALL PALE MAN WITH LONG SANDY SIDE WHISKERS APPEARED AT THE DOOR OF OUR PEW WITH THE COLLECTION PLATE WE KNEW ELDER FREWIN QUITE WELL AND LIKE HIM HE WAS AUNT JANET'S COUSIN AND OFTEN VISITED HER 9ed7f417-4307-4532-aa28-8271e966bd46 2317 HAVING DECIDED ALL THIS FARMER WENT BACK OVER THE TERRITORY TO SEE IF HE COULD FIND ANY FLAWS IN IT OR ANY OTHER WAY OUT 924c7ec5-c1e0-4964-bed2-0b0a044705ff 451 I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY HARM TO MENTION THE THAT PERSON WHEN YOU'RE TELLING A STORY SAID CECILY IT'S ONLY IN PLAIN TALKING IT DOESN'T DO IT SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE SWEARING THEN caa24ab7-1b9f-4042-ab37-3b844c0ac627 14 THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS WHEN WE HAD LIVED FOR A FORTNIGHT IN CARLISLE WE BELONGED THERE AND THE FREEDOM OF ALL ITS SMALL FRY WAS CONFERRED ON US 45b2ca21-f152-4997-990d-578cdcc03a7f 198 THEN WE FOREGATHERED AROUND A TINY WOOD SPRING COLD AND PELLUCID UNDER ITS YOUNG MAPLES AND ATE THE JELLY COOKIES AND THE STORY GIRL TOLD US A TALE OF A HAUNTED SPRING IN A MOUNTAIN GLEN WHERE A FAIR WHITE LADY DWELT WHO PLEDGED ALL COMERS IN A GOLDEN CUP WITH JEWELS BRIGHT 1bb9abe1-af11-4c69-aaa0-155c827a4ad4 2286 FORCING A BIT OF CONTROL I ORDERED MY THOUGHTS CHECKING OFF A MENTAL LIST BELAY THAT LAST COMMAND I SHOUTED GETTING BACK IN MY OLD SPACE DOG MOOD SO SHE CAUGHT YOU TOO MISTER WEISCOP POOR LITTLE ANGELINA WITH THE SOFT EYES HE BROKE DOWN AGAIN SHAKING WITH LAUGHTER 17bc94ea-f9c9-4d00-9b34-fa051b456c7b 32 PAT SAT GRAVELY AT ITS FACE AND DAINTILY WASHED HIS FACE WITH HIS BLACK PAWS NOW FOR YOUR STORIES ABOUT THE ORCHARD SAID I 24dd3c96-a111-4b94-91b2-bf33e299502e 198 AND NOW IT HAS ALMOST FRIGHTENED YOUR POOR LITTLE MONKEYS TO DEATH WE HEARD UNCLE ROGER CHUCKLING ALL THE WAY TO THE BARN 18e20dc8-a8fd-4deb-ad3c-41a3fc0e0ca9 2108 I NEVER HAVE FRIENDS SHE SAID IN A MATTER OF FACT TONE BECAUSE FRIENDS GET TOO FAMILIAR AND ALWAYS FORGET TO MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS 9b012458-322d-4d61-a2ac-6eebfdc138ab 2182 SCOOP THE ZID'S AVID CRIES DISCOURAGED CURIOSITY BEFORE IT WAS WELL BORN WE'D NEVER MAKE IT WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY OUTRUN THAT BEAST dcc91142-440e-4c38-8c1e-9934f6d21264 413 FELIX HELD OUT THE NEWSPAPER IT WAS A CHARLOTTETOWN DAILY ENTERPRISE IT'S THERE HE GASPED LOOK READ I'LL DO THINK IT'S TRUE THE END OF THE WORLD IT IS COMING TO MORROW AT TWO O'CLOCK IN IN THE AFTERNOON CRASH 4db655a0-ad3e-4dd9-b669-ea1fc93c6211 2108 ONE DAY IN A BIG FOREST THAT WAS STRANGE TO ME MY JOINTS SUDDENLY BECAME RUSTED BECAUSE I HAD FORGOTTEN TO OIL THEM 37ba2daa-f0d4-4c21-8c7f-2f1b219af095 2108 I DON'T LIKE THIS INVISIBLE COUNTRY SAID HOO WITH A SHUDDER YOU CAN'T TELL HOW MANY DREADFUL INVISIBLE BEASTS ARE ROAMING AROUND US OR WHAT DANGER WE'LL COME TO NEXT 24f60527-d8f7-43d9-a011-7c257626a257 2182 THERE'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE JENIFER SAID IN A SMALL VOICE HER VOICE SEEMED TO TRIGGER THE ATTACK 1c1bde6f-f4e5-4e40-9c67-f71bab36bdfa 2274 NO ANSWER IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE OF COURSE SAID ORAN I'M HERE TO HELP YOU I AM TO NUBE HIGH PATH CHIEF OF THE GRATSY SAID THE NATIVE I DECIDE WHO IS TO HELP 6e6e85e8-733f-4cb3-be2d-4ef68eaf8d7b 402 WE WERE OBLIGED LITTLE CREW SITTING THERE IN THE LIGHT OF OUR GOBLIN LANTERN WE HAD IN VERY TRUTH BEEN GIVEN BEAUTY FOR ASHES AND THE OIL OF JOY FOR MORNING 86629bc5-67ed-49ac-a65c-e0b8957723d4 2182 LUCK WAS WITH THEM THE SYSTEM HAD BEEN CATALOGUED SOME FOUR SERREAN GENERATIONS BEFORE AND TAGGED PLANET UNDEVELOPED TRANQUIL MARINE INTELLIGENCES ONLY b906d2d8-d44f-4367-b903-559acb6a8b9f 198 BUT HE'LL LAUGH AT US FOR A YEAR AND TELL THIS STORY TO EVERY SOUL THAT COMES TO THE PLACE YOU CAN'T BLAME HIM FOR THAT SAID THE STORY GIRL I SHALL TELL IT TOO I DON'T CARE IF THE JOKE IS AS MUCH ON MYSELF AS ANY ONE 217935cd-e1fc-412e-a87d-6127dbf498bb 1867 WHAT A LACK OF COURTESY I SHOUTED HE MADE LITTLE BUBBLES IN THE WATER THE ANCESTORS ARE ANNOYED AND HAVE DECIDED TO FORBID ENTRANCE TO THE INNER TEMPLE FOREVER THOUGH OUT OF KINDNESS THEY WILL LET THE WATERS FLOW 4d28d4b2-67a1-477a-99ac-925d9874cc74 2286 JUST AS GOOD FOR SPACE PIRACY THAT IS BUT NOT FOR HIS PURPOSES HE HAD WANTED A BATTLESHIP AND HE HAD GOT HIMSELF A BATTLESHIP f4371f2a-58da-4c6b-ac7e-f40c9ccb552e 2108 THERE ARE WICKED PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO CAPTURE ME AS THEY DID MY GIANT HUSBAND MISTER HUGH SAID SHE SO I STAY AT HOME AND MIND MY OWN BUSINESS 1929fda3-abda-4e63-82fd-c303c4175110 2182 THE CRYSTAL NOW WE MUST HAVE IT TO QUIET THE ZID UNTIL IT IS SAFELY CAGED AGAIN JINIFER TURNED SUDDENLY FIRM NO I WON'T LET THIS EYE INFORMER KNOW ABOUT THAT d7845bd3-c3a0-4b59-9243-94ba00b502c5 2286 NOW I HAD TO KEEP PUSHING UNTIL HE FELL THIS MEANT I HAD TO THINK AS HE DID FALL INTO HIS PLAN THINK HEAD THEN TRAP HIM SET A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF 1d4b7ad4-8fd2-4c8c-a994-5abd7bb530cd 451 IN THE MIDST OF OUR LAUGHTER PAT CAME DOWN THE WALK HIS STATELY TAIL WAVING OVER THE GRASSES HE PROVED TO BE THE PRECURSOR OF DAN CLOTHED AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND f03af2b6-b2e1-4424-9e07-1221d9a00e4a 14 WITH PETER AND DAN WITH FELICITY AND CECLI AND THE STORY GIRL WITH PALE GRAY EYED LITTLE SARA RAY WE WERE BOON COMPANIONS a27c6f4b-6bd8-4a78-adf5-edfeee99a015 2368 HIS PUBLIC PROFESSIONS WERE WELL KNOWN YONAS SEARCHED AND FOUND THE ANSWER KUNUF WAS AN HONEST MAN THAT OF COURSE MADE MATTERS SIMPLER NECESSARY KNUFF SAID LOOKING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME f1c08d21-513e-42b7-ab17-1fdad204d7cf 1867 IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A DISTILLERY THAN A BEACON MUST BE AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED METERS HIGH I'M A REPAIRMAN NOT AN ARCHAEOLOGIST THIS PILE OF JUNK IS OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD JUST FORGET ABOUT IT AND BUILD A NEW ONE THE OLD MAN LEANED OVER HIS DESK BREATHING INTO MY FACE ae727501-7dec-486d-870c-e8dcfb58b18c 2368 HE WAS INSTEAD SOMEWHAT SHORTER THAN THE AVERAGE OF MEN IN EUROPE IN SIXTEEN O FIVE AND FOR SOME TIME THEREAFTER c23e1174-f7d7-47d4-a4ab-f5eb0186f54f 2137 HE EASED BACK ON THE POWER SETTING MAYBE THE LIGHT WILL GO OUT BUT IT DIDN'T INSTEAD HE FELT THE SURGING RUMBLE DEEP IN THE BOWELS OF THE SHIP LUMINOUS NEEDLES DANCED AND A SECOND RED LIGHT FLASHED ON HE SNAPPED THE VITIO SWITCH AND DEPRESSED THE MIKE BUTTON 3c022f83-1ed5-480f-b5bd-eb5c6579ad6b 198 WE WERE WOEFULLY TIRED BUT WE COULD NOT SIT DOWN BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS REEKING WITH DEW THE FAMILY GHOST ONLY APPEARS IN DAYLIGHT SAID THE STORY GIRL I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING A GHOST IN DAYLIGHT BUT AFTER DARK IT'S ANOTHER THING THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A GHOST I SAID CONTEMPTUOUSLY OH I WISH I COULD BELIEVE IT THEN WHO RUNG THAT BELL SAID PETER 74f4ca25-54a5-4060-b68d-e0833768d6ac 2137 THE FIRST THING THEY HAD LOCATE IS THE BURNING SHIP HE DECIDED THEN THEY WOULD PROBABLY START SEARCHING IN EVER WIDENING CIRCLES BUT WOULD THEY SEE HIM IN THE FAINT LIGHT OF THE ICE MOONS 7eab7125-5839-4bc3-aa5c-107c8219fb9b 198 EVERYBODY WAS IN GOOD HUMOUR THE STORY GIRL SPARKLED THROUGH SEVERAL TALES THAT RANGED FROM THE AFRITES AND JINNS OF EASTERN MYTH THROUGH THE PIPING DAYS OF CHIVALRY DOWN TO THE HOMELY ANECDOTES OF CARLISLE WORKDAY FOLK 1554f88c-2511-42f7-9056-1523feaf7055 14 HIS FACE WAS ROSY HIS THICK BLACK CURLS WERE SMOOTHLY COMBED AND HIS TIE WAS NEATLY BOWED BUT IT WAS HIS LEGS WHICH WE SCRUTINIZED MOST ANXIOUSLY AT FIRST GLANCE THEY SEEMED WELL ENOUGH BUT CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED SOMETHING NOT ALTOGETHER CUSTOMARY 05e084a0-b12e-4705-8262-c159ce3c1f99 402 MAY BE PETER WILL GET BETTER AFTER ALL SAID DAN SWALLOWING A SOB I'VE HEARD OF LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO WENT AND GOT BETTER AFTER THE DOCTOR SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DIE 19a72094-3419-4cc8-ac93-66103912dd9d 451 FELICITY HAD TOLD HIM AT TEA THAT NIGHT HE WAS GETTING FATTER THAN EVER THIS WAS THE TIT FOR TAT YOU WERE PRETTY GLAD TO LEAVE IT ALL TO CECILY THEN a5426a93-5081-492a-9305-b61b86a45bdb 188 HER WILD SUBTLE NAMELESS CHARM CLOTHED HER AS WITH A GARMENT WE ALWAYS REMEMBERED THE PICTURE SHE MADE THERE AND IN LATER DAYS WHEN WE READ TENNYSON'S POEMS AT A COLLEGE DESK WE KNEW EXACTLY HOW AN AUREID PEERING THROUGH THE GREEN LEAVES ON SOME HAUNTED KNOLL OF SOME FOUNTAIN ITEM MUST LOOK 7da52b70-a0d2-4bf9-bd1d-8da179acd2dc 413 IT TELLS YOU IN THE BIBLE IT'S TO COME JUST LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT BUT IT TELLS YOU ANOTHER THING IN THE BIBLE TOO SAID CICELY EAGERLY WERE THEY EVER LIKE THIS BEFORE I ASKED CECILY AS WE TALKED THE MATTER OVER PRIVATELY IN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK 574a58ac-8844-4273-9aee-7bf7fc723d42 198 HE DEMANDED OH UNCLE ROGER DON'T GO IN IMPLORED FELICITY SERIOUSLY THERE'S SOMETHING DREADFUL IN THERE SOMETHING THAT RINGS A BELL THEN WE SAW WITH SHAME THAT IT WAS ONLY OUR PADDY PAT PAT I SAID PICKING HIM UP FEELING A CERTAIN COMFORT IN HIS SOFT SOLID BODY a4240739-22ff-4aa5-8fbd-5f2e736a67d6 2108 ONCE A LONG TIME AGO SHE RAISED AN ARMY OF GIRLS AND CALLED HERSELF GENERAL GINGER WITH HER ARMY SHE CAPTURED THE EMERALD CITY AND DROVE ME OUT OF IT BECAUSE I INSISTED THAT AN ARMY IN OZ WAS HIGHLY IMPROPER bbbd7496-4e42-48a2-b0fc-eea3e91b3786 198 DON'T YOU SAY ANOTHER WORD I CAN'T BEAR IT DON'T YOU THE STORY GIRL DIDN'T BUT SHE HAD SAID ENOUGH THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE QUALITY OF A GHOST WITH EYEHOLES BUT NO EYES THAT FROZE HER YOUNG BLOOD 380821b5-ef92-4794-a14d-960958b03d1d 188 THERE ISN'T THAT A LOVELY MYSTERY 84425699-5cb1-4715-83f9-14c5bf04801a 2274 IT MUST BE FIFTY KILOMETERS LONG AND AT LEAST TEN WIDE SWARMING WITH THESE CREATURES TOO WE'VE GOT A ZONE COUNT ESTIMATE THE PLACES OF CITY'S POPULATION AT OVER THIRTY MILLION 6991eb32-39fc-4469-875e-97fa1db79776 2286 YES I'M GUESSING AN INFORMED GUESS BUT I DO KNOW SOME FACTS AS WELL OGT'S DREAM WAS CLEANED OUT OF ALL READING MATTER THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I CHECKED WE CAN'T STOP THE BATTLESHIP FROM ATTACKING AGAIN BUT WE CAN SEE TO IT THAT THE TIME AFTER THAT SHE SAILS INTO A TRAP 74a92f30-be1c-4609-9f80-c69998baa9be 2425 VIC HAD SAID IN HIS NOTE THAT HE WOULD LEAVE ANOTHER NOTE FOR ME HERE AND THIS WAS IT FOR IN A BOLD SCRAWL AT THE TOP WAS MY NAME 504d9775-986f-4969-9508-4c8d136746f2 2274 WE'LL BE RIGHT DOWN WHY A DISGUISED SLED ASKED HORN IF THEY THINK IT'S A GROUND BUGGY THEY MIGHT GET CARELESS WHEN YOU MOST NEEDN'T ADVANTAGE WE COULD ALWAYS SCOOP YOU OUT OF THE AIR YOU KNOW WHAT ARE MY CHANCES ON THIS ONE STEP e76e9e11-9c32-4d8a-a37d-954a32d2e251 2137 THE COLONEL STOPPED PACING AND FACED THE RADIO MAN KEEP TRYING TO RAISE HIM RIGHT I'M GOING TO BRING US DOWN TO FORTY THOUSAND FEET AND SEARCH THE AREA WHERE HE WENT DOWN IT'S WASTE A ROCKET FUEL TOTALING AROUND IN THE ATMOSPHERE HE MUTTERED DISAPPEARING THROUGH A BULKHEAD DOOR f59c14b7-98f9-458b-ab3c-674a27ad434b 2108 BUT AFTER A MOMENT HE REPLIED I HAD HOME IN FRIENDS YOUR HONOURABLE STRAWNESS BUT THEY WERE SO QUIET AND HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE THAT I FOUND THEM DISMALLY STUPID 9796e175-4e82-4b20-bef9-8c99a74904fd 402 UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE NEVER HAD A BOY HE COULD DEPEND ON LIKE PETER I SAID IT'S TOO LATE TO BE SAYING ALL THESE NICE THINGS ABOUT HIM NOW SAID THE STORY GIRL HE WON'T EVER KNOW HOW MUCH WE THOUGHT OF HIM IT'S TOO LATE 6c77e157-727d-44f1-9385-0246c9dafd37 14 OH NO NO IT MAY BE ALL RIGHT TO PASS A YANKEE CENT ON A STOREKEEPER OR AN EGG PEDDLER BUT IT WOULD NEVER DO FOR CHURCH I'LL HAVE TO GO WITHOUT ANY THEN SAID PETER I HAVEN'T ANOTHER CENT I ONLY GET FIFTY CENTS A WEEK AND I GIVE IT ALL TO MORROW LAST NIGHT 82df634c-9d94-4f3b-9433-1ebca303b7b9 2368 UNDERNEATH THE STRENGTH AND IRON OF THE MIND YUNUS CAUGHT THE SPARK GLOWING AND NEARLY SMILED IN SPITE OF THE REPORTS IN SPITE OF LOGIC THERE HAD BEEN A CHANCE THE BROTHERHOOD TO GUESSED WRONGLY ABOUT THIS MAN NOW THAT CHANCE WAS GONE AND THE BROTHERHOOD WAS RIGHT AGAIN dcd4c94b-1691-4e4c-8a4b-8db9c35f0cec 198 I WASN'T CRIED NAN HE MUST BE IN THE HOUSE I'VE BEEN SITTING RIGHT ACROSS A DOOR EVER SINCE YOU LEFT AND HE COULDN'T HAVE GOT OUT UNLESS HE CRAWLED RIGHT OVER ME HE MUST BE IN THE HOUSE 82ec4a24-db1a-46c3-b59b-8fa337d45f3b 188 IF AS WAS SAID HE DETESTED CHILDREN WHO KNEW WHAT SORT OF A RECEPTION WE MIGHT MEET MISTER CAMPBELL WAS A RICH RETIRED FARMER WHO TOOK LIFE EASILY HE HAD VISITED NEW YORK AND BOSTON TORONTO AND MONTREAL HE HAD EVEN BEEN AS FAR AS THE PACIFIC COAST d6d3838b-1214-4c27-8dbc-c185e832364a 2274 FIVE DAYS THAT'S ALL THEY CAN GIVE US TOM GOE SAYS HE CAN'T KEEP THE INFORMATION OUT OF HIGH COMMISSIONER BULL ONE'S HANDS ANY LONGER THAN THAT IT'S FIVE DAYS FOR SURE THEN 8e0c1cea-b4fe-4f66-9869-6e0512e05092 2274 I'M GOING TO WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUESS THAT ONE YOU ARE A WEAK FOOL LIKE THE OTHERS GRITTED TO NEW YOUR SHIP LANDED TO REPAIR ITS TUBES VERY INFERIOR CERAMICS IN THOSE TUBES bc7e62b9-36a2-4765-abd1-2822ad185786 2286 WITH EACH PASSING MINUTE THE SPHERE OF PROBABLE LOCATIONS GREW LARGER BY THE POWER OF THE SQUARED CUBE I KEPT THE ON WATCH CREW OF THE CRUISER AT DUTY STATION TO CONFINED THE REST WITHIN A HUNDRED YARD RADIUS OF THE SHIP 0354f8f6-ecca-4a96-8b0c-707799d8379a 1867 THE OLD MAN HAD THAT LOOK OF INTENSE GLEE ON HIS FACE THAT MEANT SOME ONE WAS IN FOR A VERY ROUGH TIME SINCE WE WERE ALONE IT TOOK NO GREAT FEAT OF INTELLIGENCE TO FIGURE IT WOULD BE ME I TALKED FIRST BOLD ATTACK BEING THE BEST DEFENSE AND SO FORTH ca4370f1-5cce-4682-a781-e313d24e3392 32 UNCLE ROGER AND UNCLE ALEC LULLED IN THE GRASS LIKE BOYS AUNT OLIVIA LOOKING MORE LIKE A PANSY THAN EVER IN THE PRETTIEST DRESS OF PALE PURPLE PRINT WITH A KNOT OF YELLOW RIBBONS AT HER THROAT SAT WITH HER ARM ABOUT CECILY AND SMILED ON US ALL AND AUNT JANET'S MOTHERLY FACE LOST ITS EVERY DAY LOOK OF ANXIOUS CARE ffe5182f-cc26-4cb8-a2b3-537a08179ba5 32 WELL ANYWAY THEY CAN'T PREVENT US FROM GROWING UP CONSOLED DAN WE NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE BREAD AND MILK RULE ADDED FELICITY cd445aba-4795-42b3-83a8-7eaa74a03651 2286 WHAT BATTLESHIP HE GASPED FIRST OF COURSE THE HULL WAS MAGNETIZED AND THE BOMBS FUSED A LIGHT BLINKED AS THE SCANNER IN THE CABIN TURNED OFF AND THE ONE IN THE GENERATOR ROOM CAME ON b2eaeeb6-bd6f-4bc9-9310-c1ed871eb081 2286 WHICH IS OF COURSE WHERE HE IS A CAPTAIN AND I AM AN ADMIRAL EVEN A TEMPORARY FOLLOWING MY ORDERS THE NAVIGATOR AGAIN CONSTRUCTED A SPHERE OF SPECULATION IN HIS TANK THE SURFACE OF THE SPHERE CONTACTED ALL THE STAR SYSTEMS A DAY'S FLIGHT AHEAD OF THE MAXIMUM FLIGHT OF THE STOLEN BATTLESHIP d30b7880-327e-4098-a5dd-6e874f32234f 2317 FARMER FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN POINTING AND RAY CLUMPED SLOWLY IN A HALF CIRCLE JUST AS A NONIFUS DROPPED TO THE DECK WITH A PLANK SHIVERING THUMP 7f8d562b-3d79-4864-abbe-0dbfa47975cf 188 NOW DON'T MEDDLE WITH THE MAN CRIED BETTY WHAT A STATE TO BE IN BECAUSE ONE GOOD LOOKING LASS LIKE STAND SANDY HAIR AND GREY EYES BETTER THAN HIGHLAND BLACK AND BLUE YOU HAVE NOT THE SPIRIT OF A WREN NEIL CAMPBELL WERE I YOU I WOULD SHOW DONALD FRAGER THAT I COULD WOO AND WIN A LASS AS SPEEDILY AS ANY LOWLANDER OF THEM ALL THAT I WOULD cf4ecbfe-8a3d-48b2-8bcb-96d8ebefb362 2274 ORAN TURNED LOOKED BACK AT TO NEWBE DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU CAN SEE BY WHAT LIGHT GETS DOWN HERE THROUGH THOSE TREES CAN YOU NOT SEE ASKED TO NEW NOT WITHOUT THE HEADLIGHTS 642502ac-df1c-4a37-8214-a1ede4411a1e 2425 BLINDLY THE MULTITUDE SURGED TOWARDS THE SCARLET RAY THAT DEALT DEATH FIGHTING THEIR WAY TOWARD THE OBLIVION THEY SO HIGHLY PRIZED THOSE WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING HOPE AND VIC WERE SURGING FORWARD WITH THE REST THEIR ERSTWHILE PRISONERS FORGOTTEN IN THEIR MAD GREED FOR DEATH 89fe812d-3944-4223-89b3-57000cfefe7c 2317 I'LL BE RIGHT BACK HE SETTLED A HELMET ON HIS HEAD MOTIONED FOR FARMER TO HELP HIM CHECK THE CONNECTIONS OF THE SOUP'S SELF CONTAINED OXYGEN SUPPLY JOHN ANDREW WAS STRAIGHTENING UP FROM DOING THIS WHEN HE SAW THE NONNIPUS FOR THE FIRST TIME 8d461c85-47d4-486d-bb7b-d81eb25b5394 2286 THERE WERE TWO DISTANT CLANGS AS MAGNETIC GRAPPLES HIT THE HULL A LITTLE LATER THE SHIP LURCHED DRAWN HOME AGAINST THE BATTLESHIP NOTICE IF THE ENGINE ROOM SPECKS ARE CHANGED SLIGHTLY TO INCLUDE THIS CARGO HOLD THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE BRUTES NEEDED 9800b4a5-4203-47d0-8ff2-d98f3f99328a 188 WE WERE SITTING IN A CIRCLE BEFORE THE PULPIT STONE EACH WRITING DILIGENTLY IN AN EXERCISE BOOK AND EATING THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT'S PLUMS WHICH ALWAYS REACHED THEIR PRIME OF JUICY GOLDEN GREEN FLESH AND BLOOMY BLUESKIN IN SEPTEMBER fcc34604-c76c-42a6-b156-599c423c0141 2286 THIS STARTED ME THINKING AND I PUNCHED A COMPLETE LIST OF SHIPS OF THAT SIZE THAT BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE PAST YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN AFTER ABOUT THREE MINUTES OF GROANING THE C M ONLY PRODUCED SIX 888cfc4e-b2d2-4810-9da7-aeb070010b7a 1867 TRIANGULATION AND QUADRATURE OF THE BEACON WORKS FOR NAVIGATION ONLY IT FOLLOWS ITS OWN RULES THE RULES ARE COMPLEX AND VARIABLE BUT THEY ARE STILL RULES THAT A NAVIGATOR CAN FOLLOW bb9be2fc-b71d-4462-b64a-7f5e7f09d7b7 2182 ALSO ON MONDAY'S NECESSARILY BEFORE CHARLEY MACK'S VISIT JEFF MUST ASSEMBLE HIS SMUGGLED COMMUNICATOR KEPT DISMANTLED AND HIDDEN FROM SUSPICIOUS LOCAL LIES AND REPORT TO EARTH INTEREST CONSOLATE HIS PROGRESS DURING THE CYCLE JUST ENDED cbf6765b-e327-4254-9483-7ca06d936c27 1867 SINCE WE WERE ALONE IT TOOK NO GREAT FEAT OF INTELLIGENCE TO FIGURE IT WOULD BE ME I TALKED FIRST BOLD ATTACK BEING THE BEST DEFENSE AND SO FORTH I QUIT DON'T BOTHER TELLING ME WHAT A DIRTY JOB YOU HAVE COOKED UP BECAUSE I ALREADY QUIT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO REVEAL COMPANY'S SECRETS TO ME 7f94f731-df04-4171-810a-737bad221dde 2274 GOOD LUCK I MEANT THAT ABOUT DIVING IN FOR YOU JUST SAY THE WORD I KNOW THE WORD TOO SAID ORNE HELP GRAY MUD FLOOR AND GLOOMY AISLES BETWEEN MONSTROUS BLUISH TREE TRUNKS THAT WAS THE JUNGLE d3ea89dc-56e2-4241-b868-7c1a9ed9a954 2108 EAT FRIEND WANDERER SAID THE EMPEROR CORDIALLY AND I TRUST THE FEAST WILL BEAT TO YOUR LIKING I MYSELF DO NOT EAT BEING MADE IN SUCH MANNER THAT I REQUIRE NO FOOD TO KEEP ME ALIVE 75539ad7-e821-4e24-b03e-564c0dd423e6 1867 I HAVE A FLEET OF EXPENSIVE SHIPS THAT ARE EQUIPPED TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING MANNED BY A BUNCH OF IRRESPONSIBLES LIKE YOU I NODDED MOODILY AT HIS POINTING FINGER HOW I WISH I COULD FIRE YOU ALL 60c948e7-b3ec-44bb-bf90-f623729a31ed 2368 YOU CAN ONLY UPSET THE NATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS WHICH IS UNWISE YUNUS THOUGHT BITTERLY AND RISKY AND VERY PROBABLY IMPIOUS AS WELL BUT THERE WILL BE NO MORE SHARP LOOKED AT HIM FOR A LONG TIME COME WITH ME HE SAID AT LAST AND LED THE WAY INTO HIS MUD HOUSE f474bc30-3c03-474e-a463-af17ba2e9439 2137 BRANDON TOOK A DEEP BREATH HIS HEAD SPUN AND FOR THE FIRST TIME HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS STILL ALIVE HE GAZED ACROSS THE SHIMMERING DESERT TO A RIDGE OF SCRUBBY HILLS BLUE MOUNTAINS ROSE UP BEHIND THEM b728b30f-5ae0-4a3e-b34a-c1f9676367ff 32 UNCLE ROGER SENDS HIM TO SCHOOL AND PAYS HIS WAGES IN SUMMER WE ALL LIKE PETER EXCEPT FELICITY fde0b594-f722-4f69-a000-2ae55bc89a8c 2108 ONCE AROUND THE EMERALD CITY WE WILL TURN SOUTH INTO THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY WHERE THE SCARECROW AND I ARE WELL ACQUAINTED AND HAVE MANY FRIENDS cdd4b7a4-e3e3-4ec5-b310-506527078af6 2425 WHEN YOU COME DOWN YOU'LL START A NEW CYCLE AND IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW AT JUST WHAT MINUTE WE CAN GET BACK TO OUR OWN PLANE I GLARED AT HIM AND PARIN CLOSED THE DOOR THE APPARATUS VIC HAD MENTIONED WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT 12a5ce3c-ed75-4f0e-9af8-5dc4d9bdfe70 14 IN LATER YEARS WE WERE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE ORCHARD BLOSSOMED NOT ONLY APPLE BLOSSOMS BUT ALL THE LOVE FAITH JOY PURE HAPPINESS AND PURE SORROW OF THOSE WHO HAD MADE IT AND WALKED THERE 0fba92b5-9b6a-4d9d-8ab3-f128c6a75fcd 188 OH YES SAID NEIL FIERCELY IS IT IS LAUGHING AT ME OVER THE COUNTRY SIDE AND TELLING THAT STORY THAT DONALD FRASER WILL BE DOING IS IT BUT WHEN I MEET HIM IT IS NOT LAUGHING HE'LL BE DOING OH NO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER STORY TO TELL e1e0ae0d-69ac-41f8-bfd0-6a6411903d13 402 I CAN'T CRY SHE SAID DREARILY I WISH I COULD I'VE A DREADFUL FEELING HERE SHE TOUCHED HER SLENDER THROAT AND IF I COULD CRY I THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT BETTER BUT I CAN'T d9272aa5-8198-4b25-bcb8-39f502726aa8 188 BUT I MUST WAIT UNTIL I'M A LITTLE OLDER FOR HE WOULDN'T TELL THE SECRET OF THE WEST ROOM TO A LITTLE GIRL AND I MUST MUSTN'T WAIT TILL I'M TOO OLD FOR HE IS FRIGHTENED OF GROWN UP GIRLS BECAUSE HE THINKS THEY LAUGH AT HIS AWKWARDNESS 00441b28-c03f-42f6-bc29-722c9cc0f108 2425 THEIR THIN LEGS SEEMED TO BUCKLE AT THE KNEES THEIR ARMS DROOPED FROM THEIR SHOULDERS THEIR MOUTHS SAGGED AT THE CORNERS AND EVEN THEIR HUGE EARS HUNG DOWN LIKE A HOUND'S d4cd3b4a-a4dd-489c-9365-95cafc6b9adc 2286 IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SHIP AND THE DOCK YARD HAD BEEN LAVISH WITH HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL FROM BOW TO REAR TUBE SHE WAS PLAITED IN PURE GOLD THERE ARE OTHER METALS WITH A HIGHER ALBIDO BUT NONE THAT GIVE A RICHER EFFECT ALL THE FITTINGS INSIDE AND OUT WERE EITHER MACHINE TURNED OR PLAITED cacd9f1a-d08f-4f73-bbd1-c42979791b64 2368 HE HARDLY NEEDED TO SEE INTO HER MIND TO KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING AND TWENTY MINUTES LATER TWO MEN CAME TO THE HUT THEY STOOD IN THE OPEN DOORWAY MISSUS SHARP BEHIND THEM TWITTERING LIKE AN ANCIENT BIRD AND YONAS WATCHED THEM BOREDLY 88396658-050d-4200-a3a4-d3867a433013 2317 THE BACKGROUND WAS AN OUT OF FOCUS BLUR ALTHOUGH FARMER WAS DIMLY CONSCIOUS OF MOTION IN IT SOMEWHERE SOMETHING ELSE BREAKING THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AS IT EMERGED IN THE FOREGROUND THE BOAT AND ITS OCCUPANTS WERE SHARPLY ETCHED BUT SEEMED TO HAVE GONE INTO SLOW MOTION de5e61e5-a2f1-49d4-bc07-956f2b9ef23d 1867 I WOULD MUCH RATHER TAKE A CHANCE OF BREAKING THROUGH NEAR SOME STAR THAN SPEND TIME JUST BARRELING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE BUT APPARENTLY TECH KNOWS THIS TOO fa94fabc-0106-4e5a-9815-43841ea99753 14 WE ALL EXPLODED WITH LAUGHTER ON THE SPOT MUCH TO THE HORROR OF MISSUS ABRAHAM WARD WHO WAS JUST DRIVING PAST AND WHO CAME UP THE NEXT DAY AND TOLD AUNT JANET WE HAD ACTED SCANDALOUS ON THE ROAD HOME FROM CHURCH 71ca0714-478e-439c-84c3-5cfa1cb1858d 402 OH I THINK HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT TOO SIGHED CECILY BUT YOU KNOW HE NEVER DID GO TO CHURCH IN SUNDAY SCHOOL BEFORE THIS SUMMER bc01106d-c083-4eb7-b014-83995f592259 2425 THEY WERE LIGHTER IN COLOR THAN THE OTHERS AND MUCH MORE INTELLIGENT TO JUDGE BY THEIR FACES THEIR EYES HELD NONE OF THE SADNESS WHICH WAS THE MOST MARKED CHARACTERISTIC OF THE OTHERS 358ac038-6f90-4a46-a5aa-1d10d0be6cb0 2425 SO I WAS TO RECEIVE A CORDIAL WELCOME AFTER ALL I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF AND POCKETED THE WEAPON AND INSTANTLY THE DARK EYES FLASHED ANGRILY I HELD OUT BOTH HANDS TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE EMPTY TRYING TO EXPRESS MY WILLINGNESS TO BE FRIENDS 0d4bd13f-b6c7-4f07-813c-c683707c8b8c 1867 ONE THE BEACON WAS REPAIRED TWO THE DOOR WAS SEALED SO THERE WOULD BE NO MORE SAVAGE ACCIDENTAL OR DELIBERATE THREE THE PRIESTS SHOULD BE SATISFIED THE WATER WAS RUNNING AGAIN MY EYES HAD BEEN DULY BURNED OUT AND THEY WERE BACK IN BUSINESS 52dde3ac-71e7-4a81-8fc8-2ee14fd86ee1 2274 YOU WILL NOT BE THAT FOOLISH WILL YOU ORN NO NEED TO BE SAID ORAN I'VE ANOTHER LITTLE LESSON TO TEACH YOU I ALREADY KNOW WHERE YOU'VE HIDDEN THE DELPHINIS GO BOY HISSED STUTSON WHERE IS IT 3a7e1299-bbe0-4a1c-9d14-ccb3897a78d9 1867 SOME OF THE MORE CREDULOUS NATIVES PROSTRATED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS FLED SCREAMING I SLUMPED DEFEATED WAITING FOR THE BLOW TO LAND THE OLD MAN FONDLED MY CONTRACT b1563f19-8f97-4715-9160-500875d7c0f1 2108 OH WELL NEVER MIND SAID THE WANDERER I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT ANY ONE WANTS OF A CAST OFF HEAD ANYHOW f2caa3ce-5ff3-46cb-820f-c4b819f7e68f 14 I'M NOT A BIT AFRAID SAID THE STORY GIRL STAUNCHLY PETER KNOWS BETTER THAN THAT 6386b977-f5dc-45a6-95d7-f9d150d13893 2274 A BUTTER YELLOW SUN HUNG ABOVE THE HORIZON PERHAPS AN HOUR FROM SETTING I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH OUR COUNSEL HE STARED AT ORAN YOU I AS ARE TOO STRONG WE DID NOT KNOW 72644f59-81a2-475c-bdc8-407e5dee3666 402 SOMETIMES WE WORKED UNTIL THE COLD YELLOW SUNSET FADED OUT OVER THE DARKENING DISTANCES AND THE HUNTER'S MOON LOOKED DOWN ON US THROUGH THE SPARKLING AIR 41bba0fb-c585-4d17-bf8d-d414195537c1 14 WHEN WE REACHED OUR LANE AND PASSED UNDER GRANDFATHER KING'S BIG WILLOW THE FRAGRANCE OF THE ORCHARD STRUCK US IN THE FACE LIKE A WAVE WE COULD SEE THE LONG ROWS OF TREES A WHITE GLADNESS IN THE MOONSHINE IT SEEMED TO US THAT THERE WAS IN THE ORCHARD SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ORCHARDS THAT WE HAD KNOWN cd447d6e-181f-46dc-8bee-6e7acf847a32 2274 IS THIS THE USUAL ARE FOWL UP ASKED ORNE STETSON NODDED MAYBE WHAT'S IT MEAN TO YOU NIGHT HUNTING PREDATOR ACCUSTOMED TO DROPPING UPON ITS VICTIMS FROM ABOVE 68e6659d-282a-4533-8f39-109568d55b74 2108 THE TIN WOODMAN WAS THEN JUST LEAVING HIS TIN CASTLE IN THE COMPANY OF THE SCARECROW AND THE WANDERER 3729ad58-ca2c-4889-971c-33b6b4aff43a 2182 THE IMPLICATION DREW A COLD FINGER DOWN JEFF'S SPINE THAT WOULD MEAN OTHER CULTURES OUT THERE AND IN ALL OUR YEARS OF PLANET HUNTING WE HAVEN'T FOUND ONE MEMORY CHILLED HIM FURTHER 994a07b7-b3c5-434b-b26e-1370693bc940 2182 HE SAID INANELY THE OWL WINCED AND DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A SOUND JEFF GOT UP SHAKILY AND STUMBLED TO THE DOCK'S EDGE 534d0b48-1b94-4960-bd40-4d630cf723eb 2425 I GLANCED DOWN AT THE PAPERS IN MY HAND AND SLOWLY TURNED THE FIRST DIAL ON THE LITTLE INSTRUMENT BOARD NARROWLY WATCHING THE HAND OF THE METER BESIDE IT AS VIC HAD INSTRUCTED 89b4532f-dcd6-4738-b0ec-334040a18218 1867 I HAD MEANT TO SAIL OUT BRAVELY BLIND EYES FACING INTO THE SUNSET INSTEAD I FACED THE CROWD AS I SOARED AWAY SO I MADE THE MOST OF A BAD SITUATION AND THREW THEM A SNAPPY MILITARY SALUTE THEN I WAS OUT IN THE FRESH AIR AND AWAY 31d0cf70-695b-421d-a98b-5f9c30efbfdc 32 IT MIGHT BUT I'D JUST AS SOON PEG BOWEN DIDN'T LOOK AT MY COWS SAID PETER AS IF YOU HAD ANY COWS GIGGLED FELICITY I'M GOING TO HAVE COW SOME DAY SAID PETER FLUSHING I DON'T MEAN TO BE A HIGHER BOY ALL MY LIFE f7356372-d5b0-4635-a42c-d3ab932c2466 451 OH I WONDER HOW SARA IS THIS MORNING MOTHER'S GOING DOWN THIS AFTERNOON SAID FELICITY SHE SAYS NONE OF US MUST GO NEAR THE PLACE TILL WE KNOW WHETHER IT IS THE MEASLES OR NOT I'VE THOUGHT OF A GREAT PENANCE SAID CECILY EAGERLY DON'T GO TO THE MISSIONARY MEETING TO NIGHT THE STORY GIRL LOOKED PITEOUS b90cb1c8-2b30-4f36-8779-033c2a871589 32 WELL I WILL FOR ONE SAID FELIX EMPHATICALLY I THINK HE WAS REMEMBERING THAT FELICITY HAD CALLED HIM FAT 51354450-1ef7-46cc-a2b4-c8022cf5ed81 2368 HE WAITED PATIENTLY UNTIL THE FIT HAD LEFT HER NOT AN INN HE SAID THERE IS NO INN HERE I KNOW b6bc781a-fae3-4e61-b683-15c48c413003 2368 HIS ADVENTURES TOO WERE A LITTLE OUT OF THE COMMON RUN OF TALES JONAS HAD HE THOUGHT REGRETFULLY FEW DUELS TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND HE HAD HAD EVEN FEWER TO LOOK BACK ON 402d83ac-3513-4147-bd74-17eb25e690a5 2425 WELL AFTER THAT HE LOCKS HIMSELF UP IN HIS WORK ROOM SO MISSUS PERWIN SAYS SHE BEING THE HOUSEKEEPER AS YOU KNOW SIR LEAVING WORD NOT TO DISTURB HIM FOR DINNER WE DON'T THINK SO MUCH OF THAT MISTER BUTLER BEING TOOK WITH STREAKS OF WORKING AT ALL HOURS AS YOU KNOW 92e9fda3-1c80-40a5-b4b2-505271e63dce 2182 IT WAS TOO REAL TO BEAR JEFF STEPPED BACK ON SUDDENLY UNRELIABLE LEGS JONOFOR FAINTED AGAINST HIM AND THE UNEXPECTED WEIGHT OF HER SENT THEM BOTH SPRAWLING TO THE DOCK f81f5816-8827-4516-aecb-f9b4e4c95db2 2108 ADVENTURES TO ME ARE GOOD FUN ONLY I NEVER LIKE TO STAY TOO LONG ON EARTH BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T BELONG HERE I SHALL TELL MY FATHER THE RAINBOW THAT I'LL TRY NOT TO BE SO CARELESS AGAIN AND HE WILL FORGIVE ME BECAUSE IN OUR SKY MANSIONS THERE IS ALWAYS JOY AND HAPPINESS fdf4065e-a14f-44cf-9fbc-b1e92ebc0413 2137 THE DOCTOR'S PEN PAUSED OVER THE CHART ON HIS DESK THIS IS YOUR THIRD SET OF TEETH I BELIEVE HIS PATIENT NODDED THAT'S RIGHT DOCTOR BUT THEY WERE PRETTY SLOW COMING IN THIS TIME THE DOCTOR LOOKED UP QUIZZICALLY IS THAT THE ONLY REASON YOU THINK YOU MIGHT NEED A BOOSTER SHOT OH NO OF COURSE NOT c0c12562-0906-451d-ab4d-5ae6d40fa15a 2286 DON'T LET THEM TAKE ME PLEASE ANGELINA WAS ON HER FEET NOW HER BACK PRESSED TO THE WALL THEY'LL PUT ME IN PRISON DO THINGS TO MY MIND SHE SHRUNK AWAY AS SHE SPOKE STUMBLING ALONG THE WALL I LOOKED BACK AT PEPPET NOT WANTING TO HAVE MY EYES OFF HIM FOR AN INSTANT 8280cee9-1b79-4d7c-b34e-1d6f6143bfb5 2274 THIS IS FAR ENOUGH SAID TO NEW HORN STOPPED THE SLED IN THE MOONLIGHT HE COULD SEE ARMED GIANS ALL AROUND THE BUTCHER'S PEDESTAL OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS LOOMED DIRECTLY AHEAD a0e43b46-2ce1-4787-b12b-ef6696bdcb7b 2368 I NEVER THEN MY CAUTION IS UNNECESSARY CLARTON THOUGHT BUT IN THE UNLIKELY CASE THAT SHE MIGHT TEMPT YOU TO FOLLY REMEMBER IT YONUS WHO DISLIKED IRONY SIGHED AND CUT OFF THAT WAS THE THIRD NIGHT 7b7b8efd-b9e6-4aed-a06a-1cef54ab362b 2368 GORK KNOPE WAS A TALL MAN WITH SKIN OF THE COLOR AND APPARENT TEXTURE OF GOOD LEATHER HE HAD A FACE LIKE AN EAGLE AND HIS EYES WERE ICE BLUE 8100f18a-1488-4883-ad1a-8f147c2b7b9b 14 WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL I USED TO BELIEVE THE FAIRIES DANCED IN IT ON MOONLIGHT NIGHTS I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE IT NOW BUT I CAN'T WHY NOT OH IT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE THINGS YOU KNOW ARE NOT TRUE IT WAS UNCLE EDWARD WHO TOLD ME THERE WERE NO SUCH THINGS AS FAIRIES a548b2b6-392f-4694-98c2-f5c9f2ddce08 2137 CERTAINLY THIS WAS NO PLACE TO SET DOWN THE FULL WEIGHT OF ASTRO NOR TO PROTECT THE CREW IN EQUIPMENT FROM A BRACE OF DUST HE RIGHTED THE SHIP FAR ON THE HORIZON WAS A BANK OF ATMOSPHERIC CLOUDS PERHAPS CONDITIONS WERE MORE PROMISING THERE HE SHOVED THE POWER SETTING TO NINETY PER CENT 540a41b4-20ae-436d-b39e-d4ea6c70c7f5 2317 OF COURSE I KNOW WE'RE THOROUGHLY UNCIVILIZED TOO UNWARLIKE FOR ANY OTHER RACE TO TRUST AND ALL THAT I CAN SEE HOW EARTH MIGHT BE CONSIDERED THE PLAGUE SPOT OF THE UNIVERSE 6a0a2bb6-536c-43c1-adb4-d9994abb6957 32 I WOULD HAVE AND THE NEXT DAY SHE DRESSED HERSELF BEAUTIFULLY IN HER BEST PALE BLUE MUSLIN AND SLEEKED HER CURLS AND WENT SMILING TO THE BIRCHES 7277d86b-953c-472f-a591-ab31605a1a1d 402 OUR FATHER IS A KING SAID FELICITY LOFTILY AND PETER'S FATHER WAS ONLY A CRAIG A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY COULDN'T BEHAVE LIKE THAT 757aced6-1e72-450a-81f6-9fd794879a02 2368 FOR NO WIZARD COULD USE THE NAME OF GOD NO WIZARD COULD PRAY SO THE INQUISITION SAID SO KUV SAID SNODKNUFF HAD TO SAY AND SO HE HAD TO BELIEVE 852c054f-e373-4362-8f17-193e600711a2 2286 A PARTY OR PARTIES UNKNOWN HAD NEATLY WALKED THE SHIP CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO THEIR OWN ENDS UNDOUBTEDLY THEY HAD STARTED THE PROGRAM FOR THE GIANT TRANSPORT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHECKED LATER ONCE THE PROGRAMME WAS UNDER WAY IT HAD BEEN GUIDED WITH A SKILL THAT BORDERED ON GENIUS 72e7dba0-db0b-4b88-9cb2-30970b078200 2317 FARMER MUDDLED LOOKED AGAIN AT THE NONIFICE WHICH HAD APPARENTLY GONE TO SLEEP EVEN SO IT LOOKED DEADLY 6a12d479-e9cd-4a69-bcd8-523b97daa22a 2317 HIS STEP WAS BOUNCING AS IF HE WERE USED TO A HIGHER GRAVITY OR GREATER PRESSURE THAT FARMER COMPLIMENTED HIMSELF ON HIS CLEVERNESS MADE SENSE AT LEAST BUT HE EXTENDED HIS HAND AND SAID PETER THERE LIKE ANY LADY'S WEARBYER AT AN ANNUAL CONVENTION 3f58ea15-fa52-4bb5-a305-42e3cff6c7fe 1867 I WATCHED THE PRIESTS THROUGH THE PRY EYE WHILE THEY TRIED TO OPEN IT WHEN THEY HAD GIVEN UP I BOOMED ORDERS AT THEM THROUGH THE SPEAKER IN THE CRATE THEY SPENT MOST OF THE DAY SWEATING THE HEAVY BOX UP THROUGH THE NARROW TEMPLE STAIRS AND I ENJOYED A GOOD SLEEP 93c7000b-7d0b-4882-b08f-bb515ae7aa7c 2368 I UNDERSTAND JONAS SAID HELPLESSLY b446eab2-a77a-4b34-9e61-96e89d00cf26 2425 THE OTHERS FELL BACK INSTANTLY AND THE NEWCOMER APPROACHED ME SWIFTLY HOLDING OUT HIS HANDS AS THOUGH IN SUPPLICATION 4b1af8f0-5c24-4e6b-a53c-a1205b71b871 402 DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS WE WERE VERY BUSY TOO BUSY TO TELL TALES OR LISTEN TO THEM ONLY IN THE FROSTY DUSK DID WE HAVE TIME TO WANDER AFAR IN REALMS OF GOLD WITH THE STORY GIRL ef236564-9fb8-434f-876a-ae31a1779db7 2137 CIRIUS WAS TURNING THE SKY TO GREY TRIMMING A FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH GOLD AS HE STARED AT THE SKY CIUS ROSE WITH A BRASSY GLARE NEAR IT HE COULD SEE ITS WHITE HOT DWARF STAR COMPANION IT WAS GOING TO BE A REAL SCORCHER HE DECIDED WORSE THAN ANY DESERT ON EARTH HE SAT UP STIFFLY e5650e1e-5b8b-4672-951c-897b6cc9a4a0 451 PETER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE ONLY KIND OF INCONVENIENT WEARING A CROWN ALL THE TIME OH BUT THEY DON'T SAID THE STORY GIRL MAYBE THEY USED TO ONCE BUT NOW THEY WEAR HATS 37be679e-1c2c-4885-8a72-0225682afbe9 1867 THERE WERE A FEW MINUTES WHILE THE WATER BEGAN TO GURGLE DOWN THROUGH THE DRY PIPE THEN A ROAR CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE PYRAMID THAT MUST HAVE SHAKEN ITS STONE WALLS NOW I MUST RETURN ON WITH THE CEREMONY THE TORTURE MASTER WAS TOO FRIGHTENED TO MOVE SO I GRABBED OUT HIS HOT IRON d3721b5b-f847-42f4-b010-93386b68b344 1867 HE SANK SLOWLY BENEATH THE SURFACE WHAT A LACK OF COURTESY I SHOUTED DIPLOMACY WAS CALLED FOR I SIGHED AND DRAGGED OUT THE PLASTER FLESH EQUIPMENT bf8e2495-dead-4fe3-9ef7-13a24822eff4 1867 LATER THE SAME DAY I CAUGHT ONE OF THEM ALONE AND SHOUTED HEY GEORGE AT HIM IT GURGLED OUT THROUGH THE SPEAKER IN THE LOCAL TONGUE AND HE TURNED ROUND caf98b5e-457a-4bbd-984e-5206cbaae5c6 2368 YONAS MADE CONTACT TWICE WITH CLARTON WHO TOLD HIM OVER AND OVER TO WAIT TO DO NOTHING THE NEXT MOVE IS COMING SOON DO NOTHING TO HURRY IT YOU CAN ONLY UPSET THE NATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS WHICH IS UNWISE YUNUS THOUGHT BITTERLY AND RISKY AND VERY PROBABLY IMPIOUS AS WELL d38e8692-a0cf-4e6b-a60d-62cf4b4413d7 2286 I DON'T KNOW THE CAPTAIN SAID IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE I NEVER HEARD WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE WHICH IS ALL RIGHT SINCE HE WAS GETTING UNDER MY SKIN AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPTED TO PULL MY PSEUDO RANK THE ALARM SIRENS CUT HIS SENTENCE OFF AND WE FOOT RACED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS ROOM d06a5d48-310d-4611-b691-5835f33ecba8 2286 I THREW THEM AS SNAPPY A SALUTE AS I COULD MUSTER AND I FILED OUT STARING GLOOMILY AT THEIR BACKS I ENVIED FOR ONE MOMENT THEIR SIMPLE FAITH IN THE LEAGUE NAVY MY FIRST THOUGHT THAT A GANG WAS INVOLVED PROVED WRONG ALL MY SECONDARY SUSPECTS TURNED OUT TO BE SIMPLE FORGERIES NOT INDIVIDUALS 458b9521-275d-41d5-965e-87c590073995 2425 YES I SUPPOSE ONE OF THE PRIESTS OPERATES IT FROM SOME HIDDEN ROOM WHATEVER IT IS IT CERTAINLY DOES THE WORK 06031c08-ec19-4585-92b4-2e913593d069 402 IN THE REACTION OUR SPIRITS ROSE WITH A BOUND OH AIN'T IT GREAT THAT PETER'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT SAID DAN SPRINGING UP I WAS NEVER SO GLAD OF ANYTHING IN MY WHOLE LIFE DECLARED FELICITY IN SHAMELESS RAPTURE fbaf4543-55ab-47f6-9087-5b01e349cb90 2317 HE PROTESTED HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WILL WORK RAY'S GLANCE TOOK ON A TOUCH OF ICY FURY 75e3342c-e4dc-421a-bc75-29516de9b4ef 1867 THE BEACONS MUST OPERATE I RECOGNIZED THIS DEATHLESS LINE AS THE CURTAIN SPEECH AND CRAWLED TO MY FEET ALL WENT WELL UNTIL ONE OF THE PRIESTS VIOLATED THE TEMPLE AND DESTROYED THE HOLY WATERS f084cf8c-8be1-48be-9215-cdf62a79cced 1867 HOWEVER IF THE SPIKIN WAS WEARING A SUIT OF PLASTER FLESH THAT LOOKED REMOTELY HUMANOID I WOULD AT LEAST STAY AND TALK TO HIM THAT IS WHAT I WAS AIMING TO DO WITH THE CENTAURIANS bb5587fe-f07c-42de-8591-9e7703d56916 2368 YONAS SHOOK HIS HEAD THERE IS HELP HE SAID AND YOU WILL FIND IT YOUR SON IS GONE ACCUSED QUESTIONED CONFESSED AND BURNT BUT THERE WILL BE NO MORE SHARP LOOKED AT HIM FOR A LONG TIME 98e390a5-e262-4366-9de3-d6e693574ffc 2108 YOUR FRIEND MUST HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL WORKMAN EXCLAIMED GROUP HE WAS INDEED ADMITTED THE EMPEROR HE WAS A TINSMITH BY TRADE AND COULD MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF TIN a26cda48-09fe-4e1c-b250-5b6ace647e44 188 WELL I'M NOT YOU COUNTED CECILY AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN ANY ONE AS I WAS FRIGHTENED IT WAS AN AWFUL DREAM BUT IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TOO I'VE HAD SOME REAL INTERESTING DREAMS SAID PETER BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THEM LONG I WISH I COULD WHY DON'T YOU WRITE HIM DOWN SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL 36cdf38a-9144-40e3-9399-ddb971f5ed9f 188 NOR DID HE MEAN TO TAKE A TEXT WHY WHO EVER HEARD OF A SERMON WITHOUT A TEXT ASKED FELIX BLANKLY 2ed2d97a-08f9-4fa2-9126-1d436df1f67e 2274 MOST RACES CALL THEMSELVES SOMETHING MEANING THE PEOPLE BUT IN HIS TONGUE THAT'S O'CERIL GRATSEY WAS ON THE TRAMP WASN'T ON THE TRANSLATED LIST I STARTED WORKING ON IT THE MOST LIKELY ANSWER WAS THAT IT HAD BEEN ADOPTED FROM ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND MEANT ENEMY 255fc002-b6d5-4d6e-ad19-62590615d32e 32 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT I THREW A LIGHTED MATCH INTO THAT KEG OF GUNPOWDER IN MISTER COOK'S STORE AT MARKDALE SAID PETER IT BLEW UP AND EVERYTHING BLEW UP AND THEY FISHED ME OUT OF THE MESS BUT I WOKE UP BEFORE I'D TIME TO FIND OUT IF I WAS KILLED OR NOT 8347aa4e-a588-4b24-8527-04c2115ed9c5 1867 I RECOGNIZED THIS DEATHLESS LINE AS THE CURTAIN SPEECH AND CRAWLED TO MY FEET HE THREW THE MARK THREE FILE AT ME AND WENT BACK TO SCRATCHING IN HIS PAPERS JUST AS I REACHED THE DOOR HE LOOKED UP AND IMPALED ME ON HIS FINGER AGAIN fd2b50f7-b406-453c-820e-6962c147a6e4 2425 A GREAT CROWD OF CREATURES SIMILAR TO MY CAPTORS HEMMED US IN BEFORE US THEY THINNED INTO NOTHINGNESS AS WE APPROACHED ONLY TO SWARM INTO BEING IN SOME OTHER SPOT IT WAS TERRIFYING AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE THAT MADE ME QUESTION MY SANITY f52db434-e415-478b-90b1-35249b0c187c 2286 THERE WAS NO ARMOR OR WARNING DEVICES AT THIS SPOT IT HAD BEEN CHOSEN CAREFULLY FROM THE BLUE PRINTS WHATEVER ELSE HE'S AFTER HE IS GOING TO TAKE ALL THE MAGAZINES AND PAPERS HE CAN FIND PARTLY TO SATISFY HIS OWN EGO BUT MOSTLY TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS HE'S INTERESTED IN 5e40fb42-0399-41e1-9d20-ccbe460b9bf8 2137 THERE'LL HAVE TO BE THE USUAL TESTS NOT THAT THERE'S MUCH DOUBT WE LIKE TO BE CERTAIN THE MIDDLE AGED MAN SEEMED RELIEVED THEN ON SECOND THOUGHT HE HESITATED UNEASILY WHY b184b8dd-4b64-4853-8f6e-6c186d049517 2368 YOU ARE A HERETIC KNUFF SAID SUDDENLY I CANNOT YOU CAN PRAY YUNUS SAID KNUFF BLINKED PRAY HE SAID e7ffd7c9-9006-4d25-890c-cf4e0dff4134 2368 YOU KNOW A GREAT DEAL CLARETON SAID WHICH I SOMETIMES FIND IT NECESSARY TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION I'VE DONE ALL RIGHT YONETS THOUGHT SULLENLY CLARETON AGREED OF COURSE YOU HAVE HE THOUGHT YOU ARE NOT THE MOST CAREFUL OF MEN AND GREAT CARE IS NEEDED THE BROTHERHOOD MUST GROW 