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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. 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
down to the pool; and Athelvok felt sure that none would come. And just as this grew to a certainty in his mind the thicket parted noiselessly and a huge bull gariach stood facing him on the edge of the water, and his great horns swept out sideways from his head, and at the ends curved upwards, and were four strides in width from tip to tip. And he had not seen Athelvok, for the great bull was on the far side of the little pool, and Athelvok could not creep round to him for fear of meeting the wind (for the gariachs, who can see little in the dark forests, rely on hearing and smell). But he devised swiftly in his mind while the bull stood there with head erect just twenty strides from him across the water. And the bull 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. STILL NO GORIAH CAME DOWN TO THE POOL AND ATHEL VAC FELT SURE THAT NONE WOULD COME AND JUST AS THIS GREW TO A CERTAINTY IN HIS MIND THE THICKET PARTED NOISELESSLY AND A HUGE BULL GORIAK STOOD FACING HIM ON THE EDGE OF THE WATER AND HIS GREAT HORN SWEPT OUT SIDEWAYS FROM HIS HEAD AND AT THE ENDS CURVED UPWARDS AND WERE FOUR STRIDES IN WIDTH FROM TIP TO TIP AND HE HAD NOT SEEN A FELVOC FOR THE GREAT BULL WAS ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE LITTLE POOL AND ATHELVOC COULD NOT CREEP ROUND TO HIM FOR FEAR OF MEETING THE WIND FOR THE GARIACKS WHO CAN SEE LITTLE IN THE DARK FORESTS RELY ON HEARING AND SMELL BUT HE DEVISED SWIFTLY IN HIS MIND WHILE THE BULL STOOD THERE WITH HEAD ERECT JUST TWENTY STRIDES FROM HIM ACROSS THE WATER 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
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