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But Athelvok had clung to one of the great horns, and had been carried at terrible speed through the rhododendron bushes until the gariach fell, but rose at once again, and died standing up, still struggling, drowned in its own blood. BUT ALVOC HAD CLUNG TO ONE OF THE GREAT HORNS AND HAD BEEN CARRIED AT TERRIBLE SPEED THROUGH THE RHODODENDRON BUSHES UNTIL THE GARIACH FELL BUT ROSE AT ONCE AGAIN AND DIED STANDING UP STILL STRUGGLING DROWNED IN ITS OWN BLOOD
sniffed the wind cautiously and listened, then lowered his great head down to the pool and drank. At that instant Athelvok leapt into the water and shot forward through its weedy depths among the stems of the strange flowers that floated upon broad leaves on the surface. And Athelvok kept his spear out straight before him, and the fingers of his left hand he held rigid and straight, not pointing upwards, and so did not come to the surface, but was carried onward by the strength of his spring and passed unentangled through the stems of the flowers. When Athelvok jumped into the water the bull must have thrown his head up, startled at the splash, then he would have listened and have sniffed the air, and neither hearing nor scenting any danger he must have remained rigid for some moments, for it was in that attitude that Athelvok found him as he emerged breathless at his feet. And, striking at once, Athelvok drove the spear into his throat before the head and the terrible horns came down. TER AND THE BULL SNIFFED THE WIND CAUTIOUSLY AND LISTENED THEN LOWERED HIS GREAT HEAD DOWN TO THE POOL AND DRANK AT THAT INSTANT A FELVOCAPT INTO THE WATER AND SHOT FORWARD THROUGH ITS WEEDY DEPTHS AMONG THE STEMS OF THE STRANGE FLOWERS THAT FLOATED UPON BROAD LEAVES ON THE SURFACE AND A THALVOC KEPT HIS SPEAR OUT STRAIGHT BEFORE HIM AND THE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND HE HELD RIGID AND STRAIGHT NOT POINTING UPWARDS AND SO DID NOT COME TO THE SURFACE BUT WAS CARRIED ONWARD BY THE STRENGTH OF HIS SPRING AND PASSED UNENTANGLED THROUGH THE STEMS OF THE FLOWERS WHEN A THALVOC JUMPED INTO THE WATER THE BULL MUST HAVE THROWN HIS HEAD UP STARTLED AT THE SPLASH THEN HE WOULD HAVE LISTENED AND HAVE SNIFFED THE AIR AND NEITHER HEARING NOR SCENTING ANY DANGER HE MUST HAVE REMAINED RIGID FOR SOME MOMENTS FOR IT WAS IN THAT ATTITUDE THAT A FELVOC FOUND HIM AS HE EMERGED BREATHLESS AT HIS FEET AND STRIKING AT ONCE A FELVOC DROVE THE SPEAR INTO HIS THROAT BEFORE THE HEAD AND THE TERRIBLE HORNS CAME DOWN
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