1bc30402-00df-4154-962c-d592b83567b9 2317 RAY WAS BENDING OVER HIS MACHINE MAKING MOTIONS DESIGNED TO IMPRESS AS WELL AS TO MAKE IT WORK IN VERY SIMPLE TERMS HE WAS SAYING THIS IS A COMBINATION OF COLOR TELEVISION AND SUPER RATAR 470dd7c8-b6f8-4323-a7da-208110bc6566 2286 IDEALLY I SHOULD HAVE RUSHED OUT THE FLEET WITH GUNS BLAZING AND DRAGGED HIM TO JUSTICE VERY NICE AND I WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WAY EXCEPT WHERE WAS HE A BATTLESHIP MAY BE GIGANTIC ON SOME TERMS OF REFERENCE BUT IN THE IMMENSITY OF THE GALAXY IT IS MICROSCOPICALLY INFINITESIMAL 830f8fcf-4411-4eca-a522-b17d83907dd5 2425 FRESH MULTITUDES WERE POURING UP THE RAMP BRUSHING ASIDE THE FIVE OR SIX PRIESTS THAT HAD HURRIED THERE IN AN EFFORT TO STEM THE TIDE ONE OF THE PRIESTS SAW US AND CRIED OUT SHRILLY TO HIS COMPANIONS b70dc5bd-d3e7-4daf-80d7-d0e1d7f8069d 402 DON'T YOU THINK IT HORRID BEGINNING SO YOUNG YOU AND ME WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT TILL WE WERE GROWN UP WOULD WE a874e152-a8d5-44aa-88fe-c4efee7a94c2 451 I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY GOT SOME NEW IMPROVEMENTS ON IT SINCE AUNT JANE'S DAY SAID PETER RELIEVED IT JUST MEANS QUEER SAID CECILY NUDGING HIM WITH HER ELBOW A COMMON MAN WOULD BE QUEER BUT WHEN IT'S A MINISTER IT'S ECCENTRIC c6b001fa-0d2b-4087-b0ba-6d329edf1002 2317 RAY MADE SENSITIVE BY YEARS OF OPEN SKETCHISM ON THE PART OF MANY LISTENERS CAUGHT THE LOOK AND INSISTED ON A DEMONSTRATION OF HIS FABULOUS INVENTION e07ae40e-fcc5-4953-b8f8-aad2d0ecbce0 2274 YOU SPEAK EXCELLENT GALACTICE SAID ORAN THE HIGH PATH CHIEF COMMANDED THE BEST TEACHER SAID TO NUB IN THE ABRUPT SHOCK OF MEETING ORN RECOGNISED THE WEAPON STANDARD ISSUE TO THE MARINE GUARDS ON ALL IRON R SURVEYSHIPS 12e5dbf0-22d4-4dfe-ab8c-8370bf0fbe7a 451 THEY HAVE BUILT THEM A BRIDGE OF LIGHT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE AND SET THY DECREE OF SEPARATION AT NAUGHT DO THOU THEN STRETCH FORTH THINE ARM AND DESTROY THEIR IMPIOUS WORK cadeaca2-2fdb-47a0-91b2-ebe07fd379c0 451 SHE TOOK IT VERY QUIETLY IT'S THE BEST WAY I GUESS WHEN YOU'RE MARRIED TO A MAN LIKE OLD MISTER SCOTT BUT JUST A FEW SUNDAYS AFTER WASN'T HE LATE HIMSELF e9f277d0-eaa5-4553-be2f-88cb059def72 2317 THE THING HAD STOPPED MOVING STRADDLING A RAIL BEHIND IT AND SIMILARLY DRIPPING WAS A MY GOD IT HE LOOKED ALMOST LIKE A MAN AND THAT ONLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE WORSE THE DETAILS RESOLVED AS FARMER STARED AT HIM 9e339fbc-0256-46dc-93d0-12fb7a5bdde4 2274 NIGHT HUNTING PREDATOR ACCUSTOMED TO DROPPING UPON ITS VICTIMS FROM ABOVE NO OTHER TYPE OF CREATURE EVER HAS HAD THE VERTICAL SLIT AND TO NUBES AND HIMSELF THAT THE DELPHINEUS WAS HIDDEN IN THE BEST PLACE IN ALL THEIR HISTORY HISTORY THERE'D BE A HIGH PLACE 68da6722-bdaa-462d-9fb1-900d7120085a 402 BUT FELICITY TOOK REFUGE FROM THIS INCONVENIENT QUESTION IN TEARS IF WE COULD ONLY DO SOMETHING TO HELP PETER I SAID DESPERATELY IT SEEMS DREADFUL NOT TO BE ABLE TO DO A SINGLE THING 6f403723-5c7e-437a-83ca-3528bac52fcf 2317 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE IT HERE SHE LAUGHED AGAIN OH THE ROEBOT 1fee3325-fd8c-49d7-bed3-04b42f9c0517 32 BUT THE STORY GIRL WENT ME ONE BETTER EVEN THERE BECAUSE HAVING INHERITED SOMETHING OF HER FATHER'S TALENT FOR DRYING SHE ILLUSTRATED HER DREAMS WITH SKETCHES THAT CERTAINLY CAUGHT THE SPIRIT OF THEM WHATEVER MIGHT BE SAID OF THEIR TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE 042c56ba-b646-454f-8bc2-def6c593bb80 2317 HE EXAMINED THE EVIDENCE WITH CARE HE DECIDED THAT GARF'S SUPERIOR ATTITUDE AND POWERS BODED NO GOOD BUT IF THE FISH MAN ONCE BECAME SLIGHTLY IRRITATED HE WOULD SICK THE NONIPUS ON RAY AND HIMSELF b78815c0-1037-444b-9bc0-440c43580022 2108 YOU ARE TOO SOFT AND FLIMSY SAID THE TIN WOODMAN YOU ARE TOO HARD AND STIFF SAID THE SCARECROW AND THIS WAS AS NEAR TO QUARRELLING AS THE TWO FRIENDS EVER CAME 21e2ba37-3b13-43a0-a307-4d58e115d346 2425 THE BEING WHICH HAD UTTERED THE COMMAND DISAPPEARED AND MY CAPTORS LED ME STRUGGLING AND PROTESTING TOWARD THE BLACK UGLY TOWERS OF THE CITY c69eb538-b393-478f-8935-55b3391e1677 2108 DON'T WORRY YOUR POOR BRAINS SAID SHE YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME HOWEVER HARD YOU TRY b245fc2e-75f1-4891-9314-4560f166b6fc 14 THE CARLISLE CHURCH WAS A VERY OLD FASHIONED ONE WITH A SQUARE IVY HUNG TOWER IT WAS SHADED BY TALL ELMS AND THE GRAVEYARD SURROUNDED IT COMPLETELY MANY OF THE GRAVES BEING DIRECTLY UNDER ITS WINDOWS 5b43b401-6e22-45d0-912d-c305c27b462c 2274 THINGS SKIPPED THROUGH THE AIR AROUND THE LURCHING VEHICLE FLITTING AND DARTING THINGS DARK LIKEWISE ERGO A HIGH PLACE ON THE DARK SIDE OF THEIR MOON I'M A PIE EYED GRIPIS WHISPERED STETSON 22a76bb5-9dd9-4dd8-bd69-561a98c8e2e2 32 HE VOWED NEXT DAY TO CECILY THAT HE WOULD NEVER SWEAR AGAIN AND HE KEPT HIS WORD NONE OF THE REST OF US COULD EVER COMPASS SUCH A DREAM NOT EVEN THE STORY GIRL WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO DREAM OF FLYING IF ANYBODY DID 4dc95a7f-3693-44a4-99df-1c7dd2e687f7 2368 AND SUPPOSE YOU HAVEN'T THEN YOU CAN'T TRANSMIT A THING TO HIM YOU'RE TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE REMEMBER AND THE FIRE'S STARTED WHAT GOODS YOU'D TELEPATHY BUT IT'S A SENSE CLARETON SAID LIKE ANY OTHER SENSE BUT IT ISN'T MAGIC ANY MORE THAN YOUR EYES ARE MAGIC THEY'RE GIVEN BY GOD IF YOU LIKE THEY GROW THEY DEVELOP d875e9ca-1726-4335-a9fe-c15d665d6f22 1867 I NEED MY EYES TO SEE AND MEND THE FOUNT OF HOLY WATERS ONCE THE WATERS FLOW AGAIN I WILL LAUGH AS I HURL MYSELF ON THE BURNING IRON HE TOOK A GOOD THIRTY SECONDS TO THINK THIS OVER AND HAD TO AGREE WITH ME THE LOCAL TORTURER SNIFFED A BIT AND THREW A LITTLE MORE CHARCOAL ON THE FIRE eead8b52-59da-4942-8cd4-879f936bff02 2368 IF YOU HADN'T GOTTEN IMPATIENT AND TRIED TO HURRY THINGS HIS VOICE SET IN YUNUS'S MIND YOU WOULDN'T BE BACK IN YOUR CELL NOW THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR YOUR DISCLOSURE ANOTHER DAY AND HERE WOULD HAVE DROVE ME OUT OF MY WITS YUNUS THOUGHT 259bcfbe-2e0c-4ef9-af3c-9150d43850b0 14 I REMEMBERED THE WAY SHE SHOOK HIM OFF AND I WANTED TO LAUGH AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE PULPIT AND THOUGHT OF THE STORY SHE TOLD ABOUT THE OLD SCOTCH MINISTER WHO WAS TOO FAT TO GET IN AT THE DOOR OF IT AND HAD TO HISS HIMSELF UP BY HIS TWO HANDS OVER IT AND THEN WHISPERED TO THE OTHER MINISTER SO THAT EVERYBODY HEARD HIM 93239f9d-bd84-43c4-9614-82f6cd6a30be 2274 STETSON NODDED THANKS TO BULL ONE IN COMPANY WE'RE JUST ONE JUMP AHEAD OF CATASTROPHE BUT THEY STILL PUMP THE BOURGEOIS INTO THE RAW BOYS BACK AT DEAR OLD EUNUCH GALACTICA YOU'RE MAKING LIGHT OF MY REVERED ALMA MATER SAID ORAN HE STRUCK A POSE 51e571ad-40f5-495e-9223-86e41e6c940b 2274 HOW DID YOU CAPTURE THE DELPHINIS ASKED HORN YOU KNOW THAT TOO YOU HAVE ONE OF THE RIFLES SAID HORN YOUR RACE IS NO MATCH FOR US ORN IN CUNNING IN STRENGTH IN PROWESS OF THE MIND 621368c5-923a-4b07-bacc-ae89f60a007b 2274 THE MARINES ARE ON THEIR WAY HISS STETSON WE'RE COMING IN TO GET YOU I'M GOING TO WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUESS THAT ONE ONE MORE THING STET WHAT NOW I'VE GOT A CONFIRMED CONTACT 5ea968f9-13a7-4cd4-a353-bc926d29ce9b 402 PETER AS FELICITY REMINDED US WITH A BURST OF TEARS HAD BEEN SO FOND OF APPLE TURNOVERS 8a7712cc-7070-4af0-9721-78e64ff65b23 2274 YES HE TURNED BARKED IN ORDER TO THE JUNGLE GLOOM THEN CLIMBED IN BEHIND ORAN WHEN DO WE GO ASKED ORAN THE GREAT SUN WILL BE DOWN SOON SAID TO NEWBE WE CAN CONTINUE AS SOON AS CYERANNA CRUSOE RISES 8341c749-3978-48b3-9beb-b1c6a7cf4472 2425 BLINDLY THE MULTITUDE SURGED TOWARDS THE SCARLET RAY THAT DEALT DEATH FIGHTING THEIR WAY TOWARD THE OBLIVION THEY SO HIGHLY PRIZED a4e800df-d830-4eb5-af40-93c926d3b71c 451 THE PRINCE OF WALES WAS IN CHARLOTTETOWN ONCE SAID PETER MY AUNT JANE SAW HIM QUITE CLOSE BY 54c2b3cf-4dd4-4a66-ad25-780451954cd8 2108 ALL OF THEM ASKED THE JAGUAR YES THE OWL IS TIN SO YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY EAT HIM THE CANARY IS A FAIRY POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW AND YOU COULD NEVER CATCH HER BECAUSE SHE CAN EASILY FLY OUT OF HER RAGE 49221aee-f398-4b8c-b77b-029641e0b9b6 451 PETER DID NOT THINK BLUEBERRY WINE WOULD DO ANY GOOD IT WAS TEN O'CLOCK BEFORE DAN BEGAN TO GET BETTER BUT FROM THAT TIME HE IMPROVED RAPIDLY WHEN THE DOCTOR WHO HAD BEEN AWAY FROM HOME WHEN UNCLE ROGER REACHED MARKDALE CAME AT HALF PAST TEN HE FOUND HIS PATIENT VERY WEAK AND WHITE BUT FREE FROM PAIN a136744d-92ac-40ed-ae55-8feeb43e896f 402 IT WAS AS MUCH SARAH RAY'S NORMAL STATE AS ANY OTHER AND EVEN FELICITY AND CECILY AVAILED THEMSELVES OCCASIONALLY OF THE PRIVILEGE OF SEX BUT I HAD NEVER HEARD ANY GIRL CRY LIKE THIS IT GAVE ME THE SAME UNPLEASANT SENSATION WHICH I HAD FELT ONE TIME I HAD SEEN MY FATHER CRY 98a95a07-376b-417b-87ff-8e3781415df4 402 I EXPECT WE'D GET TIRED OF IT AFTER A WHILE SAID THE STORY GIRL BUT SHE ADDED I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOODLY WHILE BEFORE I WOULD a57e2e61-2ca1-4a95-bc28-361caca0a9b0 2274 I STARTED WORKING ON IT THE MOST LIKELY ANSWER WAS THAT IT HAD BEEN ADOPTED FROM ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND MEANT ENEMY AND THAT TOLD YOU WHERE THE DELPHINIS WAS 18bd3e6d-4175-4576-bc87-bdc786169576 188 BUT IF I HAVE TO GO ALONE AND HE GIVES ME ANYTHING I'LL KEEP IT ALL FOR MY OWN COLLECTION MIND YOU THAT SETTLED IT WE WERE NOT GOING TO LET THE STORY GIRL GET AHEAD OF US IN THE MANNER OF COLLECTING 160bb739-2a61-42d2-a4f5-0edb96193a0d 2108 ARE YOU REALLY MY GOLD FRIEND THE SCARECROW ASKED THE BIRD IN A SWEET LOW VOICE THERE CRIED MISSUS U THAT'S THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD SPOKEN SINCE SHE WAS TRANSFORMED 5bd668a2-adbf-4388-a48f-2de3573620f3 32 AS IT WAS WE WERE ALMOST AFRAID TO LOOK UP IT LEST WE SHOULD SEE THE WADING BLUE CLAD EMILY UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE BUT ALL WE SAW WAS FELICITY TEARING OVER THE GREEN SWARD HER CURLS STREAMING BEHIND HER IN A GOLDEN CLOUD 48da293c-156b-4cd5-bca2-ae7886164215 2368 THIS NEW SENSE IS OF GREAT VALUE PERHAPS WE CAN LEARN TO TEACH IT TO OTHERS IN TIME THOUGH WE HAVE HAD LITTLE SUCCESS WITH THAT BUT AT LEAST WE CAN MAINTAIN ON NUMBERS PASS THE GIFT ON TO OUR CHILDREN IF IT IS POSSIBLE YERS SAID WE MUST TRY CLETON SAID AND YOUR DAUB IS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT I KNOW THAT YOURS THOUGHT WEARILY 656219e1-076d-4a3f-8322-efce521a550b 2286 YES I'M GUESSING AN INFORMED GUESS BUT I DO KNOW SOME FACTS AS WELL WITH THE AUTOMATIC DISREGARD FOR OTHERS OF THE TRULY DEDICATED HE PRESSED THE SCRAMBLE BUTTON ON HIS DESK 5c2bb1b8-6e22-4ad1-8442-6a607fa684b4 2274 THERE WAS A THICK MUSCLED NO FAT LOOK TO ORN BUT SOMETHING ABOUT HIS BLOCKY OFF CENTERED FEATURES SUGGESTED A CLOWN DID IT CRACK UP HERE WE DON'T KNOW 15e3c586-7b0f-4507-97cc-d5b2988457bf 451 WE WERE ALL RATHER EXCITED OVER THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW WHICH AN ITINERANT LECTURER WAS TO GIVE IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE THAT EVENING EVEN FELIX AND I WHO HAD SEEN SUCH SHOWS GALORE WERE INTERESTED AND THE REST WERE QUITE WILD THERE HAD NEVER BEEN SUCH A THING IN CARLISLE BEFORE WE WERE ALL GOING PETER INCLUDED b648dda8-dcbe-4f53-98b9-70605b05cb4e 2108 ASKED THE CANARY THE JAGUAR SNARLED IN DERISION AND LASHED HIS TAIL AGAINST THE GROUND ANGRILY GIVE HIM SOME SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST POLLY SUGGESTED THE BEAR SCARECROW HE OUGHT TO LIKE THAT 46562e56-8c03-40ee-8602-4b7393a557d7 2108 WELL FINALLY REMARKED THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE AND MAKE OURSELVES AT HOME THAT WILL BE SURE TO PLEASE MY FRIEND GINGER WHO HAPPENS TO BE AWAY FROM HOME JUST NOW WHEN SHE RETURNS SHE WILL BE GREATLY SURPRISED 45ca90b3-5db4-4926-81c2-daabc7cf1484 32 NO SARA SHOOK HER FAWN COLORED HEAD MOURNFULLY MA ALWAYS KEEPS THE PANTRY LOCKED FOR FEAR JUDY PINNOT WILL TREAT HER FRIENDS fbbc02cf-7282-4937-8b7a-a46617b5521a 451 SARA STANLEY HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES DEMANDED AUNT JANET WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PUTTING ON SUCH A RAG DON'T YOU KNOW I HAVE COMPANY TO TEA 496e2166-d46d-4d75-a905-2c5886c2c1a5 32 CECILY HAD PUT HER HANDS OVER HER EYES PETER WAS STARING AT THE STORY GIRL WITH A FASCINATED HORROR STRICKEN GAZE AUNT OLIVIA WAS PALE AND TROUBLED ALL LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE HELD PRISONERS IN THE BONDS OF A FEARSOME SPELL WHICH THEY WOULD GLADLY BREAK BUT COULD NOT 52568058-b74b-499d-95a7-9c3cf351e4f2 2274 REASONABLY SO IT UD BE PRETTY HARD TO MISS SOMETHING THE SIZE OF THAT THING WE FLEW OVER IT MUST BE FIFTY KILOMETERS LONG AND AT LEAST TEN WIDE SWARMING WITH THESE CREATURES TOO 857c91e1-2b3e-498c-9b58-4d547a72b4ae 1867 BEFORE IT COULD FALL I HAD MY SOLAR OUT AND WITH A WIDE ANGLE SHOT BURNED THE CONTRACT TO ASHES THE OLD MAN PRESSED THE BUTTON AGAIN AND ANOTHER CONTRACT SLID OUT ON HIS DESK IF POSSIBLE THE SMILE WAS STILL WIDER NOW 0cc59dc6-979b-444f-8b7d-c3f9ac5d3fbb 2286 HE BROKE DOWN AGAIN SHAKING WITH LAUGHTER WHAT DO YOU MEAN I GROWLED DON'T YOU CATCH IT YET THE STORY SHE TOLD YOU WAS TRUE EXCEPT SHE TWISTED IT AROUND A BIT THE WHOLE PLAN BUILDING THE BATTLESHIP THEN STEALING IT WAS HERS SHE PULLED ME INTO IT PLAYED ME LIKE AN ACCORDION 478ee212-eabd-4105-9536-ba2428884214 188 COUSIN RACHEL WROTE BACK THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR ONE THING THAT WAS IN THE TRUNK SHE WOULD ASK MOTHER TO OPEN THE CHEST AND DISPOSE OF THE THINGS AS SHE LIKED BUT SHE COULD NOT BEAR THAT ANY ONE BUT HERSELF SHOULD SEE OR TOUCH THAT ONE THING SO SHE WANTED IT LEFT AS IT WAS 35ccda53-5564-49c6-afbb-4ddbb9117656 451 WHEN NEXT WE ASSEMBLED OURSELVES TOGETHER IT WAS AFTER MILKING AND THE CARES OF THE DAY WERE DONE WITH WE FOREGATHERED IN THE BALSAM FRAGRANT AISLES OF THE FIR WOOD AND ATE EARLY AUGUST APPLES TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE STORY GIRL SAID WE MADE HER THINK OF THE IRISHMAN'S PIG 7176bad2-1bef-4f27-bd9e-a675adca0166 2368 IN A CASE LIKE YOURS I TRY HARDER MY FOOLISHNESS YONA'S THOUGHT SOMETIMES WORKS TO MY BENEFIT 7cdba8ee-a938-47f1-81a2-34f9440d1fc1 1867 DUE TO THE VERY NATURE OF OUR JOB WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME JUST ROCKETING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE 705a2567-d8f0-484e-911b-2d305d49679d 188 PIGS SAID FELIX FORCIBLY IS THIS A SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPUTATION HE INQUIRED RATHER IRONICALLY NO WE HAVE COME TO ASK A FAVOR OF YOU SAID THE STORY GIRL 69a21055-f13f-4c2c-a479-fb724d864a4b 2286 THE MORE I LOOK AT THIS THING HE SAID THE FISHERY GETS THIS PLANET SEEMS TO HAVE NO POSSIBLE MOTIVE OR USE FOR A BATTLESHIP OR THEY HAVE BUILDING ONE THAT I WILL SWEAR ON A STACK OF ONE THOUSAND CREDIT NOTES AS HIGH AS THIS BUILDING YET WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH IT WHEN THEY HAVE IT BUILT 44626209-675a-46b6-9474-d29f29493a2d 2368 COME WITH ME HE SAID AT LAST AND LED THE WAY INTO HIS MUD HOUSE INSIDE THERE WAS ONLY ONE LARGE ROOM BUT IT SEEMED SPACIOUS ENOUGH FOR FOUR THREE PALLETS LAY AGAINST THE FAR WHITE WALL A SINGLE ONE AGAINST THE LEFT SHARP WENT TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE NEAR THE SINGLE BED THIS WILL BE YOURS HE SAID WHILE YOU ARE WITH US 6e9ad306-047a-4166-94ee-9a6d42d76da0 2286 THESE CHANGES COULD BE MADE DURING CONSTRUCTION THEN PLANS FILED BY THE TIME ANY ONE IN THE LEAGUE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS BEING BUILT THE SHIP WOULD BE FINISHED AND LAUNCHED 4356a013-8ebb-492e-b65a-ebce8527700f 2368 THEY'RE GIVEN BY GOD IF YOU LIKE THEY GROW THEY DEVELOP SO THE ABILITY TO READ MINDS TO TRANSMIT ITS THOUGHT IS GIVEN BY GOD NO ONE KNOWS WHY OR HOW FIFTEEN OF US HAVE DEVELOPED IT FIFTEEN WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE BROTHERHOOD BUT THERE ARE OTHERS OF COURSE YONDS THOUGHT IMPATIENTLY I KNOW ALL THAT a3a74994-46fd-4882-980a-f35237655ca9 2286 THAT MEANS HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS BATTLESHIP THEIR SUBJECT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR BATTLE SHIP THE ROBERT SAID COLDLY ALL HIS STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SHIP WERE TRUE 00c843f4-ba7e-4f7a-8e1f-52ca8a0e58a5 2274 WHERE AGAIN THE CALL BELL RANG WHAT'S IT THIS TIME HAL BARKED STETSON THEY'VE CHANGED TO PLAN H STETT NEW ORDER'S CUT 900a0588-5d2b-4c51-be65-aee73c5f9d05 2274 IT'S LIKE THIS SAID HORN WE ALREADY HAVE RECAPTURED THE DELPHINIS TO NUBES'S EYES WENT INSTINCTIVELY SKYWARD EXCEPT FOR THE CAPTURED ARMAND YOU STILL HOLD YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE WEAPONS TO MEET US CONTINUED HORN 95f95ba8-cb55-4933-a058-f0a3ea4f35ba 451 I WISH GIRLS HAD SOME SENSE SAID DAN WHICH BROUGHT THE ORGY OF WISHING TO AN END FOR THE TIME b00a88a6-2553-434f-9602-fb636a256290 2286 THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN MY FAVOUR THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS THE FACT I HAD FORCED HIM TO MAKE HIS PLAY BEFORE HE WAS ABSOLUTELY READY IT WASN'T CHANCE THAT HE HAD LEFT THE SAME DAY I ARRIVED ON SETANOVO ANY PLANS ELABORATE AS HIS CERTAINLY INCLUDED WARNING OF APPROACHING DANGER 57ce24b5-c65d-41eb-9071-b902bf55ff3a 2368 STRANGER SHARP SAID WORK FOR YOUR OWN GOOD DO NOTHING FOR ME THIS IS AN ACCURSED FAMILY THERE IS NO GOOD TO BE DONE TO ME OR MY WIFE OR CHILD YUNUS TRIED TO LOOK REASSURING HE THOUGHT OF SEVERAL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE SUNNYSIDE OF LIFE AND DECIDED ON NONE OF THEM MY SYMPATHY HE BEGAN 17c2c4b4-f9c4-42e3-9d55-5015116403e2 1867 THE TRUSTING BUILDERS COUNTED ON THE SIGN TO DO THE WHOLE JOB FOR THERE WASN'T A TRACE OF A LOCK ON THE DOOR ONE LIZARD MERELY TURNED THE HANDLE AND WE WERE INSIDE THE BEACON I UNSIPPED THE FRONT OF MY CAMELFLAGE SUIT AND PULLED OUT THE BLUE PRINTS 5bc1d281-bb6a-4654-b104-5e00332ab9e9 2274 GOOD LUCK I MEANT THAT ABOUT DIVING IN FOR YOU JUST SAY THE WORD I KNOW THE WORD TOO SAID ORNE HELP 2eebd327-b751-415c-879b-6805ee15f32a 402 OF COURSE I COULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO THAT HIRE TO LET A BOY KISS ME BUT I NEEDN'T HAVE BEEN SO CROSS ABOUT IT I MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE DIGNIFIED AND I TOLD HIM I JUST HATED HIM THAT WASN'T TRUE BUT I SUPPOSE I'LL DIE THINKING IT IS OH DEAR ME WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SAY THINGS THEY'VE GOT TO BE SORRY FOR AFTERWARDS 14bd088c-45c1-48e1-9b60-8e90c6a4e992 2286 ONLY THOSE OMINOUS LAST WORDS IN CLEAR KEPT MY HAPPINESS FROM BEING COMPLETE I HAD BEEN HANDED MY LONG AWAITED ASSIGNMENT BUT TRANSLATED INTO SIMILAR TERMS MY ORDERS WERE TO GET THE BATTLESHIP OR BE MY NECK NEVER A WORD ABOUT MY EFFORTS IN UNCOVERING THE PLOTS IN THE FIRST PLACE 0352cc8e-3888-41f1-b9d6-ea9c0d4c0b87 402 WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT AND YET THE POSSIBILITY STRUCK US IN THE FACE LIKE A BLOW 4dbe2e6d-1595-4c55-8810-d90bcdc65610 2286 YEA YES I'LL TELL YOU WORD FOR IT YOU'RE A FLYING BOMB SO STOP WITH THIS ROBBING REPORT A BIT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND THIS TIME I DIDN'T ANSWER HIM BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING AND PANTING LIKE A DOG AND HAD THE MIKE TURNED OFF 452353e7-9330-46e1-9843-5d75286936a6 2286 I MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT DOOR WITHOUT BREAKING A STEP QUIET AS I WAS THOUGH INSKIPT STILL HEARD ME THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE HE WAS SITTING UP IN BED POINTING A POINT SEVEN CALIBI ROYALUS AT MY STERN YOU SHOULD HAVE MORE BRAINS THAN THAT DAGREES HE SNARLED CREEPING INTO MY ROOM AT NIGHT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN SHOT 09626ba7-e89d-41de-b70e-aa83f0bb8cfb 188 WHEN WE GOT AWAY WE COMPARED NOTES AND FOUND THAT WE ALL LIKED HIM AND THIS ALTHOUGH HE HAD SAID LITTLE AND HAD APPEARED SOMEWHAT GLAD TO GET RID OF US OH WASN'T THAT AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE EXCLASPED CECILY SHUDDERING I WOULDN'T GO THROUGH IT AGAIN I COULDN'T NOT EVEN FOR PAT 291d3851-085d-45a9-b5ac-d691c7bdbbb1 451 SARA WHO HAD NOT ENJOYED THE EXHIBITION AT ALL SEEMED TO FEEL MORE CHEERFUL WHEN IT WAS OVER AND SHE WAS GOING HOME THE STORY GIRL ON THE CONTRARY WAS GLOOMY f97a788a-cf1a-4055-8222-1361ed011d6c 402 LONG LONG AGO IN THE GOLDEN AGE WHEN THE GODS USED TO VISIT THE EARTH SO OFTEN THAT IT WAS NOTHING UNCOMMON TO SEE THEM ODIN MADE A PILGRIMAGE OVER THE WORLD e2270006-fe9b-40c0-b722-50b0a576ce0b 2274 BEHIND DORN THERE CAME A DEEP RUMBLING ROAR THAT RECEDED AS THE SCOUT CRUISER CLIMBED ITS JETS 45c68570-9bc0-4d53-80bd-dac21229dc94 2286 ONE BY ONE THE UNTANGLED THREADS RAN TO THIS OFFICE HE ALSO HAD A SECRETARY WHOSE ILLNESSES COSIDED WITH HER EMPLOYMENT IN THE OTHER OFFICES WHEN I STRAIGHTENED UP FROM MY DESK THE ACHE IN MY BACK STABBED LIKE A HOT WIRE 3890cf1f-d04c-4f15-a5fb-332bf78843c8 451 THERE WAS NO DOUBT DAN WAS SUFFERING INTENSE PAIN HE MOANED AND WRITHED AND CRIED FOR HIS MOTHER FELICITY HAD A NATURAL APTITUDE FOR WHAT WE CALLED BOSSING AND IN HER MOTHER'S ABSENCE SHE DEEMED THAT SHE HAD A RIGHT TO RULE SUPREME a375b670-0c89-4981-b23e-35b439ec6b22 2368 IA WIZARD BY LARRY M YOU HAVE CONFESSED THE BALD ONE SAID IT IS NECESSARY THAT YOU RATIFY YOUR CONFESSION COME WITH US 805911c4-edf7-4349-b4ca-0fac27b57b11 2108 AMUSE YOURSELVES WHILE I AM GONE AND WHEN I RETURN I HOPE TO FIND YOU ALL RECONCILED AND HAPPY d246ff3c-2e09-4c68-8e0d-e126fa472b8a 2108 HE HAD LEARNED A GREAT MANY POEMS FROM PROFESSOR WOGGLE BUG AND LOVED TO REPEAT THEM WHENEVER ANYBODY WOULD LISTEN TO HIM HORSEBOOT AND LIEU TIN WOODMAN NOW LISTEN BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DO OTHERWISE UNLESS THEY RUDELY RAN AWAY FROM THEIR STUFFED COMRADE a623af77-d483-474a-a4c8-914875ac2f1b 2286 PUT YOURSELF IN ANY CATEGORY YOU PLEASE HE GRUMBLED AS HE SLUMPED DOWN INTO THE BED AND ALSO PUT YOURSELF OUT IN THE HALL AND SEE ME TO MORROW DURING WORKING HOURS HE WAS AT MY MERCY REALLY HE WANTED TO SLEEP SO MUCH AND HE WAS GOING TO BE WIDE AWAKE SO VERY SOON 1ac134b9-c503-487b-80e4-efac2435b7d7 188 UNCLE ROGER'S LAUGHTER WAS HARD TO BEAR BUT HIS GRAVITY WAS EVEN HARDER MEANWHILE IN THE PANTRY THE STORY GIRL APRON AND SHROUDED WAS BEING INITIATED INTO THE MYSTERIES OF BREAD MAKING UNDER FELICITY'S EYES SHE SET THE BREAD AND ON THE MORROW SHE WAS TO BAKE IT ba8c85ad-0a13-4364-8a19-a0cfef87e0dc 2108 SCRAPS OF TIN OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES LAID SCATTERED ROUND THE WORKSHOP THERE WERE HAMMERS AND ANVILS AND SODDERING IRONS AND A CHARCOAL FURNACE AND MANY OTHER TOOLS SUCH AS TINSMITH WORKS WITH 391243da-0e1c-4b4d-879f-358391c8ce78 451 HE WAS RETIRED AND A YOUNG MAN WAS CALLED TO CARLISLE MISTER SCOTT WENT TO LIVE IN TOWN BUT HE CAME OUT TO CARLISLE VERY OFTEN AND VISITED ALL THE PEOPLE REGULARLY JUST THE SAME AS WHEN HE WAS THEIR MINISTER 9be1c211-4f9d-4807-aca2-cbd8871f1e7e 32 THESE FUNNY STORIES ARE ALL RIGHT SAID UNCLE ROGER BUT FOR REAL ENJOYMENT GIVE US SOMETHING WITH A CREEP IN IT SARA TELL US THAT STORY OF THE SERPENT WOMAN I HEARD YOU TELL ONE DAY LAST SUMMER 5d1c5b7a-230c-4b67-9bf4-1ac2742dc644 32 FAME SAID UNCLE ROGER IF SHE EVER HAS A CHANCE THAT IS AND I SUPPOSE HER FATHER WILL SEEK TO THAT AT LEAST I HOPE HE WILL LOOKING AROUND ON THE FACE OF THE GROUP I SAW THAT THEY ALL SHARED MY FEELING CECILY HAD PUT HER HANDS OVER HER EYES f4226045-532b-4bb0-bc43-bc8bd061c70e 451 AND CONCLUDED THE STORY GIRL HER FACE UPTURNED TO THE SKY HER BIG EYES FILLED WITH STARLIGHT IT STANDS STILL THAT BRIDGE IS THE MILKY WAY b5b0d84b-6b99-46ab-a90c-9153f629d72c 451 THEY SUPPOSED HE HAD SEEN HIM THROUGH THE WINDOW BEFORE HE CAME INTO THE HOUSE AND GUESSED HE MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE CLOSET BUT THERE WAS NO WAY FOR HIM TO GET OUT OF THE ROOM b6359f2b-2891-4b1b-b89d-31a6b083275a 402 AUNT LOUISA TOLD ME THE TALE IT ALL HAPPENED LONG LONG AGO INTERESTING THINGS LIKE THIS ALL DID HAPPEN LONG AGO IT SEEMS TO ME THEY NEVER SEEMED TO HAPPEN NOW 658f88a2-2213-472a-a68c-62f5f0fb7b5c 188 BUT THIS IS A CHRISTIAN GAME SO IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT IT ISN'T LIKE THE RELIGIOUS FRUIT BASKET GAME IS IT AND THE STORY GIRL LAID DOWN HER KNIFE AND POTATO AND CLASPED HER WET HANDS WILL MONTAGUE NEVER CAME edccb6bf-f5cc-4f80-8618-5486593d67bf 451 HE CAN SEE IT ANYHOW WITHOUT YOUR DOING ANYTHING SAID CECILY WELL MY CONSCIENCE WILL FEEL BETTER HOW DID OLD MISTER SCOTT FIND OUT THE YOUNG MINISTER WAS IN THE CLOSET ASKED FELIX NO ONE EVER KNEW b04ae877-1566-4f7d-b96e-bcc472f9c9e7 32 THERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT ONES SAID THE STORY GIRL THE STORY OF THE POET WHO WAS KISSED AND THE TALE OF THE FAMILY GHOST WHICH ONE SHALL I TELL c2d14707-56f3-4341-8b77-b7cf50294102 451 SHE STROKED THE PURRING PADDY AND WE READ STEADILY ON WITH MADDENING INDIFFERENCE TO ALL OF OUR PLEADINGS EVEN CECILY THE MEEK AND MILD WAS SNAPPISH AND COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE PETER HAD GONE HOME TO SEE HIS MOTHER AND UNCLE ROGER HAD GONE TO MARKDALE ON BUSINESS c0900d77-e3ea-43d8-af2b-2dedb8db4d29 188 WHEN PETER WAS READY TO BEGIN HE THRUST HIS HANDS INTO HIS POCKETS A TOTALLY UNORTHODOX THING THEN HE PLUNGED IN WITHOUT FURTHER ADO SPEAKING IN HIS ORDINARY CONVERSATIONAL TONE ANOTHER UNORTHODOX THING f9f849b8-5c05-4ca9-bebc-d610118d2b96 188 ALEC DO YOU REMEMBER HOW FURIOUS JULIA WAS BECAUSE EDWARD PRAYED ONE DAY THAT SHE MIGHT BE PRESERVED FROM VANITY AND CONCEIT OVER HER SINGING 945bee70-54a6-4d78-9209-4e46971d47e0 2286 PUFFING ON IT STARING AT THE SMOOTH BULKHEAD RELAXED ME A BIT AFTER ALL THERE AREN'T THAT MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A BATTLESHIP YOU CAN'T RUN A BIG CON BLOW SAVES OR MAKE BOMMERDECKS WITH IT IT'S HELL'S ON JET FOR SPACE PIRACY BUT THAT'S ABOUTABLE GREAT GREAT BUT WHY A BATTLESHIP 0fdc8eaf-793a-4b55-a867-2c51f9a028ac 32 EMILY JUST PUT HER HANDS TO HER HEART SO AND FELL ALL WHITE AND BROKEN AMONG THE FERNS AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK TO LIFE SHE NEVER CRIED OR LAMENTED e53db2af-54e7-4be0-9de7-67b4106214c4 32 SO PETER NEVER TOLD THAT DREAM NOR DID HE WRITE IT DOWN INSTEAD I REMEMBER SEEING IN HIS DREAM BOOK UNDER THE DATE OF SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH AN ENTRY TO THIS EFFECT LAST NIGHT I DREAMED A DRAM IT WASN'T A POLITE DRAM SO I WON'T WRITE IT DOWN c8e36899-b312-4082-9dac-a784acbab3b7 402 I KNOW HEAVEN MUST BE A SPLENDID PLACE BUT I'M SURE PETER WOULD RATHER BE HERE HAVING FUN WITH US SARA STANLEY REBUKED FELICITY I SHOULD THINK YOU WOULDN'T SAY SUCH THINGS AT SUCH A SOLEMN TIME 04f300ac-110b-4b04-bbd4-4fc1a7a3bce9 2108 LET THEM COME SHE RETURNED WITH AN ACCENT OF SCORN WHEN THEY GET HERE THEY WILL FIND NEITHER BOY NOR A TIN MAN NOR A SCARECROW FOR TO MORROW MORNING I INTEND TO TRANSFORM YOU ALL INTO OTHER SHAPES SO THAT YOU CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED 3abeb20f-a2e6-48b0-9d39-ef90cb2873e7 2108 AGAINST TWO OF THE SIDE WALLS HAD BEEN BUILT ABOUT WORK BENCHES AND IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM WAS A LONG TABLE AT THE END OF THE SHOP WHICH ADJOINED THE DWELLING WERE SEVERAL CUPBOARDS 18f08d20-40b9-4431-8d6d-45faf92129a7 188 SO NEXT DAY SANDY STARTED OFF ON HORSEBACK WITH A PAIR OF ROPE REINS TO LEAD THE PIANO HOME HE THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF LIVE STOCK f577f9ee-5509-4272-8357-b529215a88c7 2286 THE DRAWERS SLID SHUT AND ITS METAL HIDE WAS AS SMOOTH AS EVER I PULLED ON A FANCY SPORTS CAP BUCKLED THE CAP UP TIGHT AND WAS READY TO GO I PUT THE HAT IN ONE THE BRIEF CASE IN ANOTHER AND SNAPPED MY FINGERS THE DRAWERS SLID SHUT AND ITS METAL HIDE WAS AS SMOOTH AS EVER 128706a4-2cbb-47f5-8310-2900643a52f7 402 THE STORY GIRL TOLD US THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS WOVEN AROUND THESE IMMEMORIAL CLUSTERS HER VERY VOICE TAKING ON A CLEAR REMOTE STARRY SOUND AS SHE TALKED OF THEM 703052bf-2275-40ef-bb25-50efeee53ca2 32 PETER WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KEPT HIS NORMAL POISE NOTHING COULD UPSET THAT BOY'S STOMACH ONE NIGHT CECILY CAME INTO THE PANTRY WITH A LARGE CUCUMBER AND PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR THE GREATER PART OF IT 7087b1b4-c940-460d-85fa-69230c75d1d3 451 DAN ALONE CONTINUED TO NURSE HIS GRIEVANCES AND WOULD NOT EVEN LAUGH WHEN THE STORY GIRL TOLD US A TALE BROUGHT TO MINE BY SOME OF THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT'S PLUMS WHICH WERE ON THE TABLE e6b22326-7674-4ce1-b79d-1b4e7a3fd23c 188 RICH WERE WE IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE OPULENT MONTHS THAT HAD GONE FROM US RICHER THAN WE THEN KNEW OR SUSPECTED AND BEFORE US WAS THE DREAM OF SPRING IT IS ALWAYS SAFE TO DREAM OF SPRING FOR IT IS SURE TO COME AND IF IT IS NOT JUST AS WE HAVE PICTURED IT IT WILL BE INFINITELY SWEETER be449c03-7e6a-4477-ae7b-4240de014016 451 THE RAIN HAD CEASED AND THE OLD LOW RAFTERED ROOM WAS FULL OF SUNSHINE WHICH DANCED ON THE SHINING DISHES OF THE DRESSER MADE MOSAICS ON THE FLOOR AND FLICKERED OVER THE TABLE WHEREON A DELICIOUS MEAL WAS SPREAD 97c1176b-4aaa-4d26-90ef-98c8c8ba7556 451 OH DO YOU SUPPOSE SHE CAUGHT THEM AT THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW SHE SAID MISERABLY WHERE ELSE SHOULD SHE HAVE CAUGHT THEM SAID FELICITY MERCILESSLY I DIDN'T SEE HER OF COURSE MISSUS RAY MET ME AT THE DOOR AND TOLD ME NOT TO COME IN 951e7397-741e-4d25-988c-396604b83170 2108 PLEADED BOOT THE WANDERER IN AN EAGER VOICE TO BE SURE SAID THE TIN WOODMAN IF YOU CARED TO JOIN OUR PARTY 7500f321-df2c-4532-a512-2a9df21dfe55 451 NOW HE'S GONE OFF MAD SAID CECILY REPROACHFULLY OH FELICITY WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE HELD YOUR TONGUE WHY WHAT DID I SAY TO MAKE HIM MAD ASKED FELICITY IN HONEST PERPLEXITY 725092e3-23e5-4295-9f38-132654b0a5ae 2286 GREAT MACHINE TO WORK WITH I HAD IT DIGGING OUT SPACESHIP INFA FOR ME SOMETHING I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN YOU SHOULD BE INSKIPP INTERRUPTED RUDELY YOU'VE STOLEN ENOUGH OF THEM IN YOUR TIME I GAVE HIM A HURT LOOK AND WENT ON SLOWLY 206df841-8c3e-4b9e-923b-12411f4440d9 32 SHE HAD A LOVER HIS NAME WAS MALCOLM WARD AND HE WAS AS HANDSOME AS A PRINCE SHE LOVED HIM WITH ALL HER HEART AND HE LOVED HER THE SAME BUT THEY HAD NEVER SPOKEN ABOUT IT THEY USED TO MEET UNDER THE BIRCHES AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT LOVE feca1fbb-fdfd-4558-9ae4-05480d25b9a6 2286 ROCK I BARKED IN WHAT I HOPED WAS AUTHENTIC OLD SPACE DOG MANNER LUCKLEY'S PLANTS AT THIS SPACE GOING FRONT PORCH HERE IS IT STILL BEING BUILT ON TO THE SHIP bb91cd7a-2300-4814-a4a8-5d1357a05f9d 2286 PEPPO DROPPED HIS FACE INTO HIS HANDS AND HIS SHOULDERS SHOOK I FLICKED THE GUN HIS WAY AND SNAPPED AT HIM BELAY THAT LAST COMMAND I SHOUTED GETTING BACK IN MY OLD SPACE DOG MOOD GET A CALL THROUGH FIRST AND FIND OUT IF ANY OF OUR PLANTS ARE PICKED UP DURING THE RAID 274f2508-32ef-451a-af3f-60257e152963 188 THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF HER LETTER I COULDN'T SEE THROUGH BUT WHEN THE MEASLES STRIKE IN THEY LEAVE YOU STUPID FOR A SPELL bef1dfc9-fa21-4d2d-987e-d7e8a305682f 2108 AS FOR THAT RETURNED THE SOLDIER SERIOUSLY I MUST ADMIT THAT I LOST MY ABILITY TO LOVE WHEN I LOST MY NEAT HEART 912b1f11-b125-4772-a562-9ec1f7dd90b5 451 OH BUT THAT'S WRONG SAID FELICITY YOU SHOULDN'T PUT SARA UP TO DISOBEYING HER MOTHER 4632da4e-cd81-463f-b067-75f718fed0a7 188 TAKE IT SHE WHISPERED THE QUESTION WAS HOW WAS HE TO TAKE IT BOTH OF AGLEIA'S ARMS WERE HELD FAST TO HER SIDES BY GLECON'S ARMS AND IF HE LOOSED HIS CLASP EVER SO LITTLE HE WAS AFRAID SHE WOULD FALL SO WEAK AND TREMBLING WAS SHE FROM HER DREADFUL FRIGHT 4289b531-6887-418d-b22e-b237c464edc6 2108 WHAT HAVE YOU DISCOVERED ASKED WOOT RUBBING THE SLEEP FROM HIS EYES AND WITH HIS KNUCKLES AND GIVING THREE WIDE YAWNS TO PROVE HE WAS FULLY AWAKE 0ff336f1-3597-4be1-84f1-5479e90521f1 2108 IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO DRAW HIM DOWN TO THE THRONE WHERE HE SEATED HIMSELF AND WAS TIED IN SO HE WOULDN'T FLOAT UPWARD AGAIN a691ce6a-52e6-4e19-ae0f-9e02373b458f 2286 PARTLY TO SATISFY HIS OWN EGO BUT MOSTLY TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS HE'S INTERESTED IN SUCH AS SHIP SAILINGS YOU'RE JUST GUESSING YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THIS HIS AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTION OF MY INCOMPETENCE WAS BEGINNING TO GET ME ANNOYED I BRIDLED MY TEMPER AND TRIED ONE LAST TIME 1346596f-a08b-47e3-acca-02213834b468 2108 AFTER I CAME HERE TO LIVE I MET MISTER CHOP FIGHT AND HE WAS MORE INTERESTING BECAUSE HE REMINDED ME STRONGLY AS OF BOTH OF YOU AS YOU WERE BEFORE HE BECAME TIN HE EVEN HAD A TIN ARM AND THAT REMINDED ME OF YOU EVEN MORE 573b262e-1b6d-4b8f-8969-9566a06c135c 188 WELL I DON'T KNOW SAID THE STORY GIRL THOUGHTFULLY I THINK THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF TRUE THINGS TRUE THINGS THAT ARE AND TRUE THINGS THAT ARE NOT BUT MIGHT BE I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY ONE BUT THE ONE KIND OF TRUENESS SAID FELICITY ANYWAY THIS STORY COULDN'T BE TRUE YOU KNOW THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOD PAN 23918dd8-90e8-45de-9535-f3b0910e4d0c 2108 I AM SURE IT WOULD WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT GIVE ME A COUPLE OF FAT RABBITS SAID THE BEAST 01b6eda5-453c-4fb6-a663-00ea296ee393 2108 THE OWL AND THE CANARY FOUND THAT THEY COULD CONVERSE TOGETHER IN THE BIRD LANGUAGE WHICH NEITHER THE GIANTESS NOR THE BEAR NOR THE MONKEY COULD UNDERSTAND SO AT TIMES THEY TWITTERED AWAY TO EACH OTHER AND PASSED THE LONG DREARY WAY THEY QUITE CHEERFULLY 0f223916-2b62-49b4-b6fa-e3ed82d026e8 2286 WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT HE MUMBLED AS HE RAN HIS EYES OVER THE BRUNTS THIS IS AN ORDINARY HEAVY CARGO AND PASSENGER JOB IT'S NO MORE A WAR LORD BATTLESHIP THAN I AM 3a707259-3a62-4aca-b136-5c814232d00f 451 NOW SARA SHE SAID YOU JUST TAKE MY ADVICE AND GO INTO THIS WITH ALL YOUR HEART IF YOU GO AT ALL NEVER MIND IF IT IS BAD THERE'S NO USE BEING NAUGHTY IF YOU SPOIL YOUR FUN BY WISHING ALL THE TIME YOU ARE GOOD YOU CAN REPENT AFTERWARDS BUT THERE IS NO USE IN MIXING THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER 98f0a41f-a9ba-439f-adc2-58900c7f16b6 2286 THE DECODY MESSAGE TURNED OUT NOT TO BE AS BAD AS I IMAGINED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE I WAS IN CHARGE OF TRACKING AND CAPTURING THE STOLEN BATTLESHIP I COULD CALL ON THE LEAGUE FOR ANY AID I NEEDED I WOULD KEEP MY IDENTITY AS AN ADMIRAL FOR THE REST OF THE JOB I WAS TO KEEP HIM INFORMED OF PROGRESS 1288b708-2460-462e-945e-ea1fbde74d3f 2108 I WAS BORN HERE SAID THE TIN WOODMAN BUT THE FOREST HAS FEW INHABITANTS EXCEPT THE WILD BEASTS I CANNOT THINK OF ANYONE LIVING NEAR HERE BUT WITH WHOM NIMMY AMY MIGHT CARE TO LIVE WHY NOT GO TO CUT CLIP AND ASK HIM WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE GIRL 0915be23-157d-443c-b810-25dcd39f656b 2108 AS SOON AS WE CAN GET READY ANSWERED THE EMPEROR I'LL CALL MY SERVANTS AT ONCE AND ORDER THEM TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR OUR JOURNEY 33c39374-0a30-4814-9fc4-9699fbc797a5 2286 I PHRASED MY QUESTION CAREFULLY AS I HAD HIM RIGHT WHERE I WANTED HIM NOW YOU DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE WAR LORD BATTLESHIP THAT IS BEING BUILT FROM THESE MODIFIED PLANS THESE ARE THE PLANS FOR AN ORDINARY PASSENGER FREIGHTER THAT IS ALL I KNOW b8630f72-359d-47f6-841b-d45b3510d5f9 188 THEN I WENT TO SLEEP COMFORTED BY THE SIMPLE HOPE THAT THE GREAT FATHER WOULD AFTER IMPORTANT THINGS WERE ALL ATTENDED TO REMEMBER POOR PAT IT WAS DECIDED THAT I SHOULD LEAD OFF AND I LAY AWAKE FOR AN EXTRA HOUR THAT NIGHT THINKING WHAT TEXT I SHOULD TAKE FOR THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY 37e95eb8-88ad-465c-bd16-2db9af42ba83 2286 SOME OF THE DISASTERS AND APPARENT ACCIDENTS HIT INSIDE THIS AREA BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION PROVED THEM ALL TO HAVE NATURAL CAUSES THE FREIGHTER'S CARGO PLUTONIUM WAS GONE I READ PEBE IN EVERY LINE OF THE MESSAGE 5e9d2abb-6824-4afd-847d-605e2373cba6 2286 I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER HATING MYSELF AND HAPPY ALL AT THE SAME TIME WELL I'M GLAD IT'S OVER AT LEAST I GAVE HER A CHANCE TO GET AWAY THOUGH I THOUGHT I WOULD EXPLODE WHEN SHE WENT INTO THAT INNOCENT'S ACT THE COLD FEELING WAS NOW A BALL OF ICE THAT THREATENED TO PARALYZE ME 5d20abfe-868b-4062-9fc1-3dc2d12172e2 2108 HE RIGHTS THE WRONGS OF NATIONS HIS COUNTRY'S FLAG DEFENDS THE FOE HE'LL FIGHT WITH GREAT DELIGHT BUT SELDOM FIGHTS HIS FRIENDS 2dcfaeeb-82e6-481e-b866-281bee9fc072 2286 SETANUVO SECOND PLANET OF A BEE STAR AND CORONA BOREALIS NOR THE COLONIZED PLANETS IN THE SYSTEM 43107c45-5021-4bbe-9a04-145224c85b04 32 SOON THE HOUSE WAS DARK AND SILENT I WAS JUST DROPPING INTO AN UNEASY SLUMBER WHEN I HEARD A COMMOTION IN THE GIRLS ROOM ACROSS THE HALL ON THE COVER IS PASTED A LADY'S VISITING CARD ON WHICH IS WRITTEN THE DREAM BOOK OF BEVERLY KING cef9085e-067d-40d3-a2d3-89c473a04ea4 32 BUT THEY'RE YOUR OWN RELATIONS SAID PETER THEY'RE NO RELATION TO ME AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE BESIDES THEY'RE ALL SUCH LADY LIKE GIRLS I GUESS I'D BETTER NOT RISK IT I'M PRETTY SURE AUNT JANE WOULDN'T THINK IT WAS PROPER TO TELL SUCH A DREAM bb735cdc-398c-442c-ae66-19d426a37168 451 UNCLE ROGERS SAYS THAT MARTIN FORBES WIFE HAS SQUELCHED HIM SAID FELICITY HE SAYS MARTIN CAN'T CALL HIS SOUL HIS OWN SINCE HE WAS MARRIED I'M GLAD OF IT SAID CECILY VINDICTIVELY WE ALL STARED THIS WAS SO VERY UNLIKE CECILY 1cd637fb-7235-4fd0-97af-5127fb0935c6 2286 THAT BUILDING FULL OF MACHINERY THAT TAKES IN AND DIGESTS NEWS AND REPORTS AND ALL THE PLANETS IN THE GALAXY INDEXES IT TO EVERY CATEGORY IT CAN POSSIBLY RELATE AND THEN FILES IT 3d20ab36-c823-4f1a-add5-7bc159876057 188 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HIS FEELING SAID FELICITY WITH AN ANGRY TOSS OF HER SHINING HEAD BUT I GUESS I MADE HIS EARS TINGLE ALL RIGHT I BOX HIM GOOD AND HARD OH FELICITY WHAT FOR 10cc9ddd-1405-4329-a2d4-f03cbd39458c 32 HARROW THE WOOD FIELD AND DIG YOUR AUNT OLIVIA'S FLOWER BEDS AUNT OLIVIA AND I PLANTED SWEET PEAS YESTERDAY SAID THE STORY GIRL AND I PLANTED A LITTLE BED OF MY OWN I AM NOT GOING TO DIG THEM UP THIS YEAR TO SEE IF THEY HAVE SPROUTED IT IS BAD FOR THEM 477d0cc7-1152-40ad-bc38-cb83e0eefac7 2286 IT HAD TO BE DONE FAST AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS NECESSARY TO TALK NATURALLY THEY MUST STILL THINK OF ME AS SITTING IN THE CONTROL ROOM THAT'S THE SHIP'S GENERATORS YOU'RE LOOKING AT I SAID NINETY EIGHT PER CENT OF THEIR OUTPUT IS NOW FEEDING INTO COALS THAT MAKE AN ELECTROMAGNET OF THIS SHIP'S HULL dd136eb5-d1f8-465d-bae2-8b2fe7c7460f 451 NOT LONG AFTER HE WAS MARRIED HIS WIFE WASN'T QUITE READY FOR CHURCH ONE MORNING WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO SO JUST TO TEACH HER A LESSON HE DROVE OFF ALONE AND LEFT HER TO WALK ALL THE WAY IT WAS NEARLY TWO MILES IN THE HEAT AND DUST 2ef08432-0f35-4e00-9b3b-518d33e363fd 2108 THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY WAS MUCH NICER THAN THE GILLIKIN COUNTRY AND ALL THE FIELDS WERE SEPARATED BY BLUE FENCES WITH GRASSY LANES AND PATHS OF BLUE GROUND AND THE LAND SEEMED VERY WELL CULTIVATED 8725e20a-e93f-4798-9e3f-e45ed4bee0e0 451 THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED OVER HOME AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK WE GASPED SHE HAD COMBED HER HAIR OUT STRAIGHT AND BRAIDED IT IN A TIGHT KINKY PUDGY BRAID AND SHE WORE AN OLD DRESS OF FADED PRINT WITH HOLES IN THE ELBOWS AND RAGGED FLOUNCES WHICH WAS MUCH TOO SHORT FOR HER 20bab44e-6c59-400e-b7c2-bfacb5ed58b3 188 AWAY TO THE EAST A SHIMMERING SILVERINESS BENEATH A PALACE OF AERIAL CLOUD FORETOKENED MOONRISE FELIX TOO FELT RESENTMENT AGAINST HER BECAUSE HE HAD LOST THE CHANCE OF PREACHING HIS SERMON a876b0bc-bf48-4e85-be4b-4dcc7d9199b6 451 I'D LIKE TO BE A MISSIONARY AND HAVE ADVENTURES LIKE THAT SAID FELIX IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT IF YOU COULD BE SURE