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So over the shoulder of Mluna these three climbed next day and slept as well as they might among its snows rather than risk a night in the woods of the Dubious Land. SO OVER THE SHOULDER OF MULUNA THESE THREE CLIMBED NEXT DAY AND SLEPT AS WELL AS THEY MIGHT AMONG ITS SNOWS RATHER THAN RISK A NIGHT IN THE WOODS OF THE DUBIOUS LAND
of immemorial wanderers; and there was trouble among the elders of the nomads because there were no new songs; while, untouched by human trouble, untouched as yet by the night that was hiding the plains away, the peak of Mluna, calm in the after-glow, looked on the Dubious Land. And it was there on the plain upon the known side of Mluna, just as the evening star came mouse-like into view and the flames of the camp-fire lifted their lonely plumes uncheered by any song, that that rash scheme was hastily planned by the nomads which the world has named The Quest of the Golden Box. No measure of wiser precaution could the elders of the nomads have taken than to choose for their thief that very Slith, that identical thief that (even as I write) in how many school-rooms governesses teach stole a march on the King of Westalia. Yet the weight of the box was such that others had to accompany him, and Sippy and Slorg were no more agile thieves than may be found today among vendors of the antique.  ACROSS THE WORLD OF MEMORIAL WANDERERS AND THERE WAS TROUBLE AMONG THE ELDERS OF THE NOMADS BECAUSE THERE WERE NO NEW SONGS WHILE UNTOUCHED BY HUMAN TROUBLE UNTOUCHED AS YET BY THE NIGHT THAT WAS HIDING THE PLAINS AWAY THE PEAK OF MULNA CALM IN THE AFTERGLOW LOOKED ON THE DUBIOUS LAND AND IT WAS THERE ON THE PLAIN UPON THE KNOWN SIDE OF MALUNA JUST AS THE EVENING STAR CAME MOUSELIKE INTO VIEW AND THE FLAMES OF THE CAMP FIRE LIFTED THEIR LONELY PLUMES UNCHEERED BY ANY SONG THAT THAT RASH SCHEME WAS HASTILY PLANNED BY THE NOMADS WHICH THE WORLD HAS NAMED THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN BOX NO MEASURE OF WISER PRECAUTION COULD THE ELDERS OF THE NOBADS HAVE TAKEN THAN TO CHOOSE FOR THEIR THIEF THAT VERY SLITHE THAT IDENTICAL THIEF THAT EVEN AS I WRITE IN HOW MANY SCHOOLROOMS GOVERNESSES TEACH STOLE A MARCH ON THE KING OF WESTALLIA YET THE WEIGHT OF THE BOX WAS SUCH THAT OTHERS HAD TO ACCOMPANY HIM AND SIPPI AND SLORG WERE NO MORE AGILE FEES THAT MAY BE FOUND TODAY AMONG THE VENDORS OF THE ANTIQUE
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