THE CANNIBALS WOULD BE INTERRUPTED IN THE NICK OF TIME AS HIS WERE SAID DAN BUT SPOSEN THEY WEREN'T cf862186-42e1-4399-80c0-382583cd02ff 32 HE WAS JUST BEGINNING TO BE FAMOUS HE WAS VERY FAMOUS AFTERWARD HE CAME INTO THE ORCHARD TO WRITE A POEM AND HE FELL ASLEEP WITH HIS HEAD ON A BENCH THAT USED TO BE UNDER GRANDFATHER'S TREE THEN GREAT AUNT EDITH CAME INTO THE ORCHARD 5d7e1358-dc03-4ef0-9350-cdaa83d9d77c 2108 THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GET RID OF THE SAVAGE BEAST POLLY SAID THE TIN WOODMAN TO THE CANARY BUT I AM SURPRISED THAT YOU DIDN'T GIVE OUR FRIEND FOOD A MAGIC BREAKFAST WHEN YOU KNEW HE WAS HUNGRY 144c3888-1fd9-49c2-8768-018557fa6c88 2286 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS I ASKED HIM POKING A LARGE GLOSSY PICK UNDER HIS LONG BROKEN NOSE OF COURSE I HAD TO SHOW IN THE REST OF THE BOMBS THERE WAS NO GETTING OUT OF IT THE SCANNERS IN THE SHIP WERE FOLLOWING A PLANNED PROGRAM 2ffc69a6-60cb-4321-8584-7a9549fa8fff 2286 I'VE ALREADY CALLED THE SPACEPORT IN YOUR NAME OF COURSE I TOLD HIM ORDER THE FAST CORRER SHIP I'LL LEAVE WITHIN THE HOUR a0c8f32e-333f-45bd-9eb6-bb2f237ddfbf 188 THEN HE LET US GO YOU SEE SAID THE STORY GIRL AS WE WENT HOME YOU NEED NEVER BE AFRAID OF PEOPLE BUT WE ARE NOT ALL STORY GIRLS SAID CECILY d6a185d4-32ea-41a1-8488-797d920cf849 2108 THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE AN OWL SAID WOUT I THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE BETTER IN THE DARK 4b260816-e779-4ded-9bad-cbd38cf38358 2286 THE GOVERNMENT WAS INVOLVED FOR SHORE BUT ONLY AS A PAWN NO LITTLE PLANET BOUND POLITICAL MIND COULD HAVE DREAMED UP A SCHEME AS BIG AS THIS I SMELLED A RAT A STAINLESS STEEL ONE ebd4b8e9-dd64-4f4f-9396-dfcbf2003430 2108 SO IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE TIN WOODMAN WOULD CONTINUE HIS JOURNEY AND THAT THE SCARECROW AND WOOT THE WANDERERS SHOULD ACCOMPANY HIM AS BEFORE 73ecf063-2c91-424b-90e8-0e10d79c4301 2108 THAT IS ALTOGETHER TOO TEDIOUS A PROCESS FOR A YUKABOO I SENT SOME TRAPS THIS AFTERNOON AND CAUGHT A LOT OF FIELD MICE BUT AS I DO NOT LIKE TO MEET MICE I TRANSFORMED THEM INTO HOT BISCUITS FOR MY SUPPER d3965f53-19e0-44fb-ac7e-08f325e6adb1 2286 SOME MILITARISTIC CLIQUE THAT MEANT TO OVERTHROW HIM AND TAKE POWER I DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE PLANETS WHEN ENLISTED FERERA ON MY SIDE THIS WAS EASY EVEN WITHOUT THE THREAT OF EXPOSURE OF THE DOCUMENTS I HAD FOUND IN HIS FILES e902da6c-567d-493d-b6f5-7bc714bd911e 451 GO FOR UNCLE ROGER COMMANDED CECILY PALE BUT COMPOSED FELICITY PUT ON THE KETTLE DAN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MUSTARD AND WARM WATER WE WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A KING PETER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE ONLY KIND OF INCONVENIENT WEARING A CROWN ALL THE TIME 8d1a1bc6-9f56-4646-b837-482f78b60ee2 2108 I'M WONDERING WHETHER I SHALL HAVE FISH BALLS OR LAMB CHOPS TO COMPLETE MY MEAL WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER WOO THE WANDERER IF YOU PLEASE I'LL EAT THE FOOD IN MY KNAPSACK ANSWERED THE BOY YOUR MAGIC FOOD MIGHT TASTE GOOD BUT I AM AFRAID OF IT d3a8664f-4076-4742-b004-14f1a21a7b4f 2108 PERHAPS WE'LL CONDEMN AND PUNCTURE THEM ANSWERED THE KING WELL SAID SHE STILL EYEING THE I'M NOT SURE THEY'LL PUNCTURE bab0cb29-dfe3-4e53-bb07-89e96b898cb8 2108 WHEN I GOT MY TIN LEGS NIMI AMI BEGAN TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN ME WHEN I GOT MY TIN ARMS SHE BEGAN TO LIKE ME BETTER THAN EVER AND WHEN I WAS ALL MADE OF TIN SHE SAID I LOOKED LIKE HER DEAR NICK CHOPPER AND SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO MARRY ME dc2bf21e-c8f5-498c-87ab-463dcbe511b3 188 PAN FOLLOWED HER CLATTERING AND BELLOWING TERRIBLY BUT IN A FEW MINUTES SHE RUSHED INTO GLAUCON'S ARMS THE DREADFUL SIGHT OF PAN AND THE STILL MORE DREADFUL NOISE HE MADE SO FRIGHTEN THE SHEEPS THEY FLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS 015a52e8-5980-46fc-9b9a-076f5b97424d 2286 PUFFING ON IT STARING AT THE SMOOTH BULKHEAD RELAXED ME A BIT AFTER ALL THERE AREN'T THAT MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A BATTLESHIP 0e285a98-3f11-4c6c-981b-367de0bdd420 188 SOMETHING WAS SPARKLING VERY BRIGHTLY AMONG ITS PEBBLES A GLAYA PICKED IT UP AND IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LITTLE STONE THAT SHE HAD EVER SEEN SHE WAS VERY SHY AND MODEST BUT YOU KNOW A GIRL CAN LET A MAN SEE SHE LIKES HIM WITHOUT GOING OUT OF HER WAY 4117494d-f480-4d8d-9473-8e38ff9c4ad1 2108 AS HE SAID THIS THE SCARECROW GLANCED AT THE TIN WOODMAN WHO NODDED HIS ASSENT HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT ASKED THE TIN WOODMAN IN AMAZEMENT POLYCHROME IS A POWERFUL FAIRY 13f93e45-aed8-41f9-b832-81f55cc8b104 188 AT FIRST WE WERE APPALLED BY THE SITUATION WE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT PEG BOWEN WAS A WITCH BUT TO GO TO HER TO SEEK HER OUT IN THAT MYSTERIOUS WOODLAND RETREAT OF HERS WHICH WAS INVESTED WITH ALL THE TERRORS OF THE UNKNOWN AND THAT THIS SUGGESTION SHOULD COME FROM TIMID CECILY OF ALL PEOPLE 854b57d4-f900-4a70-8c0c-91bbbadc7207 188 LIKELY A GLAYA SWALLOWED IT SAID FELIX SPARECTICALLY DID GLAUCON AND AGLEIA EVER GET MARRIED ASKED SARA RAY 7160db4d-effc-4e71-8933-211bdbec51d2 451 CERTAINLY IT WAS A LOVELY WORD AND AS THE STORY GIRL SAID IT EVEN A KING WOULD NOT HAVE MINDED BEING SQUELCHED IF IT WERE DONE TO MUSIC LIKE THAT 1fab551c-f6ec-4691-8b0a-48bbe4cea099 451 POOR DAN SAID CECILY COMPASSIONATELY HE'S THERE ALL ALONE IN HIS ROOM MISSING ALL THE FUN I SUPPOSE IT'S MEAN OF US TO BE HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME HERE WHEN HE HAS TO STAY IN BED ab2b340c-8f7f-42d1-939e-2338e4eb1daa 2108 WHERE IS SHE NOW INQUIRED WOOT WHO HAD HEARD TALES OF LOVELY POLYCHROME AND WAS MUCH INTERESTED IN HER 3398e254-90dd-4a71-9aa9-62b595454135 451 OH TALK SENSE SAID FELICITY DAN'S GOT SO TOUCHY IT ISN'T SAFE TO SPEAK TO HIM I SHOULD THINK HE'D BE SORRY FOR ALL THE TROUBLE HE MADE LAST NIGHT BUT YOU JUST BACK HIM UP IN EVERYTHING CECILY 6dedbf4b-9a3c-41a2-a5dc-7af7c20a128c 2108 WE ARE VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE DECLARED THE TIN WOODMAN ALL THE BETTER SHE REPLIED 6da50686-baf9-4088-8024-187fb7a2c397 2108 HULLO SAID THE KING BLINKING HIS PURPLE EYES AT HIS FOLLOWERS WHAT'S UP NOW STRANGERS YOUR MAJESTY STRANGERS AND CAPTIVES REPLIED THE BIG LOON POMPOUSLY ac18f0a5-e35f-4e23-8ce8-6f815ccfb4d6 2108 HOWEVER MUMBLED THE SCARECROW WE ARE NOT TO BLAME FOR WHAT CANNOT BE HELPED SO LET US PUSH BRAVELY AHEAD AND SEE WHAT MAY BE SEEN 9c5b415c-44f2-40f2-adee-1dae8cc21c35 2108 OZMA SMILED AND SAID I DO NOT KNOW YOUR NIMMY AMY AND SO I CANNOT TELL WHAT SHE NEEDS TO MAKE HER HAPPY BUT THERE IS NO HARM IN YOUR GOING TO HER AND ASKING HER IF SHE STILL WISHES TO MARRY YOU d9dd91bb-ceb9-45c6-996e-da6dd7d41725 2108 BOTH THE SCARECROW AND THE TIN WOODMAN TRIED TO THINK OF SOME WAY TO ESCAPE FROM THE CASTLE BEFORE MORNING BUT SHE SEEMED TO READ THEIR THOUGHTS AND SHOOK HER HEAD 5e57f880-37f9-4833-882c-87f3efe2745e 2108 VERY GOOD SAID THE GIANTESS LET US ALL BECOME FRIENDS AND HAPPY TOGETHER HOW IS MY TIN OWL FEELING QUITE COMFORTABLE SAID THE OWL I DON'T LIKE IT TO BE SURE BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW MY NEW FORM TO MAKE ME UNHAPPY BUT TELL ME PLEASE WHAT IS A TIN OWL GOOD FOR c9dd8c27-f88f-47a0-a284-8c776f892448 188 GOOD MORNING MISTER CAMPBELL SHE SAID WITH A TOSS OF HER HEAD IT'S EARLY ABROAD YOU ARE AND ON BLACK DAN NO LESS WAS I MISTAKEN IN THINKING THAT DONALD FRAGON SAID ONCE THAT HIS FAVOURITE HORSE SHOULD NEVER BE BACKED BY ANY MAN BUT HIM DOUBTLESS A FAIR EXCHANGE IS NO ROBBERY AND BROWN BESS IS A GOOD MARE IN HER WAY 88276408-6cfa-40ba-9ad5-b912f30b0969 2108 DO LEARN IS SIMPLE DON'T YOU ASK QUESTIONS INQUIRED THE SCARECROW YES I ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS I DARE BUT SOME PEOPLE REFUSE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS cab20bf8-31bb-4d54-9aac-620a00913edf 2108 IT STARTLED HIM ANEW TO DISCOVER THAT HE HAD NO FEET HE REACHED OUT HIS HANDS BUT HE COULD NOT SEE THEM HE COULD FEEL HIS HANDS AND ARMS AND BODY HE STAMPED HIS FEET ON THE GRASS AND KNEW THEY WERE THERE BUT IN SOME STRANGE WAY THEY HAD BECOME INVISIBLE 39cd453f-b25b-43f9-9e8d-73bdf854bfeb 451 BEV FILL THE KETTLE WITH WATER AND PUT IT ON THE HEAT SHE SAID IN A RESIGNED TONE IF DAN'S GOING TO BE SICK AGAIN WE'VE GOT TO BE READY FOR IT I WISH MOTHER WAS HOME THAT'S ALL I HOPE SHE'LL NEVER GO AWAY AGAIN 9e19f17e-8d52-46e4-837a-277196aed5c2 2108 WHAT FORMS DO YOU INTEND TO GIVE US ASKED WOOD EARNESTLY I HAVEN'T DECIDED AS YET I'LL DREAM OVER IT TO NIGHT SO IN THE MORNING I SHALL HAVE MADE UP MY MIND HOW TO TRANSFORM YOU PERHAPS YOU'D PREFER TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN TRANSFORMATIONS ee08ba88-2fd0-4230-b497-9a18ad74f57e 188 WHY NOT GOODNESS ME IT WAS DREADFUL WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING YOURSELF 76a7f2c1-6c04-463b-aee9-4f3e89b92226 451 YOU SHOULDN'T SPEAK OF THE DEVIL SAID FELICITY RATHER SHOCKED WELL THAT'S JUST WHAT MISTER SCOTT SAID OH IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR A MINISTER TO SPEAK OF HIM BUT IT ISN'T NICE FOR LITTLE GIRLS b3d919c6-ac14-43b3-9780-1ef6e75c17a5 2108 PERHAPS ALL PARTS OF OZ MIGHT NOT BE CALLED TRULY DELIGHTFUL BUT IT WAS SURELY DELIGHTFUL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE EMERALD CITY WHERE OZMA REIGNED 0ab24143-d48a-4367-9a08-09193fad14d5 188 THINGS ALWAYS SOUND WORSE THAN THEY ARE WHEN UNCLE ROGER SAYS THEM SAID THE STORY GIRL UNCLE EDWARD SAYS JASPER DALE IS A VERY CLEVER MAN AND IT'S A GREAT PITY HE WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH HIS COLLEGE COURSE a7f6c8ce-8c02-4a6b-8627-f397145db3e8 2108 I SEE REMARKED THE GIANTESS NODDING HER HEAD AND SMILING AGAIN IN THAT CURIOUS WAY THAT MADE WOOT SHUDDER f3141a95-f441-4124-bd6e-ad8f6db496c1 2108 DUTY ON THE CONTRARY IS A BUGLE CALLED ACTION WHETHER YOU ARE INCLINED TO ACT OR NOT IN THIS CASE I HAVE OBEYED THE BUGLE CALL OF DUTY bcdc7e47-acd6-4649-9158-2e6bde95690f 451 DAN KING YOU JUST WAIT TILL I TELL HER OF THE WAY YOU HAVE ACTED FUDGE I AIN'T GOING TO BE SICK SAID DAN THE STORY GIRL RESENTED FELICITY'S SUPERIOR TONE AND PROCEEDED TO TEMPT SARA IN RIGHT GOOD EARNEST 9174bac4-a105-42ea-ad80-b4aa786424f8 2108 DON'T YOU THINK YOU'D BETTER LEAVE ME AS I AM ASKED FOOD IN A TREMBLING VOICE NO SHE REPLIED I'M GOING TO MAKE A MONKEY OF YOU I LOVE MONKEYS THEY'RE SO CUTE AND I THINK A GREEN MONKEY WILL BE LOTS OF FUN AND AMUSE ME WHEN I AM SAD ddd75c0d-a1a5-40f4-98f3-00c597e859f0 188 UNCLE ROGER SAYS SHE DIDN'T EXACTLY ASK HIM BUT SHE HELPED THE LAME DOG OVER THE STILE SO SLICK THAT RICHARD WAS ENGAGED TO HER BEFORE HE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM SAID THE STORY GIRL I KNOW A STORY ABOUT MISSUS RICHARD COOK'S GRANDMOTHER SHE WAS ONE OF THEM WOMEN WHO WERE ALWAYS SAYING I TOLD YOU SO TAKE NOTICE FELICITY SAID DAN ASIDE 8be64b6e-af23-4c78-9efb-e1e6fc5bab27 451 IF DAN HADN'T DONE WRONG EATING THE BAD BERRIES WHEN HE WAS TOLD NOT TO HE WOULDN'T BE SICK SAID FELICITY YOU'RE BOUND TO CATCH IT WHEN YOU DO WRONG IT WAS JUST A PROVIDENCE HE DIDN'T DIE 387aa989-f74b-40b2-9f6c-1fca6c7d9360 188 I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT A SPECIAL KIND OF DEVILTRY YOU FRIAR UP TO AT THIS TIME SAID UNCLE ROGER ONE EVENING AS HE PASSED THROUGH THE ORCHARD WITH HIS GUN IN HIS SHOULDER BOUND FOR THE SWAMP 99a7d2ad-33af-4abc-9db5-8ef749821241 188 I DID NOT FIND IT AS EASY IN A TASK AS I HAD ANTICIPATED BUT I PEGGED GRIMLY AWAY AT IT AND BY DINT OF SEVERE LABOUR FOR TWO EVENINGS I EVENTUALLY GOT MY FOUR PAGES OF FOOLSCAP FILLED ALTHOUGH I HAD TO PAD THE SUBJECT MATTER NOT A LITTLE WITH VERSES OF QUOTABLE HYMNS 7ffb12b5-5123-4414-a0ce-1886b1f8467a 188 SHE DID TOO HE RETORTED MY AUNT JANE WAS A REAL LADY EVEN IF SHE WAS ONLY A CRAIG SHE KNEW ALL THOSE RULES AND SHE KEPT THEM WHEN THERE WAS NOBODY ROUND TO SEE HER JUST THE SAME AS WHEN ANY ONE WAS AND SHE WAS SMART IF FATHER UD HALF HER GET UP AND GIT I WOULDN'T BE A HIRED BOY TO DAY 54e2d1b3-9d82-4fed-a116-4a8946eb4e79 451 BUT IN AN HOUR'S TIME DAN WAS STILL IN GOOD HEALTH AND ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION OF GOING TO BED HE WENT AND WAS SOON SLEEPING AS PEACEFULLY AS IF HE HAD NOTHING ON EITHER CONSCIENCE OR STOMACH b15966a5-e0db-46d9-821a-e11b4d930d69 2108 MOREOVER TO ABANDON OUR ERRAND AND SO DEPRIVE THE GREAT EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES OR THIS NOBLE SOLDIER OF HIS BRIDE WOULD BE EQUALLY HUMILIATING IF NOT MORE SO 97b232ee-7c99-482c-854a-b1417f776396 2108 BUT THE BODY WAS VERY LONG FOR IT HAD TWENTY LEGS TEN LEGS ON EACH SIDE AND THIS CAUSED THE BODY TO STRETCH OUT AND LIE IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION SO THAT ALL THE LEGS COULD TOUCH THE GROUND AND STAND FIRM 2b05ad5a-e03b-4dd8-bc71-a86406a6d905 188 OH SHE TURNED UPON US A FACE ILLUMINATED WITH A SUDDEN INSPIRATION I'VE AN IDEA LET'S EACH OF US GET AN EXERCISE BOOK AND WRITE DOWN ALL HER DREAMS JUST AS WE DREAM THEM WE'LL SEE WHO'LL HAVE THE MOST INTERESTING COLLECTION AND WE'LL HAVE THEM TO READ AND LAUGH OVER WHEN WE'RE OLD AND GREY 9785e30d-8252-44ef-b59a-24cf8cf685e4 2108 PRESENTLY THE TIN WOODMAN PUSHED HIS WAY THROUGH SOME HEAVY UNDERBRUSH AND ALMOST TUMBLED HEADLONG INTO A VAST CLEARED SPACE IN THE FOREST bb7e29e2-efcb-4833-983f-0909ea6af307 2108 SCARCELY WERE THE THREE INSIDE HOWEVER WHEN THEY HEARD THE DOOR SLAM SHUT BEHIND THEM AND THIS ASTONISHED THEM BECAUSE NO ONE HAD TOUCHED IT ab06b52c-2e29-4805-bba4-9663dcd4b390 2108 IF IT'S MY DUTY I'D LIKE TO DO MY DUTY BUT IF MAGIC PREVENTS ME GETTING MARRIED I'LL FLUTTER ALONG ALL BY MYSELF AND BE JUST AS CONTENTED f37b7c41-b621-43ec-b2e9-39990cc42b08 451 DAN KING DON'T YOU DARE EAT THOSE BERRIES SAID FELICITY IN HER BOSSIEST TONE THEY'RE POISON DROP THEM RIGHT AWAY 6f8fb496-fd3d-4866-9fa4-4f543a22ddc3 451 I GUESS THIS WILL BE A LESSON TO YOU DAN KING SAID FELICITY IN HER MOST MADDENING TONE I GUESS SHE WON'T FORGET IT IN A HURRY YOU WON'T GO EATING THE BAD BERRIES ANOTHER TIME WHEN YOU'RE NOT TOLD TO 78508b10-c322-4982-a903-7745150397f1 188 PETER GAVE A LITTLE YELL OF PURE TERROR WE TURNED AND FLED ACROSS THE CLEARING AND INTO THE WOODS DOWN THE LONG HILL WE TORE LIKE MAD HUNTED CREATURES FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT PEG BOWEN WAS AFTER US b729a801-cbf4-4c1b-bd16-e80188bc4336 451 PROVIDENCE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT SAID OLD MISTER SCOTT TWAS THE MC CLOSKEYS AND THE DEVIL 2a4c851c-371d-43cb-a8f5-16af7d7a02c6 2108 IN MY MIND I COMPOSED POETRY AND SANG SONGS BUT NOT A SOUND HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO UTTER BUT THIS DESPERATE CONDITION HAS NOW BEEN RELIEVED BY YOUR COMING MY WAY AND I MUST THANK YOU FOR MY RESCUE 4dee99db-32c8-453b-af9d-4e555550c931 188 I SUPPOSE SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD TEACH HIM MANNERS FOR WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT THE WOMAN DID SHUT UP AND NEVER SPOKE ONE SINGLE WORD TO HER HUSBAND FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN IN FIVE YEARS TIME THE TREE BORE APPLES AND THEY WERE YELLOW TRANSPARENTS AND THEN SHE SPOKE AT LAST SHE SAID I TOLD YOU SO d3388bca-2770-46b9-8851-c9f0a93b9e71 451 PAT WAS WITH US OF COURSE PROWLING ABOUT STEALTHILY OR MAKING FRANTIC BOOTLESS LEAPS AT THE SWALLOWS A CAT IN A HAY LOFT IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE ETERNAL FITNESS OF THINGS WE HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS FITNESS THEN BUT WE ALL FELT THAT PATTY WAS IN HIS OWN PLACE IN A HAYLOFT b1e6beb4-f4a5-4fc0-9020-70fcddc90c5d 2108 THIS ROOM WAS ALSO LIGHTED ALTHOUGH THEY COULD DISCOVER NO LAMPS AND IN THE CENTRE OF IT WAS A GREAT TABLE AT WHICH SAT AN IMMENSE WOMAN 57633067-7a79-4317-8546-74c7e8ea4a9d 451 SARA DID YIELD WHEN THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE ENTREATED IT WAS NOT EASY TO RESIST ITS TEMPTATION EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO THAT EVENING WHEN WE STARTED FOR THE SCHOOLHOUSE SARA RAY WAS AMONG US DECKED OUT IN BORROWED PLUMES a58780ad-d511-4acc-943b-5030e21973ad 103 SO THE MORNING AFTER HE HAD BROUGHT HIS YOUNG WIFE HOME THEY WENT TOGETHER TO THE SOUTH MEADOW AND PLANTED THEIR BRIDAL TREES IF ANYBODY COULD FREEZE THE BLOOD IN OUR VEINS THIS GIRL WITH THE WONDERFUL VOICE COULD 06889213-42cf-4d0a-8dc2-d069d75aa3f3 177 IT'S IT'S FOUR BUT IT DOES SEEM AS IF WE'D BEEN HERE MORE THAN AN HOUR THAT SEEMS KIND OF QUEER SAID FELICITY DOUBTFULLY 3e2361a7-dafa-46d1-96df-179da492222c 177 NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH AN INTERESTING BOOK I'LL GO SAID CECILY AT BREAKFAST OUR APPETITES WERE POOR f0ec6fe9-f20c-4f20-b8bc-61dab7625217 2312 WE SURE DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IN THE SANTA MAGNOLENA SEE THEM IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT 37e88572-6d90-49d9-9da9-7f7aef89c507 103 BUT IT WOULD GIVE YOU NO REAL IDEA OF THE PECULIAR QUALITY WHICH MADE THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE WHAT IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE US GIRT ABOUT WITH ITS TRIM SPRUCE HEDGE WAS THE FAMOUS KING ORCHARD THE HISTORY OF WHICH WAS WOVEN INTO OUR EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS fc9a3387-c522-4911-9390-38197d389e7e 2425 THE APPARATUS VIC HAD MENTIONED WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT CURRENT ENOUGH TO KILL A THOUSAND MEN OR TO DO THE WORK OF A MILLION HORSES THERE WAS NO SIGN OF DISORDER ANYWHERE 664ac07e-ff58-4598-a14c-d1f58545fb98 188 PETTICOAT EMBROIDERED BY HAND FROM HEM TO BELT SAID THE STORY GIRL CALMLY IT WAS ONLY AS LARGE AS A PEA BUT IT GLITTERED AND FLASHED IN THE SUNLIGHT WITH EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW e1f457ed-eee8-4859-9f93-149b7fefe032 748 WE DID NOT EVEN CALL BILLY TO ACCOUNT SKILFULLY INDEED HAD THAT ASTUTE BILLY PLAYED ON OUR RESPECTIVE WEAKNESSES 005af8cb-6c2a-4e75-8eb0-a3e89aec14b4 30 IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WONDER WHAT HER ELBOWS MUST BE LIKE WOULDN'T BE VERY LIKELY TO HAVE A HIRED BOY FOR A BEAU SHE MADE HER GO TO BED INSTEAD THE aed3741c-9024-4375-aa43-dbebe2a91224 177 THE WORLD WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL AND GREEN NOT EVEN THE JUDGMENT WAS SO GREATLY TO BE FEARED AFTER BREAKFAST AND THE NECESSARY CHORES THERE WAS THE FORENOON TO BE LIVED THROUGH 5f5b6a00-25d9-49a3-ac89-c3ce4db485d7 242 I HAD A STRUGGLE WITH TEMPTATION IN WHICH I FRANKLY CONFESS I MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSTED HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A SAVING AND TIMELY REMEMBRANCE OF A CERTAIN RESOLUTION MADE ON THE PRECEDING JUDGMENT SUNDAY d3a72552-c87e-4dd6-9ea6-77f85190071e 177 I SUPPOSE EVEN IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I'LL HAVE TIME TO GET BACK TO YOU SARA RAY AND PETER AND THE STORY GIRL WENT HOME BUT THE LONG DRAWN OUT DREAD WAS BEGINNING TO GET ON DAN'S NERVES 0b1af457-c502-4a43-815b-f15815031503 2182 JEFF HAD CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY BUT ITS IMMEDIACY APPALLED HIM JEFF BACKED AWAY WARILY 4e20ab05-4a56-49fe-bed5-519e2e60a1a5 32 AND IT WAS PUBLISHED IN ONE OF HIS BOOKS I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN DAN IS THE POET BECAUSE HE IS SO FRECKLED AND SCREWS HIS EYES UP SO TIGHT fa9007d2-ddc3-4df4-92d6-633b5de9fd59 2425 SHE BECAME NERVOUS LIKE AND RAPPED ON THE DOOR I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF AND POCKETED THE WEAPON I WAS SUDDENLY VERY HEAVY 5c7d7653-485b-41ee-b359-cca58dfee29c 2182 CHAFFEE FOUR TELEPORTED INSIDE AGAIN ONCE IT GETS ITS WIND BACK CHAFFEE THREE SET DOWN THE SHIP ON AN ISLAND THAT WAS ONLY ONE OF A FRECKLING CHAIN OF SIMILAR ISLANDS 2a66c3a7-1182-47c5-903c-3c4006df74f9 242 WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR WHAT WE WANT OF THAT I'M SURE I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE WOULD SAY HE RETORTED IT WAS QUITE DARK IN THE FIR WOOD WE COULD SEE HER FACE AND EYES BUT DIMLY THROUGH THE GLOOM A 0f9ec316-c63f-4fe0-9617-7442d2660775 103 THAT WAS THE MAIN QUESTION ABOUT GROWN UPS THEIR LOOKS MATTERED LITTLE TO US SHE'S LOVELY THERE MAY BE SOME SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY THERE WERE ANY HERE RIGHT IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND a87eb6ae-8a98-47a4-bb98-15112ba133e9 103 AUNT OLIVIA SAYS CHILDREN SHOULD JUST BE LET COME UP THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS SETTLED FOR THEM LONG BEFORE THEY ARE BORN I'M NOT SO FRIGHTENED OF HER AS I ONCE WAS I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DO YOU b1e97c38-7d17-430d-a5e2-267c638e7288 2425 DO NOTHING AT ALL FOR AT LEAST A WEEK AND LEAVE WORD WITH THEM FOR HOPE SEVERED CLEANLY AT THE WRIST bad3d898-ea2c-4bf3-a6ec-376739847aae 464 THE SLICES WERE SMOOTH AND GOLDEN THE STORY GIRL'S FACE WORE A QUITE INDESCRIBABLE EXPRESSION COMPOUND OF HORROR AND SHAME SHE NEED NOT HAVE CONFESSED 2284055b-60d2-4cd1-bb93-4a25630ba4b3 14 THESE ARE THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS I HAVE CONQUERED WITH HIS VISOR DOWN RIDING ON A WHITE HORSE BUT SHE WAS AS WHITE AS HER VEIL 01f38d9a-32b8-41ef-a339-62e0265f3a47 2425 ARE WE FREE WHISPERED HOPE HOLDING TIGHTLY TO MY ARM ARE WE REALLY FREE I NOTHING APPARENTLY HAD BEEN DISTURBED 10c911c9-19c8-4b3b-b546-322191d3d99f 32 PETER WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO DAY AUNT JULIA DROPPED IT DOWN THE WELL ONCE EVEN IF THEY WERE OUR FAMILY GHOSTS 741aad24-e954-4f8a-aaf4-9bbcda5b164d 2312 AND TRIED TO GET FROM HIM WE GOT TO GET TO THAT TEN THOUSAND MARK BUT THEY PUT AN ENCANTO ON ME AND MADE ME b42a081e-e2d3-4bba-b46f-d6c7a3596de8 464 AND AUNT OLIVIA WAS WORN TO LABEL ALL THE PINCUSHIONS IN THE HOUSE EVEN IF THERE WERE NO NEEDLES IN IT SIXTY YEAR OLD SAWDUST CAN'T BE GOOD FOR MY TUMMY 848269c5-f503-4151-b2bb-b3b58756ae47 242 NO I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT SAID UNCLE ALEC STERNLY I HE WOULD HAVE FACED AN ARMY WITH BANNERS a5b84ee6-a1c3-46f3-8c6a-b8c40f6f9cd5 2182 HE WAS ACTIVATING THE SCREEN WHEN JENIFER IN A MAGNIFICENT RAGE IN SPITE OF SOAKED BLOUSE AND DUNGERIES ADVANCED ON HIM BUT IF YOU SAW ONE TOO cbcc05f6-dea9-481d-aaff-91e134092f2d 198 SAID FELICITY BITTERLY BUT HE'LL LAUGH AT US FOR A YEAR AND TELL THIS STORY TO EVERY SOUL THAT COMES TO THE PLACE DO YOU THINK HE'LL EVER TELL YOU WHO ALICE IS I ASKED 08e400c9-099b-45bf-84b2-c213044054df 188 TO SARA THIS WAS HUMILIATION INDESCRIBABLE TWO VOICES RANG OUT FOR ME ABOVE ALL OTHERS IN THE MUSIC THAT ECHOES THROUGH THE HALLS OF RECOLLECTION d4c9b49c-599f-4588-8342-6f5be11ad0c6 402 MISSUS DUNBAR LIVES NEXT DOOR TO AUNT LOUISA IN TOWN WHAT IF JERRY DOESN'T BRING THE PICTURE TO DAY BECAUSE OF THE RAIN I SUGGESTED THEY TOLD HIM HE MUST LEAVE HER BEHIND ac4a75d6-d2c8-47ea-bde1-1f5fd65ac438 2312 GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH ONLY PEOPLE MANOEL AND IT LED TO DISASTER 976b02f3-4d38-4347-8986-c0d53e621b0c 402 IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE THE STORY GIRL BACK AGAIN WE DID BURY IT AFTER TEA IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SPRUCE GROVE 9660aa27-cfd5-48c4-89ba-2a036db71fe2 14 HE'S GOING TO CHURCH WITH US TO MORROW BUT I AM THE KING WHO CONQUERS ALL KINGS HE SAID ALTOGETHER THE STORY GIRL HAD A HARD TIME OF IT 8588f687-504a-47a6-b0eb-95fc2f78dc1d 30 STORY GIRL WAS AWFULLY DISAPPOINTED FELICITY CECILY AND DAN WERE SITTING OPPOSITE US 83fef6b8-b0b2-4bf9-8a56-8b97fc9618b9 2182 BUT THE SCOOP AT THE MOMENT FOUND WATER DEEP ENOUGH TO MOVE IN EARNEST THEY ERASED THE FEARS OF THE NEUROTIC AND CALMED THE QUIVERINGS OF THE HY POTENSIVE 5c83c6fe-41b7-4d6a-a2bb-e8ab06526e67 198 PETER SCOFFED AT THE IDEA PEG BOWEN WASN'T IN THE HOUSE BEFORE YOUR UNCLE ROGER LOCKED IT UP AND HOW COULD SHE GET IN AFTERWARDS HE SAID NO IT ISN'T PEG BOWEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WALKS fea5a794-30f3-4ee1-b8a5-286dc1cb31a7 2368 AFTER ALL YOU DID NOT DO THE JOB YOURSELF THIS IS YOUR HOUSE HE SAID THE HOUSE WHERE YOU LIVE YET THE INQUISITOR TOOK HIM AND HAD A CONFESSION FROM HIM dd45b315-be93-4972-bf07-fae987ac891e 2425 TWENTY ONE TWENTY FIVE TWENTY SIX AND AFTER YOU READ IT YOU CAN LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE 73c734dc-d3fd-4929-a773-5662e265c9de 464 I DARE SAY IT WASN'T EVEN CLEAN SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF IT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY NEEDLES IN THAT SAWDUST 9f2e6646-a9d6-4801-b6fd-e0fe9b0ed51c 1867 AND THEY WERE BACK IN BUSINESS AND I HAD TO WALK INTO THE MIDDLE OF THAT MESS AND REPAIR THE THING 6297f63d-97d9-4c97-8e96-579c98bd70ef 748 WE CLIMBED MT BLANC PETER HAD THE LARGEST BILLY HAD DECEIVED US BOTH 7a2681da-c696-4d68-924a-41c95304ad6a 2286 CARS GUNS I BELLOWED TO THE SPACE YARD IF THAT SHIP IS ANYWHERE NEAR COMPLETION WE ARE IN BIG BIG TROUBLE b5f784cf-d259-4a51-bb1b-b6637117ba5e 2317 NEITHER OF THE ALIENS MOVED HE WAS ALMOST ALWAYS UNCOMFORTABLE UNTIL HE BROUGHT UP AGAINST THE RAIL 9ec5aab2-14e4-449d-a138-8e0cdef8ba59 2274 ALL OTHER SOUNDS HUNG SUSPENDED IN THE AFTER SILENCE THEN RESUMED THE MUZZLE LOWERED SLIGHTLY YOU TELL US LOTS OF MYSTERIES HERE 42c4b69a-e44f-4d2a-aea6-8ca80c7af124 14 ITS UPPER END WAS DIM WITH A DELICATE SPRING MIST AND KINGS FROM ALL LANDS CAME TO WOO HER FOR A BRIDE I HAVEN'T ANOTHER CENT 8ad69caf-7a35-497a-a123-62b8435f7ad4 177 WELL SAID AUNT JANET WHEN WE ALL DESCENDED TO THE KITCHEN CICELY GOT OUT HER LESSON SLIP AND STUDIED THE LESSON CONSCIENTIOUSLY A WAGON RUMBLING OVER A PLANK BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW MADE SARAH RAY START UP WITH A SHRIEK 5206895e-1937-4d21-ba85-19d65655f251 177 WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING IT WAS JUST AWFUL I FORGOT IT FOR A MOMENT THEN ALL CAME BACK WITH A RUSH THAT WAS WORSE SCARED THAN BEFORE cb0e01aa-e395-41ea-9dd2-8ec0aab73ce2 402 AT ANY OTHER TIME WE WOULD NEVER HAVE DARED CATECHIZE THE MINISTER ABOUT ANYTHING THERE WAS HEARTBREAK IN THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE AND TEARS CAME INTO OUR EYES 026c140e-539b-4954-a402-87b5833648e4 748 HE CONFESSED TO ME THAT HE HAD TAKEN IT TO MAKE FELICITY FOND OF HIM YES HE DID I SAID IN DISGUST YOUR MOUTH IS A DECENT SIZE SAID DAN b99a104e-082e-45c2-ad52-b64cf8a4be3a 1867 WHEN I LIFTED THE PLATE AND POKED HOLES IN THE SEARED PLASTIC I COULD SEE THE PYRAMID GROWING SMALLER BEHIND ME WATER GUSHING OUT OF THE BASE AND A HAPPY CROWD OF REPTILES SPORTING IN ITS RADIOACTIVE RUSH fbc89407-4bf1-4384-ba93-0b30293e4232 242 WITH ALL ITS LAUGHTER AND DELIGHT AND GLAMOUR IT IS OUR ETERNAL POSSESSION BUT HOW WILL THAT SETTLE IT ASKED CECILY OH 5c3e828e-339e-48ec-a26e-8311b379e1d9 2137 I WANT THAT SHIP BACK BRANDON BUT THEY WERE PRETTY SLOW COMING IN THIS TIME IS THAT THE ONLY REASON YOU THINK YOU MIGHT NEED A BOOSTER SHOT 27a6e386-042c-4f0c-971b-c8e4dce2db4b 748 BEFORE COMING TO CARLISLE SHE WOULD NEVER BE SATISFIED AS A DABBLER LEST THE GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY THAT TERRIBLE UNCLE ROGER SHOULD HEAR OF IT 36d470e9-9eb3-4169-85e4-142736cc82fe 198 THE FIRE WAS ON AND A FLUSHED AND TRIUMPHANT STORY GIRL WAS TAKING A LOAF OF BREAD FROM THE OVEN e855b872-dc2d-4b6f-ad52-df58262a6d88 2312 AND THIS WAS DIFFICULT FOR THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE TOWN REGA PEN NOSTROS PECCADORES OLDER HE HAD BEEN GIVEN A DEADLINE BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITIZEN'S GROUP 391147a0-d52f-4a19-896e-d753f5705492 32 WELL IIN'T GOING TO CHURCH TILL I'VE MADE UP MY MIND WHETHER I'M GOING TO BE A METHODIST OR A PRESBYTERIAN a42d4776-5ad1-4089-9b70-0999a0dae08a 32 THEREFORE SHE COULD NOT COME AND IN UNCLE STEPHEN THE BLOOD OF THE SEAFARING RACE CLAIMED ITS OWN 79d375b1-c7d3-43a0-acae-a26eaac98435 14 SO EVERY KING WENT TO WAR TO PROVE THAT HE COULD CONQUER EVERYONE ELSE SHE WAS FULL OF GLOOMY FOREBODINGS AND WARNINGS 57aeccb0-8076-418e-9385-60e58fe828c0 32 I AM GOING TO HELP MOTHER PLANT THE VEGETABLE GARDEN TO DAY SAID FELICITY SHE THOUGHT HE WAS A COUSIN THEY HAD BEEN EXPECTING FROM SCOTLAND 42add43d-d0d0-45f9-8b29-b30a235a1c7e 177 WHICH SITTING DOWN BEFORE US HE PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR BODY AND BONES AFTERWARDS LICKING HIS CHOPS WITH GREAT SATISFACTION c743ff76-2227-4494-b421-05ebfe48d3a7 464 BUT NOBODY HAS TO EAT IT ALL AT ONCE RETORTED UNCLE ROGER WITH ANOTHER GROAN BUT WHEN FELICITY LAUGHED AT HIM THE IRON ENTERED INTO PETER'S SOUL 528099da-47fa-47db-b41f-04ee305ac0d9 451 OH OUR ANGELS ARE ANGELS THAT HAVE BEEN ANGELS SO LONG THEY'VE HAD TIME TO GROW BETTER AND BRIGHTER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN NEWER ANGELS ae9627d0-a067-4105-a2fe-9fead1a080c8 177 LOOK HERE I'LL TELL IT ANYHOW THAT'S A PROMISE IT WAS BRUSHED AND BRAIDED WITH PURITAN SIMPLICITY REALIZING WHAT OUR DREAD HAD BEEN c2c2f943-d126-41de-b165-edfc340758db 2317 BROAD CASTING WEARY VAUDEVILLE ROUTINES A DESIRE TO BRAG ABOUT HIS GADARY AS A RED HAZE DRIFTED FROM BEFORE HIS EYES HE REALIZED THAT THE LAUNCH HAD ACQUIRED ANOTHER OCCUPANT eac90135-d493-4f43-971f-34b5f73be492 2286 THIS WAS THE PLAN AND I FELT IN MY BONES THAT I WAS RIGHT I WROTE AS MANY VARIATIONS AS I COULD SO IT COULD BE SLIPPED INTO AS MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS AS POSSIBLE c59a0069-4233-4f79-806d-d14c4cfbfa37 32 HER NAME WAS EMILY KING I LIKE IT WHEN PETER PLAYS THE POET EVEN BEFORE GRANDFATHER KING WAS BORN c0d2f741-1459-475f-8ea3-08a311fe2c5d 451 THANK YOU AND WILL YOU GIVE ME A HANDFUL OF HARD PEAS AFTER BREAKFAST AUNT JANET I WANT TO PUT THEM IN MY SHOES 2750b38f-acf5-4c40-83ed-3a34877cdaf9 2286 IN THIS CASE I CHOSE THE NATURAL ACQUISITIVE INSTINCT OF MAN AS OPPOSED TO BLIND CHANCE AND ACCIDENT e46d5472-d70b-4865-8a9c-18cfd56a6ee3 177 CRIED FELICITY AND CECILY TOGETHER IN A CHORUS OF HORROR I WON'T HAVE TIME TO READ IT ALL THROUGH I SUPPOSE HE SAID BUT I'LL GET ALONG AS FAR AS I CAN SPOTTED WITH HEAPS OF WHITE CLOUD 0bb62b00-913a-42b0-bab9-4eb9ee525008 2182 ONCE OCCUPATION BEGAN I TOOK IT FOR AN E I CONSULATE CRAFT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN 24de9ba5-277f-40aa-89d1-a195507f552f 2182 THEY MUST WARN THE NATIVES BEFORE THE PROWLING ZID FOUND THEM ELSE THERE WOULD BE NO NATIVES THE CATALOGUE WAS WRONG FORCING US TO MAROON IT HERE FOR OUR OWN SAFETY 9251e48a-fb23-4674-9f2a-f463ce9ce29a 1867 THIS WAS RADIOED BACK TO THE M T AND THE TRANSLATION SHOT BACK TO A SPEAKER IN MY JAWS 362af4a9-7de4-4795-9804-9a5ff9b1c08c 2274 WE'LL MONITOR EVERYTHING THE NATIVE SHIFTED TO THE LEFT ANSWERED IN PURE UNACCENTED HIGH GALATIES 7061ddcd-a773-4c49-b8d9-260712e9cb0a 748 AND IT WAS TO MAKE THE STORY GIRL UNDER SOLEMN PROMISE OF SECRECY IT MUST BE SPLENDID TO GO TO EUROPE SIGHED CECILY LONGINGLY I 15596723-cb6a-4a20-a600-c2a7f0d4c5a7 2312 IT IS AN INTERESTING PLACE HE WOULD HAVE SAVED WORRY AND TROUBLE FOR EVERYONE HOW BIG THEY HAVE TO BE 27cd282a-01b9-43ba-8e3c-02107a676b5f 2425 IT WAS HER DANGER AND NOT HIS OWN THAT HAD BROUGHT THAT HAGGARD PALLOR TO HIS FACE IN SO SHORT A TIME BEING HERE WHEN I RETURN FROM TOWN AFTER MAILING THE LETTER TO YOU SIR acf0b86f-519e-43e4-aa8e-07615cb426b1 2274 THEY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE AN ANCIENT TERRAN CHIMPANZEE TOSSED IT TO ORAN HOW DID YOU CAPTURE THE DELPHINIS d0f15498-b678-441a-807f-5744ba12dc20 177 THE OLD CLOCK ISN'T GOING MOTHER FORGOT TO WIND IT UP LAST NIGHT AND IT STOP BUT IT'S FOUR BY THE KITCHEN CLOCK 770b15d5-c25d-4ca5-9dc1-058d044aab2e 464 IN SPITE OF HER DISASTER WITH THE BREAD THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN TAKING COOKING LESSONS FROM FELICITY ALL THE WEEK AND GETTING ON TOLERABLY WELL ALTHOUGH MINDFUL OF HER FORMER MISTAKE SHE NEVER VENTURED ON ANYTHING WITHOUT FELICITY'S APPROVAL I'VE BEEN WONDERING WHAT THESE SHARP PAINS I'VE BEEN FEELING EVER SINCE DINNER MEANT 954bae6e-3560-4613-a53e-24277925bcc9 2425 HIS GUN ROARED TWICE FROM BEHIND ME I WAS CONSCIOUS OF A FAINT GLOW FROM ABOVE AS I MOVED THE DIAL SLOWLY SO THAT ITS RED MARK APPROACHED THE STATIONARY ONE UPON THE PANEL 699a3430-715d-40b4-a7b2-2603eba79d1b 198 JUST LOOK SHE SAID PROUDLY I HAVE EVERY BIT OF THE BREAD BAKED I GOT UP AT THREE AND IT WAS LOVELY AND LIGHT SO I JUST GAVE IT A RIGHT GOOD KNEADING AND POPPED IT INTO THE OVEN I DON'T BELIEVE IT SAID THE STORY GIRL DREARILY 7555f00f-5518-4b09-8f86-dba39135c97c 2274 A GOOD ALIEN ZENOLOGIST MIGHT NOT PUT IT QUITE SO POETICALLY THE GREAT SUN WILL BE DOWN SOON SAID TO NEWBE b17f0541-7f19-4ad6-bc18-47039f9c7808 451 FELICITY AND CECILY WERE CURLED UP IN A CORNER AND WE BOYS SPRAWLED IDLY ON THE FRAGRANT SUN WARM HEAPS 7410cc99-0b7e-4c75-aefa-f47b12d533d8 2108 WHEN HE WAS HIGH OVER THEIR HEADS HE EXPLODED WITH A LOUD POP BUT THE WITCH HAPPENED TO OVERHEAR OUR CONVERSATION AND THIS IS THREE YEARS OLD OF HIS FOLLY 8f928333-c5ec-44b0-b1e6-ae73f14fc20f 402 I JUST WISH I'D HOLD OF THOSE FELLOWS WHO WOULDN'T LET THE CAPTAIN TAKE HIS WIFE SAID PETER SAVAGELY THERE AIN'T MANY FELLOWS AS FAIR AND SQUARE AS PETER SAID DAN f4d80e56-7198-4d57-a51a-dff8e3434119 2425 FRESH MULTITUDES WERE POURING UP THE RAMP BRUSHING ASIDE THE FIVE OR SIX PRIESTS THAT HAD HURRIED THERE AND THE REVERSE IS JUST AS TRUE I TURNED AND FACED THE STATUE 3f276b57-48b6-41e9-a846-470db152f00b 242 YOU'LL HAVE TO FIGHT ME IF YOU KEEP PRAYING AGAINST ME SAID FELIX ONCE I SAID BRIEFLY DREADING THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH PROMPTLY CAME 5cf345c3-c3e2-4353-ba1e-691eae493d51 103 WHEN A SON WAS BORN TO ABRAHAM AND ELIZABETH A TREE WAS PLANTED IN THE ORCHARD FOR HIM IT WAS A VISION TO DEVELOP SLOWLY INTO FULFILMENT 35c2e8e9-be65-4e04-b001-bc7469138553 177 THIS WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD OMEN WHEN YOU'VE BEEN STUMPING OUT ELDERBERRIES ALL AFTERNOON IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN THE JUDGMENT DAY TO KEEP YOU AWAKE ALL NIGHT HE SAID 4373894f-d0e3-47da-9151-acc51e75d4f9 2312 BUT MISTER MARSHALL HAD NOT ACCEPTED IT IT WAS THE SAME NIGHT VERY LATE AND AFTER HE HAD BEEN ASLEEP THAT MARSHALL WAS AWAKENED BY THE RING OF AN AUTHORITATIVE VOICE AND DIED QUIETLY AS MARILLA HAD DONE 1f24f042-41ae-4886-806b-5ec8a5c607df 464 SO I S'POSED THAT WAS EVEN YOU CAN'T GO ASTRAY AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU CAN ASK ME BUT DON'T BOTHER ME IF YOU CAN HELP IT 9faf8efd-1ec4-44b1-b4f9-4f650f2729cc 2286 THE SHIP WOULD NEED A CREW A BASE FOR REFUELING AND OMISSION MORE PEOPLE WOULD DIE BEFORE THIS WAS OVER IT WAS UP TO ME TO KEEP THAT NUMBER AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE 2aea34d3-e293-4354-8378-9ab301420a75 2108 AND UNHAPPINESS IN ANY FORM IS THE GREATEST EVIL THAT CAN BEFALL YOU NOW THE SCARECROW WAS NEXT TO POLYCHROME IN THE LINE ec3dcda1-1683-4086-9603-27730407ae87 177 YOU SAID YOU KNEW A STORY THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH PRESBYTERIANS I SAID TO THE STORY GIRL SAID CECILY IN A VERY TIMID VOICE b51ca226-7e80-4814-93c4-dff7e613fc2a 2108 BUT ALL THE CHAIRS IN THE ROOM WERE SO HIGH THAT OUR FRIENDS COULD NOT CLIMB TO THE SEATS OF THEM OF COURSE SAID SHE A STRAW MAN A TIN MAN AND A BOY 0d4b9c38-5632-4b87-9b55-ea92af73fc0b 242 I JUST LOVE TO READ A STORY WHERE THE HEROINE IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS A DREAM WHY ARE THERE NEVER NO STORIES ABOUT UGLY PEOPLE 98017a43-24d4-4e96-b33e-4a23d7897cd2 2182 THEY TELEPHORTED AT ONCE INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE TWO NEARBY NATIVES HIS SENSE OF LOSS AT SATTERFIELD'S GRIM NOD STEMMED FROM SOMETHING DEEPER THAN SYMPATHY FOR THE ISLANDERS 158b49fd-abdb-4ca0-8901-57843533d5d6 402 HE GAVE UP TRYING AFTER A WHILE YOU ARE THE BEST OF US ALL YOU OPEN THE PARCEL AT ANY OTHER MOMENT WE WOULD HAVE RUSHED TO MEET HER IN WILD JOY 24e83344-6540-4ab4-a841-e12018f6d9a6 2137 THE DOCTOR'S HAND TIGHTENED ON THE DOORKNOB COULD YOU TUNE IT TO TWENTY EIGHT POINT SIX MICROCYCLES HE ADJUSTED IT AUTOMATICALLY THEN UNBUCKLED THE SEAT STRAPS 1cb9689e-b840-41a7-99d6-1ed951ff86d5 103 EVERY FAMILY FESTIVAL WAS COMMEMORATED IN LIKE FASHION AND EVERY BELOVED VISITOR WHO SPENT A NIGHT UNDER THEIR ROOF WAS EXPECTED TO PLANT A TREE IN THE ORCHARD 59493155-816b-418a-90c9-84ce1f14ddb1 2108 THE GREEN MONKEY WAS SO STARTLED BY THE SUDDEN ATTACK THAT HE SPRUNG INTO THE FIREPLACE STRAW IS MUCH MORE DELICIOUS IT TWISTED AROUND AND CUT OFF ONE OF MY ARMS 96d38744-31d8-4e2a-889e-ec6374fd5bbe 464 I DON'T CARE HE SAID HOW'S A FELLOW TO KNOW TOMMY AND ADAM COWAN OVER AT MARKDALE ARE TWINS AND THEY'RE BOTH CROSS EYED 8d5f5d71-2724-4b6b-87b5-d746bc4cb818 30 WITH RATHER LONG LANK BROWN HAIR WE REMEMBERED THAT AUNT OLIVIA HAD WRITTEN TO FATHER THAT CECILY WAS A TRUE WARD DRIVING ALONG 914b389a-83f3-4d25-b865-309eb3f8ae48 30 AND A FRILLED MUSLIN APRON CAME TO WELCOME US WE HAD HEARD FROGS SING IN ONTARIO OF COURSE b11291c5-d397-4544-9601-6b1e96b9d7b7 2425 OLD E PAY FIGURES MAYBE WE COULD DO HIM A FAVOR IN THAT LINE AND THAT'S WHY HE'S ARGUING VIC SHOOK HIS HEAD QUITE GRAVELY 7c9b70ce-1c22-47d3-b8e2-d38b9e2eff53 402 IF IT WAS A HARD JOURNEY FOR A MAN IT WAS HARDER STILL FOR A WOMAN BUT MARGARET WOULD HAVE DARED ANYTHING FOR ALLAN'S SAKE PEOPLE TOOK IT RIGHT HERE ON THE ISLAND I SUPPOSE IF PETER e93ed56a-2cdb-4564-b7a0-03aa0e5583a9 451 NEVER MIND IF IT IS BAD BEGAN TO BUILD A SIMILAR BRIDGE OF LIGHT FROM HER STAR FOR A THOUSAND THOUSAND YEARS 7ebecbfa-23e5-43cd-9261-8f5b7c750ccd 103 WE PAUSED A MOMENT IN THE HALL TO LOOK AT THE BIG GRANDFATHER CLOCK IT WAS NOT GOING BUT IT SEEMED LIKE AN OLD FAMILIAR ACQUAINTANCE TO US WITH THE GILT BALLS ON ITS THREE PEAKS e1cd46bc-1e84-49bb-b344-51a55b59399d 2286 BUT THE GOLDEN CRUSTED HELMET AND A BRIEF CASE OF PAPERS WERE A PROBLEM THIS GAVE ME ENOUGH UNDISTURBED TIME TO SEARCH HIS STUDY WE COULD FILL THE VIBRATION DISTANTLY THROUGH THE FLOOR babd2755-c549-4ca5-a669-515bc0f74e5c 198 DAN WAS TOO FRIGHTENED TO RESENT THIS AT THE TIME I THINK WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE HE WAKES SAID MISSUS PATTERSON WHITE AND CLEAR AGAINST THE DARK BACKGROUND OF SPRUCES WE WERE WOEFULLY TIRED BUT WE COULD NOT SIT DOWN BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS REEKING WITH DEW THE FAMILY GHOST ONLY APPEARS IN DAYLIGHT SAID THE STORY GIRL f60a34f3-fdf8-4cba-bfdd-03a2244f6cad 464 OH DOCTOR MY SON HAS SWALLOWED A MOUSE HE CRIED WHAT SHALL I DO YOU'D HAVE ME KILT ENTIRELY BY ANOTHER DAY I b954d7c7-0dfa-4f15-acfd-c1af439dae55 177 THAT'S WHY SHE LET ME COME UP SHE SOBBED BUT IT'S FOUR BY THE KITCHEN CLOCK WELL JUDY PROMISED SHE'D REMEMBER BECAUSE SHE LIKED MISSUS FRUIT AND WAS ANXIOUS TO PLEASE HER fe091aab-f226-4e8f-87f1-3183ae02fee9 748 BUT SHE HAD FAR MORE FIRE AND INTENSITY AND STRENGTH OF IN WORDS THAT WERE BYRONS af8be913-f4ef-41a9-b0f9-eca05214f651 198 I KNEW HE NEVER WENT OUT OF THE DOOR CRIED DAN TRIUMPHANTLY WHEN THE LAST BUGGY HAD DRIVEN AWAY FELICITY SET A BATCH OF BREAD AND THE REST OF US SAT AROUND THE BACK PORCH STEPS IN THE CAT SLIGHT AND ATE CHERRIES SHOOTING THE STONES AT EACH OTHER 1b82c356-5d21-4aca-adc6-1f9dbea12956 2317 BUT GARF REMAINED UNPREDICTABLE IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT REACTIVATED THE GATE THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY HE SAID ff604b4d-709b-45b7-99ef-f643e48ff601 32 I JUST TOLD HER AS A FAVOR AND NOW YOUR AUNT JANET BLAMES ME FOR THE WHOLE TROUBLE THE APPLES ARE DELICIOUS AND IN WINTER IT'S A SPLENDID PLACE FOR COASTING b4bea1a7-23a5-4503-bf49-c9d329cf52f9 32 CONSEQUENTLY HER DREAM BOOK WAS VERY MONOTONOUS IT IS THE VERY SAME CUP SAID THE STORY GIRL IMPRESSIVELY ISN'T IT AN AMAZING THING 18c2ac31-72de-4949-b4f6-69ead163fee7 2312 MEANWEL MADE A GRIMACE A FINGER LONG MAYBE TWO IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE HOW BIG THEY ARE 3491db8f-c226-4e04-b421-71fae2b68ffd 464 EATEN IT WAS HOWEVER AND CERTAINLY AS FAR AS APPEARANCE WENT IT JUSTIFIED HER TRIUMPH IT SEEMS AWFUL TO THINK OF EATING A SAWDUST PUDDING HOW ON EARTH DID YOU MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE 1505bf58-92d3-49ae-94cd-0ffadbf88c06 177 I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT RUTH WHEN SHE REACHED US SHE TREMBLED SO MUCH AT FIRST SHE COULD NOT SPEAK HOW COULD THE GROWN UPS EAT AS THEY DID 79f5a101-85f0-4948-bc2d-6315c27c2e15 2137 BRANDON THIS IS ASTRO ONE WHAT IS YOUR POSITION OVER THROUGH HIS PURMA GLASS CANOPY HE COULD SEE IT TRAILING ACROSS THE BLACK VELVET OF SPACE LIKE A WHITE BRIDAL VEIL 234cf318-fc3c-4ad8-8a82-a0827b5e9b6a 30 STARING AT US WHEN THEY THOUGHT WE WOULD BE TOO BUSY EATING TO SEE THEM SILENCE FELL OVER THE HOUSE 2274d9cd-e4a2-4b49-b500-bcc083ef92d4 402 BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF OPINION WAS THAT WE MUST HAVE THE PICTURE NO MATTER WHAT PECUNIARY SACRIFICES WERE INVOLVED SURELY YOU DON'T BELIEVE GOD LOOKS LIKE THAT SHE SAID IMPATIENTLY WHILE HER FINE EYES FLASHED ce7f5941-14f2-4f1b-be5e-13cd3ae0e61e 2425 I LEANED FORWARD BUTTING WITH MY HEAD BOTH DOUBLED FISTS WORKING LIKE PISTONS TO CLEAR MY WAY TO MY COMPANIONS AND I'VE JUST REALIZED I'M HUNGRY VIC AND I HAD BEEN BUTTIES EVER SINCE WE WERE KIDS cbecb902-cb45-48e6-b379-a67854638316 242 HE WAS THE TALLEST AND BRAVEST AND HANDSOMEST YOUNG MAN IN THE TRIBE THE GODS THEMSELVES CANNOT RECALL THEIR GIFTS THEY MAY ROB US OF OUR FUTURE AND EMBITTER OUR PRESENT BUT OUR PAST THEY MAY NOT TOUCH 70336e6b-ec02-4074-a3aa-e93198641d47 2286 WE'LL SEARCH THE SHIP SHE CAN'T HIDE FOR LONG SHE WON'T HAVE TO PIPPY SAID THERE'S A FAR SCOUT WE PICKED UP STOWED IN ONE OF THE HOLES BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH TO HIDE ANGELINA NOW THE FREIGHTER'S CARGO PLUTONIUM WAS GONE 8126e55e-7709-4883-beda-bad8bfa0a96d 2425 WHICH SET MY NERVES ON EDGE HE ISN'T THERE AND THE BED HASN'T BEEN SLEPT IN THOSE PRIESTS ARE WISER THAN THE REST OF THIS CREW 0a521e4e-dbcb-4c7d-a62a-c2a00ded8166 103 BUT SHE IS TWENTY NINE YOU KNOW THAT'S PRETTY OLD HE IS BIG AND JOLLY BUT HE TEASES PEOPLE TOO MUCH YOU ASK HIM A SERIOUS QUESTION AND YOU GET A RIDICULOUS ANSWER HE HARDLY EVER SCOLDS OR GETS CROSS THOUGH AND THAT IS SOMETHING 248e6432-6f85-4616-87be-5e418990a438 2312 BUT AFTER THIRTY FIVE YEARS THE INCANTO WORE OFF THERE WAS A CLEAR DUTY TO GET THE JOB DONE AT THE LITTLE PEOPLE TOWN 4f652b17-c36f-45e1-8aae-c9a1ccbeac03 177 WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING WHITE ON IT WELL ANYHOW SAID PETER EVEN IF IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAMN I KEEP ON READING THE BIBLE UNTIL I'VE GOT CLEAN THROUGH I 241485a7-befb-42b6-a0e5-0c1256146592 103 DOESN'T HE EVER MEAN TO GET MARRIED ASKED FELIX AUNT OLIVIA WISHES HE WOULD BECAUSE SHE'S TIRED KEEPING HOUSE FOR HIM AND SHE WANTS TO GO TO AUNT JULIE IN CALIFORNIA 559331b2-86a5-4a72-abb5-671b44a71714 32 THINK OF THE GAMES WE CAN HAVE THEY ARE ALL AROUND ME ONCE MORE BUT I GUESS I OVERDID IT BECAUSE I GOT REAL SICK AND COULDN'T SLEEP AT ALL 6366c485-ee72-49ff-89e5-a45d01b886bd 30 AND AS A RESULT WE WERE ALWAYS CATCHING EACH OTHER AT IT SARA STANLEY BUT YOU'LL THINK SHE IS WHILE SHE'S TALKING TO YOU a924c6aa-a46d-4864-bf07-2d5f074a34b3 2182 HE LANDED ON SOMETHING TOUGH AND WARM AND SLIPPERY AND ARRIVED LONG AGO AT A WORKING AGREEMENT WITH THE ISLANDERS NUMBLY JEFF SAW HER SUSPENDED THERE a6c20a7c-1c27-4bc0-b438-62056568ed94 242 BUT YOU MUST SETTLE YOUR QUARREL IN A DIFFERENT FASHION IT MUST HAVE BEEN A JOLLY LIFE WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT HUNT AND FIGHT I HEARD HIM TALKING IN HIS SLEEP ABOUT IT df4913cf-1815-4048-8eb9-1acd474079a9 413 NEITHER WOULD SPEAK FIRST AND EACH OBSTINATELY DECLARED THAT SHE WOULD NOT SPEAK FIRST NO NOT IN A HUNDRED YEARS 7891c6aa-0825-4490-b259-d08a2205a453 2317 BUT HE COULDN'T WHICH ONE WAS MORE DANGEROUS FARMER'S HAYMAKER CONNECTED THIS PASSED AND HE STARTED TO SMILE IN A PLACATING MANNER d9f4e102-85c6-4196-9282-69919aab98a4 103 BEHIND THE HOUSE WAS A GROVE OF FIR AND SPRUCE A DIM COOL PLACE WHERE THE WINDS WERE FOND OF PURRING AND WHERE THERE WAS ALWAYS A RESINOUS WOODSY ODOUR de6205a8-29e6-49d3-9dfd-9cbe45079955 2182 JEFF HAD A GLIMPSE OF SLANTED RED EYES AND A WHITE FANGED SNOUT BEFORE REFLEX SENT HIM HEADLONG TO SHOULDER THE DOOR SHUT AGAIN a13ee315-3f6e-4ba0-a528-f198d087b257 1867 I'M SURE THERE WAS NO HUMANNESS IN THIS DECISION THE M T WHISPERED IN MY EAR IF THE BEACON CONKED OUT AGAIN bfbd1e67-69df-4b3e-a281-99d8502f3a70 14 OUTSIDE THE SKY WAS PURPLE AND GOLD AND SILVERY GREEN I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY FELICITY DID NOT DIE OF MORTIFICATION ON THE SPOT 45a7abad-d4bf-46e9-8ea6-f11bcf6ad8b8 402 BUT THEY WOULD NOT YIELD IT IS NOTHING OF THE SORT SAID MISTER MARWOOD INDIGNANTLY LET US GO AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT fb659110-b4f6-46d7-8a80-b66feee0263f 198 CHANCING ACCIDENTALLY I VOW TO OVERHEAR CERTAIN OF THESE SECRETS OH IT MEANS IF ANYTHING HAPPENS SOMETHING ELSE IS SURE TO HAPPEN SAID THE STORY GIRL I'LL ILLUSTRATE THERE'S MISSUS MURPHY SHE NEVER HAD A PROPOSAL IN HER LIFE TILL SHE WAS FORTY AND THEN SHE HAD THREE AND THE ONE WEEK AND SHE WAS SO FLUSTERED SHE TOOK THE WRONG ONE AND HAS BEEN SORRY EVER SINCE 003dd138-a005-417f-b602-d64a47634402 2312 HAD TO STEAL THEIR LIST OF YOU BUCK EYED BEASTS THERE HOW DO WE GET TO THE PLACE CAN YOU SHOW US ON A MAP df8659ca-739d-4e3a-81f7-d7eccb169046 748 THAT WAS ALL HER OWN FATHER COULD TALK WELL THEY HAD NEVER KNOWN HIM VERY INTIMATELY d60ef1d2-659d-4584-bede-339768c62737 242 FELIX AND PETER DREW APART AFTER THAT FIRST ONSET AND THEN CIRCLED ABOUT ONE ANOTHER WARILY 7db12482-01d3-49b0-a0e5-77661f553c27 748 WHAT COULD YOU EXPECT FROM A PIG WHATEVER HER FUTURE CAREER SHOULD BE UNCLE BLAIR STANLEY HAD BEEN A MERE NAME TO US e6ce3cd3-397c-4a4e-9ae1-f4860f70d82a 2137 OH NO THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DANGER INVOLVED ONE SHIP WHEN A THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS OUT SUPPOSE IT'S BOBBING IN THE DARK 86083572-0501-4f7a-abdc-525cd7e934f5 2182 EVER SINCE THE FOURTH WORK CUT THEM OFF FROM US CHAFFY FOUR AGREED RELUCTANTLY HE YELLED UNGALLANTLY IN HER EAR bf0c1976-6aba-4fc7-8040-86c3fb258a42 30 OH I CAN'T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT STILL WE WERE BOTH INCLINED TO THINK WE WOULD LIKE CECILY BETTER THAN FELICITY ed1b9b2e-6131-4fe7-b489-f5e17408dc95 2425 VIC HOPE DIDN'T NOTICE IT UNTIL LATER THE RAYS OF THE MACHINE CAUGHT IT AND BROUGHT IT BACK WITH US MADE IT SOLID MATTER AS WE KNOW IT HERE 9f64191e-785e-40e8-aa51-8a69ee979efc 30 WE DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE VERY TIRED ALSO THINK THEY ARE BOTH NICE AND NICE LOOKING OFTEN COMES UP TO PLAY WITH US AND IT IS AWKWARD TO HAVE TWO GIRLS OF THE SAME NAME IN THE SAME CROWD aed008b2-0c25-4ddb-8814-e2a9862704d7 413 YES AND IF HE LETS YOU OFF THEN WE'LL KNOW HE WAS IN EARNEST CHIMED IN CICELY NEITHER ARGUMENT ENTREATY NOR EXPOSTULATION HAD ANY EFFECT ON THOSE TWO STUBBORN GIRLS 8f905405-2fd8-4526-aa30-8f3233e714d8 748 BUT I AM AFRAID SHE MEASURED HIS CONSCIENCE BY HER OWN HER ADORING AND FREQUENT MENTION OF HIM WAS THE LARGEST HANDED IN BY ANY OF THE SCHOLARS 38e1c75f-7646-46cd-97cc-34570b87cf58 188 MISTER CAMPBELL WAS A TALL MAN WITH A MASSIVE HEAD WELL THATCHED WITH THICK BLACK HAIR GREY STREET 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EVERYBODY THOUGHT THIS WAS FUNNY EXCEPT FELIX THRONE PULPIT OR CONCERT PLATFORM AS OCCASION REQUIRED 88942158-34de-49a1-834d-41cf5dde3569 413 REMAINED A DEAD SECRET BETWEEN THE PARTIES OF THE FIRST AND THE SECOND PART FOREVER HIS COPY OF THE ENTERPRISE WAS STICKING OUT OF HIS POCKET 961d484f-bbd6-41b6-8449-13720d833b4b 464 AND CERTAINLY AS FAR AS APPEARANCE WENT IT JUSTIFIED HER TRIUMPH OH SARA STANLEY IT'S A THANKFUL MAN I AM THAT YOUR AUNT OLIVIA IS TO BE HOME TO NIGHT ff152d10-3cad-41b8-8ae8-29b975b143ed 30 FELIX AND I WE WERE FARING FORTH ON A LONG ROAD WONDER WHAT THE STORY GIRL WILL THINK OF THEM 822a06bc-af84-413f-9422-b8b5925c8e03 32 PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED AWAY THROUGH THE GAP BECAUSE MA WON'T LET ME HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL TO EAT BEFORE I GO TO BED I f972f8de-79ae-48e8-a843-b71703715142 177 WHY YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT ANY COMMON BOOK THE BIBLE IS AN INTERESTING BOOK SAID THE STORY GIRL COMING TO PETER'S RESCUE I DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM SAID PETER CRESTFALLEN fa10b1e8-922b-4b39-aca4-56971ea9044b 413 FELICITY NEEDN'T BE GIVING ANY HINTS THE BUTTERCUPS DROOPED OVER HER HIGH WHITE BROW AND PLAYED PETE WITH HER GLOWING EYES 1a5544d7-300c-4770-bb4b-9992095c5756 2182 HAD WALLOWED INTO THE SHALLOWS ALONGSIDE HIS DOCK HANG ON WE'RE GOING CHAFFY THREE AGREED SHAKENLY 6404ea40-a492-4bad-8ff4-c5910a168a8f 2108 WE MIGHT GO STRAIGHT INTO THE EMERALD CITY WHO LIVES HERE HE ASKED LET US TRAVEL IN SOME OTHER DIRECTION a1b59f9d-aa9f-46a8-905e-3825d499735d 198 HE DID NOT LOOK LIKE AN AWKWARD MAN THERE IN THE HEART OF THE MAPLE WOODS THERE'S LOTS OF FOLKS CAN MAKE BREAD BUT THERE ISN'T MANY WHO CAN TELL A STORY LIKE YOU 0806ad53-43d3-470a-bf50-60473c15d367 413 HOW DID YOU EVER HEAR THE LIKE PERHAPS THEY'LL LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIR FACES TO MORROW SAID DAN WITH GLOOMY SATISFACTION FELIX KING WHAT HAS SCARED YOU 980c299d-9ba2-488a-bd77-5a86882819dd 14 THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS WHY PATTY JUST SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY IT SEEMED SO TO STRIKE PETER 68376f76-5552-4ea4-a6c3-21eea89a00ad 2368 HE WENT ON LOOKING AT HIS HANDS THERE WAS BITTERNESS IN HIS MIND BITTERNESS THAT HE CHANGED TO HATE I ALSO WISH HE SAID SMOOTHLY TO PAY FOR ANY HELP I MAY RECEIVE SUCH AS THE ANSWERING OF AN INNOCENT QUESTION e3010d1b-0cda-4491-8197-a7bf2f3d55d5 402 BUT OF COURSE I MEAN TO THANK GOD WHEN I SAY MY PRAYERS TO NIGHT THAT'S ONLY DECENT OUR CURIOSITY HAD LED US INTO SOME HOLY OF HOLIES NOT TO BE PROFANED BY HUMAN EYES 571cf4cd-0ed2-48e5-8ed1-505a1839bc0b 402 I WANTED TO SEE THE PICTURE AS SOON AS YOU DID I WONDER IF HE'LL EVER COME BACK TO HIS FAMILY SAID CECILY SAID DAN AH DAN WHAT MAKES YOU ASK SUCH QUESTIONS EXCLAIMED CECILY IN REAL DISTRESS 7ed35134-2540-4d1f-8681-85563f59ea5b 2317 APPARENTLY THE FEASTMAN THOUGHT NOTHING AT ALL OF HIS STATE OF NUDITY AND THE JUDGE HAD GOTTEN A NASTY CRACK ON THE HEAD AGAIN SHE CAME TO A DECISION QUICKLY 23ce4365-42b9-4e6e-8660-2bdce75c532b 748 HAD HE BEEN A POOR MAN HE EUROPE SEEMED ALMOST AS REMOTE AND UNREACHABLE AS THE MOON WAS FULL OF THE GLAMOUR OF MOUNTAIN RIMMED LAKES 31beaf6c-b4c8-4a1f-98ec-b641c1652f8a 2286 WHAT BATTLESHIP HE GASPED RAID THE MENTAL HOSPITALS AND JAILS A UNIFORM WATCHMAN FRANTICALLY WAVED TO US AND THE WHOLE CONVOY JERKED TO A STOP THE SHIP WAS GONE e6eeae30-b594-4c30-bc13-0c928ffa2134 188 ALL RIGHT AGREED THE STORY GIRL THE ONLY TROUBLE IS I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE STORY BUT I'LL TELL YOU ALL I DO KNOW 713171e2-7df8-4665-9a31-255cb5ec451d 413 PAT WAS THERE ALSO PADDING ABOUT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER ON HIS BLACK PAWS GIVING US FRIENDLY POKES AND RUBS BUT IF HE STILL SAYS YOU MUST GO THAT'LL BE A SIGN HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT b7c89dbb-765f-49db-bd89-80fd37f67c8a 30 HAD NOT THEN HEARD HER SAY IT ISN'T SO QUICK TO MOVE AND GET OUT OF YOUR SIGHT WHILE YOU'RE WINKING AS THE THIN ONE 0607b5dc-b9c8-4c9d-88db-3df3b1148ff6 2182 HE COULD HAVE SWORN THAT HER SAILS BELLIED NOT WITH THE WIND BUT AGAINST STARTLED JEFF NO MORE THAN THE FACT THAT HE SEEMED TO BE HOLDING JENOFOR MAC TIGHTLY d1499a0f-3dc8-4a6e-8b4f-09f0fb52babe 464 NOT A TWEAK OF RHEUMATISM DID HE FEEL BUT HE VOWED IT WAS DUE TO A NEEDLE TRAVELLING ABOUT HIS BODY a56eeced-7340-4764-a990-8a626e0f250d 2286 IT CHUGGED SLOWLY ROUND THE ROOM MOVING MY BAGS AND LAYING OUT MY KIT AND ALL THE TIME FOLLOWING A CAREFUL ROOT THAT COVERED EVERY INCH OF THE SUITE 2142c2b9-bbbd-4890-8d67-edaf2770b7c3 14 BEHIND US WAS AN OLD GRAY FENCE WITH VIOLETS AND DANDELIONS THICK IN ITS CORNERS SHE'S JUST MAD AND NO WONDER WHATEVER MADE YOU ACT SO CRAZY PETER 8e584b4f-a737-49ac-b5b6-f1114fbd14a6 32 EVEN HER PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS HAD UNTOLD CHARM HINTING AT MYSTERY AND LAUGHTER AND MAGIC BOUND UP IN EVERYTHING SHE MENTIONED af632bfe-05ca-499b-b351-11bd8d36aff5 2312 TELL US WHAT HAPPENED MANWELL MANOEL OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT THAT FOR HE HAD RAISED THE WHOLE STRAIN OF ANIMALS 81fb7106-b904-4c7f-bf69-93c6b16de094 2108 WHO WORE SILVER SHOES AND WHO HAD GINGER IS A GIRL EXPLAINED THE SCARECROW BEAR SHE'S A FINE GIRL TOO aa1c1978-adc5-43ac-ab19-25f4ddbf0a56 2317 THE ODDNESS ABOUT THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS BECAME FINNY CREST PROBABLY IN FACT GARF WOULD TRY TO CONQUER THE WORLD ANYWAY a22bf42c-6246-45fa-b95d-7f75529fdc06 177 IF SHE HADN'T BEEN AFRAID I DON'T BELIEVE SHE WOULD HAVE LET ME COME UP BUT I'D HAVE DIED IF I COULDN'T HAVE COME 54359ad5-032a-42e3-8dc1-ad684b85705e 451 WE WERE ALL IN THE HAYLOFT MISTER MILLWARD WAS A DOCTOR AND MISSUS MILLWARD WAS A B IT IS NOT VANITY TO KNOW YOUR OWN GOOD POINTS c652c55f-4f65-47a2-8770-5edbfedaba57 2425 TRUE SMILED VIC IT'LL PROBABLY SOUND CRAZY TO YOU ANYWAY WATCH THEM PETE ROARED VIC WE CAN'T TAKE CHANCES 14b7aca8-d5a6-484d-868e-de95cdffa293 2274 HE WAS PLAGUED BY THE VAGUE SLOW MOTION FLOATING SENSATION THE RED LIGHT ABOVE THE SPEAKER GRID BEGAN BLINKING e7709ba9-e7a5-4a03-9f9b-42225fddb70c 2286 AFTER THAT HE COULD PLAY HIS POLITICS AS SOON AS HE WAS FINISHED I TOOK BACK THE SHEET TORE IT UP AND POCKETED TO PIECES f1ba1b18-30a0-405b-9ca1-e586dbf60905 2274 STETSON'S VOICE INTERRUPTED HIM GOT IT ORNE THEY CAUGHT THE DELPHINIS ON THE GROUND RIGHT WHERE YOU SAID IT'D BE BLEW THE TUBES OFF IT 029371a6-8020-4d49-89e7-5f5f84348488 103 WHAT IS UNCLE ROGER LIKE WAS OUR NEXT QUESTION WELL I LIKE UNCLE ROGER SAID THE STORY GIRL MEDITATIVELY 08841232-bd6b-49d9-b31c-24270914912c 188 DOUBTLESS A FAIR EXCHANGE IS NO ROBBERY AND BROWN BESS IS A GOOD MARE IN HER WAY APPARENTLY FURNISHED FORTH FELICITY'S CONCEPTION OF PARADISE bcaadd15-0eee-48cb-baed-d882914a19bb 188 A SCARLET PRINT BLOUSE AND A MAN'S HAT TO OURSELVES AND DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE REALLY SITTING IN A DEWY PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ORCHARD INSTEAD OF WATCHING TWO LOVERS I WAS A REGULAR WRUNT BEFORE I BEGUN HE SAID AND LOOK AT ME NOW 6153e1c5-70a2-4f94-9ff2-c588cbb7957e 1867 BOLD ATTACK BEING THE BEST DEFENSE AND SO FORTH I BUILT THE TAIL OVER A METAL FRAME THAT ANCHORED AROUND MY WAIST e9d776c1-42f1-4297-bd72-bb8622b981d6 32 BUT HE WORE IT WITH SUCH AN UNCONSCIOUS AIR OF PURPLE AND FINE LINEN THAT HE SEEMED TO BE MUCH BETTER DRESSED THAN HE REALLY WAS 22445b13-e430-4485-8f2a-f010e74c8613 188 BILLY WAS TALLER THAN ANY OF THE BOYS OUR AGE IN CARLISLE AND HE ASSURED ME IT ALL CAME FROM TAKING MAGIC SEED 98085e34-5e53-47be-9719-c946d154d992 2425 HOW LONG SIR I'D SAY ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES BEFORE YOU CAME THEN DARKNESS CLOSED IN SWIFTLY b5813320-fc82-4071-b629-4fe27b1b71ec 177 THE WORLD WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL AND GREEN WHY YOU WOULDN'T TELL STORIES IN HEAVEN WHEREVER WE ARE NEXT SUNDAY e128ec8b-4c8c-4265-a667-3a7df461c0d6 177 NOW THAT IT WAS LIFTED WE COULD NOT THAT WAS VERY CERTAIN WHY NOT SAID THE STORY GIRL WITH A FLASH OF HER EYES 0ecbea83-002f-40f0-bb72-9708e614003d 2182 AND IS READY TO BE RELIEVED OF IT CHAFFEE FOUR PROJECTED HIMSELF FIRST TO THE OPENED PORT JEFF WAS DISLODGED INSTANTLY AND SANK LIKE A STONE 2ae079d4-7af6-4e0a-9b03-590348feb959 32 LISTENED JUST AS EAGERLY AS WE DID I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL BETTER TO PICK YOUR OWN RELIGION THAN HAVE TO TAKE IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT YOUR FOLKS HAD RETORTED PETER d95da3ae-68ba-4a6f-aa01-642aacac4f16 2317 AND ALREADY BEGINNING TO MAKE A PUDDLE ON THE DECK STRAIGHTENED OUT HIS FACE AND LICKED HIS LIPS FARMER CHANGED HIS MIND AGAIN ABOUT RAY'S BEING CRACKED ba86ca52-5099-4f94-9e4c-09fea0e9e916 2108 IT FORTUNATELY LANDED ON THE WICKED WITCH AND SMASHED HER FLAT AND WASHING HER DISHES 2f49e5fd-a5d6-4b3a-a2e8-1df085d417bc 2286 BIT BY BIT A PATENT STARTED TO EMERGE A DELICATE WEB WORK OF FORGERY BRIBERY CHICANERY AND FALSEHOOD f1af7ba3-2548-4312-91b4-ffa9b10a64d3 103 FELIX AND I SAW SOMEWHERE INSIDE OF OUR HEADS A VELVET AND PURPLE AND GOLD PANSY WOMAN JUST AS THE STORY GIRL SPOKE BUT I DON'T THINK I WOULD LIKE TO BE CAUGHT BY HER 884f3b63-cdd9-4f20-ad90-97a247d34dde 30 WE HAD NEVER LIVED LONG ENOUGH IN ANY ONE HOUSE THE SHEETS AND PILLOW SLIPS WERE FRAGRANT WITH LAVENDER a5731d61-4274-4971-9013-5bc23c30dad5 451 WE ALL WENT TO PIECES EXCEPT CECILY WHO ALONE RETAINED HER PRESENCE OF MIND THE LACRYMOSE SARAH PRESENTLY JOINED US AND WE DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF HER TEARS TO BE THE DOLEFUL FACT THAT HER MOTHER HAD FORBIDDEN HER TO GO TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW THAT NIGHT 5e64f105-c3b8-40af-b405-baa3931cc4ad 2312 GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH ONLY PEOPLE MANOEL AND YOU SURELY CAN'T BE MANUEL c50773cc-9ddd-4a4f-9d61-793d02592d40 2137 EXCUSE ME COLONEL TOWERS THE PLANET HAS WATER AND BOTH ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE HE WATCHED UNTIL THE FLARE FLICKERED OUT 4291c1b6-e532-42a4-ad6d-0882f1cbe3f4 2368 OF COURSE BUT INTEREST ALL THE SAME BUT HE HAD ENOUGH IN THAT ONE GLIMPSE TO TELL HIM THE REASON FOR SHARP'S MISERY 24839987-5dc6-4168-9c86-efe732357b21 451 IT'S DREADFUL TO SPOIL A WHOLE DAY I'M AWFUL TIRED AND THANKFUL SIGHED CECILY PUTTING HIS HAND ON A PORTION OF HIS ANATOMY CONSIDERABLY BELOW HIS STOMACH 8b4815b6-f0bc-4e0b-af23-b7c9c1362d90 2137 PERHAPS CONDITIONS WERE MORE PROMISING THERE NOXIOUS GASES MIGHT BE PRESENT FUNNY HE SHOULD BE LYING ON HIS BACK LOOKING AT THE SKY HE THOUGHT 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TO LOOK REASSURING 50136273-c191-48db-83c6-d14091624f51 198 DAN FINALLY VOLUNTEERED TO LOOK AFTER HIM HE HAD A NEW PITY BOOK WHICH HE WANTED TO FINISH AND THAT HE SAID WAS BETTER FUN THAN A WALK TO THE GRAVEYARD SHE NEVER APPEARED ANYWHERE BUT IN THE ORCHARD SAID THE STORY GIRL OH 0c494fce-2931-4470-9487-91409bc80ca3 177 THAT DAUNTLESS BIRTH WOULD SOAR TRIUMPHANTLY ABOVE THE WRECK OF MATTER AND THE CRASH OF WORLDS TAKING WITH IT ALL ITS OWN WILD SWEETNESS AND DARING 0bbf47fc-1a2b-483d-a57d-833722f9b97e 2137 THE DISEMBODIED VOICE OF RHINHARD REPLIED QUIETLY ASTRO ONE THIS IS BRANDON COME IN BRANDON'S VOICE SOUNDED STRANGE AND DISTANT AS HE TALKED TO HIS OXYGEN MASK 18aa8d05-1fde-465c-a26a-7fbfa52fce54 2317 JOHN ANDREW YELLED AT HIM AS HE ARCHED FORWARD BUT IT WAS TOO LATE AS SHE FINISHED HER CONVERSATION AND SWITCHED OFF THE TWO WAY RADIO HE TURNED TO HER 7427b3a0-daf9-4577-a8cc-a4ef4f57a7c2 30 WE KNEW ONLY THAT A COUSIN IN THE END HE DECIDED TO SEND US TO UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET 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I 16e98b3a-83d8-47b3-91b1-7714e0615eed 198 AND IT'S ALL DONE AND OUT OF THE WAY BUT THE LOAVES DON'T SEEM QUITE AS BIG AS THEY SHOULD BE SHE ADDED DOUBTFULLY 949f80a7-b5f5-4ab6-a411-e0aea0e73705 451 THE MILLWARDS FROM MARKDALE I THINK I'LL WRAP IT UP AND KEEP IT IN MY BOX HE SAID ONCE THERE WERE TWO ARCHANGELS IN HEAVEN 4a00aeb1-572a-4afd-bb5f-4be2e6802f0f 2368 THEN HE SAW WHAT WAS IN THEIR MINDS AND THE DISTASTE CHANGED TO FEAR NEVER SAW YOU BEFORE THE OLD WOMAN SAID THIS WAS THE PARISH CHURCH OF COURSE A GOOD SOLID WOODEN STRUCTURE 7bc3c57d-5535-4c35-ab15-81eabf3207ee 451 FELICITY WAS NOT THERE I GUESS THE PRESBYTERIANS CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT IT AND LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN HEATHEN 71c66cd7-c339-4db4-9805-20d0a9e808e8 2274 THOSE FAT HEADED LARD BOTTOMED PIG BRAINED TELL THEM WE'LL COMPLY 5864de76-4204-4d03-8b5d-e314aa9f4953 177 I WISH ADDED CECILY WITH A SIGH WE WATCHED AND WAITED NERVOUSLY SOME VAGUE THOUGHT OF THIS WAS IN OUR MINDS AS WE LOOKED AT HER 689f8fba-98b6-4ffc-b31f-5972600e4f13 2368 THE POOR WOMAN FELT TERRIBLE HE KNEW BUT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT THAT THE OLD WOMAN FROWNED AT HIM SUSPICIOUSLY fd392ec4-1c76-45b4-8cd1-c5242cb8a4b8 30 WITH BIG DARK BLUE WE SAW THAT HER ANGER WAS REAL NOT AFFECTED IF THE STORY GIRL WOULD LIKE US 4df79204-7f5f-48d1-a4b4-73c30b56feb2 2368 I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SENT ME IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER AVAILABLE MEMBER HE THOUGHT HE HEARD THE OTHERS READYING THEMSELVES FOR SLEEP BUT HE DID NOT LOOK INTO THEIR MINDS ce9d2a57-856b-47e2-858f-60c3168ecd1c 30 TO LEND A WONDERFUL CHARM TO OUR SPECULATIONS CONCERNING IT WITH JUST A HINT OF DEMURENESS IN THEM NOW AND AGAIN f813dcb5-35a5-424e-9f14-8d6a3b167dad 2317 YOUR MACHINE REACTIVATED THE GATE FROM THIS SIDE FARMER CROUCHED THE POINT OF THE BOATHOOK WAVERED THAT WAS HOW IT WENT IN STORIES AS CORNY AS A SITUATION 5a898865-c4d5-4201-a25e-3c45b893d990 2286 THEIR ORIGIN WAS UNKNOWN THOUGH THE FACT THAT THEY BOTH TALKED WITH A SLIGHT ACCENT SUGGESTED AN OFFBOARD ORIGIN 4fffb36e-1fb1-44e1-b557-fe63577e377d 32 WHEN I'VE SETTLED WHAT I'M GOING TO BE HARROW THE WOOD FIELD AND DIG YOUR AUNT OLIVIA'S FLOWER BEDS THEN HE SAILED AWAY AGAIN AND THE SHIP WAS NEVER HEARD OF MORE 3960e6a9-c4e2-42ad-b624-cb55be196b5c 451 WE WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A KING I'M ALWAYS GLAD WHEN IT GETS WARM ENOUGH TO GO BAREFOOTED I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY TO DAY SHE SAID AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL A SINGLE STORY b36601dc-2713-4867-894e-d7f58e1fa9e6 177 NOT EVEN THE JUDGMENT WAS SO GREATLY TO BE FEARED SAID FELICITY WITH A SHUDDER AT THE SACRILEGE PADDY WOULD NEVER BE EATEN MICE IF IT WAS ac4ba65a-ca48-47d3-97ac-0d322b5ad244 2286 SEND IT BY SIAM ONLY I LOOKED BACK AT PEPPET NOT WANTING TO HAVE MY EYES OFF HIM FOR AN INSTANT 5c9c2431-d097-4512-a0f8-2e39a8278640 451 IN WHICH NOBLE AMBITION HE SUCCEEDED PERFECTLY I THERE'S NO USE BEING NAUGHTY IF YOU SPOIL YOUR FUN BY WISHING ALL THE TIME YOU ARE GOOD cd7e973e-3f7b-4d95-b881-d15143f7688c 413 AUNT OLIVIA ASSENTED LIGHTLY SWINGING HER HAT ON HER ARM AND INCLUDING US ALL IN A FRIENDLY SMILE IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PREPARE ASKED CECILY 8396c202-3bc4-43ed-b449-ec36ba472c2d 2182 SCOOPS ARE BENEVOLENT AS WELL AS INTELLIGENT HER VOICE SEEMED TO TRIGGER THE ATTACK ABRUPTLY HE SWITCHED TO HIS OWN INTEREST 973396b5-9f00-4350-ba9f-2e48366504b8 413 WE LOVED AUNT OLIVIA BUT JUST NOW WE RESENTED TO HER HAVING LAUGHED AT US WITH AUNT JANET AND WE REFUSED TO SMILE BACK CICELY'S PRAYER HAD BEEN ANSWERED 0f2101b0-9bf1-4300-9c5a-9fe50d8a13d7 2312 I DON'T SEE MARILLA SINCE I CAME BACK HE CALLED MULA FROM THE THORN PATCH WHERE SHE WAS GRAZING BEFORE YOU DO MANOEL JUST A COUPLE OF LAST QUESTIONS 338cc754-3eaf-4558-8894-3db0a6dd5895 14 THIS IS MY KINGDOM HE'LL LIKELY DO SOMETHING AWFUL AND THEN YOU'LL FEEL ASHAMED AND WISH YOU'D NEVER ASKED HIM TO GO fb15573d-617d-4e65-bcab-8ce138e7512a 1867 OTHER PARTS THEY HAD BEEFED UP FIGURING THEY WOULD WEAR BUT SLOWLY GREETINGS O NOBLE SERVERS OF THE GREAT GOD I SAID 832e2707-6e97-4753-863c-183210b8a464 748 WELL WE HAD ALL BEEN BADLY HOAXED THAT OUR GROWN UP RELATIVES DID NOT ALTOGETHER ADMIRE OR APPROVE OF UNCLE BLAIR 18d30bc0-bc02-4a8c-a4f5-8425b1155331 14 BEHOLD ME BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS I NEVER MEANT TO LAUGH IT JUST HAPPENED BEFORE I COULD STOP MYSELF c3393bfc-cff8-494c-b717-2111d93bedbe 2182 UNCLE CHARLEY HAS TALKED ABOUT SETTLING IN THE TOWNSHIP AND STANDING FOR COUNCIL ELECTION CHAFFY THREE SAID TO JENOFY THEN cec154ec-18fc-4d5c-925f-fa6bcbc047ec 402 I CAN'T PICK ANOTHER APPLE TO DAY AND I AIN'T GOING TO TRY SAID DAN LAST OF ALL CAME VING THAT PETER IS GOING TO DIE THE 0dcb1244-3991-49f7-bd6c-a3310a9edeab 402 WE DREW STRAWS TO SEE WHO SHOULD GO AND DO THE ASKING AND THE LOT FELL TO FELIX THEY SAY HE STOOD ON THE DECK OF THE FANNY AND PLEADED WITH THE MEN WHILE THE TEARS RAN DOWN HIS FACE 4af7e744-103c-41a6-b8fe-3e8470b20ac0 464 SO IT IS SAID CECILY IT ISN'T THERE ISN'T A SPECK OF SAWDUST IN THAT BOX AND LEFT THE SECONDARY PREPARATION OF THE REGULAR MEALS TO CECILY AND THE STORY GIRL 44ee44d3-60b0-4698-b0fd-394f1c2b0f7e 32 WE WERE NOT SO SURE OF THIS GHOSTS WERE UNCHANCY FOLK BUT DURING THE DAY THE STORY GIRL WOULD SMUGGLE UPSTAIRS VARIOUS TIDBITS FROM THE PANTRY PUTTING HALF IN PETER'S ROOM AND HALF IN HER OWN b1bb4e3a-c8c6-4bf9-a3de-8b44e67387ba 2137 WE'LL MAKE A QUANUM JUMP AND EVENTUALLY WE LEARN TO HARNESS IT FOR A USEFUL PURPOSE BECAUSE THE TRIP TOOK FOUR YEARS BY OUR TEA 2dd7b482-af65-4357-8a8e-c443c46b6cfb 1867 IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A DISTILLERY THAN A BEACON MUST BE AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED METERS HIGH THE FIRST LIZARD KNEW I WAS TALKING SINCE THEN AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED A MEETING OF THE SHAMMANS cda9d709-6cb6-4914-b934-a143ed11f06b 177 BUT THE STORY GIRL LOOKED AS IF SHE RATHER SYMPATHIZED WITH DAN I WON'T HAVE TIME TO READ IT ALL THROUGH I SUPPOSE HE SAID BUT I'LL GET ALONG AS FAR AS I CAN IT'S JUST LIKE A DRESS ONLY IT HASN'T SLEEVES 05de97fb-caf3-457e-af73-2bc124b9eb98 32 AND STORY GIRL HAD MADE THE TALE VERY REAL TO US THEN HE OPENED HIS BIG BLUE EYES AND LOOKED UP INTO EDITH'S FACE 9ab1463a-2528-4ecc-904e-5a1ec14133b5 413 SHE BELIEVED IT MIGHT BE TRUE I CANNOT HAVE ASKED HIM WHAT WAS THE MATTER HAD MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT I THOUGHT OF ALL THE EVIL DEEDS OF MY SHORT LIFE 1654d56f-31ea-46fe-965a-460da6fc4ed7 103 AWAY TO THE WEST BEYOND THE BROOK FIELD WAS A LONG VALLEY AND A HILL PURPLE WITH FIRS AND LACED WITH STILL LEAFLESS BEECHES AND MAPLES 9ac77075-f593-4e42-b150-aac4b9b44d15 2317 AND FARMER BEGAN TO FEEL SLIGHTLY AFRAID AND STRINGING AN INSORTMENT OF WIRES BETWEEN IT AND HIS INVENTION BUT ORDINARY OCEAN 7682bda2-a913-4ead-b156-1eac990aa90a 177 PETER HOWEVER HAD SLEPT SOUNDLY ENOUGH AFTER TWELVE O'CLOCK SHE INCREASED OUR UNEASINESS BY SAYING THAT HER MOTHER BELIEVED THE ENTERPRISE PARAGRAPH AND WAS AFRAID THAT THE END OF THE WORLD WAS REALLY AT HAND SO IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY d42d99d0-e340-4eff-9d55-697d2cda50bd 2312 THERE WAS REASON ALSO WHY MARILLA WAS LOADED SO SHE COULD HARDLY WALK WITH PACKS OF CENSUS FORMS AND TOOK THE EASY WAY OUT EIGHT NINE PEOPLE SEE THEM 523d9c68-68eb-4fe9-abbb-9723853be28d 2312 BUT WE WERE IN A SPOT AND NEEDED A WORLD THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY WE DON'T KNOW THAT MANOEL 707102ae-c9d4-4455-807e-abccc2db6116 1867 AND DESTRUCTION SINCE THEN THE LOCAL TORTURER SNIFFED A BIT AND THREW A LITTLE MORE CHARCOAL ON THE FIRE 14233032-8c6e-40be-867f-c2f2a53b177e 188 AUNT OLIVIA'S SKIM MILK IS AS GOOD AS YOUR MOTHER'S CREAM CRIED THE STORY GIRL HOTLY THIS WAS MORE THAN HE HAD EXPECTED 74486ac4-07d8-4057-8c88-615a9c6f9b05 748 AM GOING SOME DAY SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY THE PICTURES AND SKETCHES HE SENT HER NOR WERE WE THE ONLY VICTIMS 0af18073-febe-49f3-a71c-c15bdc67283d 2182 THE SCOOP THAT HAD SURFACED JUST BEHIND HER WAS SO CLOSE THAT JEFF WONDERED IF ITS SPECIES LEGENDARY GOOD NATURE HAD BEEN MISREPRESENTED IT WAS MORE THAN VAST 3b1c584e-2421-4bd4-8248-badd2ac14842 14 DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE IT ISN'T MY FAULT THAT HE'S GOING TO CHURCH AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PETER HAS GOT A DECENT STOCKING TO HIS NAME 3153c5fc-6c6f-48c1-ac8b-784b8995759d 413 BUT IT WAS MORE BITTER THAN THE GENERAL RUN OF THEIR TIFFS AND THE CONSEQUENCES WERE APPARENT TO ALL SHE STOPPED CRYING LONG ENOUGH TO CLUTCH IT DELIGHTEDLY OH CICELY THANK YOU 0984597b-e3f5-4144-addc-82465ba2f4ed 177 WE WATCHED HER WHITE CLAD FIGURE PASS THROUGH THE GATE AND ENTER THE FRONT DOOR AFTER DINNER THE CLOUDS ROLLED AWAY AND THE SUN CAME JOYOUSLY AND GLORIOUSLY OUT fbaf01e1-d146-4d10-96bd-3d57e723e8bc 464 BUT HE OVERDID IT HE WAS NOT AS GOOD AN ACTOR AS THE STORY GIRL FELICITY LOOKED SCORNFULLY AT HIM UNCLE ROGER YOU ARE NOT ONE BIT SICK SHE SAID DELIBERATELY YOU ARE JUST PUTTING ON TELL HIM TO SWALLOW A CAT ROARED THE POOR DOCTOR AND SLAMMED HIS DOOR c4d7aa34-2c03-4bc9-a402-0b3ee83c5741 103 WE HAVE BARN CATS BUT PATTY NEVER ASSOCIATES WITH THEM I THINK IT'S AWFULLY LUCKY WE WERE ALL BORN INTO THE SAME FAMILY FELIX REMARKED ISN'T IT I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT SO e8af9546-5933-4bea-b89c-cd4ca874b5f6 2286 WHEN I STRAIGHTENED UP FROM MY DESK THE ACHE IN MY BACK STABBED LIKE A HOT WIRE AFTER THE ROEBOT HAD CHECKED THE ROOM FOR BUGS 2f5335c5-5e68-4838-a0a2-4186a60bf7a7 413 BUT ARE YOU SURE YOU WON'T WANT IT BACK IF TO MORROW ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY BUT I JUST CAN'T STAND IT BACK THERE ALONE SOME OF YOU FELLOWS MUST COME WITH ME I DON'T WANT YOU TO WORK BUT JUST FOR COMPANY BUT IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT SAID PETER MISERABLY 22f7fdba-cc50-4e86-8a9d-21ea155b6277 2137 WE'RE STILL CONTINUING THE SEARCH OR THE CHANGE TOOK PLACE SO RAPIDLY IN JUST A GENERATION OR SO RATHER IT WAS A SLANG EXPRESSION 815b06c4-8b82-405b-938f-a9c73ee857db 198 ONE BITTER DAY WHEN THEY SEEK IT AND CANNOT FIND IT THEY REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE LOST IT WAS NOT FOR ANY ONE BUT CECILY WHO COULDN'T SWALLOW A MOUTHFUL 44da64f6-dc23-46c1-bf31-5d120022db4a 748 BUT WE DID NOT TRUMPET OUR WRONGS ABROAD IT MUST BE SPLENDID TO GO TO EUROPE SIGHED CECILY LONGINGLY I 8c29f9d3-e716-4969-845f-b11bdfdfe9db 188 THIS TREATMENT BEING REPEATED EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK WELL HOW AM I TO ADDRESS HER ASKED THE STORY GIRL IN DESPAIR WE WERE SO AFRAID YOU WERE GOING TO DIE I 60ae88ca-6fa9-462e-b1b7-9fc61f62058e 464 WHY TWINS ARE JUST PEOPLE THAT SQUINT AREN'T THEY SAID PETER NEVER A BREAKFAST DID HE SIT DOWN TO WITHOUT GRAVELY INQUIRING IF THEY WERE SURE THERE WAS NO SAWDUST IN THE PORRIDGE 076100a6-6d46-4242-9d8e-717f7a74998c 402 DOES GOD REALLY LOOK LIKE THIS OH I'LL BE ALMOST AFRAID TO LOOK AT IT SAID SARA RAY TREMULOUSLY 0413ae9b-0353-41ac-b159-fb616f732d5e 402 AND YET THE POSSIBILITY STRUCK US IN THE FACE LIKE A BLOW IT'S SAD AND BEAUTIFUL AN EXPRESSION OF SCORN CAME OVER HER FACE 7b7787c5-464a-4f55-a415-d76c5bc976b8 2312 HIGH PLANES DID NOT HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE GAINING POPULATION IN THE NATION EXCEPT THAT IT HAS NO TREES WORTHY OF THE NAME 14f0efc5-152b-4b56-8ee3-5d425fed668e 413 ON THE CONTRARY IT PASSED SPEEDILY AWAY NOT EVEN ONE LOW DESCENDING SUN GOING DOWN AND THEREOF IF HE IS A PROPHET PERHAPS HE HAS FOUND OUT SOMEHOW b87197fe-8d30-4384-af12-d967da512fdc 2274 BUT IN HIS TONGUE THAT'S O'CERIL THAT'S AN ALIEN LANGUAGE WE'LL MAKE YOU AN OFFER SAID ORNE WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO EXTERMINATE YOU 9319d629-420d-46ab-b335-6696aa429646 188 HAD ADDED A TRADITION ON MY OWN ACCOUNT TO THE FAMILY ARCHIVES HE SLEWED HIMSELF ROUND AND CLAWED HER BARE FOOT af19ef86-2f94-49ae-a3ef-71821d15d9fe 402 SO DAZZLING AND WONDERFUL THAT BEYOND IT THE EYE COULD SEE NOTHING OF HAPPINESS AND THEN THE BLOW FELL f000812a-0baa-4161-982a-a3b469bbc9b9 2182 THE MEDICAL PSYCHIATRIC AND POLITICAL FIELDS CRIED OUT FOR CRYSTALS AND MORE CRYSTALS 20c45027-c469-4ac9-bb1b-330af81d7c58 14 IT WAS IN A BOOK MY AUNT JANE HAD FELICITY HER PINK AND WHITE FACE SHADOWED BY HER DROOPING FORGET ME NOT WREATHED LEGH HORN HAT ef0f2d72-7bd0-46f5-b8aa-e6e8ed95b2aa 748 WERE MERE SCRAWLS TELLING US TO BE GOOD BOYS AND NOT TROUBLE AUNT JANET WE DID NOT EVEN CALL BILLY TO ACCOUNT e5cc039d-9f15-4034-8a23-f9fa537e3d53 14 THERE'S A GREAT BIG PATCH ON HIS BEST PAIR OF TROUSERS PAT ISN'T A BIT BETTER HE JUST MOPES ABOUT THE KITCHEN I HAD A STICK IN MY HAND AND I FETCHED A SWIPE AT IT SO 56b83dd1-f564-4713-85b2-8de4d453231a 2425 THEY WERE CLOTHED IN SOME COARSE BLACK STUFF THAT BRISTLED AS THOUGH LOOSELY WOVEN OF STIFF HAIR AND YET WHICH WAS NOT A TRUE FABRIC FOR IT SEEMED TO MOVE WITHIN ITSELF AND SCINTILLATE AS THOUGH COMPOSED OF BILLIONS OF RESTLESS MOTES ddf7c2f1-1876-4194-b8aa-df873c729904 2317 JOHN ANDREW FELT A TOUCH OF JEALOUSY AT THE LITTLE MAN'S CAPABILITY IN ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE SITUATION 3a01ae14-4fb5-4e25-ae27-41e811c89ac8 464 AND YOU WAS BROUGHT UP IN TORONTO TOO THE PUDDING WAS CONCOCTED AND BAKED WHAT BEING TWINS MEANT d4b75aa5-079a-4c9a-8266-7557da00afad 32 CAN'T YOU HIDE SOMETHING AWAY THROUGH THE DAY AS WE DO AS IT WAS WE WERE ALMOST AFRAID TO LOOK UP IT LEST WE SHOULD SEE THE WADING BLUE CLAD EMILY UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE 1ae80951-c334-486e-8d65-424f305c4bd3 2182 CONSEIL'S GONE FOR THE DAY AUBREY I'LL SEE IF I CAN REACH HIM THE UNGODLY HOUR OF TRANSMISSION NATURALLY WAS SET TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLOSING OF THE CONSUL'S FIELD OFFICE HALF WAY AROUND THE PLANET 28281e72-ba6d-44f4-83c1-47fdf087ad9d 30 FROM WHICH PRESENTLY A LIGHT GLEAMED THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR WHICH WE KNEW WAS THE ORCHARD 921ff960-a12d-4bad-97f0-f275b58061d9 451 YOU SHOULDN'T DO THIS THINK HOW SICK YOU WERE LAST NIGHT AND ALL THE TROUBLE YOU MADE FOR EVERYBODY DON'T EAT ANY MORE THERE'S A GOOD CHAP EVEN WHEN SAID TRANSGRESSOR IS ONLY A DAMSEL OF ELEVEN THEN THE STORY GIRL AND I WALKED UP THE HILL TOGETHER d2e5852f-7fb7-4d39-a812-ebefead34d1d 2108 AND RUBBED THE BONDS THAT WERE STILL AROUND HIS ARMS AND BODY BUT WHEN OUR TRAVELLERS ARRIVED THERE THEY FOUND THE PLACE DESERTED 034b7a60-de31-4a51-8f18-8222419f5baa 2317 BUT HE WAS EVEN MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE VERY REAL PAINS OF UNREQUITTED LOVE AND HIS STOMACH WAS TRYING TO TURN ITSELF INSIDE OUT JOHN ANDREW TURNED A DOOR 42415e99-6878-4023-890a-eefed09dc5f2 2274 TEACH YOU PEOPLE HOW TO EXPLOIT YOUR PLANET HOW TO BUILD GOOD TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES O K KEEP US POSTED 836643d7-edba-43f1-8bbe-451825d89c20 2317 BEHIND DOOR THE NONIPUS SURGED SLUGGISHLY AND WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYWAY TO RAISE INVENTION 8019e489-9315-43d3-911d-ea74304d5f5d 2274 NOW YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY OUR SATELLITE OUR MOON SAID TO NEW IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WORD SAID ORAN 50e056e1-7f8c-4432-8b2d-ed844b128724 242 FOR MYSELF I CARED NOT A GROAT I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE WOULD SAY HE RETORTEDLICITY TRIED ANOTHER TACT 59b82c80-6a6d-40b9-812a-8a5fd0251153 2312 IF ONLY HE HAD LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY THEY BURIED HIM NOT KNOWING FOR SURE WHETHER HE WAS MANUEL COME BACK ff7c3d52-f244-4e30-9508-68f0c6fcdbc0 198 THEY AND ONLY THEY CAN BRING US TIDINGS FROM THAT DEAR COUNTRY WHERE WE ONCE SOJOURNED AND FROM WHICH WE MUST EVERMORE BE EXILES 3528cc74-9251-4064-aa82-b792eba6d12f 14 I KILLED IT STONE DEAD WELL IF THERE ISN'T ONE IN TORONTO IT ISN'T LIKELY THERE'S ONE ANYWHERE IT WAS HIS DUTY TO TELL ME AND I DO NOT BLAME HIM a4e76fb1-4ef3-4d6a-a823-96ac1e63804f 242 I DON'T SEE WHY GOD SHOULD ANSWER PETER'S PRAYERS INSTEAD OF MINE HE SAID BITTERLY 12907c1d-a8ed-4310-870f-ef3f8b6ee3a6 2317 AND THIS SEEMED TO ADD THE FINAL TOUCH OF INSANITY TO THE SCENE JOHN ANDREW TRIED NOT TO STARE AT HIM TOO NOTICEABLY be436b1d-b8ef-4b9f-9645-6270ef7a3285 2274 THAT WASN'T ON THE LANGUAGE LIST EITHER THE EQUIPMENT EVERY R IN OUR FIELD MAN USES TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF A REDISCOVERED PLANET IMPROVE THEMSELVES ORAN FOUGHT THE CONTROLS 3439ef69-f545-4903-82e1-de0d35e7a924 413 SARA RAY THOUGHT FELICITY SHOULD SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE THE STORY GIRL WAS HALF AN ORPHAN IF TO MORROW IS THE JUDGMENT DAY I WANT TO BE WITH YOU FELLOWS HE SAID 75fb59d4-0686-44a3-b4e6-12c2d3ebc32e 32 SHINING IN MEMORY WITH A SOFT GLOW OF BEAUTY AND BY THE TIME AUNT JANET CAME IN WE WERE ALL IN OUR RESPECTIVE BEDS 7189e952-e46b-4abf-a300-6722db839bca 32 DREAMED DREAMS OF SUCH A PEACEFUL AND PASTORAL CHARACTER IN DREAMLAND WE WERE ALL EQUAL SUDDENLY APPEARING THROUGH A LITTLE GAP IN THE HEDGE 696f7c27-0c89-4b0c-89b5-1781d6d72028 2182 AND STRODE IRRITABLY DOWN TO HIS MINIATURE DOCK OUT ON THE BAY ANOTHER CATASTROPHE JUST AS IMPROBABLE WAS IN PROGRESS AND THERE WAS NO SORT OF WEAPON AT HAND 3229e72e-b376-40b0-9095-601d79bfeeb2 242 WHY IS IT THEY'RE ALWAYS SO HANDSOME IN STORIES ASKED ANNE SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT IT WAS REAL CUTE OF HIM I e865a646-06f8-48c7-a859-c2e89d4027af 198 COMPANY DESCENDED ON US THAT AFTERNOON THE STORY GIRL KISSED HER FINGERTIPS TO HIM WITH THE DELIGHTFUL AUDACITY WHICH WAS A PART OF HER AND THE AWKWARD MAN PLUCKED OFF HIS HAT AND SWEPT HER A STATELY AND GRACEFUL BOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CALL HIM THE AWKWARD MAN SAID CECILY WHEN HE WAS OUT OF EAR SHOT 8eba007b-63e7-4339-8581-6dbf663306b0 748 TO US IN THOSE YEARS WHAT WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND TILL YEARS LATER HER ADORING AND FREQUENT MENTION OF HIM 540ac548-bad2-4fb6-a0b2-a9ac3f7a3dc0 14 THE NEAREST METHODIST CHURCH IS SIX MILES AWAY AT MARKDALE AND WE'LL ALL BE DISGRACED 89a929dc-d1fe-4b65-8cbd-d031862a5bb5 2108 AND THEN HE LAY DOWN PERMITTED THEM TO PULL THE STRAW FROM HIS BODY AND SHE ADDED SLOWLY 85f02186-a862-439d-a0bb-831be42489a8 413 THE STORY GIRL LAWFULLY TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND AND FELICITY SAID THAT FAT BOYS SHOULD MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS f39f55e3-23c7-456e-b37f-b2b96ac2f240 188 I ALWAYS FEEL SORRY FOR THE POOR WEED SAID THE STORY GIRL DREAMILY IT WAS SO LARGE AND HAD SUCH GREEN MALICIOUS EYES PRESENTLY WE WERE IN THE FIELD BEYOND THE BROOK 6843ff70-889e-4c0d-9001-65ecbe2cd6ff 2274 I SAID WHY DO YOU HE TOOK TOO DEEP BREATH FLORI GOTSY f42d0715-49b4-4155-ba1b-eefda0b3d391 402 WELL WHEN ALLAN DUNBAR KNEW THAT HE MUST GO TO CALIFORNIA IN THE FANNY HE WAS IN DESPAIR THERE'S NO SENSE IN CALLING PETER LAZY 5d1f30eb-401c-4203-a8fd-cfe442f359c4 2137 THE CAPSULE WAS ON ITS BACK AND BRANDON WAS STILL STRAPPED SECURELY TO THE SEAT THIS IS YOUR THIRD SET OF TEETH I BELIEVE 1bfcf140-8e3f-4ea9-a018-8763e87fb8dd 402 SAID THE STORY GIRL SETTLING HERSELF COMFORTABLY ON A BOUGH WITH HER BROWN HEAD AGAINST A GNARLED TRUNK BUT NOW IT WAS ONLY TOO EVIDENT THAT SHE HAD BAD NEWS 1e6ceb06-8558-4a06-9eac-cef7aa867d15 198 THEY SAY IT'S PITIFUL TO SEE HIM I MUST GET WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THAT MAN NEXT SUMMER SAID THE STORY GIRL 0d6b67bd-69f2-4855-8e07-474f61a0a67c 1867 THERE WAS A GREAT CRUNCHING AND BANGING FROM THE JUNK PILED AGAINST IT AND THEN THE DOOR SWUNG FREE f952ef76-db88-42d6-a5ba-90940851686f 188 THERE'S A WHITE MUSLIN WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL I HAD THOUGHT OF IT HE OWNED BUT IT LOOKS A WEE LIKE A STORM AND MY SLEIGH IS AT THE BLACKSMITH'S TO BE SHOD bd43b830-9b07-428d-afa5-b86d48fb7266 2312 THAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO YOU THEY INSTRUCTED HIM AND SENT HIM OUT OR THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD INSTRUCTED HIM a8106403-97c0-42da-976a-e93eff527de2 103 I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SINGLE ONE OF US CHILDREN HERE AT ALL OR IF WE WERE WE WOULD BE PART SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT WOULD BE ALMOST AS BAD OH I'M SO GLAD YOU BOYS HAVE COME TO LIVE HERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE EXCEPT DAYS SO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR OWN GOOD TIMES e384283e-b9dc-49af-9836-c73a232c9cda 188 DONALD GOT UP PUT ON HIS OVERCOAT AND CAP AND WENT TO THE DOOR HE WAS A TALL SLENDER MAN WHO DID NOT LOOK HIS FORTY YEARS ed5c894d-f792-46d0-96eb-cc0b26d04aae 2182 THEY'LL USE FORCE I'D LIKE TO STAY SIR THESE COLONISTS HAD BEEN AUTONOMIST FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS d932d16b-df06-4997-a1de-cc9434a4095e 748 AND SHE FED THEM HERSELF JUST THE SAME AS USUAL I HAD NOT GROWN A SINGLE BIT BY THE MERCILESS TESTIMONY OF THE HALL DOOR HE BELONGED TO A DIFFERENT WORLD FROM THEIRS 55332555-ce84-4bde-82df-35e4cd13396e 2312 THE OTHER WAS AN UNCANINE LOOKING DOG SIZED BEAST SO FULL OF BIRDS AND THORNS THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PORCUPINE 2fce2426-fff2-420d-b4f9-02acd77be48e 177 ACCORDINGLY WE HEARD IT THE NEXT MORNING IN THE ORCHARD AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE ANYTHING BUT REFINED WORDS CECILY WAS PALE BUT BRAVE 1c36cfa9-f143-44b9-9231-774cff459629 2108 DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO DRAW HIM DOWN TO THE THRONE YOU TWO MISS A GREAT DEAL BY NOT EATING HE SAID TO HIS COMPANIONS 7f6b6a9a-21c6-4ce4-b7bf-e363fb2e2ae3 2317 AND WHAT SEEMED TO FARMER AT LEAST TO BE FOOLISHLY OPTIMISTIC SCIENTIFIC DETACHMENT 38f762ca-dc00-4b95-8545-25a9aa4c7616 2425 THEY DEAL DEATH SPARINGLY AND THAT MAKES THEM GREAT BEHIND HIM HER BIG BLUE EYES BRIMMING HER LIPS QUIVERING BUT WHAT THEY'RE UP TO NOW I CAN'T EVEN GUESS 254e010c-754f-41bf-b966-1ac422d95f25 2274 THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'D APPROACH THE SAME PROBLEMS THIS ONE AND ANOTHER ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET BUT THE OTHER ONE'S A RUIN deb17e93-9d37-43f2-a151-b67751e95dca 413 IT'S REALLY DREADFUL TO HAVE NO GROWN UPS YOU CAN DEPEND UPON NOW SARA HAD ALWAYS COVETED THIS PARTICULAR JUG PERHAPS IT'LL ALL BE BURNED UP TO MORROW 371505f8-0c46-430a-8130-d5fa9aac1a08 14 I REMEMBERED THE WAY SHE SHOOK HIM OFF AND I WANTED TO LAUGH SHE HAD DIED IN A FAR FOREIGN LAND IT WAS A STRANGE WOOING AND THE FRIENDS OF THE PRINCESS BEGGED HER TO REFUSE b08d28f8-f165-4f3d-91f4-c4d4b914125e 30 WE SAW THAT FELICITY WAS VAIN DOWN ON THE HOMESTEAD TOOK CHARGE OF US ON THE JOURNEY d9a33f9d-86f5-49de-a1b9-54368afd5ffc 242 THEN HE HE WENT THROUGH THE WOODS IN STARLIGHT AND FELT SO HAPPY AND LIGHT OF HEART THAT HE SOMETIMES FRISKED AND CAPERED ABOUT JUST AS A REAL MOOSE WOULD DO THINK THAT IT IS A DREADFUL WAY TO TALK ABOUT PRAYING AND I TOLD HER SO c320d0c3-1832-4b64-ae39-ec4e789fd631 2368 IT IS A TRICK KNUFF SAID I MERELY ASK YOU TO TEST FOR YOURSELF WHAT I SAY BUT THE TALENT WAS NEW ITEDED PRACTICE IT NEEDED TRAINING 01948cc6-e529-4d56-906c-8341f5cc263a 451 WE ALL SHOWED THE SYMPATHY WE FELT SEE WHAT THESE REBELLIOUS ONES HAVE DONE WHY HAS SHE CHANGED HER MIND e9f7f1c3-530e-443f-b053-1a06cb0cd29a 30 HOW COULD SHE HELP IT WHEN SHE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR I WHO BELONGED TO THE ISLAND AND WAS NOW RETURNING TO IT AND ONE OF GRANDMOTHER KING'S NOTED PATCHWORK QUILTS WAS OVER US dd100a6c-644c-4a85-b0c2-88b2871462c8 188 WHAT WOULD BE THE USE OF IT ASKED THE STORY GIRL A LITTLE DISDAINFULLY AND HER MOTHER DID NOT APPROVE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY PROJECT IT DON'T SEEM MUCH USE IN HAVING A PLATE JUST FOR ORNAMENT SAID FELICITY 55f45019-1895-4861-9109-681c08f92ae0 2425 ASKED A FEW NIGHTS LATER I WATCHED THE MINUTE HAND OF THE WATCH SLIDE TOWARD THE SEVEN OF THE DIAL 11ffaf11-8bc1-4312-94e8-b812945aa73e 2368 OVERPOWERED AND HELD HIM IN A BRIEF SECOND IF IT IS POSSIBLE YERS SAID THE SILENCE WAS A LONG ONE AND AT THE END OF IT KNOOF ROSE 2ba0a161-f4ed-4c64-92d2-a815a685cc42 30 THE OLD HOUSE WITH THE SPRUCES BEHIND IT I FEAR SHE HAD AN ANXIOUS TRIP OF IT POOR WOMAN SAID AUNT JANET SEVERELY 65b54def-9934-473f-8f99-27839c4294c3 402 HE SAID IN A VERY SOLEMN YET EXCITED TONE THE BAND OF FELLOW TRAVELLERS THAT HE HAS IT AT HOME IN AN OLD RED COVERED HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND HAS LOOKED AT IT OFTEN 8e14857c-f72e-4812-b266-01114e41b553 30 THE STORY GIRL SAID THAT ONCE UPON A TIME BUT WITH THE SWIFT AND UNERRING INTUITION OF CHILDHOOD 9379ed8b-3996-443d-bb08-1972e1564b3c 2312 THE OFFICIAL HAD GIVEN A SNAP JUDGMENT WE DECLARE THAT PLACE UNANNEXED FORTHWITH WE OWN THE WORLD dde1aa6e-1bb4-42f8-b697-a2b58dd0705f 14 OH NO NO IT MAY BE ALL RIGHT TO PASS A YANKEE CENT ON A STOREKEEPER OR AN EGG PEDDLER BUT IT WOULD NEVER DO FOR CHURCH 69ff546e-2707-42b9-b736-4fe3c12bcbe5 413 I FEEL SCARED TO DEATH THE WHOLE TIME BUT IF THEY JUST SAY THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT IT'LL BE A SORT OF COMFORT SAID CECILY d9fc4665-f0c1-4273-bf07-de4ee39792a5 32 AS IF YOU WERE WALKING IN A KING'S PALACE BUT SHE TOOK IT VERY COOLLY SARA RAY'S OWN DREAMS NEVER AMOUNTED TO MUCH 91790a2f-e38e-4d3a-bef4-fc51fdd1a6e8 2317 HE STOOD OVER THE THING WEBBED HANDS ON SCALY HIPS PEERING AT IT INTENTLY AND THE BEASTMAN LOOKED BACK WITH COLD AMUSEMENT BUT NOT FOR LONG af29b5a7-f583-40c2-b5ad-30747a60be1a 2182 INVOLUNTARILY HE TOOK A BACKWARD STEP CAUGHT HIS HEEL ON A SUN WARPED BOARD AND SAT DOWN HEAVILY efe9528f-e9b0-40cf-8c96-17f99b1542ae 2137 HE WALKED THREE PERHAPS FOUR MILES HE HESITATED FOR A MOMENT NOR TO PROTECT THE CREW IN EQUIPMENT FROM A BRACE OF DUST 5a7dc2b4-de6c-4b7a-911b-6fe68e2bb5f8 177 AFTERWARDS AS WE DRESSED FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL UPSTAIRS OUR SPIRITS CARRIED US AWAY HATE TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT AUNT JANE HAD TO COME TWICE TO THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS AND INQUIRE SEVERELY CHILDREN HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHAT DAY IT IS AND SOMEHOW IT COMFORTED US ENTREATED THE STORY GIRL a0e023c2-bdf7-40f5-98b0-cbfd6f8d4705 177 BUT IF THIS ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY I'LL HAVE A GREAT ONE TO TELL OF US BEING SO SCARED FELICITY OPINED THAT IT WOULDN'T HAVE CLEARED UP IF IT WAS THE JUDGMENT DAY b9a90fae-75f4-4cf2-a732-e62c275f0aa6 2425 I BELIEVE ILL RUN ALONG AND SEE IF I CAN FIND MISSUS PARR I HAVEN'T HAD A THING TO EAT SINCE NOON YESTERDAY 3e85aadd-57db-4896-86d0-81f0b518a9e5 32 PETER THIS IS BEVERLY KING AND THIS IS FELIX I LIKE TO HEAR YOU TALK SAID FELIX IN HIS GRAVE STODGY WAY a323028a-e171-423d-9e91-c566138418d5 451 CECILY AND DAN AND FELIX WERE WALKING BEFORE US HAND IN HAND SINGING A HYMN OH PLEASE DON'T DO SUCH A THING SARA b8c53302-2c5a-44ad-8ec4-01d0920295da 2182 CHAFFEE FOUR RADIATED WOULD DESPISE THE SIGHT OF HIM IRONICALLY THEIR PROBLEM WAS MORE PRESSING NOW THAN BEFORE da0b2931-c731-4e70-ad4e-b5136473c303 30 WE RECOGNIZED IT AT ONCE STAND ON THE PULPIT STONE DON'T TALK SILLY NONSENSE DAN 9f8f30c9-09f2-47a8-a8f3-e68209d09078 103 NO BUT IT IS TOPSY'S GREAT GREAT GRANDSON SAID THE STORY GIRL GRAVELY HIS NAME IS PATTY AND HE IS MY OWN PARTICULAR CAT 50bfdad4-9f44-4f1e-8ba1-e1503eda29c2 103 HE WAS A LORDLY ANIMAL WITH A SILVER GREY COAT BEAUTIFULLY MARKED WITH DARKER STRIPES I AM VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH ALL CATS THEY ARE SO SLEEK AND COMFORTABLE AND DIGNIFIED AND IT IS SO EASY TO MAKE THEM HAPPY 198c3ab9-fc8e-4647-954f-3dc17e2346db 413 OH SARA STANLEY DO YOU BELIEVE IT DO YOU GASPED FELICITY CLUTCHING THE STORY GIRL'S HAND f7f71168-7cad-46f0-9cd8-00bc1dc92fc9 198 OH WHAT AN EERIE PLACE THAT ORCHARD WAS WHAT SHADOWS WHAT NOISES WHAT SPOOKY SWOOPING BATS YOU COULDN'T LOOK EVERY WAY AT ONCE AND GOODNESS ONLY KNOWS WHAT MIGHT BE BEHIND YOU THERE CAN'T BE ANYBODY AT THE HOUSE SAID FELICITY 9d2b61f0-98ca-4cb7-885b-5fb8b559e183 242 PETER PRAYS THREE TIMES A DAY REGULAR YOU'LL BE SURE TO GET WHIPPED IF YOU FIGHT WITH PETER SHE SAID YOU'RE TOO FAT TO FIGHT fca8bf2d-a05c-4cc3-a6f1-df1cac0e75b1 2137 WHATEVER IT WAS IT WAS BEYOND EMERGENCY REPAIR BRANDON FELL BACK ON THE GROUND THE DOCTOR SMILED OPENLY NOW 71f26e97-90ba-4163-a714-aad09ab9da05 2182 THERE WAS A SOUND OF STEALTHY MOVEMENT OUTSIDE THE CABIN AND HE FLICKED SWEAT OUT OF HIS EYES WITH A HAND THAT SHOOK 000ee27d-4d40-4150-ae33-ffc753b4496c 451 SHE WAS SITTING THE JULY SUNLIGHT ON THE LEDGE OF THE OPEN HAYLOFT WINDOW IN UNCLE ROGER'S BIG BARN 86c8c254-e322-4abf-9d65-a0a86e57aad2 2317 GOOD DORA SAID BRISKLY NOW I'LL JUST HE SWORE AND STARTED TO CHECK THE WIRING BUT HE WAS A TOUGH BOSO 230d738a-e9c0-4519-8997-f4fee722e9f3 2108 AND NOW AS THE BRILLIANT SUN SANK LOW OVER THE WINKY COUNTRY OF OZ 0424dfd6-d727-40f3-8f83-be3b41fd97c5 2286 UNDER THE MOTTO SET A THIEF TO CATCH ONE AS THE SPHERE KEPT GROWING HE STARTED TO DROP BEHIND STEADILY LOSING GROUND 5bd3fcab-beef-4ffe-b92f-608bb48bcf02 177 OUR OWN PRECIOUS LITTLE IDENTITIES UNCHANGED SO IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY AND TEA IS READY AND MOTHER SENDS TO COME IN 3ea1db3a-fa5b-41bd-8bd5-95c0bdf008d8 242 DID YOU EVER HEAR OF SUCH GOINGS ON THERE WAS A PURE YELLOW SUNSET THAT EVENING AND THE AISLES OF THE FIR TREES WERE FLOODED WITH ITS RADIANCE WHEN HOWEVER HE TOOK TO PRAYING ABOUT IT a1aadc85-2a6a-4f6b-a0b0-d4ab62b6deb1 2317 RAY WAS BENDING OVER HIS MACHINE MAKING MOTIONS DESIGNED TO IMPRESS AS WELL AS TO MAKE IT WORK 7ff57637-1f60-46ca-a074-08d7fff9eedf 402 THERE WAS A DUSKY LITTLE PEAR SHAPED APPLE FROM ONE OF UNCLE STEPHEN'S TREES WHICH WAS OUR FAVOURITE b1943bb2-1d23-49b3-9d9f-143fc8149639 14 IT WOULD MAKE HIM SEEM LOTS MORE REAL YOU MUST PROVE IT BEFORE I SHALL MARRY YOU SAID THE PROUD PRINCESS 7949b4bf-0e41-41db-bb9b-58e83ecf03a3 32 BUT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN CARRY THEM HOME THE STORY GIRL BEGAN IT AND WE LISTENED AVIDLY IT BLEW UP AND EVERYTHING BLEW UP 4144b581-a002-43ba-96b6-f945fc61e71c 2137 HIS FACE WAS BATHED IN PERSPIRATION THE COLONEL'S GLARING FACE FLICKED OFF AS BRANDON PUSHED THE PRE EJECTION LEVER INTO THE LOCK POSITION 234e4c4b-8b54-494d-a6b5-a4be646a650b 2312 LITTLE PEOPLE NOT CHILDREN LITTLE PEOPLE WHERE IS THE LIST WELL I'LL DO IT TOO I'M TOO WORN OUT FOR ANYTHING ELSE a3a9ed61-16ed-4b1e-8f65-0b7cf3e692de 30 THIS MADE US FEEL QUITE IMPORTANT A BIG BUSTLING AUNT FELICITY AND UNCLE FELIX 3b8e1e0e-812a-41c2-a5cf-159b993f35cb 402 I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FEELING RIGHT ALONG WEPT SARAH THAT IT WASN'T RIGHT TO BUY THEY TOLD HIM HE MUST LEAVE HER BEHIND LAUGHING NYMPH AND MOCKING SATYR 01390bd6-2679-4fa1-9ec9-3ba0193f52cb 2182 CHAFFY FORE RELIEVED HIS FELLOW OF THE STRAIN BY TRYING HIS OWN RUSTY CROAK THE SITUATION WAS DESPERATE ENOUGH AT HOME JEFF HAD TO ADMIT 7a11f077-f51d-4243-96b8-e5a487d69b80 2425 AND AS I TOOK MY FIRST STEP THERE MATERIALIZED SUDDENLY OUT OF THE THIN AND ILL SMELLING AIR FIGURES OF PERHAPS A DOZEN MONSTROUS CREATURES 9ab8b2d8-1ea4-4d33-ac89-da85ed343fdc 2286 BUT AS I SAID I KNOW MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SHIPS PERHAPS IT COULD BE OF HELP THOSE YOUR INITIALS THERE AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION aeba13fc-e7ab-4952-8e69-a67cc14a3556 1867 LATER THE SAME DAY I CAUGHT ONE OF THEM ALONE AND SHOUTED HEY GEORGE AT HIM THIS IS FAIRLY EASY TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A MACHINE MEMORY TO WORK WITH 60d78349-9727-479e-8929-98f79f8a120b 2368 ONE THING AT A TIME YUNUS SAID HE SIGHED ONCE DEEPLY YONAS PEERED ONCE INTO THE MIND OF THE MAN EVERY COILED VIOLENTLY 4fa50e61-515e-4f06-821c-1177f16de26e 413 BUT HE SAID I MUST GO IN SOME HELPERY'S JUST THE SAME SAID PETER IN MID AFTERNOON CICELY CAME DOWNSTAIRS WITH HER FORGET ME NOT JUG IN HER HAND A DAINTY BIT OF CHINA WREATHED WITH DARK BLUE FORGET ME NOTS WHICH CICELY PRIZED HIGHLY AND IN WHICH SHE ALWAYS KEPT HER TOOTH BRUSH c2d9464a-85b2-4357-9e58-5b016ff05d4c 2182 THE SCOOP REACHED DEEPER WATER AND SUBMERGED THROWING A MOUNTAINOUS BILLOW THAT SENT THE ISLAND QUEEN REELING AND ALL BUT FOUNDED HER 1e5e0240-d3eb-4b07-973f-7be1f615cbf9 32 BUT THE STORY GIRL WENT ME ONE BETTER EVEN THERE BECAUSE HAVING INHERITED SOMETHING OF HER FATHER'S TALENT FOR DRYING a0a13e15-3d21-4201-8a49-0203c2e9133e 2286 PRESENT FERERO A BACHELOR WAS EATING HIS DINNER IF SHE EVADED THE NAVY SHIPS THAT WAS THEREFORE NOT MINE HE HAD SOME IDEA OF SNIFFING AROUND QUIETLY FIRST TRYING TO GET A LINE TO HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS 90b56426-62f1-4d6a-95fa-74f3a5c3caa7 242 YES THAT'S IT AGREED PETER IT'S ALL RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE IT'S KIND OF PRAYING WITH YOUR FISTS 040ba62d-5541-44d2-ad60-1d64dfeaa9bf 32 IT WAS STRAIGHT AND SMOOTH IN FRONT BUT SLOPED DOWN IN NATURAL STEPS BEHIND I DON'T KNOW THE STORY GIRL LOOKED DUBIOUS c392238a-511a-4d17-a806-91c4c57e99c0 2108 ALL NEATLY DISPLAYED ON TIN DISHES THAT WERE POLISHED TILL THEY SHONE LIKE MIRRORS 9d726e13-c732-4db7-b6b6-55aff2d04cce 1867 HERE IS SOME MONEY FROM PARADISE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD BOY ONCE ON THE GROUND IT WOULD NEVER BE NOTICED THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING TO SEE IT FLOAT BY f9b20426-8e82-4168-9a29-8111cf5975d7 2286 BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH TO HIDE ANGELINA NOW BEING BUILT NOW IN THE NAVAL SHIPYARD AT EUDORIDE THE RELEASE AND FOLLOW UP ALL HARPED ON ONE THEME ee960b04-8279-41ae-8150-0b38a65bb24b 2182 WE MUST TRY AGAIN BUT JEFF AUBREY AND JENIFER MAC WOULDN'T BE ON HAND TO WITNESS THEIR SORRY TRIUMPH 2d17adb3-afb2-4cdd-845d-9aeecd8568ff 2312 AFTER I COUNTED THE REGULAR PEOPLE I WENT TO COUNT THE LITTLE PEOPLE I COULDN'T GET THEM ON THE RIGHT FORMS THOUGH I a72718ee-47b1-4157-9bdb-d3e3e5aa74dd 2425 WE MUST GIVE VIC A HAND MUSTN'T WE H THERE WERE ONLY THREE MORE CARTRIDGES LEFT IN MY GUN AND I DID NOT DARE REPLACE THE FIRED SHELLS FOR FEAR THEY WOULD RUSH ME WHEN THE ACTION WAS OPEN AND THE GUN MOMENTARILY USELESS I HAD A HOT PROSPECT LINED UP FOR A DEMONSTRATION THAT MORNING 941c725b-d230-4f91-8201-b08c28d6c78d 30 A MIGHTY SHORT ROPE SHE WAS CONSTANTLY IN A QUITE JUSTIFIABLE TERROR THE HOME OF OUR FATHERS d49707e4-025d-4a2a-a4ec-3bfff7fbedb8 14 I WAS JUST SEVEN ON AND ON THEY RODE AND THE SKIES GREW DARKER AND THE WIND BLEW AND WAILED AND THE SHADES OF EVENING CAME DOWN 317c0b1d-552a-4178-91df-494c7f4778ee 2274 SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WAY OFF IN THE BALLANDINE SYSTEM BY NOW THE INFER BEAM'S OUT ON THIS MANY 6f4f3bb1-861d-4854-b567-5ebc383b02e1 30 LONG AND NARROW AND TWISTED BECAUSE YOU CAN BE ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT IS AT THE END OF IT 8d65433f-3fc0-4f4b-8222-ca6c1ffb012c 413 IT CARRIED CONVICTION OF THE VERY OPPOSITE KIND THIS WAS NOT BECAUSE THE RANCORVIE THAT LASTED SO LONG CECILY AND FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL DID NOT CRY THEY WERE MADE OF FINER FIRMER STUFF 93828dc6-ea0f-4f1e-b9ef-d28622b2a5a8 2137 AND RIGHT NOW I'M WALKING AROUND IN YOUR PRECIOUS PLANET LIKE A BOY'S SCOUT FINALLY HE SCRAMBLED DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAVA SHEET AND CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE WRECK HE PUSHED HIS CHAIR BACK FROM THE DESK a2d00211-f1c6-4d56-b9ec-72f09a5ebc07 188 BUT IF THERE HAD BEEN BEAUTIFUL WIVES HANGING UP BY THE HAIR ALL AROUND THE WALLS EVERYBODY LOOKED SUDDENLY ALERT I CAN'T SAID SARA WITH PASSIONATE DEFIANCE 27d5cd74-61e5-4168-80a3-4c988185babf 188 WE HAD NEVER DREAMED THERE WAS SO MUCH IN THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE YOU SAID ONCE YOU KNEW A STORY ABOUT THE AWKWARD MAN SAID FELIX YOU MIGHT TELL IT TO US 2477b7a8-c88f-490a-9376-37327ff69472 30 SHE WAS PLUMP AND DIMPLED WHEN WE MIGHT RAMBLE IN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK d728a1bc-0b3e-4da7-9840-8f116076d0d9 2286 AND KNOWING HUMAN NATURE THE WAY I DO THAT WAS TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE TO EXPECT SOME ONE WHO OPERATED THE WAY I HAD DONE BEFORE MY CONVERSION THE FACTS I NEEDED WERE ALL NEATLY TUCKED AWAY IN THEIR PAID PO CATACOMBS a0d7c232-b5e0-4bb1-bf99-f1c580c58221 242 I WON'T PUT UP WITH IT HE TOLD FELICITY AND FELICITY TOLD ME FELIX MARCHED OVER TO UNCLE ROGER'S AND WE TRAILED AFTER SCENTING A SCENE 768a21d8-05d1-49ea-b737-cc38e08d8e56 413 FELIX CAME TEARING UP THE LANE WITH A NEWSPAPER IN HIS HAND ONLY IF TO MORROW IS THE LAST DAY THE CHERRY VARNS WON'T BE MUCH USE TO YOU SHE'S SACRIFICED HER DEAR FORGET ME NOT JUG TO SATISFY SOME PANG OF CONSCIENCE OR PROPITIATE SOME THREATENING FATE BUT SURRENDER HER PRECIOUS SHERRY VASE SHE COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT 5b5f0d9f-eac5-4336-9e23-52d6baa517c3 198 BITTER INDEED WAS THE STORY GIRL'S MORTIFICATION HE STRODE ALONG RIGHT MASTERFULLY AND LIFTED HIS HEAD WITH THE AIR OF ONE WHO WAS MONARCH OF ALL HE SURVEYED 050be507-d96f-4ceb-bba2-00a32f225508 2274 OUR EYES DIFFER SAID TO NEWBE HE BENT TOWARD ORAN PEERED HAH WHAT DO YOU MEAN 361462bd-3d43-46a6-98c7-808125d0c4a4 2312 LET'S LOOK AT THE OTHER PAPERS AND SEE WHICH ONE I AM A DONKEY A JACK AND ALSO TEN THOUSAND LIVES 1d985564-53da-4fbd-bb79-f6df2aef69d6 2425 TURALLY I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND VIC'S JARGON ABOUT FREQUENCIES AND LIGHT RAYS FOR I THOUGHT MORE ABOUT FOOTBALL THAN PHYSICS IN COLLEGE 39c3ca33-fb4d-4e98-af82-86b065811316 188 TIME THE FLOOR HAD TO BE SCRUBBED IT WOULD CURE HER OF HER SENTIMENTAL NONSENSE AND HE SAID THAT WAS SOMETHING LIKE A SERMON YOU DON'T HEAR SUCH SERMONS NOWADAYS 09b09b2b-01fa-4a84-af18-f53b4c75905c 14 I SUPPOSE I MIGHT ASK THE MINISTERS ABOUT IT WILL NOT WED UNTIL A KING COMES WHO CAN CONQUER ALL KINGS 52d986c2-37a1-47cb-8fc0-3cd9030ae6ac 413 WHEN I GO HOME I'M GOING TO TELL HER ABOUT GOING TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW ALL THINGS CONSIDERED HER DEPARTURE WAS A RELIEF I WISH I HAD A WHITE DRESS LIKE YOU GIRLS SOBBED SARA ARRAY BUT I HAVEN'T AND IT'S TOO LATE TO GET ONE a0a8e206-ee36-44ce-ad05-1b090f206287 2368 AND WHILE HIS FIGURE WAS JUST A TRIFLE DUMPY HIS FACE COMPLETED THE RHYME BY BEING EXTRAORDINARILY LUMPY YOU BELIEVE THAT I AM A WIZARD 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455bd00c-eb0b-47c4-875a-0a9a9a62d23b 2108 AND CREATED TWO ROWS OF ENORMOUS TEETH AGAINST THE EMPEROR'S TIN BODY c70e2db5-23be-4e33-b2ca-7b4146b9b8e5 2137 MAN LIVED IN FEAR OF FIRE FOR A GOOD MANY HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS THINGS HAVE MOVED PRETTY FAST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS COLONEL TOWERS WAS PACING BACK AND FORTH IN FRONT OF THE RADIO MAN 3fa7178b-b568-464f-9e70-dc28e4a5f1f3 2368 NEVERTHELESS A FAMILY WHICH WAIT SHE SAID HE WALKED TO THE DOOR OF THE ROOM AND OPENED IT AND THE BALD HEADED GUARD CAME IN THE JOB HE TOLD HIMSELF STERNLY CAME FIRST AND AFTERWARD 7331d6ab-dad7-42a0-9e99-f54a65818821 2137 ENGINE TROUBLE SIR LOSING ALTITUDE FAST THE DOCTOR LOOKED UP QUIZZICALLY MIGHT HAVE THROWN A COMPRESSOR BLADE 8b2b35e5-8666-46e0-a873-17894f2a6657 198 I NEVER WILL WHEN I'M GROWN UP I'LL REMEMBER BETTER BUT SARA RAY NEVER YOU BREATHE THIS TO A LIVING SOUL I'VE GAVE UP TRYING TO FATHOM YOU YOUNG ONES PETER WHERE'S THE KEY 56213ee6-f89a-4f1f-8870-4f1d216918cb 2368 JONAS DID NOT IN SPITE OF HIS POSE LOOK LIKE THE TYPICAL HERO FOLK TALE OR SCRIBE'S TOME THIS HERE KUNUCH HE SAID HE WANTS TO SEE ME ebc66104-1d83-456f-9538-1654fc9c4a33 2182 CHAFFEE THREE POINTED OUT AS THEY DODGED TO THE CONTROL CUBICLE AGAIN JUST AHEAD OF THE SLAVERING ZID cdcd4bb3-4428-4c19-ab76-501e8dcd4865 2368 YET ALL THIS WAS DONE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO FIX IT ON WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU YONAH SAID SHIFTING HIS FEET AGAIN I 46341569-7b38-42b2-bbbe-67d293d36456 2274 IT'S A DEFINITE RAIDING PARTY ONLY THE LOW GRADES OF THE URN ARE SAID ORAN MURRAIN'S NOW MOPPING UP 8c683dad-6d7b-4d26-bf99-974e698ed4a8 2368 TRICK YONAS SAID BUT THE PRAYERS OF GOD AND HIS CHURCH BY THE TIME HE REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL HE WAS WHISTLING LOUDLY BORING IS 3ac89ce0-14ca-4c94-b53f-ee00dc45eb31 2137 HE LOOKED BACK AT THE NILEN SHOOT AGAIN BARRING A REALLY MAJOR ACCIDENT THERE'S NO REASON YOU SHOULDN'T LIVE AT LEAST ANOTHER SEVENTY FIVE YEARS A COLD ACHE FILLED THE CAVITY OF HIS STOMACH 5fd541d9-0469-4056-8b04-bc981efeab18 2425 AT CLOSE RANGE THEIR LONG FINGERS GRIPPED ME LIKE TALONS OF STEEL HOW LONG IS IT SINCE MISS HOPE WENT IN THERE 046de45f-1eea-4e80-88dc-17bb3b681495 2286 A VERY GOOD GUESS FOR THIS LATE AT NIGHT I TOLD HIM CHEERILY ALL THE FITTINGS INSIDE AND OUT WERE EITHER MACHINE TURNED OR PLAITED MY PLAN WAS BEYOND HIS UNDERSTANDING 8c294592-9015-4913-8d1f-6d7e4ff4c1d3 242 FOR MYSELF I CARED NOT A GROAT WHOEVER'S LICKED WILL HAVE TO GIVE IN ABOUT PRAYING SAID PETER 8099d87e-e14a-44b9-8902-4c45237b84eb 2317 THE HELMET SWUNG BACK AND RAY PROMPTLY SHOVED FARMER ASIDE THAT THIS WAS HIS NORMAL STATE OF EXISTENCE e4b528ca-ed40-4c08-8657-18c58a678507 1867 DUE TO THE VERY NATURE OF OUR JOB WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME JUST ROCKETING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE 1d122b93-b658-4ace-a530-7efd3f884b96 14 I WISH I HAD A FAMILY PLOT NO BUT THE CARLISLE PEOPLE WILL WHEN HE SAID HE HAD COME TO MARRY THE PRINCESS EVERYONE LAUGHED FOR HE HAD NO RETINUE AND NO BEAUTIFUL APPAREL AND NO GOLDEN CROWN 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LOOKS AT A FLICKERING FIREPLACE AND THINKS OF OTHER THINGS THE FACE OF REINHERT THE RADIO MAN APPEARED BEFORE HIM LET EM HAVE MARS AND VENUS 3bf2d33e-26e0-4bff-a765-993de6691a4f 402 BUT I DON'T WANT HIM TO GO THERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE I WANT HIM TO STAY RIGHT HERE THEY SAY THERE MUST BE A BLACK SHEEP IN EVERY FAMILY SAID THE STORY GIRL d50a9d90-10aa-4597-9ca1-fb53f0fd1464 14 BUT CECILI HAVING TORTURED HER HAIR WITH CURL PAPERS ALL NIGHT HAD A RAMPANT BUSH OF CURLS ALL ABOUT HER HEAD 59955be1-4373-435b-b208-856e43b2e394 2182 WE MUST HAVE YOUR FRIEND'S HELP FINDING OUT WHERE THE ISLANDERS GOT THEIR CALM CRYSTALS HAD BECOME SUDDENLY UNIMPORTANT 32383114-90f4-47fe-b243-c63195e7f992 14 WAIT FOR ME PETER SHE CALLED PROTESTED FELICITY WE WALKED ON IN SILENCE FOR A TIME THINKING OUR OWN YOUNG THOUGHTS 9c95afbe-6138-481d-96b5-3a3dad993c38 2137 HE EASED BACK ON THE POWER SETTING A PIN POINT OF LIGHT LOST IN THE DAZZLE OF THE MILKY WAY THAT INSTINCTIVE FEAR IS EVEN MORE UNDERSTANDABLE 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THREW BACK HER HEAD AND LAUGHED A MERRY LAUGH THEY GOT HIM ON BOARD THE BOAT WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY 5aaed2dd-19ca-4c54-aed0-f658d6d632e2 188 YOU MUST TAKE A PINCH OF THE SEED EVERY THREE HOURS WALKING BACKWARD AND IT MADE US FEEL WRETCHEDLY UNCOMFORTABLE SOMEHOW YOU ARE A WONDER SOME DAY YOU WILL MAKE THE WORLD REALIZE IT f4e20a38-7b66-44d6-896e-c81095755eaa 188 THEN DONALD BROUGHT OUT THE WHISKY THEY ALWAYS DID THAT EIGHTY YEARS AGO YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE THREE SQUARE WINDOWS IN THE SECOND STORY GAVE IT AN APPEARANCE OF WINKING AT US IN A FRIENDLY FASHION THROUGH ITS VINES e46a99e9-0c2e-4c92-8889-110ded8cb301 30 SMOOTH BROWN HAIR OF SATIN SHEEN WHICH FEELS IN A MOMENT WHAT IT SOMETIMES TAKES MATURITY MUCH TIME TO PERCEIVE SOMEHOW BELONGED THERE 6f899952-e7b2-4b69-9541-57f2ecbe5358 198 THE STORY GIRL TURNED QUITE PALE IT'S ALL VERY FINE TO SAY YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT IT WAS BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD 4ab1bc75-c583-4b97-b833-c12f2833266e 402 MISTER MIRWOOD PRESENTLY WALKING BENIGNLY ALONG THE LANE WAS CONFRONTED BY A FAT SMALL BOY WITH A PALE FACE BUT RESOLUTE EYES 170bf866-8aa7-4207-9fdf-99513ffeb8f4 30 WHO LIVED ON THE HOMESTEAD AND WOULD THEREFORE BE OUR ROOF MATES FOR A SEASON AND DESCRIBED ITS SCENES SO OFTEN THOUGH WE HAD NEVER SEEN IT 94ad31a8-c688-4e7c-9d60-fde610f1e7d6 198 I THOUGHT IT WAS A BELL WHEN I HEARD IT AND THE DOOR OPEN TOO THE WORLD CALLS THEM ITS SINGERS AND POETS AND ARTISTS AND STORY TELLERS BUT THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN THE WAY TO FAIRYLAND f0ff050f-3f04-4f14-a698-89a5f34893d0 2286 SIX MONTHS OF THIS HAD LEFT ME SLIGHTLY GARGER AND I WANTED OUT EITHER PEPPER WOULD MAKE HIS MOVE OR I WOULD SAIL ON TO MY BILLIONAIRES PARALYSED PLANET abe561ef-4dec-4bbd-9afb-7ca334dd7418 2312 HE WROTE DOWN ALL THE DATA OF NINE PEOPLE YOU CAN'T BE MANUEL SAID MARSHALL I'LL HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WE WERE TAKEN 6d289b8a-d06f-479c-a010-5914b6744b56 451 DON'T SUPPOSE ALL THE ANGELS DO THE REST OF US HELD OUR TONGUES IF THEY HAD BEEN BANISHED TOGETHER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PUNISHMENT SO ZERO WAS EXILED TO A STAR ON ONE SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE AND ZULEMITH WAS SENT TO A STAR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE AND BETWEEN THEM WAS A FATHOMLESS ABYSS WHICH THOUGHT ITSELF COULD NOT CROSS 856e99b2-9d58-49c3-b1e5-8a95c61f4c84 32 BUT AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING HER DREAMS WERE NO MORE REMARKABLE THAN THOSE OF THE REST OF US b73c60a2-2793-4726-8fef-c01c4de218b0 2137 I'D GIVE A YEAR'S PAY IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW TOWERS AND MAYBE ANOTHER TEN TO GET THE CAPSULE TIME SLOW DOWN NEYLON STREAMED OUT BEHIND HIM AND SNAPPED OPEN WITH A TREMENDOUS JAR 88409ebc-5d58-45cf-8829-33843ccdb4bd 2317 HER FIGURE WAS LEAF AND NICELY CURVED HE SAID THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO HIS MIND AND THERE WERE VARIOUS OTHER UNUSUAL APPENDAGES 8af280c1-073f-4597-b301-3b5b247ff679 2368 COME WITH ME HE SAID AT LAST AND LED THE WAY INTO HIS MUD HOUSE I UNDERSTAND JONAS SAID HELPLESSLY 06006dca-65af-4643-ae11-db91ce0e884b 14 THERE TOO SLEPT THE EMILY WHOSE FAITHFUL SPIRIT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAUNT THE ORCHARD WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK OF GIRLS 08ca9897-e907-44a8-8993-7723269addad 2317 I CAME UP THOSE GAR SAID THE GIRL HE THOUGHT WAS SOMEHOW RADIANT REALLY LOVELY 3ba72750-7610-4258-a8e9-edc191b8e13e 2182 CHAFFEE THREE WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN THE CONTROL CUBICLE THREW THE SHIP OUT OF HYPERDRIVE WITHIN SCANT MILES OF THE NEIGHBORING SUN'S SINGLE PLANET 6a8ec658-b37d-441f-9507-cb68081ab1fb 451 ONE TIME A FRIEND OF HIS WAS TRYING TO CONSOLE HIM AND SAID TO HIM IT IS NOT VANITY TO KNOW YOUR OWN GOOD POINTS 84b27cfa-7013-433b-98d7-e657b2f76ff3 2286 THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I HAD LOADED THE CARDS WITH ALL THE THINGS HE MIGHT WANT AND PLANTED THE INFORMATION WHERE HE COULD GET IT af0e55da-de7f-4aec-8bfc-b3b84578f528 2368 THIS TIME OF COURSE THE RISK WAS MORE THAN SLIGHT I COULD ONLY SEE YOU BY HAVING MYSELF ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT HE SAID IN THAT WAY YOU WILL BE FORCED TO LISTEN TO ME YOU MAY LISTEN NOW OR LATER AT A FULL HEARING OF THE INQUISITORS COURT 8910218a-d36a-440f-b791-741053eca822 2317 HE WAS PECULIAR JOHN ANDREW WAS STRAIGHTENING UP FROM DOING THIS WHEN HE SAW THE 356fa0c0-cc15-4b14-9530-f24fa647f332 2425 SEEMED TO DROP UPON ME BUT I DIDN'T EVEN STOP TO GIVE HIM A RING IN A SQUAT CLEAR BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL THAT VIC HAD TAKEN FROM THE DRAWER daf45627-b4e2-4fdd-aa34-97919c3653a5 2312 MARILLA JUST LAY DOWN AND DIED MANOEL HE HAD TO PRODUCE A POPULATION OF TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR HIGH PLANS TEXAS 4eeba051-b519-4082-98df-86c9b4d1f74a 2312 IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM IT'S BEEN A FEW HUNDRED YEARS HE KNEW IT BETTER THAN ANY ONE ELSE 661ab527-b191-4c50-86a4-ed05e9a1300d 413 THE PAPER SAYS TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW SAID DAN YOU NEEDN'T WORRY SARAH BUT IT TELLS YOU ANOTHER THING IN THE BIBLE TOO SAID CICELY EAGERLY ef33f871-411c-4967-9183-edde38105c31 2137 UNDER THE OXYGEN MASK HE WAS AWARE OF DRIED BLOOD CLOTTED IN HIS NOSTRILS THERE WAS A WAR WHICH WE WON e525913b-eca1-45bc-8751-c07e18d8b245 2312 ONLY PEOPLE IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM BESIDES HE WAS POOR AND NEEDED THE MONEY 02029b9c-f7ac-4280-a97a-b9e3a3505262 198 FELIX ALSO AVERRED THAT HE HAD HEARD SARA ASK CECILY VERY SERIOUSLY OH CHILDREN ISN'T THERE SOMETHING UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE WE PEERED FEARFULLY THROUGH THE GLOOM THERE WAS SOMETHING SOMETHING THAT WAVERED AND FLUTTERED ADVANCED RETREATED 8f638d06-64fe-4b20-b6a0-44443f09070e 2317 ONE OF FARMER'S WEAKNESSES IN FACT WAS THAT THOUGH THOROUGHLY MASCULINE HIMSELF HE COMPLETELY DISTRUSTED WOMEN 76e8b9fa-bce2-4a3a-8c80-3d57323b0084 413 SARA RAY HAD ALSO YEARNED TO STAY BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER SHE MUST BE HOME BEFORE DARK AND IT'S IN THE PAPER TOO AND THAT'S PRINTED AS WELL AS THE BIBLE SAID DAN 51c5302b-13d8-47d8-9dab-eadfcc8c8068 198 OFF TO THE WEST WAS A DAFFODIL GLOW HANGING OVER THE VALLEY OF LOST SUNSETS AND GRANDFATHER KING'S HUGE WILLOW ROSE UP AGAINST IT LIKE A ROUNDED MOUNTAIN OF FOLIAGE f2976a3b-0e04-42aa-8adb-1f7c00cc6c7a 451 IT WOULD BE JUST STUPIDITY IF YOU DIDN'T THEY HAVE BUILT THEM A BRIDGE OF LIGHT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE AND SET THY DECREE OF SEPARATION AT NAUGHT d2061264-68e6-4202-b770-0bffa4866f30 2425 AND MY THOUGHTS WERE HORRIBLE THERE WAS NO SENSE TO THE NOTE THAT WE WILL IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY YOUR LUCK 3080c013-95cd-4a8d-81a7-7a91459d2a67 2108 MAY I HAVE SOME OF YOUR STRAW ASKED THE SCARECROW THEN CHANGED THE SPECKLED HEN INTO A RABBIT I AM SO NOISY JUST NOW THAT I DISTURB MYSELF 510abced-bc89-4eb6-b14a-8f28bda76c13 2425 THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF MISTAKE AFTER A FEW MINUTES I HEARD SOMETHING BUZZING IN THERE AND I THOUGHT MAYBE MISTER BUTLER WAS SHOWING HER SOME NEW GADGET OF HIS LIKE HE WAS ALWAYS DOING a3c79aa8-e8c7-41e0-8966-581aecffb996 2317 HE ADDED A DECISION TO GET THE BOAT BACK TO SHORE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE THE OLD MAN DROPPED LIKE A STONE 900dbc46-08f8-4bc1-aaa2-3c1fbc5b50f4 2425 THE PRIESTS SANK TO THE FLOOR BENDING THEMSELVES IN MOCKERY OF THE IMAGE THAT'S WHEN MISTER PARIN AND I BEGAN TO GET WORRIED eb681661-759e-4fe3-b1ac-604c53255228 2312 LITTLE PEOPLE NOT CHILDREN LITTLE PEOPLE HOW BIG THEY HAVE TO BE AND MILLER RUN A TREADMILL FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS 60fb8cd9-33fa-4c5c-9d2b-461c5ff6518c 451 FOR JUST AS THE EVENING STAR WAS LOOKING WHITELY THROUGH THE ROSY WINDOW OF THE WESTECILY CAME FLYING THROUGH THE ORCHARD WRINGING HER HANDS 46ef8dde-d96a-41bf-83be-8adee43cec17 2286 I HAD MY NAIL FAR OUT AND WAS TOUCHING UP A CUTICLE HOLDING IT OUT FOR INSPECTION BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING a7eec7a2-1ae6-4b2a-bd30-8347bae68322 2137 JUST KEEP IN MIND WHAT I TOLD YOU THEN THE DESERT AS HE TUMBLED OVER AND OVER THEY WERE SPOTTED WITH CLUMPS OF GRAY GRASS EVEN AS WAS THE DESERT d0864f98-b037-456f-920a-34a8add4c3ff 242 IF ANYTHING COULD HAVE MADE HIM THIN THE WAY HE WORRIED OVER THIS MATTER WOULD HAVE DONE IT IN THE DIM LIGHT SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WITH A WILD MYSTIC LOVELINESS 2f7c9d9a-5b14-432d-9004-a6ca707238a3 1867 PRACTICALLY CHARTELING HOW I WISH THAT WERE ALL IT TOOK I WOULD HAVE A FLEET OF PART SHIPS a41a424d-1d9a-4674-8e3d-32dff049e3ef 2312 HE TOOK THE FORMS FROM ONE OF THE PACKS THAT HE HAD UNSLUNG FROM MILLER AND COUNTED OUT NINE OF THEM 8ed890d7-c5e6-4a52-9ccb-fb2af0d8c112 2274 THE GUN MUZZLE LOWERED SLIGHTLY JUST HOW WARLIKE THESE GOONS ARE THAT'S ONE OF I A'S ANSWERS TO THOSE FAT KEASTERED POLITICIANS f91479ba-9328-404d-ae31-079852453de3 413 IT'S TO COME JUST LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT UNCLE ROGER SHOOK HIS HEAD IF TO MORROW ISN'T THE JUDGEMENT DAY I'LL TELL IT MONDAY 9afe9a2d-1dec-443e-a479-5cd21b83d7b8 2182 THE IMAGE ON HIS THREE INCH SCREEN WAS NOT CONSEIL SEDTERFIELD'S BUT THE STARTLED CONSOLATE OPERATORS 693d26d3-7946-4289-b793-688d8323d338 32 PETER IS A REAL GENTLEMAN AND HE IS MORE INTERESTING THAN YOU COULD EVER BE IF YOU WERE BROUGHT UP AND EDUCATED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS SHE SAID 80a329c8-e297-4ec9-881e-50eb959d3e77 32 ALMOST EVERY NIGHT BATTLE MURDER OR SUDDEN DEATH PLAYED SOME PART OF HER VISIONS AND A SCANTY PAIR OF CORDUROY KNICKERBOCKERS 3d38f319-00dd-4f7c-9251-2494a130edf1 188 BUT ALL AT ONCE SHE HEARD A STAMPING OF HOOFS BEHIND HER AND WHEN SHE TURNED SHE ALMOST DIED FROM FRIGHT FOR THERE WAS THE GREAT GOD PAN AND HE WAS A VERY TERRIBLE OBJECT LOOKING QUITE AS MUCH LIKE A GOAT AS A MAN e4122f06-9283-4113-929d-2fff95891516 2286 HE HAD LONG SINCE GIVEN UP THE ENTIRE OPERATION AS A FUTILE ONE DID HE WANT TO RULE A WHOLE PLANET OR MAYBE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OR MORE 1e5c341b-5fc6-4ae0-a7c3-60e7158992df 242 I THINK IT WOULD BE DREADFUL SURELY YOU CAN ARRANGE IT SOME OTHER WAY LET'S ALL GIVE UP THE ORDEAL ANYWAY THERE ISN'T MUCH FUN IN IT AND THEN NEITHER OF YOU NEED TO PRAY ABOUT IT 834cae29-4ce1-42ce-a52d-34fb70da3c4a 2317 BUT YOU WOULD BE BORED TO HIS SURPRISE GARF DID NOTHING TO STOP HIM JOHN ANDREW BLUSHED FURIOUSLY AGAIN AND COVERED HIS EARS WITH HIS HANDS 453dd057-22d4-4883-a4ba-9e2f00fc229b 451 I'M GOING TO PUT TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK IN MY MISSIONARY BOX THAN I'VE BEEN DOING SAID CECILY DETERMINEDLY 293b3826-a1ea-4505-a4d4-cb5ebad908b9 2317 SHE LOOKED AT THE LIMP DIVING SUITED BODY BESIDE HER SELF CONTAINED OXYGEN SUPPLY THE SALTY BREEZE TURNED COLDER bdd578e1-af2c-43cf-88c0-22141e952b7a 2368 ANY MAN WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF A WIZARD WILL HAVE HIS MIND SEEN BY THE INQUISITOR DURING THE DAYS HE HAD DONE THE THINGS HE HAD PLANNED HE DID NO WORK WITH THE SHARPS BUT LET THEM FIND HIM WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE HUT OF AN EVENING RECITING STRANGE WORDS f7b0d4c3-64bf-4ebe-ac84-cd725fb74996 451 BUT NOW I UNDERSTOOD IT ALL EVEN IF IT'S OLD ISN'T IT IS THAT BOY STARK STARING MAD SAID UNCLE ROGER 2d221100-a9d5-4860-8ed0-8d83cd25e408 2317 THERE ON UP SHE LOOKED ALMOST COMPLETELY HUMAN AS YOU'VE JUST ILLUSTRATED I DIDN'T SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE 5c44bebc-4f34-4457-af67-66660a5588e1 198 WHILE CECILY ADMITTED THAT WILLY FRASER HAD WRITTEN ON HIS SLATE AND SHOWED IT TO HER THERE'S SOMETHING DREADFUL IN THERE SOMETHING THAT RINGS A BELL PETER HEARD IT DON'T GO IN THERE'S NO USE ASKING THE MEANING OF THIS I SUPPOSE SAID UNCLE ROGER WITH THE CALM OF DESPAIR d8bb4d40-d863-45c9-81b0-063b0f9336fa 198 ONLY A FEW WHO REMAIN CHILDREN AT HEART CAN EVER FIND THAT FAIR LOST PATH AGAIN AND BLESSED ARE THEY ABOVE MORTALS 2c8aa7a3-5748-4294-87b9-88cb516ac7fc 2368 SHARP OPENED HIS MOUTH SHUT IT AGAIN AND THEN SHRUGGED THEN HE PUT THE FIRE OUT AND WENT INSIDE HE WALKED TO THE DOOR OF THE ROOM AND OPENED IT AND THE BALD HEADED GUARD CAME IN 3a71b244-50bc-4ca9-bf30-01d6d43dfed1 451 ISN'T TOO LATE HERE'S YOUR OWN GAIT SAYS CECILY IT WAS NOT A PLEASANT DAY AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE IT RAINED UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON 8199ff75-ab4d-48be-b632-f6dbd717bc35 2317 DORA WAS PICKING HER WAY SLOWLY DOWN THE STONE STEPS SOMEHOW WHAT POPPED INTO FARMER'S HEAD WAS THE COURSE OF AN OLD SONG HE HAD SUNG IN BOY'S CAMP WHEN VERY YOUNG c67532ef-980b-4b63-98d6-60af6eb43477 402 WE ALL EVEN DAN CRIED I MADE SOME NICE LITTLE RHUBARB TARTS THIS MORNING PASS ON AND DRINK OF THE FOUNTAIN HE SAID 6ab93d7e-2239-493d-98df-483516e3b5dd 32 AND FERNS GROW OUT BETWEEN THE STONES OF THE WELL AS FAR DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE AN ORPHAN COUSIN OF HIS LIVED HERE WITH HIS PARENTS 3cef39b5-2c11-4215-8d5c-27a7eabe7682 451 WHEN THE DOCTOR WHO HAD BEEN AWAY FROM HOME WHEN UNCLE ROGER REACHED MARKDALE CAME AT HALF PAST TEN HE FOUND HIS PATIENT VERY WEAK AND WHITE BUT FREE FROM PAIN f06aea28-9e96-4dca-9752-2e68f2c9a891 198 WHAT YARN HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING I WE HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH THE MAPLE WOODS TO THE EXTREME END OF UNCLE ROGER'S FARM A PRETTY WALK THROUGH A WORLD OF GREEN WHISPERING BOUGHS AND SPICED SWEET FERNS AND SHIFTING PATCHES OF SUNLIGHT 7344c9e6-331e-44c6-91b8-97f3aecd8702 2286 WHILE YOU TALKED IT REGISTERED YOUR SKIN TEMPERATURE BLOOD PRESSURE AMOUNT OF PERSPIRATION AND SUCH IN OTHER WORDS IT IS AN EFFICIENT AND FAST WORKING LIE DETECTOR 75548c36-7ffa-4f4e-99aa-d2aff4e33030 32 IT WAS ALREADY LIKE A WONDERFUL VELVET CARPET DO YOU KNOW FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE I FELT EXACTLY LIKE A SNAKE BUT THEY FISHED IT UP NOT HURT A BIT EXCEPT FOR THAT LITTLE NICK IN THE RIM 4c8dd85b-39a6-4510-b3d4-0aac0fefe7a4 2286 HOLD THERE SAILOR I SAID TO MYSELF USING MY BEST ADMIRAL'S VOICE NOTHING HAS CHANGED IT'S STILL THE BEST AND ONLY PLAN POSSIBLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES BUT THE SHIP THE SPACE YACHT WHERE IS IT THE MISSING SHIP COULD HAVE GONE IN ANY DIRECTION aec61bf6-a6b6-454c-b34a-be8e2e55fadd 451 SARA IS REAL SICK SHE SAID WITH REGRET AND SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT REGRET MINGLED IN HER VOICE 8f0ca2ed-b127-4495-8368-613af5bb3d6a 242 THEY'D HAVE BEEN BETTER FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THE PRAYING QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED AND I WON'T 93bd0629-2122-4757-953d-8fd2ab2668dd 2312 SHE IS A MULE THEREFORE HER FATHER WAS A JACK I COULDN'T GET THEM ON THE RIGHT FORMS THOUGH I EXCEPT THAT IT HAS NO TREES WORTHY OF THE NAME e3085ecf-78d7-49ad-aed0-8ae9eb3cbdff 413 THAT WE SHOULD MAKE UNCLE ROGER A COURT OF LAST RESORT INDICATED ALL TOO CLEARLY THE STATE OF OUR MINDS NOW IF THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN DON'T KNOW IT DO YOU SUPPOSE THE EDITOR OF THE ENTERPRISE CAN KNOW IT AND HIM A GRIP TOO a182207d-b64d-48da-9823-f7a12d7236ec 2317 I THINK HE'S CUTE EXTENDED A TENTACLE OPENED A CLOTH AND NIPPED DOOR NEATLY ON THE BEHIND c32397a7-2936-4545-8f28-84d50a4541e4 451 THERE HAD NEVER BEEN SUCH A THING IN CARLISLE BEFORE WE WERE ALL GOING PETER INCLUDED MISSUS RAY SAYS IF SHE ISN'T BETTER BY THE MORNING SHE'S GOING TO SEND FOR THE DOCTOR AND SHE IS AFRAID IT'S THE MEASLES 82684244-79fc-4165-a3f6-2300bce89549 2368 IT'S TOO BAD YONAS AGREED POLITELY OF COURSE SHARP SAID IN A CASE LIKE YOURS I TRY HARDER 66675d4a-babf-42d1-8204-cc398bd267ea 2286 THE RADIAT LEAKED AT ME FOR ATTENTION AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS NO ARMOR OR WARNING DEVICES AT THIS SPOT IT HAD BEEN CHOSEN CAREFULLY FROM THE BLUE PRINTS 6f4e9f65-38b3-4389-80e1-d742a1565369 451 SHE ASKED MISERABLY PETER DID NOT THINK BLUEBERRY WINE WOULD DO ANY GOOD THEN RED WITH INDIGNATION BUT WITHOUT A WORD HE STALKED UP THE WALK 5ded041c-ec18-405a-bbdb-2fe539e9fb1d 413 I HOPE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO FATHER I EXPLAINED SPRINGING ANXIOUSLY TO MY FEET A SICK HORRIBLE FEELING OF FEAR RUNNING OVER ME LIKE A COOL RIPPLING WAVE 95c75632-827c-4a26-b005-85bab6a8d81a 2137 HE WATCHED FOR A WHILE BUT SAW NO MORE FLARES BRANDON SWORE AND SNAPPED OFF THE SET AND CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE BURNING SHIP 66731571-1c52-4159-8cae-115701b40bca 188 AS HE BROUGHT NEIL'S SLEIGH UP TO THE DOOR HE SAW A BLACK SPECK FAR OUT ON THE BAY AND LAUGHED THE FLOOR WAS COVERED WITH A CARPET LIKE GREEN VELVET 3d7a6f73-aac2-45d6-b27b-190fc63e6b4a 198 UNCLE ROGER CAN LAUGH SAID CICELY WITH A QUIVER IN HER VOICE BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER TO BE SO SCARED I FEEL JUST SICK I WAS SO FRIGHTENED I WOULDN'T MIND IF HE'D LAUGH ONCE AND HAVE IT DONE WITH IT a2896672-3a52-4900-858c-9ef300cb6f93 2108 WAS GIVEN A COMFORTABLE BED TO SLEEP IN I AM SURE YOUR FAIRY POWER CAN GIVE IT TO MISSUS UGH A TIN WOODMAN HOW QUEER 1c3064e4-638c-4480-b601-2af140d76b3e 14 GO AND BE A METHODIST OR A MOHAMMEDAN OR ANYTHING I AS FOR THAT POOR UNLUCKY PETER SOMETIMES WE BELIEVED UNCLE ROGER WAS MAKING FUN OF US 601f4a73-5d34-43b6-ad72-91173d6dcef9 2274 WHAT'S THE PLANET LIKE THE DELPHINUS HAS BEEN UNREPORTED FOR EIGHTEEN STANDARD MONTHS 71988a71-7d0d-4657-bd14-b2f5d0767fdf 413 WE WOULD DEARLY HAVE LOVED TO LEAVE THE CANDLE BURNING BUT AUNT JANET'S DECREE REGARDING THIS WAS AS INEXORABLE AS ANY OF MEAD AND PERSIA BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE SHE WAS HALF AS MUCH FRIGHTENED AS DISAPPOINTED THAT SHE HAD NO WHITE DRESS 8cbc800c-6683-40ee-bba1-cacf8fa16418 14 SHE HAD TWINED FRESHLY PLUCKED DANDELIONS AROUND IT AND THE EFFECT WAS THAT OF A CROWN OF BRILLIANT GOLDEN STARS ON HER SLEEK BROWN CURLS 2201c772-17a1-4281-a7da-2142b5dca87d 2137 IT WOULD BE HARD TO SEE UNLESS ASTRO WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT SHALL YOU KEEP TRYING TO RAISE HIM JUST TO BE THE FIRST HUMAN BEING TO WALK ON THE GROUND OF A PLANET OF ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM 9c1dad1e-cd7f-4b52-9863-e4cc24dce530 2425 I GLANCED DOWN AT MY WATCH THEN TURN THE SECOND DIAL UNTIL THE TWO RED LINES COINCIDE f11fda38-d343-4f84-abf7-b7b46d1dfc5f 2108 ARE THEY RUBBER DO YOU THINK FOR WE ARE SEEKING A GIRL WHO FEARS HER FORMER LOVER HAS FORGOTTEN HER SO IN HIS FRIGHT HE LET GO OF POLYCHROME'S HAND c3832cc7-0cd5-48c1-a8dc-62cd0da34ca4 2368 HE HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PLAN THIS IS YOUR HOUSE THEN YOU ARE AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN c00154e0-2f6d-4003-9534-d40d7bbe0aea 2108 HOPING TO FIND A GOOD PLACE FOR WOOT THE WANDERER TO SLEEP SHE TRANSFORMED THE CANARY INTO A DOVE SO IT STANDS TO REASON YOU MUST BE PUNISHED 064e0d25-a413-4883-9856-74220272cba8 2425 WHEN THE TWO COINCIDED WELL VIC LED THE WAY HOPE AND I FOLLOWING CLAW LIKE BROWN HAND 1f3b6a9b-b469-4604-ba64-ea2ecb068afe 14 HE WAS AUNT JANET'S COUSIN AND OFTEN VISITED HER HE WAS A BOY THREE YEARS OLDER THAN MYSELF MY AUNT JANE WAS CLEVER 410888bc-9ffb-4e12-9cab-c2858dd437ac 2425 MISSUS PARIN HAD JUST TOLD HER ABOUT THE MASTER OBVIOUSLY INTENT UPON BLOCKING OUR WAY WE'RE ALL RIGHT ONLY 59e66cc2-d71d-445a-a373-094cc6c3c4dc 242 NOT EVEN FAITH AND WORKS IN COMBINATION COULD AVAIL THEY TELL ME THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING RIGHT ALONG THAT I COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE 9c20a652-15d5-4abe-a3a2-6d07cb9bfbd3 198 THEN WE FOREGATHERED AROUND A TINY WOOD SPRING COLD AND PELLUCID UNDER ITS YOUNG MAPLES AND ATE THE JELLY COOKIES AND THE STORY GIRL TOLD US A TALE OF A HAUNTED SPRING IN A MOUNTAIN GLEN WHERE A FAIR WHITE LADY DWELT WHO PLEDGED ALL COMERS IN A GOLDEN CUP WITH JEWELS BRIGHT YES I DID SHE FALTERED 27a10bfe-2389-4eb1-bebf-881b7fb3c6a7 402 SOMETIMES I FEAR OUR REGULAR PRAYERS WAS SLURRED OVER OR MUMBLED IN ANYTHING BUT REVERENT HASTE THE TANG OF FIR BALSAM e1bc2ceb-41f4-4963-ac62-89a1bc661abb 2425 STAND IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE OUTLINED BY THE FOUR UPRIGHTS OF THE DEVICE BESIDE WHICH THIS LITTLE TABLE STANDS e071c041-fee7-481e-ba75-c5205375a111 2108 ON WHICH THE EYES NOSE AND MOUTH HAD BEEN PAINTED SUPPOSE FOR INSTANCE WE WORKED THE ENCHANTMENT CONTENT WITH MY LOT I'M GLAD THAT I'M NOT 151daf90-c5bf-4d7e-bb3b-b67d266e9c21 2286 DELIVERY BOYS STREET CLEANERS CLERKS ALL HAVE TO HAVE CHARACTERISTIC UNIFORMS BEFORE HE FOUND IT THE ROBART CLOSED THE DOOR AND TURNED ON THE LIGHTS 346d2181-b9a7-4afc-835c-089c5a457b7c 242 DON'T WANT TO FIGHT SAID PETER IT'S FELIX IF HE DON'T INTERFERE WITH MY PRAYERS THERE'S NO NEED OF FIGHTING BUT IF HE DOES THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO SETTLE IT 9d5f13fb-9ee0-43e6-a04f-94ca49cb0709 242 AT ALL EVENTS FELICITY RESENTED THE IMPUTATION THAT SHE HAD MORE INFLUENCE WITH PETER THAN ANY ONE ELSE 0ef0e85f-f65d-46e5-ad18-638dbbb954fd 188 SHE SPRANG TO HER FEET AN AMAZING CHANGE COMING OVER HER AUNT OLIVIA IS JUST SWEET SHE KISSES ME GOOD NIGHT EVERY NIGHT AND YOUR MOTHER NEVER KISSES YOU 2784c16e-2e72-480e-9764-a051c5b57e78 2425 BUT ELECTRICITY ISN'T MATTER STILL EXPERIMENTING WITH IT AND IN HARDLY DECIPHERABLE SCRIPT BELOW WAS THIS MESSAGE ab66a9b6-89fc-4709-901a-2c98ae46fb45 2286 I DON'T WANT TO SAY FOR CERTAIN ALL THESE DETAILS AREN'T IN MY DEPARTMENT I'M JUST RESPONSIBLE FOR FINAL ASSEMBLY NOT UNIT WORK BUT THIS SURELY LOOKS LIKE THE THING THEY INSTALLED BIG THING LOTS OF POWERS IT WAS A BATTLESHIP ALL RIGHT NO DOUBT OF THAT NOW 7b62b803-743c-49f9-9ad2-59226a5e1020 2137 THE WE'LL BE THE FIRST MEN HAD TURNED INTO YET THERE WAS A FALLACY IN THIS ARGUMENT THIS IS YOUR THIRD SET OF TEETH I BELIEVE 329ba22e-8eb1-4502-827e-da633c9fd40a 2312 MANOEL AND MILLER STOPPED AT NOON ON LOST SOUL CREEK THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE A FOREST PRESERVE OUT OF THE PLACE YOU LOOK HERE AT MY SENSES SLIP IT SAYS I'M MANUEL c4879c37-e56f-4752-97d9-75f494c184c4 2317 HIS VOICE BROKE OFF AS IF HE HAD BEEN STRUCK IN THE FACE AND JOHN ANDREW FARMER LAY ON HIS BACK WAITING FOR HIS STRENGTH TO SEEP BACK 7d4e858a-8f2d-4bd8-ae99-b99b47a40b9d 2317 IT CERTAINLY HADN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE HE STARTED FEELING OVER THE MACHINE WITH HIS WEBBED HANDS OLD MOTOR LODGE AND THE ADVENTURE WAS ON f623ba89-7278-4063-8159-72131cd82c7a 242 AND WHEN HE HAD PRAYED THREE NIGHTS AFTER THIS MANNER HE CONTRIVED TO EAT A BITTER APPLE WITHOUT A GRIMACE UNTIL HE CAME TO THE LAST BITE WHICH PROVED TOO MUCH FOR HIM 69b98c1d-8d8e-4c3a-a734-9c1f50deeb45 2368 WERE THERE SUCH A PLAN HE SAID BE ASSURED I WOULD TELL YOU ASK SHE SAID AT LAST THAT'S RIGHT YONAS SAID PATIENTLY HE RUBBED AT HIS FACE d8639df8-7a8b-486e-85d1-87615221e76f 2137 NEVER MIND NOW YOU MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED OXYGEN OR HYDROGEN RICH ATMOSPHERE IT'S JUST THAT I GUESS I'M OLD FASHIONED d7645484-2200-4d80-b38d-e99736d3b73b 1867 ALL I COULD DO WAS STAND AND WATCH AS HE STIRRED UP THE COALS PULLED OUT THE RUDDIEST IRON AND TURNED TOWARD ME cc8b11b4-e678-456c-92f1-2421f0a9c377 242 A FELLOW'S GOT A RIGHT TO PRAY AS HE PLEASES SAID PETER WE THOUGHT SHE HAD FLED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT ENDURE THE SIGHT OF BLOOD AND WE WERE NOT SORRY FOR HER MANIFEST DISAPPROVAL AND ANXIETY WERE DAMPING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE OCCASION 9d467a9f-9aaa-4bb7-8263-627e7b7cb245 2137 BE SURE TO STAND BY WITH THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA ONLY FOUR YEARS BY OUR TEA BRANDON SAID HE LOOKED AT HIS WALK AROUND BOTTLE 5869bda6-1ea6-4991-95ee-ca80f46e7603 1867 MY BEACON WAS NOT ONLY LOCKED INSIDE A MOUNTAIN OF HAND MADE STONE THEY FOUND THEM BURIED IN THE BACK OF THE OLDEST WAREHOUSE 53dc91ba-b5f9-4ee5-8287-8d079ff76f6e 402 OH WHISPERED FELICITY I FORGET WHAT WE DID TO FELIX SO THAT HE COULD SEE NOTHING b7a74749-07b4-43af-a332-f01a0ae2a1a0 2317 FINALLY RAY SHUT OFF THE RACKETING ENGINE AND LET THE RUSTY ANCHOR THE OVERALL EFFECT WAS ODDLY BEAUTIFUL d3e6aa54-7454-4042-8b68-644acd37f323 14 AND PEACE IN OUR LITTLE HEARTS I WISH I COULD SEE A PICTURE OF GOD BUT EDITH WHO HAD KISSED THE POET LAY NOT WITH HER KINDRED 436fe7c4-8eec-4fd6-bdee-a3cecfe1cda3 32 AUNT OLIVIA AND I PLANTED SWEET PEAS YESTERDAY SAID THE STORY GIRL IF YOU HADN'T WOKE UP YOU'D HAVE DIED SAID PETER WITH A DARK SIGNIFICANCE a3c3a368-1f5a-407d-a338-e1e63f585563 14 AND THE MURMUR OF AN ALIEN SEA SOUNDED ABOUT HER GRAVE BUT WE HAD LONG HOURS FOR PLAY IT WAS UNCLE EDWARD WHO TOLD ME THERE WERE NO SUCH THINGS AS FAIRIES 7fa75b74-0eb7-40c7-b795-43942374e74e 451 ZULEMITH YEARNED FOR ZERA WITH SUCH FIDELITY AND LONGING THAT HE BEGAN TO BUILD UP A BRIDGE OF LIGHT FROM HIS STAR AND ZERA NOT KNOWING THIS BUT LOVING AND LONGING FOR HIM d9e95b81-f744-4403-ad01-6d87f67c22a2 32 LIKE CECILY'S THERE AND HOW IN FOREIGN LANDS HE HAD LONGED FOR ITS SPARKLING WATER 685d5a29-f6b6-404d-a639-3b255c27d47c 1867 A CITY WAS BUILT AROUND THE TEMPLE AND THROUGH THE CENTURIES THE PYRAMID WAS PUT UP AROUND THE BEACON THIS POWER IS TURNED INTO RADIATION THAT IS PUNCHED THROUGH INTO HYPER SPACE 603116f4-f7f8-49ca-889b-414e05ca8b7d 2137 JUST LIKE A TELEVISION PLAYING INSTALMENTS BRANDON THOUGHT AND I GUESS YOU GUISE WERE ALMOST FORGOTTEN ON THE TELETOKEY SCREEN BRIHNHARD 703df6b6-ff35-4abf-8617-48dc75b8766b 2286 MURR SPOKE A FEW WORDS INTO HIS PHONE AND THE JOB WAS DONE I HAD MISSED THE OBVIOUS FACT BEING CARRIED AWAY BY THE THOUGHT OF A PLANETARY GOVERNMENT BUILDING A WARSHIP f635e8ba-026b-4be2-b90f-e9c63dbcf334 188 I'LL GIVE HER A ROLL OF PEPPERMINT CANDY SAID FELIX WHAT WOULD BE THE USE OF IT ASKED THE STORY GIRL A LITTLE DISDAINFULLY AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING 6e02b6b5-378a-48d9-8151-229f67175f3e 2317 THE BLOW HAD BEEN DIRECTED AT DOOR AND SHE SHOWED THAT SHE HAD ABSORBED MOST OF IT BY WILTING VISIBLY AND HAD CERTAINLY NEVER THOUGHT HE'D LIKE A MERMAID BUT AND TOOK OUT A PECULIAR MACHINE 5302664c-f67c-4ca3-b58c-fab71938e761 2137 NOT AT ALL NOT AT ALL WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT THE AIR OF SERIOUS THREE IS BREATHABLE THE BULKHEAD DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND TOWERS POKED HIS HEAD THROUGH 30ce66c1-c772-404b-afbb-9759a7a332ed 451 AUNT JANET COULD NOT GO DOWN THE HILL IN THE AFTERNOON TO FIND OUT HOW SARA WAS BECAUSE COMPANY CAME TO TEA 9e3d93cf-1655-4c1f-8ce2-8aa051857a70 14 BUT I HAVE NEVER FELT QUITE THE SAME TO UNCLE EDWARD SINCE AND HIS TIE WAS NEATLY BOWED MISTY BLUE AND FAINTLY SWEET ON HER MOTHER'S GRAVE 01155568-c933-4743-88ef-371d6e3db697 14 YOU OUGHT TO BE GLAD THAT POOR BOY IS GOING TO GET STARTED IN THE RIGHT WAY AT FIRST GLANCE THEY SEEMED WELL ENOUGH 42a7d209-e372-41d2-800c-8a50e851542f 2317 AND GOT A SPLINTER IN A VITAL SPOT HE FROWNED OR ANY OTHER WAY OUT CRADLING HIM IN HER ARMS SHE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN b3c79c3e-20a7-4b2e-af23-0b3f3b2e2304 2425 EACH OF THE LITTLE BLOBS OF QUARTZ WAS GLOWING STROKING THE POLISHED CHEEKS WITH BESEECHING FINGERS BUT THAT'S OVER YOUR HEAD PETE OLD SON ed785eb7-8ec0-4b9e-a4d5-0f3ccb25b173 413 THE END OF THE WORLD IT IS COMING TO MORROW I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU EXPECT TO GO WHEN YOU DIE FELICITY SHE SAID TEARFULLY IF YOU DON'T FORGIVE PEOPLE 4c9f731d-bbe7-4453-98bf-3bda6869fe3e 2182 THE COMPARISON IT FORCED BETWEEN COLLAXIA AND EARTH WHOSE YAWNING FORTH WORE SCARS AND HERITAGE OF ANXIETIES MADE CALM CRYSTAL SO DESPERATELY NECESSARY OPPRESSED HIM a9a928f3-988d-4430-85bc-518f4f3f4a99 1867 WITH THE FAITHFUL PRIEST STUMBLING AROUND ME I LOCATED THE CONTROL ROOM AND TURNED ON THE LIGHTS BEFORE THEY COULD THINK UP A GOOD ANSWER I WAS INSIDE 6dda8b4a-66d9-4570-8cff-b7090e458b89 2286 YOU'RE UNDER ARREST CRIME KING I TOLD HIM AND A GIRL FRIEND I HAVE FOUND THEM YES I ADDED HOARSELY BUT NOT A CRIMINAL RING 38e6bf50-ac9f-4d18-bc7e-c4b31683ed37 2368 THIS IS NOT DEVIL'S WORK AS I SHALL PROVE YUNUS SAID AND IT HAPPENED AS THE ONISTS SUSPECTED IT WOULD THROUGH THE WIFE ONE WHICH YOU WOULD TELL ME 977f6d65-6b69-4cd7-952b-eb9b5e7720ab 14 BUT INSTEAD LOOKED FORWARD TO IT WITH PLEASURE THE HOLES DON'T COME IN THE SAME PLACES AND YOU'D NEVER NOTICE THEM UNLESS YOU LOOK QUITE CLOSE OH I HADN'T A PAIR WITHOUT HOLES IN THE LEGS 9f162c09-ec5a-4ae9-abc9-78d119f1b6bb 413 DRY EYED WITH SUCH COURAGE AS THEY MIGHT THEY FACED WHATEVER MIGHT BE IN STORE FOR THEM I GUESS IT'LL BE AS MUCH USE TO ME AS TO ANY ONE ELSE SAID CECILY INDIGNANTLY 26efab71-f88d-4cb7-b804-72ef96c4d592 451 SHE TOLD US THAT SARA HAD NOTHING WORSE THAN A FEVERISH COLD OVER A VALLEY FILLED WITH BEECH AND SPRUCE WAS A SUNSET AFTERGLOW CREAMY YELLOW AND A HUE THAT WAS NOT SO MUCH RED AS THE DREAM OF RED WITH A YOUNG MOON SWUNG LOW IN IT cd3c5c70-ce43-4fa1-8313-34e598b26df6 188 FELIX AND DAN CONTRACTED TO KEEP THE GARDENS FREE FROM WEEDS HE TOOK SOME MORE AND SAID SLYLY c423b183-8084-4d1a-834d-6c76b71e6aa5 14 AND THERE WAS PEACE OVER ALL THAT FRESH AND FLOWERY LAND THAT IS IF THEY GO TO HEAVEN WITH A DELICATE TANGLE OF ROSY CLOUD ABOVE THE ELMS ff039b34-b83e-43d1-ac8e-6edcea4216f0 413 I'M PRAYING ABOUT IT SAID CICELY IN A LOW VOICE I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION AND SUCH A BAD SIGN 916c04ec-0610-4144-b0ab-299904bfff56 2274 YOU TOOK THE DAPHINIS IF THEY THINK IT'S A GROUND BUGGY THEY MIGHT GET CARELESS WHEN YOU MOST NEEDN'T ADVANTAGE WE COULD ALWAYS SCOOP YOU OUT OF THE AIR YOU KNOW WHAT ARE MY CHANCES ON THIS ONE STEP 7dd8f4b9-9bbe-46c4-ad04-14160dce9dfa 2182 THE E I OPERATOR SHOOK HIS HEAD DOUBTFULLY THE SIMIANS CAUGHT HIS MENTAL IMAGE OF THE LANDING AND INTERVENED WHILE COMMON GROUND OFFERED d10366f0-2e82-431b-98a7-35637ed21356 451 AUNT JANET WAS IN A VERY GOOD HUMOR THAT MORNING SO SHE MERELY LAUGHED AND IF ANY OF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING I DON'T JUST MENTION IT TO ME 67d1fd8d-bfd2-4f6c-b5f7-9795687445ba 2137 IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG IT WAS SUBTLE ALONE IN THE RADIO ROOM WAS CALLING QUIETLY FOR BRAND IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG IT WAS SUBTLE d1bbeef6-2563-427f-a843-9162fb924da9 2286 QUIET AS I WAS THOUGH INSKIPT STILL HEARD ME THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE HE WAS SITTING UP IN BED POINTING A POINT SEVEN CALIBI ROYALUS AT MY STERN 9f57eb1d-9e63-494d-8542-594f8f346a42 2368 WONDERING BRIEFLY IF HE HAD MANAGED TO PICK UP LICE IN THE LAST TOWN HE HAD VISITED AND HE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CITY f5fe5934-28c8-4b9d-9e49-98bd405c1f59 188 BUT WHERE THE STORY GIRL LED WE WOULD FOLLOW TO THE DEATH I'M AFRAID IT'S ALL UP WITH PAT HE SAID TWILL BE A BONNY SWIRL ON THE BAY ERE LONG I 609168d9-ce9c-4266-987d-fe8d5022c55c 2368 THE CELL GREW DARK AS NIGHT CAME AND THE DAMPNESS SEEMED TO INCREASE HOWEVER CLARTON WENT ON THERE IS STILL A WAY OUT FOR YOU 654a3af3-13b3-46b4-8f5c-932ece0ef7df 2108 WHO THE WANDERER PUSHED FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER LUKE TRIED TO THINK HOW TO SAVE HER 586c0f6d-f63a-4610-b9b0-6bf9b9705c5a 2286 MUCH PRESTIGE ATTACHED TO THEM AND MY BLACK DRESS OUTFIT SHOULD WRITE AS HIGHLY AS ANY UNIFORM IN THE GALAXY d933cc2c-7dda-481d-a175-f29c888c8624 2317 YOU MEAN YOU'VE NEVER TRIED THIS THING BEFORE FINALLY HE SPOKE TOO THINGS THAT HAVE FIGURED OUT SOON ANYWAY 00c5736b-4279-4a73-9936-cd6cec8d64a8 451 I'M GOING TO DENY MYSELF EVERYTHING I LIKE AND DO EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF THAT I DON'T LIKE JUST TO PUNISH MYSELF FOR BEING SO WICKED bf87ab05-e806-4b08-85a9-f52c75d582e4 2286 BUCKLING THE FUR CAPE AROUND MY SHOULDERS WITH THE PLATINUM CLASP I STAMPED DOWN THE RAMP SIT UP PEPPY I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CRYING THERE ARE SOME NAVAL SHIPS ON THE WAY NOW THE AUTOMATIC ALARM WAS TRIGGERED A MINUTE AGO 1bc65ece-930e-4d54-8dd2-9d357c62d31b 2317 I TOLD YOU YOU'D HAVE TO STOP YOUR IRRESPONSIBLE PRACTICAL JOKING AND SETTLE DOWN THE BLOW HAD BEEN DIRECTED AT DOOR AND SHE SHOWED THAT SHE HAD ABSORBED MOST OF IT BY WILTING VISIBLY 48dcff5c-823c-49fc-bcc1-d9b3f536d59e 2274 MAKING A BEE LINE FOR US AFTER THAT IT JUST FELL INTO PLACE IF IT DID WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPOT IT 89401200-fb64-4c40-949f-10a64b26500d 188 THERE ISN'T THAT A LOVELY MYSTERY THERE WAS NOBODY THERE BUT BETTY SHERMAN AND BETTY WAS NOT AFRAID OF HIM c8b7f478-2911-4553-a529-a596993eb4d3 402 CECILY AND FELIX WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD DISTINGUISH THE DOUBLE STAR IN THE HANDLE OF THE BIG DIPPER MANY A PRINCESS RODE BY US ON HER PALFREY WELL IT WAS AWFUL SAD SAID FELICITY WIPING HER EYES 2ae4abd8-2256-4636-afa6-819317195043 188 PETER NOW HE'LL HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT SHE WAS VERY HANDSOME WITH HAIR AS BROWN AS OCTOBER NUTS AND BLACK EYES AND CRIMSON CHEEKS AND SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITH NEIL CAMPBELL HERSELF b718473a-8df1-4269-9b3d-835bb2b9697f 2274 THE GREAT SUN WILL BE DOWN SOON SAID TO NEWBE ITS HEADLIGHTS SWUNG IN WILD ARCS ACROSS THE TRUNKS AND DOWN THE MUD AERIAL CREEPERS 28cbfa74-d01a-4279-aec9-ff71a1155783 188 IF YOU WERE A WOMAN YOU COULD BUT GIVE YOUR VISITORS A DISH OF TEA I MEAN OF THE FAMILY CAT AT FAMILY PRAYERS MOTHER SAYS HE'S A PERFECT HERMIT 40c71bc5-346a-449e-a7d5-7c09f04185d4 451 YES OF COURSE THEY MUST HAVE COME YOU TRY I'LL TELL YOU SAID PETER I'LL PICK UP A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE ROUND PEBBLES ON MISTER KING'S FRONT WALK AND THEY'LL BE JUST AS GOOD AS PEAS YOU'LL DO NOTHING OF THE SORT SAID AUNT JANET d2714242-77a7-45f2-a997-d93968586fb9 242 NOW IT CAN'T BE UNLESS FELICITY CAN COAX PETER TO GIVE UP PRAYING AGAINST FELIX 8a924490-4366-44af-a622-d6fe6362f9b8 2368 THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SMUG HE TOLD YANAS AND ENSURE YOUR PEACE WORK FOR YOUR OWN GOOD DO NOTHING FOR ME 7a76c2af-a500-4752-9ad5-df27e0a22282 188 DAN PLASSED THE PLATE FELICITY'S ROSEBUD PLATE LOOKING AS PRETERNATURALLY SOLEMN AS ELDER FREWIN HIMSELF TWILL BE A MATCH NOW FOR I SUPPOSE SOMETHING DREADFUL WILL COME OF IT TOO c5776029-97de-4036-8af4-2ad4d4487012 2368 THERE IS NO OTHER HELP WHILE THE INQUISITOR REMAINS AND OUR SONS BECOME SUSPECT TO HIS RAGES 030ca2f0-d77a-42c5-8383-6c28d1f42aab 2274 THAT IS WHY I WAS SENT HERE SAID ORAN THE LEATHER CHAIRS COMFORTABLE SWUNG DOWN FROM THE TOWERING FOREST CEILING 3345a130-f2ba-42d9-854e-9b8d45a32f7f 2425 WE CAME AT LAST SHAKING WITH WEARINESS AND GASPING FOR BREATH TO THE DESERTED STREETS OF THE BLACK AND TERRIBLE CITY c933ec9f-4ddb-439a-89ec-6dbf91388097 2425 SHOUTED VIC AS I JOINED THEM BREATHLESS BUT TRIUMPHANT WITH HIM WERE TWO OTHERS I SNAPPED OPEN THE ACTION AND DROPPED IN SIX CARTRIDGES cd61508a-7e1c-4d5e-b772-8546507e0677 2286 THESE PEOPLE HAD IT DOWN TO A FINE SCIENCE NOT A RIVET FELL BUT THAT ITS FALL WAS NOTED INQUINTUPLICATE SO THERE BE NO CHANCE OF MISUNDERSTANDING AND I WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WAY EXCEPT WHERE WAS HE 6c2068dc-a9c7-4ea9-ae5d-194df28976a4 2368 CAST SPELLS YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPEN EVEN THE OFFER OF SEVEN CRONA FOR A SINGLE WEEK'S STAY FAILED TO PRODUCE THE DELIRIOUS JOY YANUS HAD EXPECTED 32c2c64f-8ce7-4109-8345-53fb67d1fdc7 1867 I SMILED A LITTLE WEAKLY I'M AFRAID AS IF I HAD NEVER MEANT TO KEEP THAT ACCOUNT A SECRET I THREW THE SWITCH AND MY PLASTIC PTERODACTYL SAILED THROUGH THE DOOR 005946e4-9d98-4b09-94ab-12d2d39093b6 413 EXCITEMENT HAD COME WITH A VENGEANCE AND AND UNDER ITS STRESS FELICITY HAD SPOKEN FIRST THAT HE SAID HAD ALWAYS BEEN HIS AUNT JANE'S RULE acd0b583-b3b7-4d4a-9b74-db50cc14a3d5 413 I WANTED TO WAIT TILL I GOT OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE OUT WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM I'M NOT SURE THAT UNCLE ROGER MEANT WHAT HE SAID REMARKED THE STORY GIRL FELIX TRIED TO MAKE PEACE BETWEEN THEM AND MET THE USUAL FATE OF ALL PEASE MAKERS 81aa237d-261c-4900-a112-d241ef5828dd 2182 THEY WORKED HURRIEDLY BETWEEN JUMPS FORE AND AFT THE ZID COULD ONLY SINK IN ALL SIX TALONED LIMBS AND HOLD FAST 273496fe-0cfd-4bc9-b323-186167dfafbb 2317 WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF UNARGUABLY EXCELLENT MACHINE RUNNING AROUND IN SUBMARINES USING DEPTH BOMBS AND JUST NOTICING OUR AIR CRAFT TOO MUCH 17fd74e4-11c8-4337-9be6-09a8baeca6fb 2368 SHE COVERED HER FACE WITH HER HANDS AND SHOOK YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THE BOLD MAN SAID THIS IS AN ACCURSED FAMILY THERE IS NO GOOD TO BE DONE TO ME OR MY WIFE OR CHILD f5264be7-4adc-4e9d-bc09-ab18ae05b5a1 2274 A NEVER BEFORE WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH IT ASKED THORN WITHIN A YEAR WE WILL HAVE A COPY WITH OUR OWN IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THAT c687c15d-58ec-4649-83bd-41883b397c05 2108 WHO WAS THEN IN THE LEAD OF THE LITTLE PARTY HALTED WITH SUCH AN ABRUPT JERK THAT HE STUMBLED OVER BACKWARD de64ff15-d78c-475f-9526-049e75649538 32 I WON'T HAVE TO SAID FELICITY TRIUMPHANTLY SHE SAID PLACIDLY MA NEVER LOOKS SO 6eedafbd-b052-435b-b484-73a5c50eafe1 2286 I WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE THE FEELING THAT I HAD BEEN MISSING THE BOAT ALL ALONG THE LINE THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED DATE OF THE COMPLETION WAS NEARLY A YEAR AWAY BUT THERE WAS NO REAL REASON WHY THAT COULDN'T BE CHANGED TOO e5461fb8-37b5-4e0d-9b51-968ff30028c1 2108 BEFORE I LEFT MY PALACE I WENT TO MY MAGIC ROOM AND I COULD TAKE THAT OR NONE AT ALL 3bbc8e0c-e6ed-4630-b487-5ad1baf78b5a 2108 NECK CHOPPER THERE I FINALLY GOT TOGETHER A VERY DECENT BODY AM NOT AT ALL WISE I BEG TO ASSURE YOUR MAJESTY 5dd6199e-522d-4c9b-92d5-69c17cc11b8e 14 BUT ONE WAY MUST BE EASIER OR BETTER THAN THE OTHER OR ELSE THEY'D ALL BE ONE KIND SAID THE STORY GIRL DREAMILY FELICITY SHOOK HER HEAD VEHEMENTLY 8e783761-aec0-4810-8754-10577502b414 2425 I THINK SO IT'S NOT SO FAR AND WE'RE NEARLY OUT OF THE CITY WE HAVE TO MAKE IT IN TERMS OF OUR OWN BEING YOU DO NOT EXIST IN YOUR PRESENT FORM 661bcaee-2be3-459e-aae4-c7c191889081 402 THE GIRLS PUT ON THEIR SECOND BEST DRESSES AND WE BOYS DONNED WHITE COLLARS THERE ISN'T ANY IN OURS SAID CECILY LOYALLY 73165957-8c54-43a2-b567-4d6bd0d0614b 1867 IN SPITE OF THEIR HOSPITALITY I COULDN'T ACCEPT THERE WAS A BOLTED AND GUARDED DOOR THAT LED INTO THE PYRAMID PROPER IF POSSIBLE THE SMILE WAS STILL WIDER NOW a8dbb09b-2159-45b6-8dbf-9c235a764660 2368 HE WOULD ACCEPT PAYMENT WERE IT GENEROUS IN RETURN FOR SHARING ROOM IN HIS HOUSE YONAS STARTED MUSING ON HEROES AGAIN BUT HE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE A MOVE TOWARDS HER 99cac4bb-d43b-42f9-827d-7ab581c46f49 402 INSTEAD WE WENT AT IT WITH FEVERISH ZEAL BUT DESPERATE CASES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES IS THAT A CONUNDRUM ASKED CECILY CAUTIOUSLY 518e8600-68cd-43b9-a4bd-c32a000fe2bc 2182 THE ZID UTTERLY OUT OF ITS ELEMENT SCREAMED HIDEOUSLY AND THRESHED WATER TO FROTH ALL ITS EARLIER FEROCITY VANISHED UNDER THE IMMINENT AND UNFAMILIAR THREAT OF DROWNING 9cabdd20-0b9f-4e73-aef3-18c094c661d8 2425 THE CROWD JOSTLING ABOUT ME SEEMED BLIND TO MY PRESENCE EVERY EYE WAS FIXED ON THE ALTAR LIKE HANDS OF THE IDOL AND THE DEATH THAT BLEW ACROSS THEM f35e3d46-64e2-44b2-ab21-c061c41f7893 1867 THE TIME WENT FAST I PULLED THE EYE STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY AND THREW IN THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THAT WOULD RETURN IT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE SHIP 01188d5e-ade7-46ef-9932-aba0897839d1 2317 I'M NOT TELLING THEM ANYTHING REALLY SO THAT THEY COULD GIVE A REASONABLE COHERENT VERBAL PICTURE OF WHAT THEIR BOOKS WERE ABOUT 7d3ecd47-67bb-4c30-ae1e-48586d6b1bef 32 THAT IT WOULD BE WELL TO KEEP AS THE PIQUANT COUNTRY PHRASE WENT FROM THE WALK WE WENT TO THE PULPIT STONE DAN DID NOT COME DOWN UNTIL BREAKFAST WAS HALF OVER 1ae01359-1e0c-4f90-b19f-992521fdac5e 2286 I SPLUTTERED INTO THE MIKE USING THE RAW ENERGY OF THE BATTLESHIP ENGINES FOR A HEADLONG APPROACH WHY ARE YOU BUILDING THAT BATTLESHIP 5ad080ba-e1b7-470d-a7a1-beb1beecb8b1 14 WHAT CAN HAVE INDUCED YOU TO TURN CHURCH GOER PETER WHEN ALL OLIVIA'S GENTLE PERSUASIONS WERE OF NO AVAIL 462afcb3-e15f-4873-ae4a-2b9ba655373d 2182 A CLASS FIVE CULTURE AND TO CHECK IT THEY MUST BREAK A PRIME RULE OF GALACTIC PROTOCOL IN ASKING THE HELP OF A NEW AND UNTESTED SPECIES 4b31256a-6a3f-4d59-8016-6a0081675ff7 242 IT WOULDN'T BE SO NICE IF THEY CAUGHT YOU AND TORTURED YOU AT THE STAKE SAID FELICITY a53e08e2-ed67-42df-b04e-ed60f4937bfa 32 THE BIRDS BUILD THEIR NESTS IN IT WHICH THEY KEPT FOR A WHOLE FORTNIGHT AS FOR PUNCTUATION HE NEVER ATTEMPTS IT BEYOND AN OCCASION PERIOD JOTTED DOWN WHENEVER HE HAPPENS TO THINK OF IT WHETHER IN THE RIGHT PLACE OR NOT 7684ba76-d9bd-448d-9847-e61e3138acf4 2137 BELOW HIS C NINE B SCOUT SHIP KNOW THAT MEANS REINART IT'S WASTE A ROCKET FUEL TOTALING AROUND IN THE ATMOSPHERE HE MUTTERED 109e95c9-0acd-4773-b192-5ff61c5a8c4a 2368 AND FOR THE MONEY YOU WILL BE WELCOME HER SON'S DEATH HE SAW WHEN HE LOOKED INTO HER MIND HAD NOT COME AS A SURPRISE TO HER fa82d37f-77c5-42ed-bbd2-e88bed72def0 1867 IT WAS FLAT MARSHY BOTTOM LAND WITHOUT A BUMP THE FIRST THING TO DO WAS MAKE CONTACT I FOUND HIM EASILY ENOUGH 7de79e23-70d7-4ff6-bd16-a7f3cc8f4b87 242 YOU'VE JUST BEEN PRAYING FOR THE OPPOSITE TO ME OUT OF SPITE AND YOU'VE GOT TO STOP IT PETER CRAIG cf4affe3-ef92-414a-9d57-0e59a2b77d30 2274 I SAW THAT CITY THEY BUILT STEAD SHALL WE CONTINUE ON TO YOUR CITY ASKED HORN HE WET HIS LIPS WITH HIS TONGUE THAT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE MASQUERADING d8a30bd9-0027-4ae5-92a0-ac7633ad18ad 1867 I DIVED THE EYE LOWER I DREW UP MY SCALY FIGURE IN A NOBLE GESTURE AND POINTED TOWARD THE CEILING 575746be-be5e-47d1-ae37-056a2d9e1797 2137 A SERIES OF MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS ROCKED THE SHIP THERE WAS ENOUGH TO LAST THE NIGHT BUT NOT MUCH MORE IS THAT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD b2d5f3d1-c60c-4b2f-a62c-53c91679762a 402 I HAVE BEEN CRYING ALL THE AFTERNOON I BUT WHEN THE STORY GIRL WREATHED HER NUT BROWN TRESSES WITH CRIMSON LEAVES IT SEEMED AS PETER SAID THAT THEY GREW ON HER e1e16e0a-1cfb-47ac-af8e-6efc4539c6cb 188 IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER TO CALL OUT YOUR OWN NAME THAN FIT YOUR TONGUE TO AN UNFAMILIAR ONE WE TOOK A SHORT CUT TO GOLDEN MILE OVER A LONG GREEN DEWY LAND FULL OF PLACID MEADOWS WHERE SUNSHINE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP c52508f3-822b-44ff-9a7d-ea1c9eb9458e 2286 ANGELINA ROLLED HER EYES UP AND SLID SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR THERE WAS LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON PEPPY AND ANGELINA THEY HAD COVERED THEIR TRACKS WELL THE MACHINE EVEN FOUND A BLUE PRINT FOR ME 2c24772b-9a08-49fd-a32d-cf9b50a4157f 402 HE NEVER CRIED A SPECK WHEN YOU THOUGHT PETER WAS GOING TO DIE AND NOW WHEN HE IS GOING TO GET BETTER YOU CRY LIKE THAT AND HE ROSE UP A GOD BEAUTIFUL WITH IMMORTALITY 1c44cbde-be90-4d35-96e4-f3bf44756054 2182 AND WITH IT A STERTOROUS GRUNTING THAT ALL BUT DROWNED OUT THE ZID'S CRIES AND IN THE GOSSIP OF OLD CHARLEY MACK AND THE FEW OTHERS HE HAD MET af306357-2af6-4731-a2b8-8e6603c0b000 2182 HOW COULD THEY STOP US FROM MOVING IN WHEN JEFF AUBREY PULLED HIMSELF UP FROM THE PLANKING THE APPARITIONS WERE GONE e5672722-bce1-43ca-9cc2-951bc9df795e 2108 NOR DO I SAID THE TIN WOODMAN IN THE CHAMBER WERE GREW DOZENS OF QUEER CREATURES AND SOMEHOW THAT DOESN'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT d2e3a229-8fa2-4e3b-8d09-37f12e557f68 2108 SO AS THEY STUMBLED ALONG A STONE PASSAGE THEY KEPT CLOSE TOGETHER I CONSIDERED THE TIN HEAD FAR SUPERIOR TO THE NEAT ONE I 147ce694-9ca0-4e5c-9830-01b745aac203 14 WHEN I HEARD THE STORY GIRL READ IT I MADE A SECRET COMPACT WITH MYSELF THAT I WOULD TRY TO DESERVE SUCH AN EPITAPH BEAUTY DRAWS US WITH A SINGLE HAIR 4a6a4b1c-68be-4180-a322-e6448b1070d0 32 IN A BRIEF SPACE WE WERE LAUGHING RIGHT MERRILY NO LONGER REMEMBERING OUR WRONGS AT THE HANDS OF THOSE CRUEL GROWN UPS cc1b1467-bfcb-488b-becc-02c020d4f952 242 I'VE JUST AS GOOD A RIGHT TO PRAY WHAT I WANT FOR AS YOU FELIX KING SEEMS AS IF HE MUST BE RIGHT AND YET IT DOESN'T SEEM SO 6ed48de1-5a26-43a9-b8b0-be835c9115be 2368 THE JOB HE TOLD HIMSELF STERNLY CAME FIRST AND AFTERWARD IT IS A COMMON DEFENCE YONES HAD MET THE TYPE BEFORE AND WAS UNINTERESTED IN GOING FURTHER 8e7187e2-9aea-4e86-92f4-a4dbaa01652a 402 ON THE FURTHEST BANK IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE THE GREAT SQUARE OF PEGASUS WAS OVER OUR HEADS THE SPICE OF MINT a7ab8c56-bab7-4f14-87c3-2e16d1c0af6b 2286 THE BRAIN WAS AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER ROBART BRAIN I HAVE KNOWN PLUS THE FACT THAT THE CHUNKY BODY WAS CRAMMED WITH DEVICES AND MACHINES OF VARYING USE 547cedae-dcc1-4a2b-8564-83471d598bf9 2286 WHICH WAS WAITING FOR BAD NEWS AND THE BURNING VOICES OF THEIR SUPERIORS WHEN IT HAD FINISHED IT STOPPED AND CALLED THE ALL CLEAR bbdd1430-1bf9-45d6-a80f-5670abeeb91e 2317 HE DECIDED THAT GARF'S SUPERIOR ATTITUDE AND POWERS BODED NO GOOD BUT IF THE FISH MAN ONCE BECAME SLIGHTLY IRRITATED dc5c3979-ba77-43fc-91aa-2b5dabe16624 14 WHITE GLADNESS IN THE MOONSHINE IT GOD WON'T NOTICE THE PATCH I TELL YOU WHAT STORY GIRL 5859ccfc-ece2-4e28-96ed-327ebbf91308 2425 YOU CAN'T NAME THINGS HERE IN TERMS OF OUR OWN WORLD ANYTHING THAT OCCUPIES SPACE BEFORE HE COULD FINISH d60208ea-d190-49b4-997d-c94112b123eb 242 DON'T WANT TO FIGHT SAID PETER IT'S FELIX WHAT WOULD AUNT JANE SAY IF SHE KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO FIGHT CECILY DEMANDED OF PETER 5b86e3c6-5c0a-4e82-9bac-befce5b285ad 188 AND IF HE LOOSED HIS CLASP EVER SO LITTLE HE WAS AFRAID SHE WOULD FALL SO WEAK AND TREMBLING WAS SHE FROM HER DREADFUL FRIGHT 1c3ac4e8-f53b-41f4-a27e-482d807f4dd4 2317 BUT NOW THAT YOU'RE WITH US AGAIN SHE BENT OVER PICKED UP THE MACHINE YANKING WIRING LOOSE CARELESSLY 17c76dd1-7f4e-40ff-89b6-87e8f0da2c87 188 SO PETER RETALIATED BY CHOOSING NEVAKE AND NEZZER WHICH NO ONE COULD EVER UTTER THREE TIMES BEFORE PETER SHRIEKED IT AT ONCE d7a91964-f010-4bc3-8110-955815c72e56 2182 CHAFFY THREE CHOSE THAT MOMENT TO REAPPEAR NEARLY CAUSING JEFF TO LET GO OF THE BUNK AND ADMIT THE ZID a972a6ef-4938-4212-883c-4b6e44cfa89d 402 THE NEXT DAY HE COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE AND SORE THROAT AND SEEMED TO PREFER LYING ON AUNT OLIVIA'S KITCHEN SOFA TO DOING ANY WORK affb753a-9753-4542-91fd-b71ba4499448 32 THE LEAVES ON THE TREES WERE BEGINNING TO COME OUT IN WOOLLY GREYISH CLUSTERS I SUPPOSE THAT SETTLES IT d05bc961-1c9e-45fa-afa5-bab23be9ae7b 2286 THAT WASN'T MY CONCERN NOW THE NAVIGATOR AND I PLOTTED THEIR LOCATIONS IN HIS TANK KEEPING MY FACE TURNED AWAY SO THEY COULDN'T SEE THE COLD SWEAT 6e6bcc21-8800-4d31-acca-5d6fb084d68e 2425 THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND NOW WHAT I WHISPERED TO VIC POSSIBLY NOT FRIENDLY 1bd81819-fe90-4c2d-9f35-bc45bc11a475 402 HE HAD BEEN LYING IN HIS LONELY AND HE ALSO GAVE UP PRAYING ABOUT IT SAYING IN BITTERNESS OF SPIRIT THAT THERE WAS NO USE IN PRAYING WHEN OTHER FELLOWS PRAYED AGAINST YOU OUT OF SPITE 08dccbe6-d3a9-4779-9390-59e23dd76363 32 MA MADE A RULE LIKE THAT ONCE BEFORE AND KEPT IT FOR A WEEK AND THEN WE JUST SLIPPED BACK TO THE OLD WAY THAT WILL BE WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS TIME TOO 83803ff7-856d-4151-ab72-75b742b2bdbf 402 AND EVEN FELICITY AND CECILY AVAILED THEMSELVES OCCASIONALLY OF THE PRIVILEGE OF SEX STRONG NOBLE AND VALIANT HE SAID 9276b601-a652-4c50-8fa7-3ea7ce8233b9 2274 THE PLACE IS BIG ENOUGH THAT IF YOU HOLD A COURSE ROUGHLY NORTHEAST AND THERE'D BE NO 866af065-5fd7-4719-85bb-ad6bfbfa3515 188 FELICITY MADE HER MOUTH WATER BY ANNOUNCING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE A ROLY POLY JAM PUDDING FOR DINNER 88557bdc-9079-457d-98e9-fa153692edd8 2286 THE RATINGS AND OFFICERS WAITED TENSELY AND MADE SOME SLIGHT ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL THEIR HATRED OF ME IN THE LAST RESULT IT WOULD BLOW ITSELF UP c46aff08-7948-4b24-ad4a-ad402c63dc2a 2425 AND TWO OF THE PRIESTS FELL WRITHING TO BE INSTANTLY TRAMPLED INTO PULP STTCHING ITS LENGTH COMFORTABLY IN THE SHADE OF THE BIG MAPLES f5dbe7e3-f326-438e-a077-3a8c76eb8976 2425 MAYBE TWENTY FIVE I WASN'T PAYING ANY PARTICULAR ATTENTION SIR KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR A CHANCE TO GET AWAY THOUGH 195cfef0-0cac-477c-9fb5-4c9a3e55be9b 188 WE WERE ALL IN A DOLEFUL DUMPS AT LEAST ALL WE YOUNG FRY WERE NAW GRINNED DAN PEG CHEWS TOBACCO LIKE A MAN AND SHE'D RATHER HAVE IT THAN YOUR RUBBISHY PEPPERMINTS I CAN TELL YOU I'LL RUN DOWN TO OLD MISSUS SAMPSON'S AND GET A PLUG 3b1f5fd8-4332-4c8a-83ad-d2f605f0c2e0 2425 AND ACTUALLY DOES NOTHING UNTIL RELEASED IN SOME FORM OR OTHER INVERTED TREES WITH WIDE SPREADING BRANCHES c671ac2e-6400-484c-80c2-7b5aeb98d1cc 402 THE TROUBLE WAS THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER THINGS HE LIKED BETTER THAN WORK IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO PETER I FEEL SURE I'LL NEVER BE NAUGHTY AGAIN I WON'T HAVE THE HEART bc2a0e4b-a4e1-41b3-ba2a-17c4dc9c4758 188 GAZING DREAMILY AFAR AT THE TINTED SKY BETWEEN THE APPLE TREES AS IF SHE WERE LOOKING BACK TO THE MERRY DAYS OF THE WORLD'S GAY YOUTH 3b0b457d-54f7-4ea7-934e-9968cc608e8c 188 THE LAST WE HEARD OF HIM HE WAS IN THE MAIN LUMBER WOODS BUT THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO I REMAIN YOUR VERY AFFECTIONATE FRIEND SARA STANLEY fe66bfa6-7438-497e-b007-59da444bda78 402 WHY DOST THOU KEEP BACK THE DRAUGHT OF IMMORTALITY FROM ME HE DEMANDED PASSIONATELY HE WON'T EVER KNOW HOW MUCH WE THOUGHT OF HIM IT'S TOO LATE 8283853c-5a0c-41f5-b7cd-07a296976a19 1867 AND THEY WERE BACK IN BUSINESS THIS PILE OF JUNK IS OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD THERE WAS A BOLTED AND GUARDED DOOR THAT LED INTO THE PYRAMID PROPER c6641992-3198-4cb6-87bb-ff61ff19009a 2182 NOTHING IN CERIMIAN EXPERIENCE HAD PREPARED THEM FOR CREATURES INTELLIGENT BUT ILLOGICAL FOR AND I ARE ARRANGING ESCAPE ON THAT PREMISE 3447c296-eb54-4182-9578-934fe6c8f68c 188 WELL BESS OLD GIRL HERE WE ARE AND THEY WERE YELLOW TRANSPARENTS AND THEN SHE SPOKE AT LAST SHE SAID I d1cb3b93-8de4-4653-8e86-6651ebbfef43 451 HER FACE WAS SO MELANCHOLY THAT THE STORY GIRL LOST PATIENCE WITH HER I SUPPOSE WE MADE IT HORRID OURSELVES SAID THE STORY GIRL CANDIDLY THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN TELLING US TALE 28d445cc-885e-4e3c-ab0d-c19c9f1878eb 2368 HIS VOICE WAS THE SAME ROUGH RASP BUT IT SEEMED ALMOST MECHANICAL HE WISHED FOR CLARETON SUDDENLY BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO REACH HIM SAFELY IN THE MAN'S BIG EYES BITTERNESS AND HOPELESSNESS GLITTERED 45f1c767-a612-4eb2-aab9-286310ea6912 2368 HE RADIATED CAUTION WORRY PATIENCE YONAS TURNED TO THE BED AND CUT OFF FROM THE DIRECTOR WITH A GRUNT HE WAS TIRED LONG DISTANCE LINKAGES WERE A DRAINED ON THE BOY'S ENERGY f085bb05-024c-474d-9e27-20d873dae5ea 451 IT ISN'T ANY GOOD THE BEAUTY OF PENANCE IS THAT IT MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO WHETHER IT'S USEFUL OR NOT SO LONG AS IT'S NASTY ddd7658c-70d3-40fb-9c33-70d97e9b6857 2137 BUT IT WAS CAPTAIN BRANDON WHO DREW THE ASSIGNMENT OF SCOUTING SERIOUS THREE FOR A SUITABLE LANDING PLACE FOR ASTRO ae3e4ff1-87bd-4813-8c3f-ec1ab1dc00de 2137 IT WAS GOING TO BE A REAL SCORCHER HE DECIDED EVEN AS BRANDON CLIMBED INTO THE SCOUT SHIP BUT I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU I'M NOT WASTING MUCH MORE FUEL d231d173-8603-452b-bc4e-eb0eea7b4cc8 2317 THE WORK OF GENIUS WHICH WILL ALLOW MANKIND AND FARMER COULD JUST MAKE OUT HIS LAZY CONTEMPTUOUS SMILE THROUGH THE MURKY WATER 7ec1eca1-ca29-435c-b616-aef9ad4c7c3a 188 WHAT IF THIS WERE ONE OF HIS HORRID DAYS MA SAYS THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT AS LONG AS HE'S A BACHELOR BECAUSE HE WON'T TAKE ANY ONE SAID FELICITY befca833-cc2a-463d-9aa2-6356ef5c5e68 14 IT'S LOVELY BUT IT'S DIFFERENT AND THEN WHISPERED TO THE OTHER MINISTER SO THAT EVERYBODY HEARD HIM I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE IT NOW BUT I CAN'T 2072ad35-dc3e-4109-931a-8165aec7fadc 2425 I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN ANY OTHER EYES SUCH ANGER AND HATRED AS BLAZED IN THE EYES OF THOSE STRANGE BEINGS aca38b85-f9e4-40b6-981c-b15970c1a38c 2137 THE ACTUAL CHANGE IN ATOMIC CONFIGURATION DUE TO THE APPLICATION OF SUFFICIENT ENERGY ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS THE IMPERIOUS COLONEL TOWERS 5888dca7-d117-41ca-ad1f-20184143502e 2137 A CRYSTAL CLEAR IMAGE OF COLONEL TOWERS THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERED WAS THE TASTE OF BLOOD ON HIS LIPS LET HIM HAVE THE WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM e0ffd755-2437-4d28-b189-084a181c4f52 2425 EITHER BY ACCIDENT OR DESIGN IT LACKED BUT A FEW SECONDS OF THE MOMENT WHEN THE MACHINE BACK IN VIC'S LABORATORY WOULD FUNCTION 58fbaab4-0849-427a-aa26-6b73d7364ac2 14 BUT I KNOW WHAT HE MUST EVER SEEM TO ME AND CERTAIN HOME CHORES WERE ASSIGNED TO EACH OF US FOR THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF WHICH WE WERE HELD RESPONSIBLE WE KNEW ELDER FREWIN QUITE WELL AND LIKE HIM 34e3800c-2729-427a-9258-22a7d149d552 14 THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS WEEK DAY JOLLITY AND THE UNEARTHLY SOLEMNITY OF HIS COUNTENANCE ON SUNDAYS ALWAYS STRUCK US AS VERY FUNNY 657d7f59-7811-4ea3-940a-293f0f0e4a84 2425 YOU AND VIC YOU AREN'T REAL TO ME EITHER NOT KNOWING WHEN YOU'LL ARRIVE I'M GOING ON AHEAD SUDDENLY HOPE SCREAMED AND I FOLLOWED HER EYES 9acbd0d0-cb0b-4435-8b0b-038eee393d5a 2108 WHY THAT IS EASY THE TIN MAN ASSURED HIM AND THEIR JOURNEY NOW BECAME TEDIOUS BECAUSE ON CLIMBING EACH HILL acc80685-2d1d-41a9-9cf0-c1222bd33c56 451 WILLIAM IS A MAN'S NAME AND MEN ARE NEVER SWEET I THINK IT IS VERY VAIN TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU HAVE YOURSELF BEING BEAUTIFUL SAID FELICITY 0df5af47-89a0-4cf6-91d0-46a3b1807af8 14 WE WAITED AT UNCLE ALEC'S DOOR FOR THE OTHERS TO COME UP SAID PETER DISAPPOINTEDLY DO PEOPLE GO ON BEING JUST THE SAME AFTER THEY'RE DEAD 7b797dc6-402e-4955-8aba-8c5c140bc27d 2274 USE THE BACK DOOR RULE SON ALWAYS LEAVE YOURSELF AWAY OUT NO OTHER TYPE OF CREATURE EVER HAS HAD THE VERTICAL SLIT b1ba6376-2823-4391-b298-1e7b3c3701a7 2274 STETSON PUT A HAND TO HIS THROAT THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR SLAVES ABOUT TEN KILOMETERS OUT 7bc784bb-f110-4a31-8ae1-0a70ddb9cada 402 WE HAD LOST SOMETHING OF INFINITELY MORE VALUE THAN FIFTY CENTS ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT REALIZE IT JUST THEN NEITHER FELICITY NOR CECILY COULD HAVE WORN THEM 3db171fd-6f15-43c5-8e4a-8c7eeb26613e 2286 THIS WAS STILL THE JOB FOR THE CORPS FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT THE ROBOD HAD EXPLODED I ASKED THROWING IT ACROSS THE TABLE TO HIM b68e2f1b-c71d-4223-9044-92c08857770b 2108 WHILE DIRECTLY BETWEEN THEM LIES THE EMERALD CITY THANK YOU VERY MUCH HOWEVER I DON'T BELIEVE THE OWL COULD STEAL THE APRON OR EVEN THE BEAR 76dd9fc9-f13d-41a5-982d-972667120a4c 2137 BRANDON TILTED THE SHIP UP ON ONE WING AND GLANCED DOWN AT THE BRICK RED EXPANSE OF DESERT GOD BENT ON DOZENS OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE MILKY WAY COME OVER HERE YOU FOOLS f226766b-002e-4476-8e24-30bf171ee502 14 AND JUST IN THE TWILIGHT THEY RODE INTO A DARK VALLEY FILLED WITH TOMBS AND GRAVES FELICITY AND CECILIA WERE WEARING THEIR NEW SUMMER MUSLINS FOR THE FIRST TIME f497967b-6953-4d91-9338-53dc5079de34 14 THE STORY GIRL LINGERED TO LAY A BUNCH OF WILD VIOLETS VERY SADLY THE OLD KING AND COURTIERS RODE HOME AND THEN SHE READ ALOUD THE VERSE ON THE STONE 1f8b4aab-b729-44d2-8df5-ccf610392845 402 EAGER JOYOUS RADIANT HE SET HIS FOOT ON THE RAINBOW WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE EXCLAIMED PETER HAS THE MEASLES ffc74e18-e4da-494d-b033-71ec04b35453 32 WELL MISS FELICITY YOU'RE PRETTY SMART SHELTERED BY THE SPRUCE HEDGES FROM UNCERTAIN WINDS AND SLOPING TO SOUTHERN SUNS 51c3eaaa-fdfa-492c-abf1-07f39f07f9c4 2425 BEFORE US THEY THINNED INTO NOTHINGNESS AS WE APPROACHED ONLY TO SWARM INTO BEING IN SOME OTHER SPOT a8120edd-e72a-4a0a-8fd5-818a3ec7e931 451 SHE HAD SEATED HERSELF IN THE DARKEST HOTTEST CORNER OF THE KITCHEN WITH A PIECE OF OLD COTTON IN HER HAND ed4154f7-fa30-497e-b805-b81140fe1b84 14 AND IN THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED SHE GOT IT FOR A PRIZE IN SCHOOL SAID THE STORY GIRL ANXIOUSLY ac291035-be6f-4bea-a8e8-43b9182c4d1c 2317 HE WOULD SICK THE NONIPUS ON RAY AND HIMSELF SHE LOOKED OVER HER SHOULDER HE EXAMINED THE EVIDENCE WITH CARE 09befe78-5348-42cc-a6bc-1aaec2b85474 1867 HE WAS ALSO SIGNALING TO AN UNDER PRIEST WHO CARRIED A BRAZER OF CHARCOAL COMPLETE WITH RED HOT IRONS MARK THREE BEACON THERE WERE SOME THINGS I COULD DO THOUGH AND I MADE A LIST OF PARTS 18b229d2-ae03-4f0b-be63-384a43fc8a16 2425 ONLY YOU'VE BEEN PASSED INTO ANOTHER FORM OF BEING THROUGH THE ACTION OF FOUR LITTLE QUARTZ BULBS WHOSE PERIODS OF VIBRATIONS FORM A BEAT 4d3462c4-d0fd-4b37-ac01-231332814358 2274 LURCHED AND SKIDDED AROUND BUTTRESS ROOTS I'M GETTING TIRED OF WAITING WHAT'S THEIR POTENTIAL IN FIVE DAYS 0a1e51a4-8ea5-4bfe-8427-0bb16d36b48b 451 IT WOULD BE JUST STUPIDITY IF YOU DIDN'T BUT FELICITY HAD DONE HER WORK TOO THOROUGHLY THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT TO BE COMFORTED d41e2826-e773-4632-a56c-3e37fcfcdf01 2368 HE REFLECTED FOR A MINUTE I COULD MAKE YOU INTO A BEADLE AND SQUASH YOU UNDERFOOT EXCERPT FROM A SHORT HISTORY THE MASQUERADE BY A 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PLAIN ANGELS I EXPECT AND I'M GOING TO WORK BUTTONHOLES ALL OVER THIS COTTON I HATE WORKING BUTTONHOLES WORSE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD SO I'M GOING TO WORK THEM ALL DAY da615a34-7d21-416e-8fed-c3fef247b7f8 2368 YONAH SHRUGGED HIS FEET WERE BEGINNING TO HURT HE REALISED HE SIGHED BRIEFLY BUT THERE WAS NO TIME OR ATTENTION TO SPARE FOR THEM 2d5f9964-9bc5-4eec-ad4a-11efcf4cb7f5 188 I DON'T SEE HOW YOU'LL EVER GET ACQUAINTED WITH HIM SAID FELICITY HE NEVER GOES ANYWHERE EXCEPT TO CHURCH DONALD KNEW THAT IF NEIL PROPOSED FIRST HE WOULD HAVE THE BEST CHANCE fb16874d-4118-44b0-821e-1c836f03068b 2425 I TURNED THE DIAL BACK IN IMPERCEPTIBLE DEGREE AND THE HAND STEADIED DOWN EXACTLY UPON THE NUMERAL'S TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED 566415dc-90dc-430b-a368-b7f9d20de877 2108 AND WEAR A TIN CROWN ON HER HEAD HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT ASKED THE TIN WOODMAN IN AMAZEMENT 5349fec2-d3ca-4154-8dba-db440bb2cff6 2137 SHIP WEIGHED AT LEAST TEN SECONDS BEFORE RELEASING A DRUG SHOOT SO WILL CLEAR THE SHIP NINE LIGHT YEARS AWAY b8050b73-ae4e-4594-988d-c890c72fe270 2286 THE BATTERY OF SIAMEN THERE CONTACTED THE INDIVIDUAL PLANETS AND ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS KEEP ADDING TO THE LIST OF PLANETS b9687485-2b7d-45cd-86de-95fd9c200400 1867 A CRUMBLING AND CRACKED STAIRWAY BROUGHT US UP TO THE SOLID METAL DOORWAY LABELLED IN ARCHAIC SCRIPT I CHECKED ALL THE PARTS BY SCREEN BEFORE THEY WERE LOADED IN A METAL CRATE f82568f3-9494-45d3-a1da-2afc269719c8 2108 IF NINNY AMMY IS CONTENT WITH THAT MISS BITMAN FOR A HUSBAND AND ASKED HIM TO HELP ME 29e33b5e-4a19-4064-bd0a-ba3d16be5a1c 2137 SURE THE MAN SAID AGAIN BRANDON WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO POLE BRANDON DEPRESSED THE TOP BUTTON 0f24ec01-586e-49c8-88aa-814032faa461 2286 I HAD MY SCANNER ON SO THEY COULD SEE ME BUT MY OWN SCREENS STAYED DARK THEY WEREN'T SENDING ANY PICTURE dfb1c079-cdf8-41df-80fa-4df0065a42ed 2108 SUGGESTED ONE OF THE LOONS AND THE PRISONERS NOTICED THAT NONE OF THEM SEEMED SURPRISED WERE SHOCKED AT THE SAD ACCIDENT TO PANTA INCLUDING THE WINKIES c1d96c75-6b03-4039-8596-353c96df8c1d 2274 WHO CONTROLS THE BREEDING SIGHTS CONTROLS OUR WORLD SAID TO NEW ACCORDING TO OUR BEST GUESS b01b6035-33b7-4044-88f4-1ee83d7c36f3 2182 THE SCOOP CONTRACTED ITSELF WITH A SUDDENNESS THAT YANKED THEM YARDS FROM THE COTTAGE AND ALL BUT DISLODGED JEFF d5261b55-610a-44f2-be23-ac802aa8c5ca 2137 ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS THE IMPERIOUS COLONEL TOWERS BEYOND A RIDGE OF LOW HILLS THE TURNED INTO A TORCH AND SANK BENEATH HIM ec22910c-34d9-4c9c-9bd4-c445869f46bd 2137 INSTEAD HE FELT THE SURGING RUMBLE DEEP IN THE BOWELS OF THE SHIP WHEN HE OPENED THEM HE WAS STARING AT THE MILKY WAY THE DOCTOR SMILED OPENLY NOW 91a351fb-fa6f-4877-b063-44528d718492 2425 THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL PRETENTIOUS ABOUT THE PLACE IT WAS A RAMBLING LAZY LOOKING HOUSE BUILT LARGELY OF NATIVE STONE I HAD REMEMBERED THAT MUCH FROM MY PHYSICS CLASSES 50bccab7-3f13-4380-a8be-66adbdedbbd9 188 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'D DO SAID PETER I'D TAKE A PRESENT FOR PEG AND ASK HER TO MAKE PAT WELL EIGHT TIMES SEVEN WAS THE MOST TRAGIC AND FRIGHTFUL THING EVER HEARD OF 8755c56e-f796-46ca-947f-f37e6b05027a 402 YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY I HAD BLACK HAIR BUT NOW WE WERE TOO CRUSHED AND MISERABLE TO MOVE WHY DON'T YOU TALK SENSE IF YOU MUST TALK SAID FELICITY 371dda3b-d9da-438c-ae5e-05f803c765b1 2137 A STEADY CRACKLING SOUND FILLED HIS EAR PHONES NOR TO PROTECT THE CREW IN EQUIPMENT FROM A BRACE OF DUST MAYBE HE HAD PUT TOO MUCH PLANET CURVATURE BETWEEN ASTRO AND HIMSELF e18adee9-9c2b-4c10-9812-e2accb28b810 2368 IF THERE WERE SUCH A THING AS TOTAL CONTACT CONSTANT CONTACT OVER PERIOD DAYS YONIST THOUGHT CLARTON WOULD USE ME FOR A PUPPET A VERITABLE PUNCH AMONG MEN HE WOULD OVERRIDE ME AND TAKE ME OVER THE WAY A TRAVELLING ENTERTAINER RULES HIS JOINTED DOLLS 1eabc784-77d7-412a-99d5-9c0dbd3fd22c 2425 AND THE CHANTING WENT ON AND ON UNTIL I BEGAN TO WONDER IF ANYTHING WOULD EVER HAPPEN PARON FIX MAN OF ALL WORK CAME HURRYING OUT OF THE HOUSE TO GREET ME AS I LOCKED MY WHEELS ON THE DRIVE BEFORE THE DOOR a030cb22-3b52-4147-979f-ae500ddd1b36 2425 THE SENSES OF SIGHT AND HEARING AND FEELING ALL LEFT ME MAYBE IT'S JUST THE TITLE SUCH GOINGS ON I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK b0d731e5-46b2-4fc5-9d68-0cb25789c49c 2317 THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WIRING AND FARMER SEARCHED DAZEDLY FOR A WEAPON ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE SHOUTING b451fef9-cd2a-4a60-9cd5-e9eb08d1f47c 14 I'LL HAVE TO GO WITHOUT ANY THEN SAID PETER I I DON'T KNOW I ONLY GET FIFTY CENTS A WEEK AND I GIVE IT ALL TO MORROW LAST NIGHT 0408434a-fcdf-4115-9541-2a8e87965614 2425 THESE CREATURES WERE LIKE SUCH SHADOWS SEEN IN THREE DIMENSIONS BUT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO JUST BEFORE YOU ARRIVED SIR 42097897-c50a-4dad-9819-144fb2a76419 2368 AND HE GRIN TURNED TO A LAUGH AS HE STARTED DOWN THE HILL HE THOUGHT OF TRYING TO REACH CLARETON BUT DECIDED NOT ENTIRELY WITH REGRET THAT THE CONTACT WOULD USE UP TOO MUCH ENERGY AND HE NEEDED ALL THE ENERGY HE COULD CONSERVE NOW bfbacf6f-390a-4319-96fa-d54de460128c 2317 TRYING TO GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS LEARNED IT YEARS AGO BEFORE THE GATE TO THIS WORLD WAS CLOSED AS HE ROSE ROPY TENTACLES TWINED AROUND HIM e4a9b4a6-543c-443e-b6b2-f9ec727ede35 14 AND WHEN HER FATHER URGED HER TO CHOOSE ONE OF THEM AS HER HUSBAND SO OVERGROWN WITH IVY THAT WE COULD HARDLY READ ITS LENGTHY INSCRIPTION f899a534-c8f1-4b97-9c8e-8e980afe5b81 188 NEIL HADN'T BEEN COURTING NANCY VERY LONG AND DONALD NEVER DREAMED HE WOULD PROPOSE TO HER QUITE SO SOON 7aab3e18-00bf-48a3-bf45-430088ee8bcc 451 MISSUS RAY ALWAYS LOOKS ON THE DARK SIDE AND IT MAY NOT BE THE MEASLES SARA HAS AFTER ALL SHE SAID YESTERDAY YOU CAN GO 01ecb30c-270b-4fea-90cb-40e311a7d60e 451 THE MISSIONARY HAD AT LEAST SEVEN HAPPY LISTENERS THAT NIGHT WE ALL WERE GLAD THAT SARA DID NOT HAVE MEASLES AND THE STORY GIRL WAS RADIANT 242bbd69-1bd6-41f9-85f0-895911193da2 32 IT'S SO PRETTY WHEN THE VINES LEAF OUT AND HANG DOWN IN LONG FESTOONS AND THEY FISHED ME OUT OF THE MESS 09378abe-03e0-41ec-a2d3-507bb1334cc7 2317 THE POLICEMAN EXPECTED NO FURTHER TROUBLE FROM THE HUMANS AFTER THE TREATMENT THEY HAD OUR COPS WOULD BE TOUGH WITH YOU IF THEY FOUND YOU OPERATING THE THING a0cf14c3-14c5-4f87-a7d6-c89f7ec808c8 32 THAT SORT OF STORY OUGHT TO BE TOLD IN THE TWILIGHT AMONG THE SHADOWS THEN IT WOULD FRIGHTEN THE SOULS OUT OF YOUR BODIES d379917c-6944-41d2-bbea-f9321bd94446 2368 TIME PASSED SOMEHOW WHEN MORNING DAWNED YONAS AWOKE TO FIND THE DOOR OF HIS CELL BEING UNLOCKED THE BALD MAN AND THE BLACK HAIRED MAN WERE BOTH THERE HE LOOKED UP WITH THEM WITH DISTASTE ad479157-f0f9-4752-a6fa-b790dc328a80 2274 I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU SEE THINGS OUR WAY THE CITY FLUTED AND SPIRALED INTO THE MOONLIT SKY IT'S TOO BAD TO FEEL THAT WAY SAID HORN WHEN TWO CULTURES MEET LIKE THIS THEY TEND TO HELP EACH OTHER 6b6c5de2-73d8-4fba-8c08-b83094f4e895 1867 SPEED AND MEASUREMENTS ARE A MATTER OF RELATIONSHIP NOT CONSTANT FACTS LIKE THE FIXED UNIVERSE 88a02d24-f334-4ebb-a2a3-de69e00c15ef 14 HE WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT HAVEN'T ANYTHING YOU FELLOWS HAVE EVERYBODY LOOKED AT OUR PEW e7250bdc-0497-48f1-a4d4-aa6ef71ff3f0 14 WOULDN'T IT BE AWFUL IF THE STORY GIRL TURNED WHITE AND CECILID THE SHAME OF HIS COUNTENANCE WAS PITIFUL TO BEHOLD 6bed7c5e-e3fe-476f-9995-5019c832193d 188 OH THAT IS EASY SAID PETER YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST FEEL WHO IS GOOD AND WHO ISN'T BETTY SHERWIN WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT A COMPLIMENT SAID THE STORY GIRL 1aad9982-288e-4bc7-84ff-f07f30db9dd8 2137 THEN SWUNG HIS FEET OVER THE SIDE AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND BRANDON WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO POLE SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED HE PAUSED AND ASKED DEFENSIVELY d58b2d78-d646-4163-90d1-3556d40f60ab 2182 NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HATCHED OUT ON COLLAXIA SAID JENOFER I LOST MY HEAD AND GROUNDED THE QUEEN AND IT VANISHED MOMENTARILY PINNING THE ZID'S THRESHING FORELEM 783e6afa-12d6-4a39-b153-5727502f366c 1867 THE BEACON WAS STILL THERE WE CAN ATTACH THAT BANK ACCOUNT OF YOURS ON ALL GALL TOO LONG BEFORE YOU CAN DRAW THE MONEY OUT 9d23a6f9-a727-4625-a101-ad3993df96da 2274 LOOKS LIKE THE MISSING LINK THEY'VE ALWAYS HUNTED FOR SAID HORN NOT WITHOUT THE HEADLIGHTS THAT'S WHY I'M DOWN HERE BRIEFING YOU 3a949083-e3b9-43b4-bdd1-a227f79929b5 2274 I GOT YOU INTO THE I A A RUIN WHY IF YOU PUSHED THE PANIC BUTTON ON THIS ONE WITHOUT CAUSE 4bc8741b-9f6b-4159-8087-cc931e80eabc 32 MY OWN LIES OPEN BESIDE ME AS I WRITE AND EMILY LIKED TO SIT AMONG THE FERNS UNDER THE BIRCHES AND READ OR SEW 541f346f-3fba-4e0d-bbbf-7b7e7d8c0974 2368 JONAS HAD NO VAUGHAN TO STICK ON HIS NAME AND HE HAD NEVER THOUGHT IT WORTH WHILE TO CLAIM ONE AND ACCEPT THE TINY RISK OF DISCLOSURE b6b4f1fc-27f2-4812-ba1f-d667e7f1f560 2182 THERE ARE NO LAND DWELLING CREDITORS ON COLLAXIA IT FLOATED LIKE A GLISTENING PLUM COLORED ISLAND WE CAN OFFER A TESTEDETICS PROGRAMME THAT WILL ELIMINATE RACIAL ANXIETY WITHIN A FEW GENERATIONS 5ff9fd82-8480-41c3-83b2-69da5f3fa89e 14 I'M AWFUL SORRY DAN HOWEVER LENT HIM ONE ON THE DISTINCT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS TO BE REPAID THE NEXT WEEK I'M GOING TO KEEP ON GOING TO CHURCH 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402 ONLY FAR AWAY A GREAT BLINDING SPARKLING GLORY WHERE THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE SPRANG UP IN A SHOWER OF DIAMOND FIRE 33a581af-2d00-4c7d-b923-ae4ae368d413 2425 AND WE WERE JUST ABOUT READY TO CALL THE POLICE AND EVEN MY HAND WERE NOT REAL THEY WERE LIKE THE REST OF THE THINGS IN THIS MONSTROUS STATE THAT VIC CALLED IN FROM MEDIA I LEFT IT THREE AFTER TEN e70bc9f3-4cf8-4514-9296-685934ec8632 1867 AFTER FEEDING A COURSE INTO THE ROBOT PILOT I STRAPPED INTO THE ACCELERATOR TANK AND WENT TO SLEEP 33e2d480-87d9-4e59-bd2f-684e1910cc41 32 SHE WASN'T PRETTY BUT SHE LOOKED LIKE THE WOMAN IN THAT PICTURE THE STORY GIRL'S FATHER SENT HER LAST WEEK EACH OF US WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO POSSESS THE MOST EXCITING RECORD 082817b5-9d25-4ec0-bc62-583e32bfe611 402 THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF THE FANNY REFUSED TO LET CAPTAIN DUNBAR TAKE HIS WIFE WITH HIM HE HAD LINGERED BEHIND TO PLUCK A THORN FROM THE FOOT OF A BEGGAR CHILD HE HAD MET ON THE HIGHWAY 90b225ec-4925-4a2b-8b43-65c979330ff4 451 SHE WENT TO WORK AND MADE LITTLE RAISIN PIES RIGHT THERE IN THE KITCHEN BEFORE THE STORY GIRL HE WAS CALLED TO THIS CONGREGATION AND HE LABOURED HERE LONG AND FAITHFULLY AND WAS MUCH BELOVED THOUGH HE WAS VERY ECCENTRIC 9b98aa50-0018-49a5-83a5-1911a8002740 2425 THE POOR DEAR SHE SAYS HE'S WORKED HIMSELF HALF TO DEATH AND DROPPED OFF ON THAT HORRIBLE CART HE KEEPS IN HIS LABORATORY SAYS MISS HOPE d8a760cc-6055-4a70-8d7d-08ed44480a95 2317 IT WAS A SAD ATTEMPT JUST AT THE MOMENT OF COURSE YOU'RE AT A CROSSROAD FARMER BRACED HIMSELF FOR RETALIATION f09eb94b-8d5f-4404-8649-2cd82367cc4e 2286 I HAD THE ALTERNATIVE CHOICE OF INSTANT DEATH I WAS EVEN MORE SURPRISED WHEN I JOINED THEM I PAINFULLY TRACED EACH ONE TO ITS SOURCE e9fc691b-42f9-4be3-acd6-84d93d50aa0b 188 BLACK DAN GOES WELL BUT HE'LL NOT BE QUICK ENOUGH HE SAID RICHER THAN WE THEN KNEW OR SUSPECTED NAN LASS I LOVE YOU 17536c7e-ead0-4c13-a243-230da323a652 451 FELICITY ATE TWO IN HER VERY PRESENCE AND THEN BROUGHT THE REST OUT TO US IN THE ORCHARD THEY'D BE ALL MIXED UP IF THEY HADN'T caa9a7f8-3984-4e07-b668-28d3399586c0 1867 THERE WERE A FEW MINUTES WHILE THE WATER BEGAN TO GURGLE DOWN THROUGH THE DRY PIPE THE IMAGE BLINKED FOCUSED AND A GREAT DAMP PYRAMID SWAM INTO VIEW 1f65dee2-21dd-45fa-989d-540e37444505 2274 WE'LL SEND EXPERTS IN HERE BY THE SACK LIKE PATCHED BLUE FATIGUES THAT'S AN ALIEN LANGUAGE f0b36ec7-9ae5-4eeb-80aa-0b1efd945a47 402 WHERE DID YOU GET THAT THING HE ASKED THE WILD COLD SPRAY BEAT ON HIS EYES AND BLINDED HIM 605230f9-3a4f-4f43-b728-7d54a3ac2bc2 2425 THIS WORLD DOES NOT EXIST THE ONLY SIGN OF VEGETATION I COULD PERCEIVE WERE STRANGE GROWTHS THAT REMOTELY RESEMBLED TREES adc8cfc3-48da-48e8-8520-974c10fea634 2425 AND BESIDES HE WAS HOPE'S BROTHER I STARED AT HIM BEWILDERED THEY WANT A CORNER ON THAT 39df2079-46df-4b4e-b410-23ba84d6d67d 2108 AT NIGHT THEY STOPPED AT A HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE WELL ENTERTAINED AND WHERE WHO CREATURES COULD NOT ESCAPE FROM THE ENCLOSURE BUT IN THEIR FRIGHT MANY BOUNDED UPWARD AND CAUGHT THE BRANCHES OF THE TREES ea2614f3-6be5-4481-8f7b-601195268bcc 2368 THE DAUGHTER AND AND THAT WOULD BE A FINE THING FOR A HERO WOULDN'T IT BUT CLARTON HAD INSISTED ON AN INTERMITTENT CONTACT 5a1989d5-e73b-47cd-bfdd-18fa94a1203a 188 I'VE BEEN ABOUT A BIT AND HEARD SOME GOOD THINGS BUT I'VE NEVER ENJOYED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT THREADBARE OLD STORY I HEARD IN MY CRADLE b12b672c-809e-4446-93f8-51645bbf60d5 2317 SHOVED PAST HIM AND GRABBED THE FRAGILE LOOKING THING FROM ITS CLEACH I COULD EXPLAIN PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MACHINE FOR HOURS 4541c964-05fe-4794-b4cc-7a77af492cbc 188 IF AS WAS SAID HE DETESTED CHILDREN MISTER CAMPBELL WAS A RICH RETIRED FARMER WHO TOOK LIFE EASILY TURN HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT ASKED FELIX STARING 12c879e4-aa6c-4c7b-ac67-c1021593f5b9 451 BUT IT'LL BE A GOOD STORY TO TELL SOMETIME SHE ADDED JUST THINK HOW MANY NEW STORIES I'D HAVE TO TELL AFTER I'D HEARD HIM 1afdf714-2d6e-4a87-9a78-41eebc2e00be 451 WE ALL FELT THAT WAY SO I THINK IT'S REAL MEAN THAT ONE OF THEM HAS TO BE COVERED UP MOST OF THE TIME 0735d1d9-b936-4f50-b471-ae91d8dfb173 2368 YONAS MADE CONTACT TWICE WITH CLARTON WHO TOLD HIM OVER AND OVER TO WAIT TO DO NOTHING NOW WAS THE TIME FOR HIS PLAY 60e63014-c6e3-448f-ba17-3749d0c5d8b6 14 LOOKED AT THE PULPIT AND THOUGHT OF THE STORY SHE TOLD ABOUT THE OLD SCOTCH MINISTER WHO WAS TOO FAT TO GET IN AT THE DOOR OF IT AND HAD TO HISS HIMSELF UP BY HIS TWO HANDS OVER IT ee59e247-28de-4085-a9b3-913b7343eb2a 2182 UNEXPECTEDLY BECAUSE JEFF HAD NOT CONSIDERED THAT IT MIGHT MATTER OLD CHARLEY MACK'S RED HAIRED NIECE THE TERRANS DREW TOGETHER AGAIN 004778c1-b95f-490c-96e6-44829fe77b3b 2425 AND A PROCESSION OF VERY ANCIENT BEINGS WHOM I TOOK TO BE THE PRIESTS OF THIS GOD INTO THE MIDST OF THE WAITING GUARDS c4b99bc0-593c-4ba1-8e28-a6b3a78ed511 2182 JENIFER WHO SAILED WITH HER UNCLE AND DID A CREWMAN'S WORK AS A MATTER OF COURSE E I FOR GOD'S SAKE COME IN I'M IN TROUBLE HERE cdb2daeb-b5cd-4687-a2a7-4e97d833c01c 2108 IF WE DO WE'LL BREAK YOUR SKIN REPLIED THE KING THEY'RE A NEW VARIETY THAT NO ONE CAN GROW BUT ME AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT 7eddfb6f-d9aa-4c0b-8ef7-6050eae5e53d 451 IN THE MAIN THEY DID BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR MORNING DAN WAS PLAINLY INCLINED TO REBEL WHILE WE LINGERED THERE AND TALKED OF CABBAGES AND KINGS 280d5890-fa07-4150-acbe-41c411b317e1 2286 HE HAD NO IDEA I WASN'T INTEREST IN HIS OTHER HANKEY PANKY BUT COULD TELL THAT I HAD A LOW BLOW a022503f-1775-44bd-aaaf-57624ac682dc 2274 IN OUR TONGUE IT MEANS THE LIMB OF VICTORY STETSON GESTURED AT THE MAP WITH ITS GREEN SUPERPOSED GRID SQUARES 7aaf6254-8326-4d92-94b7-69d5a7f46f4c 2286 SPACE YACHT FILLED WITH LUXURIES TO LAST A HUNDRED YEARS I WAS STILL TEASED AS I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A SHIP THIS LARGE COULD BE USED FOR 2796f5dc-943f-4f68-ab7f-5ce27f82b783 2182 SAID CHAFFY FOUR HIS KNEES SHOOK AND PERSPIRATION CRAWLED COLD ON HIS FACE SOMETHING NUDGED THE COTTAGE WITH A FORCE THAT ALL BUT KNOCKED IT FLAT 429c6ed6-71a0-4ff8-8db2-604ab088dabc 2274 YOU WILL HEAD FOR IT AS SOON AS WE DROP YOU ORNE FOUGHT DOWN A SUDDEN PANIC NEXT WE WANT TO KNOW e0c6bf5a-bdf6-4a13-a8d5-b778148e1999 188 GRANDMOTHER'S COUSIN RACHEL WARD CAME TO SPEND A WINTER WITH THEM HER EYES FLASHED AND BURNED CRIMSON SPOTS GLOWED IN HER CHEEKS 72e20f87-24e9-4896-b09e-badcf4b0b840 14 AND THE LAUGH JUST LAUGHED ITSELF BEFORE I COULD HELP IT OH IT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE THINGS YOU KNOW ARE NOT TRUE WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS USUAL 6e2634a8-733b-46ca-b608-e3bc9675ddd7 2108 INTO OTHER SHAPES SO THAT YOU CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED ARE MANY PEOPLE WHOM IT IS NOT PLEASANT TO MEET I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL MUNCHKIN GIRL WHO LIVED WITH A WICKED WITCH 47f54cb1-3f10-49f7-9c7e-2d863b3430a0 2368 CLARETON AGREED OF COURSE YOU HAVE HE THOUGHT I KNOW THAT YOURS THOUGHT WEARILY FOR ONE THING IT HAD A FULL TOWN HALL BUILT NO LESS OF HONEST STONE AND PROBABLY A RELIC OF THE MOMENT TIMES 1e0d85db-a13e-43a0-a1fb-04bd44fc2df9 32 BUT I LOVE A FLOWER GARDEN WE WERE GLAD WE HAD NOT HEARD IT IN THE EVENING BUT I LIT AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER AND WOKE RIGHT UP 583e3e8a-c889-40d3-97a4-163e2472466c 2108 OH YOU'RE QUITE WRONG DECLARED POLYCHROME LAUGHING AFTER BREAKFAST THE BOY WENT INTO THE THRONE ROOM ccaebc6b-7ec5-4a4b-a7ac-cd0b359364e4 32 THE STORY GIRL GOES OVER HIS DREAMS AFTER HE HAS WRITTEN THEM OUT AND PUTS IN THE COMMAS AND SEMI COLENS AND STRAIGHTENS OUT THE SENTENCES 4262ea80-bea0-405d-87ce-bde3d99b64fb 2368 HE SET UP A SHOUT FOR ONE OF THE GUARDS THE BALD ONE HAD BROUGHT HIS MEALS EVERY DAY BUT THE BLACK HAIRED ONE WAS THE MAN WHO CHECKED HIS SAIL AT NIGHT FOR ONCE YONAS THOUGHT HE WAS LUCKY THE BALD MAN APPEARED AFTER SOME FIFTY MINUTES SCREAMING AND CURSING ba72e10a-cf16-4f1b-aeb0-d882c65b7a1b 188 AND THIS DRESS WAS OF PALE BLUE SILK AND MINDFUL OF THE NEED OF MAKING AN IMPRESSION I DREW A HARROWING PICTURE OF THE MISERABLE PLIGHT OF THE HEATHEN WHO IN THEIR DARKEST DARKNESS BOWED DOWN TO WOOD AND STONE YOU HAVE NOT THE SPIRIT OF A WREN NEIL CAMPBELL a932b8e6-206a-48fe-a526-c48091fc9e3f 402 I'M NO GOODER THAN THE REST OF YOU BREATHED CECILY ALLAN INTENDED TO TAKE HIS WIFE WITH HIM TO CALIFORNIA IN THE FANNY HE WAS JUST A REAL GENTLEMAN SAID THE STORY GIRL c6826efc-dc5e-4cbf-888b-aca4771eab5a 2368 THE STRONG HANDS MOVED ON THE TABLE TOP AND IF HE'S GOT YOU IN A WOODEN HOUSE AND HE'S GOING TO BURN IT DOWN WHAT GOOD DOES THAT YOUR KNOWLEDGE DO YOU KENUF WAS STANDING NEAR HIM A PERFECTLY BRANK OF EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE e9f4f18c-5fae-4eed-91d4-1627d865c231 1867 WHEN ONE OF THEM BREAKS DOWN IT IS NEVER AN ACCIDENT AND REPAIRING THE THING IS NEVER A MATTER OF JUST PLUGGING IN A NEW PART 899c3133-b0c8-4d3f-8e19-e62993bc407a 2317 WHO WASN'T OBVIOUSLY MORE CAPABLE OF HELPING HERSELF THAN HE WAS FARMER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT HE WANTED TO DELAY HER 4b8532ca-c42d-4db8-b69e-423578a87c0d 2368 THE CATALOGUE SEEMED LIKELY TO GO ON FOR EVER FEELING THAT ONE MORE EFFECT WOULDN'T HURT HE LED THE WAY TO THE TOWN HALL LET THEM FIGURE OUT HOW HE HAD KNOWN JUST WHERE TO GO HE THOUGHT SOON THEY WERE ASLEEP AND BREATHING HEAVILY 3747f483-d579-4d7e-8046-3efffa1c1dcb 2425 IN TERMS OF OUR OWN BEING YOU DO NOT EXIST IN YOUR PRESENT FORM LEAVING WORD NOT TO DISTURB HIM FOR DINNER I WAS WHISKED UPWARD 4b91d5ad-693e-400c-a5e9-570271a72390 2286 ROCKER THE SPACE YARD MANAGER HAD STAGGERED BACK AND WAS PULLING AT HIS HAIR CURSING AND CRYING AT THE SAME TIME OCCUM'S RAZOR ALWAYS POINTS THE WAY IF THERE ARE TWO CHOICES TO TAKE TAKE THE SIMPLER 9d0b5c8f-d7a8-45f7-b050-33a130bed552 14 THE CARLISLE SERVICE WAS IN THE EVENING AND AT SUNSET WE WERE WAITING AT UNCLE ALEC'S FRONT DOOR FOR PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SAID THE STORY GIRL IN A TONE OF COLD CONCENTRATED FURY PETER GOES TO CHURCH d3106bee-00f8-4ff5-9de6-a1106e2b8b9e 1867 IT'S A MARK THREE BEACON A SPECIAL BRANCH OF THE PRIESTHOOD SERVED THE TEMPLE I HAVE REPAIRED HYPERSPACE BEACONS FROM ONE ARM OF THE GALAXY TO THE OTHER AND I WAS SURE I HAD WORKED ON EVERY TYPE OR MODEL MADE fb825f26-568d-4f94-90b3-d000c13f1793 2182 THE SIMIANS CAUGHT HIS MENTAL IMAGE OF THE LANDING AND INTERVENED WHILE COMMON GROUND OFFERED THE ZID LUNGED AGAINST THE DOOR WITH A FORCE THAT CRACKED THE WOODEN HURRICANE BOLT ACROSS AND OPENED A THREE INCH SLIT BETWEEN THE LEADING EDGE AND LINTEL 841b9188-3e9f-4ac9-8abc-fda113a73d1a 1867 I COULDN'T SEE IT OF COURSE BUT I KNEW IT HAD ARRIVED WHEN THE GRAPPLES IN THE CLAWS LATCHED ON TO THE STEEL PLATES ON MY SHOULDERS 5aafd9fa-0ec6-4ae6-b85a-4a3c3579330d 32 WHERE WE SAT ON THOSE SEPTEMBER EVENINGS AND I DO NOT THINK ANYTHING WAS EVER WRITTEN DOWN IN THOSE DREAM BOOKS WHICH HAD NOT REALLY BEEN DREAMED eeff314b-4321-4075-a015-3c324caa3043 2274 WHY SHOULD I WANT OUT OF MY FIRST FIELD ASSIGNMENT I WAS HOPING TO GO TO YOUR CITY HAULED OUT A WHITE COVER ALL UNIFORM WITH GOLDEN SIGNIA 6d052a8f-bc96-4028-92a6-e8eafb42ba1e 2274 ROARED STETSON INTO THE SPEAKER IN THE MOONLIGHT HE COULD SEE ARMED THERE IS NOTHING TO DESTROY IN THE JUNGLE SAID TO NUB 04efb657-c395-476c-be38-930c76ae7af0 2274 NOW ONLY THE GET THAT UNIFORM ON YOUR UGLY FRAME THE ENGINEERS OF THE DELPHINAS SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE a994b214-2474-43dd-97c0-bec34fe5ca8c 402 THEY DO AND THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR IT PETER WAS NO BETTER THE NEXT DAY WE DID NOT ASK AGAIN TO BE RELEASED FROM WORK 4f408556-72cc-4501-af58-662d85d2c97d 32 ONE SLENDER HAND PROPPING HER HIGH WHITE BROW ON EITHER SIDE OF WHICH FALL HER GLOSSY CURLS dd6ed9a3-8c13-4a62-95bf-5997fcb3925b 32 DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE SUCH AN EQUAL OF HIM AS YOU DO ANYHOW I SAVED MY DREAM AND THAT OF COURSE WAS ALL THAT REALLY MATTERED 84473209-cf59-4f09-918d-805fbde53497 188 SHE IS SO FOND OF RED YOU MAY THINK TIS A HASTY WOOING BUT THAT'S A STORY I CAN TELL YOU LATER MAYBE I KNOW WELL I'M NOT WORTHY OF YOU BUT IF YOUR TRUE LOVE COULD MAKE A MAN WORTHY THERE'D BE NONE BEFORE ME WILL MONTAGUE NEVER CAME 926dbe3d-0c43-41e9-8f3f-61de4eb24b0f 402 AFTER THE SHOWER THERE WAS A MAGNIFICENT DOUBLE RAINBOW SAID THE STORY GIRL SETTLING HERSELF COMFORTABLY ON A BOUGH WITH HER BROWN HEAD AGAINST A GNARLED TRUNK MI IS GOING TO GET ME A NEW BROWN DRESS FOR THE WINTER db08635a-6921-4373-926e-44b6a8384ad0 2137 BEFORE BRANDON COULD ANSWER THE FACE OF COLONEL TOWERS APPEARED BESIDE THE RADIO MAN'S AS HE TALKED A PICTURE FLICKERED ON THE SCREEN 61f55c71-94d4-4f76-85b3-4f2888f56707 2108 SO THAT UP THE THREE TRAVELLERS STOOD IN A ROW STARING WITH ALL THEIR EYES WHILE OTHER SERVANTS WERE STUFFING SWEET FRESH STRAW INTO THE BODY OF THE SCARECROW 343f860e-1f28-4d87-b1ae-f3be1a6833e4 2182 THERE'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE SHE LET GO THE BARRICADE AND RAN TO THE WINDOW TO THROW OPEN THE STORM SHUTTERS 94472cdc-109f-41ca-a27d-2df8cba8ca33 2368 YUNUS SHOOK HIS HEAD NOT AT ALL I WILL ASK YOU TO DO NOTHING AGAINST THE FAITH I SHALL YONA SAID AND MANY THANKS 7b05db4f-ad3c-43cd-a9ff-9f411c02ca89 188 IS IT WE GOING OVER THE BAY THE NIGHT NEIL DIDN'T WANT MUCH PERSUASION I'VE BEEN TO FOUR FUNERALS BUT NOT TO ONE SINGLE WEDDING 736cac77-b6e2-4bce-8920-2122ac48f360 1867 I WATCHED THE PRIESTS THROUGH THE PRY EYE WHILE THEY TRIED TO OPEN IT A CRY WENT UP FROM THE CROWD AS I DROPPED THE IRON AND STAGGERED IN BLIND CIRCLES 32f60e48-cad9-4205-9d76-6f0f84211b04 402 AND THE GROWN UPS WITH UNACCUSTOMED UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY TOLD US THAT WE NEED NOT DO YOU SUPPOSE PETER WOULD HAVE GOT BETTER ANYWAY d55f277c-41ea-49a6-b992-02f231210561 2137 HE SHOVED THE POWER SETTING TO NINETY PER CENT HIS OXYGEN MASK WAS STILL IN PLACE BUT HIS HELMET HUNG PARTLY LOOSE b5ed4ee2-7831-4857-9cd4-dc51968d7337 402 I CAN'T CRY SHE SAID DREARILY I THEY JUST KIND OF COME INTO MY HEAD LIKE HOW CAN YOU KNOW INTERRUPTED PETER SUDDENLY f5effa1f-5c60-4ac7-9cd7-c33946bcaa4f 2317 TO A DEMAND AND THEY STARTED GETTING IN EACH OTHER'S WAY AND SLOWING DOWN THE OPERATION EVEN MORE 0fc86eed-4a78-4d42-a55e-7e7d2d358d4e 2137 A TANGLE OF CORDS STRETCHED OUT TO THE NILEN OF THE MAIN CHUTE DRAPED OVER A DUST STONE BUT SEAS NEVERTHELESS 2d268dbf-7496-4c9b-a59c-6922c3b25577 2317 GARF TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE TELEVISION SAT GREAT UNCLE'S GUILDS HE EXCLAIMED AND LAPSED INTO FASCINATED SILENCE FARMER STARED AND RAY STARED 294d141e-b7a9-4a4a-afbc-74bcafe8db72 2182 FEET ONLY INCHES BELOW THE SILL SHE SCRAMBLED TO THE WINDOW SILL AND JUMPED STUDYING HER WHILE SHE SHOOK OUT HER DRIPPING RED HAIR c56b494c-adf1-4089-9d93-1d1abb56b0fa 2368 AM NO WIZARD BUT A MAN WHO MAY DO CERTAIN THINGS AND HERE IS MY PROOF YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE FIRST STEP CLARTON SAID 9900c11a-237f-49e4-bfee-1045042334de 2317 LITTLE RAY WAS ON HIS FEET FARMER THOUGHT DESPERATELY AGAIN THAT HE COULD SWIM BUT NOT SUCCEEDING AT ALL 81659f13-37b2-44e4-b85a-31c2ab819527 32 HE WOULD NOT SPEAK TO PETER FOR TWO DAYS BECAUSE OF IT NO WONDER THE CHILD IS SICK HE WAS JUST BEGINNING TO BE FAMOUS b4c1b542-a7f7-4897-ac87-5f87c7a66b8e 188 THE STORY GIRL WAS BAREFOOTED AND BARE ARMED HAVING ROLLED THE SLEEVES OF HER PINK GINGHAM UP TO HER SHOULDERS 41cd575b-7220-478a-a1ac-f956722577dc 2317 AND THINGS THEY STILL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE PRACTICABLE A SMALL WAVE ALMOST MADE HIM SET DOWN ON THE DECK BEFORE HE GOT BOTH FEET PLANTED AGAIN 591360fa-2481-41cd-80f3-13a2661839e4 451 SARA RAY CAME UP BUT WAS SO SNUBBED BY FELICITY THAT SHE WENT HOME CRYING f20528dd-cddd-4bcb-9e2f-d051be18e670 2368 AH JONAS SAID PLEASANTLY BUT YOU'RE HOME AREN'T YOU I WILL NOT YUNUS THOUGHT CLARETON TRANSMITTED THE ENTIRE PICTURE IN ONE SUDDEN BLOW THE CHANCE THAT YONAS WOULD NOT BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY BUT WILL WE DISCOVERED THE CHANCE THAT THE INQUISITOR WOULD GET FROM HIM THE SECRET OF THE BROTHERHOOD THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE YONA SAID SAID CLARETON SOUNDED RESIGNED 3e3cfcb0-d844-4d4d-9824-2d2f378a3bb9 2368 THERE WAS THE GHOST OF ANOTHER IDEA YUNUS CAUGHT IT AND THE LINKAGE OF MINES TRANSMITTED THIS AMUSEMENT TO YANIS WHY HE THOUGHT HAPPILY IT WAS EVEN MORE FOR HIM TO GET KILLED AND MOST PAINFULLY TOO db8b979f-5ac6-42d0-8d7f-c96ffc765bd0 451 OH I WONDER HOW SARA IS THIS MORNING NAMED ZARA AND ZULEI MYTH HAVE YOU GOT A PAIN IN YOUR STOMACH SHE DEMANDED 111dc485-4db5-4061-b201-0c2abef78530 32 BUT I LIT AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER AND WOKE RIGHT UP BUT CIRCUMSTANCES HAD DENIED THEM THEIR CHANCE AND THESE DREAMS HAD NEVER BEEN FULFILLED b69ed67b-6be8-4eaa-aa0a-ae71820d1b2d 2182 AND REGAINED HER BREATH THE QUEEN WOULD TALK AT JEFF'S LITTLE PIER AT DAWN A CHILL CONVICTION OF INSANITY GRIPPED HIM WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN ON WATER LAPPING SMOOTH AND UNDISTURBED BELOW 5d0bfd8f-c062-46be-953e-8c1e6262ec98 32 IF YOU DREAM OF FALLING AND DON'T WAKE YOU DO LAND WITH A THUD AND IT KILLS YOU 0ce76e6b-62cf-4fbf-ad49-486cc9299031 2286 AND BESIDES NOW THIS PUSSY FOOTING AROUND IN THE DARK WOULD BE NECESSARY IF YOUR SCREAM WAS OPEN AND I COULD HAVE GOT A CALL THROUGH 114fe151-0904-41c1-be03-12bc2640cce9 2368 I HAVE READ THE SITUATION IN YOUR MIND AND YOUR NEXT MOVE WILL HAVE TO BE RATHER MORE SPECTACULAR THAN USUAL 2a5fe0c8-c0e2-4e55-8e53-0b34e9bffe7c 2368 EVEN WHEN THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS EASY TO VISUALIZE I'M SORRY CLAYTON THOUGHT MEMBER WITH INFLUENCE AND POWER 2a8fbfb1-4b44-4c51-84bf-9689964c770a 2317 AND MOST MEMBER RACES HAVE WARS OCCASIONALLY EVEN IF THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU DESIGNED IT TO DO AND WAS TOO TRUSTING WITH MEN f3cdf877-a0f7-466d-8a4e-2f0e702e3995 2286 SOME OF THE DISASTERS AND APPARENT ACCIDENTS HIT INSIDE THIS AREA BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION PROVED THEM ALL TO HAVE NATURAL CAUSES 614a77e1-4f5b-408a-b888-4c80f8a1597e 2137 TOWERS CONTINUED TO PACE AND TALK OBSCURING THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY OF COURSE THIRTEEN YEARS HAD PASSED ON EARTH SINCE THEY HAD LEFT ce6ef6eb-ad3e-4446-ab05-b6a1685e7522 2368 YOU DON'T THINK SO AT ANY RATE THE DIRECTOR SAID YOU'RE HAVING ADVENTURES AND A FINE TIME IT'S THE SORT OF THING YOU LIKE AFTER ALL FIVE HUNDRED MILES AWAY CLEARTARON CHUCKLED UNHAPPINESS SHE TOLD HERSELF WAS HER PORTION IN THIS LIFE 9cb91a18-3234-4a43-b22d-67050da54b5d 1867 IF POSSIBLE THE SMILE WAS STILL WIDER NOW BEFORE HE COULD MOVE I PUSHED A SWITCH AND A HANDFUL OF LOCAL CURRENCY 2aa47c97-4f02-48a3-bce2-bf3de0ed6133 2425 WHEN THE TWO COINCIDED WELL I'M LEAVING ANOTHER NOTE THERE FOR YOU OLD SON AND MISS OAK LOOKS INTO HIS ROOM d5899b83-a9b5-40c4-b4fb-0d0302936987 451 SO YOU'D BETTER MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS MISS YES BUT MAYBE SOME ONE WHO SEES ME THERE WILL MENTION IT TO MA e9d0d807-d7db-4dae-acdd-56a797973601 2425 YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S SOUND ABOVE THE FREQUENCIES TO WHICH THE HUMAN EAR WILL RESPOND THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT INCREASED STEADILY AS I MOVED THE DIAL 5a2a291f-a8fe-4b5f-8eec-29339695b634 188 JUST TO MAKE YOU LAUGH I'LL WRITE YOU A LITTLE STORY I HEARD UNCLE ALEC TELLING LAST NIGHT LET'S GO AND ASK THE AWKWARD MAN AND MISTER CAMPBELL FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY FUND SHE SAID e4783442-2b24-4e7c-b03a-8a6e6cdfa600 2137 THAT'S THE WAY TO BAIT THE REDS CAPSULING OUT REPEAT CAPSULING OUT HIS WELL WORN EXPRESSION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH QUANUM MECHANICS aa2d86b4-301d-48cf-bc8d-ac51a95e8367 2108 YES THE DITCH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING JUST NOW BUT A MEAT PERSON IN OUR PARTY FOR THE SCARECROW'S BODY WAS ONLY A SUIT OF CLOTHES FILLED WITH STRAW 2d469b11-a25b-45f6-8314-e0b598c35b4a 402 HE'S JUST A LOVELY BOY AND TWICE AS SMART AS LOTS THAT AREN'T HIRED OUT OH WHAT A PARTING IT WAS 5baafb5e-e5f2-4e67-a414-54d39dfb1bde 2274 BARKED IN ORDER TO THE JUNGLE GLOOM THEN CLIMBED IN BEHIND ORAN INSTANTLY STETSON WAS POISED ON THE BALLS OF HIS FEET ALERT WHERE 8cd6e245-e862-4be8-b2b5-a117943c265a 188 EVEN THE STORY GIRL WAS SURPRISED I OFTEN FEEL SAID FELICITY PRIMLY THAT WE DON'T THINK ENOUGH ABOUT THE HEATHENS WE OUGHT TO THINK A GREAT DEAL MORE b8cc02db-21ad-4129-8d5c-6eeeda38f2eb 188 SOME OF THE MEN AROUND THE CHURCH DOOR HEARD THE SCREAM AND THEY RUSHED DOWN TO THE WOOD THEY SAW NOTHING BUT WILLIAM COHEN LYING LIKE A DEAD MAN ON THE PATH THEY TOOK HIM UP AND CARRIED HIM HOME AND WHEN THEY UNDRESSED HIM TO PUT HIM INTO BED 7101c663-34ed-494a-a17e-1b76b9e9cc02 2368 YOU'RE I'LL BE PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT YONAS SAID HE STOOD UP HE ENDURED THE STENCH HEROICALLY EXACTLY JONAS SAID HASTILY 72e9f23a-39cf-4913-93a7-4288b9fa998b 2368 HE SAID BRINGING YOU ALONG THE BALD MAN TOLD HIM MY SYMPATHY HE BEGAN EVEN WHEN THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS EASY TO VISUALIZE 87317b06-d600-4d7e-93af-f9a06f7c30ad 451 FELICITY GOT THE DINNER BY HERSELF DISDAINING TO ASK OR COMMAND ASSISTANCE CAME DOWN WITH SMILES AND SPARKLING EYES EVEN WHEN SAID TRANSGRESSOR IS ONLY A DAMSEL OF ELEVEN 58ebc05e-1917-4d6d-9cd0-3380dcdd8ff9 402 SHE WAS SO ANXIOUS TO REPENT OF SOMETHING SWEET GIRL AND THIS WAS ALL SHE COULD THINK OF I WANTED TO SEE THE PICTURE AS SOON AS YOU DID 1c4eaf49-a3fe-4439-bc19-3626c25b19f1 2368 AND IN HIS OWN WAY HE HAD HIS REWARD IF THERE WERE SUCH A THING AS TOTAL CONTACT CONSTANT CONTACT OVER PERIOD DAYS YONIST THOUGHT CLARTON WOULD USE ME FOR A PUPPET A VERITABLE PUNCH AMONG MEN HE WOULD OVERRIDE ME AND TAKE ME OVER THE WAY A TRAVELLING ENTERTAINER RULES HIS JOINTED DOLLS 5b4431fc-ddd5-41eb-a2cb-a264b98d76f1 451 DON'T GO TO THE MISSIONARY MEETING TO NIGHT NOW HOW WAS THAT WHEN IT HELD A WHOLE PAILFUL OF MUSH WHERE ELSE SHOULD SHE HAVE CAUGHT THEM SAID FELICITY MERCILESSLY I 35701042-ff2e-4fe8-8366-8633835e747d 2317 SERESTIC DOODLES AND ABRUPTLY PRESENTED A PICTURE THE TELEVISION SAT FLICKERED HUMMED TO HAVE A WEIRD CREATURE WITH SUPERHUMAN POWERS 4e9af9af-9b48-4a5f-b66a-c28f9707796f 451 THEN WITH A BOOK UNDER ONE ARM AND PAT UNDER THE OTHER SHE BETOOK HERSELF TO THE WINDOW SEAT IN THE UPSTAIRS HALL AND WOULD NOT BE LURED FROM THAT RETREAT CHARMED WE NEVER SO WISELY 34cc11d8-689d-4622-be86-c31e9c9389cf 2317 THERE WAS NOTHING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STEPS OR UNDERNEATH THEM AS FAR AS COULD BE SEEN 7e0d8197-d245-4265-8283-803d2108a6fb 32 BEVERLY KING IS A BOY ONCE MORE BUT ALL WE SAW WAS FELICITY TEARING OVER THE GREEN SWARD 8e56d171-95f7-400e-a5cb-5830ff2715a1 2425 AND SUPPORTED BY HEAVY COPPER BRACKETS MOUNTED ON A THICK BASE OF INSULATING MATERIAL TELL PARENT TO DO NOTHING FOR AT LEAST A WEEK d128910f-d96a-42cd-8f11-129f88c70f50 2286 AND VERY NICE CADGETS TOO THESE CORBOTS OF COURSE THERE WERE SECONDARY TASK AS WAS ORDERING A NAVAL CRUISER FOR MY OWN USE ME I SAID I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE RICH 973116b9-7d14-4509-9dc3-2810756b072b 2425 THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL PRETENTIOUS ABOUT THE PLACE IT WAS A RAMBLING LAZY LOOKING HOUSE BUILT LARGELY OF NATIVE STONE TEMPORARILY WE'RE IN FROM MEDIUMS 4e607c3d-fda1-4116-b71f-4a879cb97210 188 THEY SMILED EACH OTHER AMICABLY WELL I DON'T KNOW SAID THE STORY GIRL HER EYES GLEAMING WITH IMPISH LAUGHTER c716c614-f781-44e0-9fa0-68c43b0880f4 451 NOW HOW WAS THAT WHEN IT HELD A WHOLE PAILFUL OF MUSH SHE WOULD WEAR HOLES IN HER STOCKINGS AND MIGHT SERIOUSLY BRUISE HER FEET dfae50b0-2e3c-4f71-9b77-dbb4d5809cf9 188 THE STORY GIRL AND CECILY WERE EACH TO BE PAID TEN CENTS A WEEK FOR WASHING DISHES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES 4a6d506a-a87a-48d6-a3f3-64396696118b 2286 I SAVORED MY SMALL MOMENT OF POWER THAT GOT RID OF THE SMILE BUT DIDN'T MAKE ME FEEL ANY BETTER BUT THESE WERE REALLY SECONDARY TO MY MAIN PURPOSE 3b74c9e6-b4ff-4f83-99eb-d197abe811b8 1867 BEFORE I SENT FOR IT I CHECKED OVER THE REST OF THE BEACON EVERY BEACON HAS A CODE SIGNAL AS PART OF ITS RADIATION AND REPRESENTS A MEASURABLE POINT IN HYPER SPACE c04cebba-49de-4d15-97a3-13c7905614e6 2425 HOPE SUDDENLY PUT HER ARMS ABOUT ME SHE WAS SOBBING THE THING IS SET TO OPERATE THE REVERSE CYCLE AT THREE HOUR INTERVALS EXACTLY YOU KNOW THERE ARE LIGHT RAYS THAT THE HUMAN EYES CAN'T PERCEIVE e0113416-bbba-4be0-ac3d-a56407de8e5c 1867 ONLY IT FOLLOWS ITS OWN RULES IT OF COURSE TOOK PLACE IN THE PUBLIC BATH TUB AND I HAD TO JOIN THEM THERE c574cc70-29fc-446d-a530-db29c7e0daf8 2286 THEY WERE ALL PULLED DOWN IN THE END SINCE THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDED ON ONE MAN RULE BUT THE PRICE THAT HAD TO BE PAID FIRST 3a973b16-aba6-468f-a9f1-2b29dce13ee6 2317 THE NAME WAS PRECEDED BY SEVERAL ADJECTS HE DIPPED AN EYEBROW IN A WINK HE CALLED DORA A PUDDLESNAKE 45d2c6d3-beb8-4420-a476-c1ea1f9b8ae4 2274 I'VE GOT A CONFIRMED CONTACT YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT WE ARE NOT MUTATED MEMBERS OF YOUR RACE I SAW VERY TALL BUILDINGS 7b68b237-cb95-4462-b138-462170eaaa27 2274 TO NEWBE SHIFTED BEHIND ORAN KEEP AN EYE ON THEM BUT DON'T IGNORE THE OTHER SECTORS SAID STETSON 741484eb-3f13-4816-856c-462ad439ef20 402 WE STOOD AROUND HARDLY BREATHING FELICITY SOLD HERS TO UNCLE ALEC'S HIRED MAN AND SUDDENLY REMEMBERED THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN HER CRY 4f008d22-ff72-4608-ac6b-40156ac60407 2274 MY SCOUTS SLOWLY HORN PUT A HAND TO HIS THROAT PRESSED THE CONTACT BUTTON d33b823c-918d-4705-91cc-7dbb24b18aa5 32 CECILY FINISHED HER CUCUMBER AND THEN DRANK A GLASS OF MILK JUST AS WE HEARD THE WHEELS OF UNCLE ALEC'S BUGGY RAMBLING OVER THE BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW f112221b-1890-4e12-8cd0-13578d265ee5 2108 I'D LIKE TO BUT I CAN'T STOOP OVER WITH MY BENT LEG WITHOUT FALLING AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT I'VE NIBBLED THE HAY ON THE FARTHER EDGE a816072a-1c1f-499e-ac75-c1f2cfcf10fb 2286 EVERYTHING I MIGHT NEED FOR THE JOB WAS IN MY LUGGAGE I'LL SAY THIS THE NAVY BOYS KNOW THEIR BUSINESS THE MORE I KNEW THE LESS I COULD UNDERSTAND THEIR NEED FOR A BATTLESHIP IT DIDN'T FIT de28f40f-34fc-49e8-acb3-58e411ca174a 402 SHE WAS AN UNHAPPY LITTLE EXILE HER TONE EXPRESSED HER CONVICTION THAT THAT WOULD CARRY PETER THROUGH IF ANYTHING WOULD 2cdc0ab0-0ebd-406d-aad2-5c0a9b5f73c8 2317 DORA BLANCHED SLIGHTLY SHE LOOKED AT HIM HAUGHTILY WRITHING MOANING AND TURNING RED IN THE FACE 1eb66a49-af4b-423b-af5c-bc1203e7db00 2368 AND IF THE SECRET IS LET OUT WHY THE BROTHERHOOD IS FINISHED FINISH BEFORE IT'S BARELY STARTED BECAUSE YOU CAN READ A MAN'S MIND DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN DEFEAT HIM YONES 01720992-19b7-4ed3-9325-ea7d4b9c84da 402 WELL I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT THE MAN WHO DREW IT THOUGHT GOD WAS LIKE ANSWERED THE STORY GIRL CARELESSLY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OF THEM SAID FELIX GRINNING HE HAS CAUGHT COLD SOMEWAY AND THE MEASLES HAVE STRUCK IN d2f14abb-0bd4-4a78-b06a-a318019ab024 451 THAT IS ONE THING I HAVE AGAINST THE ISLAND FELICITY AND CECILY WERE SETTING OUT A LUNCH IN THE PANTRY WHEN WE WERE ALL STARTLED BY A LOUD GROAN FROM THE SOFA 272611d3-c25f-4a01-9316-428e52d4dfad 451 I'D GO THIS MINUTE AND CONFESS THE WHOLE THING TO MISSUS RAY BUT IF I DID IT IT MIGHT GET SARA INTO MORE TROUBLE AND I MUSTN'T DO THAT I SHA'N'T SLEEP A WINK TO NIGHT 8ccc9ee1-0d0e-4ce5-91a8-a0678c57c453 2425 IN A SORT OF PANIC I SNATCHED UP THE PAPER SHOUTED VIC AS I JOINED THEM BREATHLESS BUT TRIUMPHANT AND BESIDES HE WAS HOPE'S BROTHER 97412cf1-6031-46b5-86f0-0a130e3eef7c 2286 PARTLY TO SATISFY HIS OWN EGO BUT MOSTLY TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS HE'S INTERESTED IN SUCH AS SHIP SAILINGS a1ccc69d-4ca0-47d3-a128-d86a36d044c3 2317 A WAVE OF PURE HEAT SWEPT OVER THE BOAT BLISTERING WHAT PAINT IT STILL BOASTED SHE REACHED THE RAIL FIRST AND WENT OVER 9795c1d8-ff8b-44b2-a371-22be20157a6b 402 WE WATCHED IT FROM THE GRANARY WINDOW AND THE STORY GIRL TOLD US AN OLD LEGEND CULLED FROM ONE OF AUNT OLIVIA'S MANY SCRAPBOOKS 52d39db2-cb33-4dea-939c-cd86134c28c2 188 THE STORY OF A BRAW LOVER WHO LED HIS SECRET OUT WHEN THE WHISKEY WAS ABOVE THE WIT I WOULDN'T SPARE ANY OF IT TO ANY ONE BUT YOU 8640e7c9-ed20-40e3-859f-3b8917897b22 2425 OLD LAW OF SIMPLE PHYSICS IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN INTERRUPTED VIC IN AN EFFORT TO STEM THE TIDE 872975fb-c5fb-48dd-9c52-a54bff9e59c4 2425 I'M GOING TO TAKE A WHIRL AT WHAT I'LL CALL THE INFROMEDIAN EXISTENCE WE CAME AT LAST SHAKING WITH WEARINESS AND GASPING FOR BREATH TO THE DESERTED STREETS OF THE BLACK AND TERRIBLE CITY 9a7f632d-8d52-4139-bd23-520eb373c0b0 2317 JOHN ANDREW GULPED EVEN IF SOME OF THE INVENTIONS THEY WORKED OUT SO FAR HAVEN'D THEM TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON NICELY AFTER ALL BUT FARMER FELT AS MUCH OF IT AS HE WANTED 321755b3-cf53-4811-9f86-1d03676df820 2286 WHY ALL THE TROUBLE IN YEARS OF WORK TO GET A SHIP THAT TWO PEOPLE COULD JUST BARELY MANAGE OGT'S DREAM WAS CLEANED OUT OF ALL READING MATTER THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I CHECKED WE CAN'T STOP THE BATTLESHIP FROM ATTACKING AGAIN BUT WE CAN SEE TO IT THAT THE TIME AFTER THAT SHE SAILS INTO A TRAP 4a048f2a-62be-4964-9e4d-ef2f653899be 451 THEY MADE VERY LONG PRAYERS IN THOSE DAYS YOU KNOW AND I'D GIVE ANYTHING IF I'D NEVER PUT SARA UP TO GOING TO THAT SHOW SHE SAID IT'S ALL MY FAULT BUT THE PUNISHMENT FALLS ON SARA AND THAT ISN'T FAIR 2c96864b-3c11-4b18-a4ac-5a54a9fd6f47 32 I FELT HER SKINNY HAND REACH OUT AND CLUTCH MY SHOULDER I LET OUT A SCREECH AND WOKE UP f16faa02-bf57-4c5e-9792-a1178ae498c7 2286 I ASKED THROWING IT ACROSS THE TABLE TO HIM I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ARRANGE A DEAL SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH OF US BUT LET ME FIRST SHOW YOU THE REST OF THE BOMBS SO YOU WON'T GET ANY STRANGE IDEAS ABOUT CORPORATING d323c03c-8422-45cf-a862-49c58f12f779 2274 NEXT HE SAID THEIR MOON WAS CERANNA CRUSOE TRANSLATED AS A LIMB OF VICTORY 7663d1fd-95a7-45fa-96db-1bde983a0ac9 2425 HIGHLY POLISHED REFLECTOR POINTING INWARD AND DOWNWARD IN A MOMENT I NODDED AND VIC BEING A GOOD SCOUT THAT HE WAS 3cff1261-8cf4-431e-bb55-3771699112bf 402 WE WENT TO THE GROWN UPS AND TOLD THEM SO THEN WE ROAMED ABOUT IN OUR WRETCHEDNESS AND TRIED TO COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WE ARGUED OVER IT SERIOUSLY BUT FINALLY HAD TO GIVE UP c961fddb-11b1-4631-a59d-f1600548a294 2108 HIS DESERTED CASTLE FOR I AM ALMOST A STRANGER TO THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY VERY WELL DONE MY WANDERER SAID THE TIN WOODMAN c3a2872f-56d7-4044-9f82-ddca0402fc6d 2425 THE GUARDS WHO HELD ME FOLLOWED BY THE PRIESTS WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HE HELD OUT HIS HANDS TOWARD ME AND MOTIONED TOWARD THE WAITING IDOL 3963c271-6b52-415b-9050-db95157c634c 2286 THE YACHT WAS FLUSHED AGAINST THE SPACE FILLING BULK OF THE OTHER SHIP I PUT IT OUT OF MY MIND AND WORKED ON SOME DRY D CHESS PROBLEMS 11e5c0a5-8b93-4653-ad74-2cf41317f2fc 402 THOSE ARE ONLY PROVERBS SAID THE STORY GIRL BITTERLY I HAVE JUST HEARD THE SAD NEWS ABOUT POOR DEAR PETER I EXCEPT THE STORY GIRL 64e33f5f-a1ad-4916-8224-a52443452804 2425 PETE VIC WAS WHISPERING EXCITEDLY IN MY EAR CAN WE GET IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS WAS THE HIDEOUS GRINNING FACE OF THE IDOL 64494038-c96d-408e-9531-517830441911 402 HE FELT THAT HE COULD NEVER GO SO FAR AWAY FOR SO LONG AND LEAVE HIS MARGARET BEHIND THE STORY GIRL GOT UP AND WENT AWAY WITH AUNT OLIVIA'S ARMS AROUND HER f4062b00-5f44-44c9-8584-e9b39d034177 2317 FINALLY HE SPOKE IN ENGLISH STRADDLING A RAIL BEHIND IT AND SIMILARLY DRIPPING WAS A CALLING TO FARMER TO BE READY TO TAKE HER BURDEN ABOARD afe3fbc7-4935-4132-bb8b-f85f8d97f7e2 188 IF HE LIKED YOU THERE WAS NOTHING HE WOULD NOT DO FOR YOU BUT IF HE DISLIKED YOU FELICITY IN ESPECIAL SEEMED TO BE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN b96012ca-2ade-422d-b19e-63a8decc5822 2274 GIANS ALL AROUND THE BUTCHER'S PEDESTAL OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS LOOMED DIRECTLY AHEAD 335bdfaa-3a5b-4323-8384-a8336f1e62ed 402 FELIX TOOK HER ADVICE AND WITH IT SEEMED TO GO THE DREAD AND GRIEF THAT HAD BEEN OUR PORTION FOR HOURS 4ee78730-629c-40a2-ba65-ab059ad2058d 188 PA SAYS IT MUST NEVER BE OPENED WITHOUT COUSIN RACHEL'S PERMISSION SAID CECILY BUT IT WAS ALSO KNOWN THAT MISTER CAMPBELL WAS NOT ALWAYS IN A GOOD HUMOUR add5e76b-128f-409c-b013-4b8ce0af2965 32 WE HAD EXPECTED THAT THE STORY GIRL WOULD ECLIPSE US ALL IN THE MATTER OF DREAMS THAT HE WAS QUITE DISGUSTED WITH THE RESULTING TAME PAGES OF HIS DREAM BOOK 7717ea4d-9900-4555-a05c-ac1ccfd2c4dd 2286 DELIVERY BOYS STREET CLEANERS CLERKS ALL HAVE TO HAVE CHARACTERISTIC UNIFORMS ALL MY SECONDARY SUSPECTS TURNED OUT TO BE SIMPLE FORGERIES NOT INDIVIDUALS ALL THE DOUBTS I HAD DISMISSED FOUGHT FOR ATTENTION 7d683d28-939a-4dbb-bb12-35528be52c04 2425 I THINK SO IT'S NOT SO FAR AND WE'RE NEARLY OUT OF THE CITY WE HAVE TO MAKE IT BLINDLY THE MULTITUDE SURGED TOWARDS THE SCARLET RAY THAT DEALT DEATH FIGHTING THEIR WAY TOWARD THE OBLIVION THEY SO HIGHLY PRIZED dc73f0ff-ff48-4fe3-bd08-572fb72cd1d6 2368 THE EVENING MEAL WAS SIMPLE THERE WAS A SINGLE DISH OF MEAT AND SOME SORT OF BEANS THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP APPEAR TO HAVE BEGUN APPROXIMATELY IN THE YEAR FIFTEEN NINETY FOUR 6167a3de-e8b5-43b3-b68e-aaac9924c94a 2368 THE FIRST AND PERHAPS THE LAST OF ITS KIND UNTIL THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MASQUERADE IN TWENTY ONE O THREE ANOTHER DAY AND HERE WOULD HAVE DROVE ME OUT OF MY WITS YUNUS THOUGHT f0036bc0-8b48-4b6c-92a3-5190e20b235f 2425 THE TRAFFIC IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT SLOWED ME UP A BIT IS THERE ANOTHER KEY PARIN I SNAPPED STTCHING ITS LENGTH COMFORTABLY IN THE SHADE OF THE BIG MAPLES 5e30ff8a-2e96-4292-96f8-16e56205ac76 2368 NOBODY'S HOME SHE REPEATED DRAWING SLIGHTLY BACK FROM THE WINDOW YOU GO AWAY NOW THE SILENCE WAS A LONG ONE AND AT THE END OF IT KNOOF ROSE 266cd7d4-be75-4e0b-becb-ac5058ee2014 402 CHILDREN ALWAYS GO TO HEAVEN TO ALL WHO TASTE OF IT SHALL IMMORTALITY BE GIVEN I KNOW HEAVEN MUST BE A SPLENDID PLACE BUT I'M SURE PETER WOULD RATHER BE HERE HAVING FUN WITH US a0db519e-9bda-42a7-9f83-7dc7c74b04ce 2317 FARMER REALIZED WITH A SHOCK THAT THE CREATURE WASN'T WEARING ANYTHING THE DIVING HELMET CAME OFF EASILY NOT HAVING BEEN PROPERLY FASTENED DOWN AT ALL 4ef567b7-c752-44ee-befd-dee08d583069 32 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY DON'T YOU REMEMBER OLD MISS BAXTER IN TORONTO BETH AND HOW SHE TOLD MISSUS MC LAREN THAT SHE WAS SUBJECT TO TERRIBLE DREAMS AND FINALLY SHE TOOK TWO LIVER PILLS AND NEVER HAD ANY MORE DREAMS AFTER THAT AND WHEN SHE SAW HIM SLEEPING THERE 6617af42-71a4-46a4-bd85-1546ddc94fa3 32 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT WE OPENED THE BLUE CHEST SAID THE STORY GIRL YOU DON'T PRAY VERY OFTEN INSISTED FELICITY 3139ac0d-27b9-4625-8d53-baaff1c7fbc0 402 SHE TOUCHED HER SLENDER THROAT SO WE CAN I AGREED ONE FEELS ABOUT THEM ed8d3ed0-70a5-4b5c-b20c-16d1e988d7fd 2108 ALSO SHE HAD A PURPLE FEATHER FASTENED TO A WART ON THE TOP OF HER HEAD AROUND c43d55a5-3d44-4826-8fab-9030656f43b6 2274 AGAIN THE CALL BELL CHIMED THE FOREFINGERED HAND LOOKED EXTREMELY CAPABLE AROUND THE STOCK OF MARK TWENTY 577bbda8-e6e5-48ec-b836-881ed3bc3e8d 2368 HE HAS TRIED TO TEMPT ME TO PACKT WITH SATAN THE QUINT INQUISITOR SAID HE STOPPED AT THE FIRST HOUSE A MUD CONSTRUCTION WITH A BADLY CARPENTERED WOODEN DOOR AND A SINGLE BARE WINDOW THAT LOOKED OUT ON THE STREET 378eae28-934b-4219-aa0d-14c6a66cadbe 2368 SOME DAY YANUS THOUGHT BACK IN HIS CELL THERE WOULD BE A METHOD OF CONTROLLING MINDS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE THE WILLING CO OPERATION OF THE TWO PARTIES e220f27d-8bc6-4560-8370-9101810aee7b 2286 I BLEW A RELAXED SMOKE RING REPORT I SAID TO THE ROBOT HAS THIS MAN TOLD ANY LIES be3c2cc3-44f8-43d5-8878-64f196c93f0e 2274 THE O'LERENOIDS DIDN'T KNOCK OVER ONE OF OUR SURVEYSHIPS FIRST TOO GLOOMY IN THAT JUNGLE TO BE SURE 9c52d1a3-c9d6-4bdd-a268-60611f6fe55b 2317 ACTING AS IF HE COULD AFFORD NOT TO GIVE A DAMN HOW BADLY HE HAD BEEN STUNG RAY LOOKED MAD STARTED TO AIM A KICK AT THE SCREAM BUT THOUGHT BETTER OF IT d304a411-1f24-499a-81ca-7c0e0ad56f2a 2286 MY SHIP BUCKED A BIT AS THE TUG BEAMS LOCKED ON AT MAXIMUM DISTANCE I TOLD HIM WITH FAR MORE CONVICTION THAN I FELT f196d3d7-048f-4c42-8da6-10b91da05a1a 2317 HE SETTLED A HELMET ON HIS HEAD MOTIONED FOR FARMER TO HELP HIM CHECK THE CONNECTIONS OF THE SOUP'S HE AND HIS LITTLE FRIEND WILL HAVE THEIR SPACESHIP FINISHED SOON NOW 5610f14b-7d7b-4c6d-b489-b9a29ac7fe4d 2286 WHEN WE WERE ALONE HE WAS ANYTHING BUT COURTEOUS TO ME HAVING ASSURED HIMSELF BY NOT TOO SUBTLE QUESTIONING THAT I WAS A SPURIOUS ADMIRAL 4846a082-5ec3-482c-b08d-5c8e4972d8d8 2108 AND I DARE NOT GET HUNGRY FOR A DOZEN OR SO YEARS TO COME PERHAPS IT IS THE HOME OF NIMIE AMMY 8bc06354-8827-44f0-b9d1-ce26761e1d4e 2286 WITH THIS ASSURANCE I PULLED OFF MY FLASHY CLOTHES AND SLIPPED INTO THE MIDNIGHT BLACK DRESS UNIFORM OF AN ADMIRAL IN THE LEAGUE GRAN FLEET SINCE HE WAS FLYING AN UNDER MANNED BATTLESHIP HE HAD USED IT IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE 28abf6b5-a3b8-4b57-9b9e-4446acb38e14 2317 HE WAS VERY GENTLE WITH THE WRIST HE DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HER BUT SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND WITHOUT IN FACT EVER SEEING ONE THAT HE COULD REMEMBER d5ae62ce-9c21-495d-85e8-4dc526c61cfe 2286 BIG SMALL FLAT THIN THOUGH SHUT OUT ON ALL SIDES SO HE HAD SIMPLY ROARED UP TO UNSUSPECTING FREIGHTER AND BLASTED OVER THE MONSTER GUNS HIS BATTLESHIP PACKED 20d8eda5-2c49-44d3-809c-339270aa7885 2108 HUNGRY EXCLAIMED ALL THE DRAGONS IN A REPROACHFUL CHORUS SO IF WE START NOW WE MAY MEET THEM THERE 210e4236-81ef-42eb-bcc0-f26da2464ad1 188 WE FELT AS MUCH OF A SHOCK AS IF WE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE EXPECTANT GUESTS OURSELVES THAT'S THE QUESTION SAID UNCLE ROGER SHAKING HIS HEAD GRAVELY 78e290f3-2a15-436a-a83d-5555d647f9e7 188 THE STORY GIRL SIGHED AND RESUMED HER WORK ANY EXTRA BAD MISCHIEF AS IN ALL HISTORY 1be30565-7ce2-44d8-9bd1-9757952f422d 451 IF ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED I COULD NEVER HAVE FORGIVEN MYSELF THOUGH I BELIEVE IT'S BEYOND THE POWER OF MORTAL MAN TO KEEP WATCH OVER THE THINGS THAT CHILDREN WILL EAT cae23a79-5dc0-43e9-9a49-38d42d30709a 2317 SOMETHING ELSE BREAKING THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AS IT EMERGED IT WAS A SAD ATTEMPT BUT SEEMED TO HAVE GONE INTO SLOW MOTION d08c4336-4f23-4adf-aa39-a2bbe25ff9f9 2108 HAD HE REMAINED HIS NATURAL SIZE THE DISTANCE COULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IN A FEW STEPS 38575818-124c-478d-94e4-a55443eacae7 2274 THE BRIDGES WOVE BACK AND FORTH FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING UNTIL THE ENTIRE VISIBLE NETWORK APPEARED TO BE ONE GIGANTIC e7d44b1c-7e07-4408-9d88-6141a70956fe 2286 ANY ONE WITH LESS SELF ESTEEM THAN MYSELF WHO HAD LED A MORE HONEST EARLY LIFE FIRST OF COURSE THE HULL WAS MAGNETIZED AND THE BOMBS FUSED 48f95289-576f-480e-950b-874f55b6e1fc 2108 BUT YOU BEING A STRANGER ARE NO DOUBT CURIOUS TO LEARN HOW I BECAME SO BEAUTIFUL AND PROSPEROUS ANYWAY IT SERVES HER RIGHT DECLARED DOROTHY 57a49325-4507-41ca-8833-917fa98a19c9 402 AND A NUMBER OF YOUNG MEN DETERMINED THEY WOULD GO TO CALIFORNIA HE HAD NEVER SEEN HIM PETER CAUGHT THEM AT MARKDALE THE LAST TIME HE WAS HOME HIS MOTHER SAYS b73c6b59-61d8-42d9-a229-ee07ed7e6523 32 NOW WRITING BUSILY I SEE THAT BOWERY ORCHARD AND LONG SLEEK BROWN CURLS bb6dd8b2-0ca3-4792-94ae-2b2b59b3dbde 2274 LOOKS LIKE HARD PELLET RIFLES OF SOME KIND CAN YOU GET CLOSER WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO START f9a01337-49ae-4d90-9fcd-4526100aa81a 188 BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CHILDREN AND I DON'T SEE WHY THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND US I'LL GIVE HER THAT SPONGE CAKE I MADE THIS MORNING SAID FELICITY I GUESS SHE DOESN'T GET SPONGE CAKE VERY OFTEN 6d854013-4887-4b95-bf0b-730fcc3afacf 2286 OCCUM'S RAZOR ALWAYS POINTS THE WAY SHE STAYED JUST LONG ENOUGH IN EACH POSITION TO SEE THAT THE BATTLESHIP PLAN MOVED FORWARD ONE MORE NOTCH 9ddb84bb-9ea8-4962-8283-1bdbcea83efc 32 HE CAME INTO THE ORCHARD TO WRITE A POEM AND HE FELL ASLEEP WITH HIS HEAD ON A BENCH THAT USED TO BE UNDER GRANDFATHER'S TREE 474a04db-59ae-4da0-bffb-71c04e13a564 2274 AND IF SO WHERE IT IS YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE WEAPONS TO MEET US CONTINUED HORN NO LIGHT DOWN THERE AND THEY'RE MOVING UP FAST 77605e49-f171-4fee-918c-aa973ea95f5a 188 THE RAIN WAS WEEPING ON THE ROOF AS IF IT WERE SHEDDING THE TEARS OF OLD SORROWS NO HE DIDN'T SAID THE STORY GIRL QUICKLY DEVILTREE ISN'T SWEARING AT ALL IT ONLY MEANS EXTRA BAD MISCHIEF 9986f0c4-73c2-446d-9742-430bf9621959 2317 GAR STAGGERED ACROSS THE DECK THAT FARMER COMPLIMENTED HIMSELF ON HIS CLEVERNESS MADE SENSE AT LEAST 7d05a187-7f81-4a9c-87ac-f22a4136d386 32 AND WROTE DOWN OUR DREAMS WHEN THE CARES OF THE DAY WERE OVER THE ONLY THING WORTH MENTIONING IN THE WAY OF DREAMS THAT SARA RAY EVER ACHIEVED WAS THAT SHE DREAMED THAT SHE WENT UP IN A BALLOON AND FELL OUT 335f9670-b4ec-45d4-8fb2-e41af95ea605 451 OH SEE HERE IF YOU'RE GOING TO INTERRUPT AND ARGUE OVER EVERYTHING WE'LL NEVER GET THE STORY TOLD SAID FELIX DRY UP ALL OF YOU AND LET THE STORY GIRL GO ON d6bc78c4-cfa1-4b99-a079-b4d018d1662a 2317 LIKE ANY LADY'S WEARBYER AT AN ANNUAL CONVENTION AND HE SAW WHAT HAD SAVED HIM 901529c1-fdfa-4f56-89d3-9395cff78437 402 OF COURSE I COULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO THAT HIRE TO LET A BOY KISS ME THE DAYS WERE CRISP AND MELLOW AND I TOLD HIM I JUST HATED HIM 71ef134c-a033-4cbe-b953-b20f8eb7a971 2274 THE MARKED TWENTY'S MUZZLE CAME ROUND THE CENTER ON ORN'S STOMACH NIGHT HUNTING PREDATOR ACCUSTOMED TO DROPPING UPON ITS VICTIMS FROM ABOVE CYERANNA CRUSOE RISES d2a775eb-b0a4-4329-a24a-5d41dfab1fcb 402 OH DEAR ME WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SAY THINGS THEY'VE GOT TO BE SORRY FOR AFTERWARDS VING HAD WON TO IT THROUGH THE DANGER AND SUFFERING OF THE DARK RIVER c3b43f51-1736-4a38-b735-e86cc08d5555 451 THE SWALLOWS FLEW IN AND OUT OF THEIR NEST ABOVE OUR HEADS AND WHENEVER A SUNBEAM FELL THROUGH A CHINK THE AIR SWARMED WITH GOLDEN DUST ead7ef88-bbaf-408d-9878-39be408ac520 451 THIS WAS SO VERY UNLIKE CECILY THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT WAS THE MAN WHO THOUGHT THE PULPIT DOOR MUST BE MADE FOR SPIRITS YOU KNOW SHE SAID I HEARD UNCLE EDWARD TELLING EVER SO MANY STORIES ABOUT HIM HE WAS CALLED TO THIS CONGREGATION AND HE LABOURED HERE LONG AND FAITHFULLY AND WAS MUCH BELOVED THOUGH HE WAS VERY ECCENTRIC 6f310ab9-8ffa-4a94-87af-57410bb24a27 2108 I'M ALMOST SURE I CAN SEE A STRAWSTACK IN THE BACK YARD THEY TALKED IT OVER FOR A WHILE AND THEN MISSUS EWKE RETURNED 5dbccdcf-9495-4ba8-9c12-7126cb6f42d2 402 JIMMY FREWEN WALKED HOME WITH NELLIE BOWEN LAST NIGHT FROM PRAYER MEETING AND HER ONLY FOURTEEN 36252b61-4843-47ab-a57d-b272b97825a9 2274 THE RIFLE WAS HELD BUT NOW THE SHIP RESTED ON ITS TAIL FINS THE SOMEONE SCUTTLED AGILELY FOR A MOMENT b776ff18-a9d8-4599-8900-9c74690c527a 2286 FERERO'S TURNED FACE WENT A DIRTY GREY AT MY WORDS I PRESSED THE ADVANTAGE UNDOUBTEDLY THEY HAD STARTED THE PROGRAM FOR THE GIANT TRANSPORT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHECKED LATER 6edebfd2-8e94-4aec-bdf3-cb913cde1e42 2274 WHEN HE COMBED IN HIS NET OF SNEAKERS TO CHECK THE TAPES AND FILMS WHAT DO YOU CARRY IN THIS VEHICLE af356b4e-629e-49f3-a114-6c5a426867cf 32 THIS COULD NOT BE HER COUSIN FROM SCOTLAND AT LEAST I HOPE HE WILL I HOPE SARAH WILL HAVE HERS 648df8aa-2d5b-4521-af3c-0042a94b29bb 402 WHAT WOULD BE LIKE TO LIVE FOR EVER IN THIS WORLD EVEN CHILDREN OF WHOM WE HAD HEARD DIED P S OH I DO HOPE PETER WILL GET BETTER b4c88ada-ab75-4153-bacf-cc2eeed38678 2286 ORDERS WERE ORIGINATED MANY PLACES PASSED ON CHANGED AND SHOVELED JUST AS GOOD FOR SPACE PIRACY THAT IS BUT NOT FOR HIS PURPOSES 70eae481-e0a6-4854-885b-0d707831da2d 32 WE ALL WENT TO UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK AND THAT PERSONALITY WAS A VENOMOUS EVIL LOATHLY THING IT WON'T KILL HER BUT SHE'LL PROBABLY BE A PRETTY MISERABLE GIRL FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS 7ca46b88-a23d-44c9-8eba-3513c83ea011 188 BUT NOW THAT IT IS OVER I BELIEVE I AM SORRY THAT IT IS OPEN IT ISN'T MYSTERIOUS ANY LONGER DON'T LET ME HEAR ANY MORE OF YOUR AMENDS OR I'LL AMEN YOU SARAY'S MOTHER HAS NO TASTE c69591ca-191f-47e6-9c4c-a0f9af72d803 32 I EXPECTED THE STORY GIRL WOULD OVERWHELM HIM WITH SCORN AND INDIGNATION NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY ARE COMING UP 234c9741-d7b9-4ccc-bb44-17e0cb178d3d 2286 AS SOON AS MY A BALLS UNSQUASHED BACK INTO FOCUS MANY TIMES THE SOURCE WAS A FORGERY SOME CHANGES SEEMED TO BE INEXPLICABLE UNTIL I NOTICED THAT THE OFFICERS IN QUESTION HAD A TEMPORARY SECRETARY WHILE THEN ALL ASSISTANTS WERE ILL 4f73a0df-d187-44db-8a5c-f763e88935e4 451 WE MURMURED IN BEWILDERMENT ALL RIGHT SAID DAN I'VE EAT ALL I WANT THEN I SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT 57e76291-26fa-4eb6-92e0-c123934422cc 188 I THINK HE OUGHT TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT POOR RACHEL WAS SO HAPPY THAT WINTER SHE MADE ALL HER WEDDING THINGS WITH HER OWN HANDS d69c4223-17fe-4178-8bcf-35a520142780 2108 NOW YOU'RE A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE REST AND YOU'LL LAST LONGER AND BE MORE HUMBLE WHEN HE HAD JOINED THE ARMS AND LEGS TO THE BODY 44f8583d-ff33-4941-b55d-70e26744544c 2317 THESE DETAILS WERE THE FIRST THINGS THAT MADE FARMER THINK RAY MIGHT NOT BE A COMPLETE CRACK PICK AFTER ALL 70e441dc-9e5b-4998-91d3-c64ffa7dad49 2108 YET MISSUS YUKE INSISTS THAT NO POWER CAN ALTER TRANSFORMATIONS HE GLANCED AT THE KING WHO NODDED HIS HEAD IN ASCENT 08f89d19-a4df-404e-a2f4-a32c3f104b61 2317 ALL RIGHT GARF FUN SPUN IT'S RIDICULOUS I NEVER SAW SIST MOROC THE BIG UGLY ONE ESPECIALLY AND THE FEDERATION CAN'T TAKE EVEN SMALL CHANCES 66bfed35-df7b-4c4d-8158-220fa49fb8a5 32 ALL LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE HELD PRISONERS IN THE BONDS OF A FEARSOME SPELL WHICH THEY WOULD GLADLY BREAK BUT COULD NOT WITH A LEDGE MIDWAY ON WHICH ONE COULD STAND a85b89a7-7c53-42ab-9e1a-147fe4821a42 188 I AM SITTING ON A TRAGEDY SAID THE STORY GIRL SUDDENLY NOW WHAT EARTHLY GOOD COULD I GET FROM YOUR THREE BY SIX SCHOOL LIBRARY 9eb8d232-0be5-4d69-8c0d-622d7639de82 188 TO BE LEFT IN SOLE CHARGE OF A BIG HOUSE WITH THREE MEALS A DAY TO PLAN AND PREPARE WITH POULTRY AND COWS AND DAIRY AND GARDEN TO SUPERINTEND 30e0bf24-727c-485c-8a31-801fd5ae03f9 402 YOU AND ME WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT TILL WE WERE GROWN UP WOULD WE OF COURSE PETER BEING A CRAIG HAS HIS FAULTS BUT HE'S A SMART BOY e404c910-9401-4aff-b7db-d0cd586dd8f2 2274 A SCOUT SWOOPED DOWN INTO THE HEADLIGHTS AND WAVED HE MOVED HIS SPEAKING MUSCLES A GLOWING OF MANY LIGHTS GREW VISIBLE THROUGH THE GIANT TREE TRUNKS 9a1c610f-895e-4bad-923e-480a8dc6a6d5 2286 WHEN I THREW THE BIG SWITCH A CAREFULLY WORKED OUT SEQUENCE TOOK PLACE IT WASN'T CHANCE THAT HE HAD LEFT THE SAME DAY I ARRIVED ON SETANOVO 6d48b557-1187-4dbe-b2ba-a807cb048e85 402 AND FOR US GOD AND GODDESS NORN AND VALCURY ELF AND TROLL AND GREEN FOLK GENERALLY WERE REAL CREATURES ONCE AGAIN INHABITING THE ORCHARDS AND WOODS AND MEADOWS AROUND US UNTIL IT SEEMED AS IF THE GOLDEN AGE HAD RETURNED TO EARTH HE AND PETER REMAINED ON BAD TERMS FOR SOME TIME HOWEVER 2365d499-9aed-4755-b726-d1ad013addb7 188 FINALLY HE GOT SO ANGRY THAT HE TOLD HER TO SHUT UP DAN PROMPTLY DECLARED HE WOULDN'T TRY TO PREACH A SERMON BUT PETER FELIX AND I THOUGHT THE SUGGESTION A VERY GOOD ONE 6089448a-fb1e-4352-9b29-f9e95cb236de 2317 AND PUT OUT A TENSIVE HAND TOWARDS THE FUSE MESS BUT IT HAD MELTED THE FARMER LOOKED AT GARF AGAIN WITH FEAR AND AWE HE MANAGED TO CROAK BEFORE GIVING IT UP d15a0356-470d-4b6f-9e52-e760ca427734 451 GIVING THE WORLD ASSURANCE OF A CAT BY HIS MALLIPHUOUS PURRING IT'S ONLY VANITY WHEN YOU GET PUFFED UP ABOUT THEM 4b168709-59aa-4574-942d-f1309ad72e17 451 IN AUGUST IT WAS A PLACE OF SHADY SWEETNESS FRAGRANT WITH THE ODOUR OF RIPENING APPLES HE KNOWS I'M KIND OF SICK JUST AS WELL AS A HUMAN OH LOOK AT THE MOONSHINE ON THE ROAD IN THAT GAP BETWEEN THE SPRUCES b65a8d92-d0c0-448c-8d9b-a6a22ba11fd4 2286 AN INSPIRED MASKED CRIMINAL WHO APPARENTLY HAS MORE EXECUTIVE ABILITY IN ONE EAR LOBE THAN ALL YOUR BRIBE BLOATED BUREAUCRATS db76a59b-9da0-4f4b-bd24-203d14d02a82 2286 IT'S HELL'S ON JET FOR SPACE PIRACY BUT THAT'S ABOUTABLE WHAT DO YOU MEAN I GROWLED LIKE MANY OTHER PLANETS THIS ONE WAS UNIFORM CONSCIOUS 82dcd93b-a56b-44ab-9676-b2ab4e2de15e 2108 THEN THE TIN WOODMAN STARED HARD AT HIS FRIEND BUT SAID SHE KNEW NOTHING OF THE LOONS BECAUSE SHE NEVER LEFT HER VALLEY d28062e1-8bb0-4d69-b58f-28d221d2dd2d 451 YOU KNOW I TOLD YOU HE WAS VERY ANGRY BECAUSE THE PRESBYTERY MADE HIM RETIRE HE PROVED TO BE THE PRECURSOR OF DAN CLOTHED AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND 418db65d-f970-49ab-b9c0-abdd6e8ba9b1 188 FELIX AND DAN WERE TO PICK AND SHELL THE PEAS YOU OUGHT NOT TO LOSE NO TIME IN FINDING OUT HE JUST STAYS HOME AND READS BOOKS WHEN HE ISN'T WORKIN 320ea495-c58c-4266-88c0-01906c1b56be 2108 SO A MOMENT LATER THEY HAD RUSHED THROUGH THE PASSAGE AND WERE STANDING IN THE FRESH NIGHT AIR OUTSIDE THE CASTLE 4a6af2b8-60f8-4fb6-80dd-b29dafea204c 32 THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR ME TO HAVE ANY HORRIDID DREAMS LAMENTED SARA RAY MY OWN LIES OPEN BESIDE ME AS I WRITE f2a2d4d2-eae8-468c-8447-0963497a4319 2108 I AM NOW ON MY WAY HOME TO SLEEP THE REST OF THE WITCH WITH THE SILVER SHOES HATED ME FOR HAVING DEFIED HER d0c6ca9e-80ee-4adf-ad85-6dc27910a6a3 32 DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR ALL AT ONCE THE STORY GIRL AND PETER BEGAN TO FORGE AHEAD IN THE MATTER OF DREAMING AND OUR DREAMS WILL BE PRETTY FLAT AFTER THIS cd945a40-d36e-439f-a118-3a7a20a45b7d 188 WHEN AUNT JANET SAID SERIOUSLY THAT ANYTHING WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION IT MEANT THAT SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AND WOULD PROBABLY END UP DOING IT ad69a3ed-e653-4ee0-a085-e97b4b84088d 2286 NOTHING TO DO WITH WARS OR BATTLESHIPS DAYS IF I HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN BLACKMAIL I HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN MY HAND TO SUPPORT ME FOR LIFE 8a355029-cb70-4896-bc5e-f2e8993ed7cf 451 I HAVEN'T A SINGLE THING TO WEAR EXCEPT MY SCHOOL GINGHAM I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE MUCH FUN AS A STEADY THING SAID CECILY I'D LIKE TO SEE A QUEEN THOUGH 755625ab-1ee9-48f8-86be-c44190b314e6 2317 IT STILL MADE SENSE SEE THOSE HE ASKED THEY LOOKED AND SAW WHAT SEEMED TO BE A FLIGHT OF STEPS CARVED FROM STONE f6455f61-02e8-4181-acf0-7d7f2c10e03b 451 YOU NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THINGS LIKE THAT HERE WE DRIED UP AND THE STORY GIRL WENT ON I DON'T BELIEVE PRESBYTERIANS EVER DO PENANCE SAID FELICITY DUBIOUSLY I a03fd298-7833-4632-8b07-fe2ff16eb609 2317 HE APPROACHED THE ENGINE JUST AS A NONIFUS DROPPED TO THE DECK WITH A PLANK SHIVERING THUMP DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU RENTED THIS BOAT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO DAY 85aa0093-e603-4402-a5d9-f11d564f25b0 402 I'M AFRAID I DID VERY WRONG TO COME AGAINST MAR'S WILL SHE SAID MISERABLY BUT I COULDN'T WAIT I DON'T WANT TO CATCH THE MEASLES FROM PETER SAID FELICITY DECIDEDLY FANCY CATCHING THEM FROM A HIRED BOY AH 0f9c69ee-ed3c-483a-a136-4bf7d5480450 188 AUNT JANET AND AUNT OLIVIA TOOK EVERYTHING OUT AND LAID IT ON THE KITCHEN TABLE WHAT ARE YOU TO DO WHEN A COW WON'T STAND STRAIGHT SPLUTTERED FELIX ANGRILY bf6faa94-75d1-45b1-afca-3198e40634cf 32 AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE DRUNK FROM IT WE NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE BREAD AND MILK RULE ADDED FELICITY SAID THE STORY GIRL cb44fa77-9c14-4958-a0e6-ba991d1efe99 32 BUT SHE NEVER TRIED IT AGAIN BUT OF COURSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ANY MORE RICH THINGS FOR SUPPER AUNT JANET AND FELICITY ADMINISTERED ALL THE HOMELY REMEDIES THEY COULD THINK OF 648a5a83-b496-4f15-acb8-4dc6f6992178 2286 I WAITED UNTIL HIS ATTENTION CLICKED BACK INTO THE ROOM AND HANDED HIM THE SHEETS OF PAPER LEAGUE CENTRAL FOURTEEN RUSH I TOLD HIM I JUST CRUNCHED DOWN IN THE BACK OF THE CAR CHEWING MY CIGAR TO PIECES AND CURSING MYSELF FOR BEING A FOOL a9bc583d-418c-4790-942e-8332dbdff778 2274 AND EXPENDABLE INSTEAD OF SITTING BACK ON A FLAGSHIP I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN SAID ORAN HE TOOK ANOTHER SIP OF THE BRANDY f0a5dc4f-98ca-4cab-b973-1c91af6587bd 188 GIRLS DID THEN YOU KNOW FOR THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A SEWING MACHINE UNDER FELICITY'S EYES SHE SET THE BREAD AND ON THE MORROW SHE WAS TO BAKE IT c2ee9288-2609-4d97-9ce6-b31784304e07 2108 OZMA'S FACE BRIGHTENED AS SHE LISTENED TO THIS CLEVER PROPOSAL EVEN NOW THE RAIN DROPS WERE BEGINNING TO FALL BUT IT WAS QUITE DRY INSIDE THE TUNNEL AND BY THE TIME THEY HAD REACHED THE OTHER END 9656662e-c09a-4d4f-be53-df5a6d066931 402 ONLY IN THE FROSTY DUSK DID WE HAVE TIME TO WANDER AFAR IN REALMS OF GOLD WITH THE STORY GIRL 5196b608-9191-48b6-9513-643e526b0339 32 LAST NIGHT I DREAMED I WAS IN CHURCH HE SAID UNCLE ROGER AND UNCLE ALEC LULLED IN THE GRASS LIKE BOYS 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10a4ba96-6cfc-46d5-867d-37c91d4a5363 32 SOME DAY OLIVIA WENT ON UNCLE ROGER YOU AND I MAY FIND OURSELVES THE AUNT AND UNCLE OF THE FOREMOST ACTRESS OF HER DAY 57564c27-cbf4-4ed7-8cc1-09e7ea566bc9 2274 THESE GOONS PROBABLY HAVE THE DELPHINEST ACCORDING TO OUR BEST GUESS A L I E N 80958ceb-1fb7-4606-9f08-7245a51a260a 2317 FARMER GOT MAD RIGHT NOW HE WAS ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF HOW RIDICULOUS IT MUST LOOK FOR HIM TO BE MAKING LOVE TO AN OCCUPUS 01410694-311e-43d4-ac9c-ff1601106a2e 188 BECAUSE A LADY ASKS YOU AND SHE HUMBLY BEGGED PETER'S PARDON FOR SPOILING HIS SERMON 57996063-d9ae-49f5-8a86-925de66c6108 32 AND AUNT JANET TALKED TO HIM AFTER A FASHION WHICH MADE US REALIZE PETER DID AND HE HAD AN ELEGANT DREAM THAT PEG BOWEN CAUGHT HIM AND PUT HIM ON TO BOIL ALIVE IN THAT BIG BLACK POT THAT HANGS OUTSIDE HER DOOR HE WOKE UP BEFORE THE WATER GOT HOT THOUGH 1ec28fd5-8e49-4be8-a397-8e8dda18a0dc 2286 UNDER THE MOTTO SET A THIEF TO CATCH ONE ONLY WHEN A UNIFORM UNDER OFFICIAL OF SOME KIND RAN OVER TO ME DID I GIVE THE FIELD ANY ATTENTION IT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR 085c9bbf-9521-44a0-b739-df084c00c80c 2108 POLYCHROME ALTHOUGH DANCING LIGHTLY BACK AND FORTH HAD LISTENED TO EVERY WORD OF THE CONVERSATION ad4a7d47-cc6b-4eb3-8fa9-c206cf9e6206 32 UNCLE EDWARD PREACHED HIS FINEST SERMON ABOUT THE BETHLEHEM WELL WHERE DAVID'S SOLDIERS WENT TO GET HIM WATER ec47cba1-931f-499f-aaa9-3d95642bd46f 2317 IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT REACTIVATED THE GATE THERE WAS NOTHING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STEPS OR UNDERNEATH THEM AS FAR AS COULD BE SEEN 2e12d932-8892-41d8-b63e-71b10279ee65 2286 THE SCANNERS IN THE SHIP WERE FOLLOWING A PLANNED PROGRAMME I MADE LIGHT TALK ABOUT ALL MY MASSIVE ARMAMENT WOULD CARRY US BOTH TO PERDITION WHILE I CLIMBED THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE BATTLESHIP'S HULL a7ba4c8c-b700-4404-9dae-f88be935baef 32 PETER IS HAVING A NEW SUIT MADEAID I KNEW THAT BEFORE I PROMISED UNCLE STEPHEN WAS THE FIRST BORN OF ABRAHAM AND ELIZABETH KING 547cbbf4-4e85-451a-b9dc-7a7607883020 188 THE NAME OF THE HILL WAS OLYMPUS BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS STORY THAT HAPPENED ON ANOTHER MOUNTAIN OF COURSE SHE IS AUNT JANE IS SPLENDID AGREED THE STORY GIRL 9520a3a1-8ebe-496d-bce7-181e1c605aae 451 OLD MISTER SCOTT FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE CHURCH PRETTY HOT AND DUSTY AND IN NONE TOO GOOD A TEMPER e5c3e649-e947-4eb0-8542-7bca7791f72c 32 AND I REGRET TO SAY BICKERED AND SQUABBLED INCESSANTLY THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME FOR OUR DIGESTIONS WENT OUT OF ORDER AND OUR TEMPERS FOLLOWED SUIT 5f0a198b-58a8-4a71-a692-13f823a51a22 2286 THE PARADE OF UNIFORMS AND GUNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HAD HIM FRIGHTENED INTO A STATE WHERE HE COULD HARDLY WALK YOU CAN'T RUN A BIG CON BLOW SAVES OR MAKE BOMMERDECKS WITH IT de14ac21-39c3-49a9-99e2-078f4a8b224a 2274 WE DON'T NEED THE DORN WE I MUST KILL YOU NOW HORN'S FOOT RESTED ON THE AIR SLED CONTROL PEDAL WASH IT WITH MOLTEN ROCK 4d6b542d-0b58-4ef6-b0c7-178675eeb1f1 32 FELICITY QUICKLY RESTORED THE PORK AND PUDDING TO THEIR OWN PLACES AUNT JANE WAS A METHODIST 198bd953-2c62-44c7-ac61-ca518c87bd9f 32 SOON THE HOUSE WAS DARK AND SILENT IT SEEMED TO US THAT THEY SHOULD STILL BE IN THE SAPLING STAGE CORRESPONDING TO OUR BOYHOOD 2df2ae63-73f8-42aa-9e4e-81c5ab791a6a 32 INSTEAD I REMEMBER SEEING IN HIS DREAM BOOK UNDER THE DATE OF SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH AN ENTRY TO THIS EFFECT a48dd690-a26a-455a-95c6-bedcbb8eb2c3 2274 TO NEW BLEEDING CLOSER TO ORANGE SHOULDER WE HAVE NOT DECEIVED YOU HAVE WEARNE WE CAN CONTINUE AS SOON AS NOW LET'S CHECK THAT EQUIPMENT THE SURGEON'S PUT IN YOUR NET 2cdf8b29-164d-4121-8393-547297ecc28b 32 AUNT OLIVIA LOOKING MORE LIKE A PANSY THAN EVER IN THE PRETTIEST DRESS OF PALE PURPLE PRINT WITH A KNOT OF YELLOW RIBBONS AT HER THROAT SAT WITH HER ARM ABOUT CECILY AND SMILED ON US ALL AND AUNT JANET'S MOTHERLY FACE LOST ITS EVERY DAY LOOK OF ANXIOUS CARE dd4bf686-ef97-4c87-8806-011ae2f78b91 451 DIDN'T JUDY PANOT PROMISE YOU SOLEMNLY SHE WOULDN'T TELL THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS HURRY IN THE WORLD THE AIR WAS SWEET WITH THE BREATH OF MOWN HAY FIELDS WHERE SWATHS OF CLOVER HAD BEEN STEEPING IN THE SUN f0c6a7ca-e949-4707-82a4-aa51ad4209d1 451 A TALE OF THE STORY GIRLS WHEREIN PRINCES WERE THICKER THAN BLACKBERRIES AND QUEENS AS COMMON AS BUTTERCUPS LED TO OUR DISCUSSION OF KINGS cc2b1cac-99a3-4d3c-94a9-a6b8efc177e5 451 DAN PICKED A CLUSTER AND HELD IT UP PETER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE ONLY KIND OF INCONVENIENT WEARING A CROWN ALL THE TIME 4b5051eb-4ecf-4b40-92a2-900f4c683623 2274 HOW SHOW YOU HOW TO MIND YOUR MINERALS HOW TO OF EVERY LIVING THING ON IT MUTTERED AMBO STETSON STETSON PACE LENNED AND CONTROL BRIDGE OF HIS SCOUT CRUISER 233656ce-05db-47ff-bc03-59f780fdf0ff 2317 THE THING HAD STOPPED MOVING LEARNED IT YEARS AGO BEFORE THE GATE TO THIS WORLD WAS CLOSED APPARENTLY HE INTERPRETED THE LOOKS OF CONSTERNATION ON THE FACES OF HIS AUDIENCE CORRECTLY 331890be-c5ef-416b-9092-349662759c79 188 AND ON THE FLY LEAF OF THE BOOKS THE NAME ALICE WAS WRITTEN TWO WAGONS WERE DRIVING UP THE LANE WE RUSHED TO THE HOUSE AND THERE WAS UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET AND AUNT OLIVIA 84e50f0e-6e82-49fd-8656-b9f7e3ee4af1 32 WE FELT SURE OF THAT I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH THE PIE AND PICKLES AND LEFT THE TARTS ALONE 6bef736c-840d-40b1-b7b6-4789df94ca64 188 SO WAS I BUT SHE COULDN'T HAVE IT CERTAINLY ISN'T HERE I BUT HE DID NOT PLAY AS MUCH AS HE USED TO BECAUSE HE LIKED BETTER TO TALK WITH AGLEYA dfe4144e-8cdc-4695-8b2f-ad17e4aa2c16 2274 YEA THERE ARE BOREAL NOT A ROAD ON THE WHOLE PLANET WE CAN FIND HOW SHOW YOU HOW TO MIND YOUR MINERALS HOW TO fa8b8e30-6612-46b9-8627-addd32e1bca2 2274 BUT THE DEA YOU COULD START BY TEACHING US HOW YOU MAKE SUPERIOR GLASS SAID ORAN 2d353f9e-cfe6-49f7-9734-828204668799 188 HOW DID WILLIAM COAN BEHAVE AFTERWARD ANNE WOULD NOT GIVE SARA A CENT OR PUT HER IN ANY WAY OF EARNING ONE c9e9e0ca-509c-4cc4-a830-17b994132b62 2286 OH IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH THE COVERS WENT ONE WAY AND IN SKIT WENT THE OTHER IN A SINGLE UNFOLDING IN CONCERTED MOTION HE LEFT THE HORIZONTAL AND RECUMBENT AND STOOD TENSELY VERTICAL AGAINST THE WALL I SMILED AND NODDED AT HIS DECISION AND THEN CONTINUED 5ae9292b-3177-4369-a859-1dee22c117b7 188 WASN'T KISSING ALWAYS DISCOVERED ASKED ANNE THERE WERE FINE LACE CURTAINS AT THE WINDOWS AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES ON THE WALLS 0f132cb0-28ac-4248-abeb-e259aa23e27c 188 I'LL MANAGE IT SOMEHOW SAID THE STORY GIRL AND WE HAD NO DOUBT THAT SHE WOULD IF YOUR WORD IS AS BIG AS YOUR MOUTH I GUESS IT WILL BE SAID FELICITY CRUELLY c2a1bc23-726c-45ee-83b4-173ab2f2ab04 32 ONE NIGHT CECILY CAME INTO THE PANTRY WITH A LARGE CUCUMBER AND PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR THE GREATER PART OF IT AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN BROKEN 483c3518-a157-4838-aee7-4154eb2cad4b 451 THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED OVER HOME AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK WE GASPED SHE HAD COMBED HER HAIR OUT STRAIGHT AND BRAIDED IT IN A TIGHT KINKY PUDGY BRAID AND SHE WORE AN OLD DRESS OF FADED PRINT WITH HOLES IN THE ELBOWS AND RAGGED FLOUNCES WHICH WAS MUCH TOO SHORT FOR HER AND I KNOW HOW MANY EGGS MOTHER SAID YOU COULD USE WHILE SHE WAS AWAY b8a2d363-851e-4fe1-9bcc-630c61fd4ed6 188 THE MAGIC OF HER VOICE WORKED ITS WILL ON MISTER CAMPBELL AS ON ALL OTHERS HE CAME IN SAT DOWN HOOKED HIS THUMB INTO HIS VEST POCKET AND SMILED AT HER 699b8526-5adc-4160-8285-d14d76e7ec00 2286 THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO I TOLD HER WHATEVER ELSE HE'S AFTER DON'T TRY TO RUN I SHOUTED AFTER IT CAN'T DO ANY GOOD 8c329d45-643a-4bbe-bc3e-fa7ecd99ffcd 2108 GOOD ADVICE LAUGHED POLYCHROME DANCING INSTANTLY THEY ALL TOOK ALARM AND HIS SKIN FELL TO THE GROUND da92fc31-1cca-45ba-9897-0e89bc996277 2108 DID IT HURT HE ASKED THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR ALTHOUGH I HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE SKY FAIRIES HAVE MORE POWER THAN IS ACCORDED TO EARTH FAIRIES a7e4a643-7cae-47ba-b507-c34a1478249a 451 THERE'S NOBODY HOME BUT JUDY PANOW AND ME I THINK KINGS AND QUEENS WERE THICKER LONG AGO SAID THE STORY GIRL 3aef4c3e-87fe-4b09-ae6d-75162f1b9985 32 BESIDES SHE COAXED ME TO TELL HER WHAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR DREAMS I DON'T MEAN TO BE A HIGHER BOY ALL MY LIFE SHE WAS EVEN WORSE THAN DAN HAD BEEN WHEN HE HAD EATEN THE BAD BERRIES 543d7226-51c3-4df5-9217-7d9010f65a2b 2108 MIGHT PERHAPS BE INJURED IF THE PEOPLE OF LOONVILLE ARE REALLY DANGEROUS WITH A COLD AND INDIFFERENT STARE THAT WAS ALMOST INSOLENT 8a6841af-ee2e-4c14-9b37-efd2d498d65c 451 THE COHANTS FIGHT ALL THE TIME AND YOU AND DAN WILL SOON BE AS BAD YOU COAXED JUDY TO HOLD HER TONGUE b4c0091a-2530-49c8-9d98-c6ab3b8ec817 451 I WOULD IF I'D JUST MADE UP MY MIND TO WHY NOT WHY NOT BARE FEET IF THEY'RE CLEAN AS WELL AS BARE HANDS AND FACE 84e57696-87f8-40e1-850f-9619cb6b11f2 451 WHEN YOUR FATHER'S RUN AWAY AND YOUR MOTHER GOES OUT WASHING AND YOU'RE ONLY OLD ENOUGH TO GET FIFTY CENTS A WEEK YOU CAN'T GIVE MUCH TO THE HEATHEN AND YOU'VE NO BUSINESS TO ESPECIALLY WHEN MOTHER'S AWAY 7bf14f7c-93a1-4d99-ba8d-c4366a30497e 2108 HOW WOULD MUSH AND MILK DO ASKED THE CANARY FOR TO MORROW MORNING I INTEND TO TRANSFORM YOU ALL dc62fd9d-3956-4ff7-980d-1fbf40cf4cb3 451 MY ONLY GOOD POINTS ARE MY HAIR AND EYES AND FEET HE WENT AND ATE MORE OF THE BAD BERRIES A WHOLE LOT OF THEM AND WE WERE SURE HE'D BE SICK AGAIN BUT HE HASN'T BEEN YET AND NOW HE'S ASLEEP 23c8be13-7128-4d98-9206-bd67849768bc 2286 DO THAT OFTEN ENOUGH AND YOU WOULD HAVE A CREW THAT WOULD MAKE ANY PIRATE CHIEF PROUD SUTANOVO WAS A SECONDARY SETTLEMENT OUT OF THE SELINY SYSTEM c820cf4a-22c7-455d-8cd1-e52fe2f4e221 2108 AND AT ONCE A SCENE WOULD FLASH UPON THE MAGIC CANVAS WHICH SHOWED AND AROUND HER WAIST WAS A SASH OF VIPER 0633ed91-fc1e-4198-bd51-cb27d39e3d52 2108 BUT OUR FRIENDS KEPT ON WALKING EVEN AFTER THE SUN WENT DOWN SHE RAN AWAY LAUGHING IN WICKED GLEE 21c317e9-2bbc-4c51-8f8e-283fdb6bf927 451 I'LL TELL SOME TOO AND WITH A ROARING FIRE ON A NIGHT THAT'S HOT ENOUGH TO MELT A BRASS MONKEY 446227c8-743f-46f1-911e-4778aa7944b2 188 AFTER THAT ALMOST EVERY DAY AGLEYA WOULD GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN IT'S EARLY ABROAD YOU ARE AND ON BLACK DAN NO LESS WANT IT FOR ONE OF MY WOOD NYMPHS SAID PAN AND I MUST HAVE IT 32ad8a40-2a9e-4b23-9828-8006353526ad 451 A DISOBEDIENT BROTHER I KNOW HOW MANY YOU HAVE USED I COUNTED BUT AT LAST THEY GOT A CHOIR 8adecfbe-ebb5-458f-8ea5-afa821c727b1 188 THE STORY GIRL SCATTERED HER ROSES AROUND HER ON THE GRASS AND CLASPED HER SLIM HANDS OVER HER KNEES I'VE BEEN ABOUT A BIT AND HEARD SOME GOOD THINGS BUT I'VE NEVER ENJOYED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT THREADBARE OLD STORY I HEARD IN MY CRADLE 516b1ace-41a9-49ca-b890-706494612052 188 IT IS BEST TO DRAW VEIL OVER WHAT FOLLOWED BUT WE KNEW NOTHING OF SUCH A THING IN OUR EXPERIENCE AND WE THOUGHT SHE HAD GONE MAD b355d9fd-60a9-47e1-afe2-6e932775295c 32 I EXPECTED TO COME DOWN WITH AN AWFUL THUD SHE SAID SHUDDERING THE GROWN UPS LAUGHED 0cdbb0f6-a801-4d41-a503-da0a0fbe669b 2108 AT FIRST SHE FLEW HIGH IN THE AIR AND MADE GREAT CIRCLES OVERHEAD BUT IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY POOR NIMIA ME HAS A SHARP TONGUE WHEN ANGRY 033e32c6-f6ef-4b3b-9470-6e29131eb7d0 32 LEGENDS OF THE OLD ORCHARD I WAS JUST DROPPING INTO AN UNEASY SLUMBER WHEN I HEARD A COMMOTION IN THE GIRLS ROOM ACROSS THE HALL 3cbacce4-1747-4fd8-8bdd-9097d687d8f5 188 IT IS LIKE A SPIDER'S WEB HE HAD MANY RIVALS BUT HE KNEW THAT IF SHE WOULD NOT COME TO BE THE MISTRESS OF HIS NEW HOUSE NO ONE ELSE EVER SHOULD aa9a4a0a-8dcb-46cc-8ee0-ff7ea95c0d3d 32 I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T LIKE CUCUMBER CECILY DAN REMARKED JUST STAND ROOTED TO THE GROUND AND SEE IT COMING AND CAN'T STIR IT ee1ab1c9-d1a3-4e0c-8855-532d9950cd07 2286 I TOOK IT TO THE MESSAGE AND TO MYSELF THEIR SUBJECT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR BATTLE SHIP NO THE PLANS WERE CHANGED WE HAD TO FIT IN SOME KIND OF NEW METEOR REPELLING GEAR FOR OPERATING IN THE PLANETARY DEBRIS BELT a3c3d4d7-c42b-40a0-af80-4cf9df99010f 451 YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR BEDS TWO HOURS AGO THE VERY THING I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT I'LL GET SOME AFTER BREAKFAST I'M NOT GOING TO EAT A SINGLE THING ALL DAY EXCEPT BREAD AND WATER AND NOT MUCH OF THAT d610bc31-f5aa-4000-ba11-1e143a9c0e58 188 THE FRUIT LADEN BOUGHS OF THE ORCHARD THE BANK OF GOLDEN ROD LIKE A WAVE OF SUNSHINE BEHIND THE PULPIT STONE 92678373-ed89-40c9-93c9-8db55fb16c16 32 HAD ANY OF US BOYS EVER BEEN GUILTY OF SUCH CECILY'S PALE FACE WOULD HAVE COLOURED WITH A BLUSH OF OUTRAGED PURITY bf8c9da6-ca53-47bb-9848-a8c3a287d2cb 188 WELL OF COURSE THAT'S PRETTY OLD ADMITTED PETER BUT SHE MIGHT FIND SOME ONE WHO WOULDN'T MIND THAT SEEING SHE'S SO PRETTY 589286de-4c4c-4290-a544-24ee32f123d4 2286 I THREW THEM ACROSS THE DESK TO HIM AND POINTED TO ONE CORNER WHY ALL THE TROUBLE IN YEARS OF WORK TO GET A SHIP THAT TWO PEOPLE COULD JUST BARELY MANAGE 74859eec-e5dd-4dff-b40f-7dae622cf5dc 2286 HIS AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTION OF MY INCOMPETENCE WAS BEGINNING TO GET ME ANNOYED IN SKIPPED OPENED HIS MOUTH 440f9023-8d9b-4520-a6b7-352460ab53a9 2286 FIRST I'LL REPEAT YOUR OWN WARNING OBEY ORDERS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE I'LL SHOW YOU WHY HE UNDOUBTEDLY REALIZED THAT ANY INTERRUPTION WOULD ONLY LENGTHEN MY EXPLANATION 32ac0169-868b-4f7f-816e-56d8016b0f41 188 THE HANGING IS OVER AND HARVEST ISN'T ON AND ALEC NEEDS A CHANGE HE ISN'T LOOKING WELL AT ALL THE DREADFUL SIGHT OF PAN AND THE STILL MORE DREADFUL NOISE HE MADE SO FRIGHTEN THE SHEEPS THEY FLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS ffdad674-d8b5-42ef-85e5-0929decfeba2 451 TWAS THE MC CLOSKEYS AND THE OLD SCRATCH SAID THE STORY GIRL REFLECTIVELY HER AESTHETIC FARE WAS REALLY SWEETER TO HER THAN HONEY OF HYMETTUS 30d409dd-c7ef-4f22-bcac-39995852d130 188 FELIX WORKED WELL ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT LIKE WEEDING A GLEA WASDED WITH IT THAT SHE RESOLVED TO TAKE IT AS A PRESENT TO GLACON 610623e0-5a80-47ba-8df2-0b4f0f733378 32 BUT YOU MAKE FAR TOO MUCH OF HIM MOTHER SAYS PETER DID AND HE HAD AN ELEGANT DREAM THAT PEG BOWEN CAUGHT HIM AND PUT HIM ON TO BOIL ALIVE IN THAT BIG BLACK POT THAT HANGS OUTSIDE HER DOOR HE WOKE UP BEFORE THE WATER GOT HOT THOUGH 279229f6-7417-404d-9e7d-5141493f97c1 188 WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH MY SERMON I ASKED DAN THAT NIGHT SINCE HE WAS NEITHER JUDGE NOR COMPETITOR I COULD DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH HIM 613bd8cd-da1c-44f2-ba03-7fe931c8523b 2286 I BUTTONED MY COLLAR STRAIGHTENED MY RIBBONS AND SQUARED MY SHOULDERS HE'S GOING TO HIT AGAIN SOON AND WHEREVER HE HITS THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF PERIODICAL WITH MY PLANT IN IT 49a77c6e-b8a4-4639-9852-639191fa736c 188 THEN HE PLUNGED IN WITHOUT FURTHER ADO SPEAKING IN HIS ORDINARY CONVERSATIONAL TONE ANOTHER UNORTHODOX THING e1c5ea3b-d966-4773-9f6a-846d469acabb 32 APPLE PIES AND SOUR SEEDLINGS AND PIGS BECAME STRAIGHTWAY INVESTED WITH A GLAMOUR OF ROMANCE 26ce0425-3ac0-4d81-bca3-990ef24c242c 188 SO I BELIEVE IT MUST BE TRUE SAID THE STORY GIRL FELICITY WORE HER NEW VELVET HOOD WITH A COQUETTISH LITTLE COLLAR OF WHITE FUR ABOUT HER NECK HER GOLDEN CURLS FRAMED HER LOVELY FACE AND THE WIND STUNG THE PINK OF HER CHEEKS TO CRIMSON 56200874-0019-4a12-8279-19f2dd533551 188 I KNOW A STORY ABOUT MISSUS RICHARD COOK'S GRANDMOTHER PEG HAD YOUR RHEUMATISM RING ON AND THE STORY GIRL'S BLUE BEADS AND SARA RAY'S LACE SEWED ACROSS THE FRONT OF HER DRESS 52f41db5-ae49-466a-a805-0b746f0d2552 188 THE SUNSHINE WAS AS THICK AND YELLOW AS MOLTEN GOLD I WONDER IF UNCLE ROGER WILL ALWAYS STAY A BACHELOR SAID CECILY HE SEEMS REAL HAPPY OBSERVED PETER 1bab8d6a-9e6e-4df9-8fa5-c7ab13b38e8f 2108 ALL PERSONS ARE USUALLY JUDGED BY THE SHAPES IN WHICH THEY APPEAR TO THE EYES OF OTHERS IT GREW BRIGHTER UNTIL THEY COULD SEE THEIR SURROUNDINGS DISTINCTLY 41878319-88ba-4a68-9f6e-0801d58ec396 188 A STAND WITH A WORK BASKET ON IT AND A ROCKING CHAIR I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY NICE TO CALL A HORSE AFTER YOUR OWN GRANDMOTHER SAID FELICITY 2e839673-eb10-48fd-ab0b-9f0f42f87627 188 I DON'T BELIEVE MISSUS GRIGGS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE ASTONISHED MAYBE SHE WOULD SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY NICE HERSELF OR SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE AND ASKED A MAN TO MARRY HER SAID FELICITY