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From the shoulder of Mluna they dropped into the clouds, and from the clouds to the forest, to whose native beasts, as well the three thieves knew, all flesh was meat, whether it were the flesh of fish or man. FROM THE SHOULDER OF MULUNA THEY DROPPED INTO THE CLOUDS AND FROM THE CLOUDS TO THE FOREST TO WHOSE NATIVE BEASTS AS WELL THE THREE THIEVES KNEW ALL FLESH WAS MEAT WHETHER IT WERE THE FLESH OF FISH OR MAN
l-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. 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. And the morning came up radiant and the birds were full of song, but the forest underneath and the waste beyond it and the bare and ominous crags all wore the appearance of an unuttered threat. Though Slith had an experience of twenty years of theft, yet he said little; only if one of the others made a stone roll with his foot, or, later on in the forest, if one of them stepped on a twig, he whispered sharply to them always the same words: "That is not business." He knew that he could not make them better thieves during a two days' journey, and whatever doubts he had he interfered no further.  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 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 AND THE MORNING CAME UP RADIANT AND THE BIRDS WERE FULL OF SONG BUT THE FOREST UNDERNEATH AND THE WASTE BEYOND IT AND THE BARE AND OMINOUS CRAGS ALL WORE THE APPEARANCE OF AN UNUTTERED THREAT THOUGH SLITH HAD AN EXPERIENCE OF TWENTY YEARS OF THEFT YET HE SAID LITTLE ONLY IF ONE OF THE OTHERS MADE A STONE ROW WITH HIS FOOT OR LATER ON IN THE FOREST IF ONE OF THEM STEPPED ON A TWIG HE WHISPERED SHARPLY TO THEM ALWAYS THE SAME WORDS THAT IS NOT BUSINESS HE KNEW THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE THEM BETTER THIEVES DURING A TWO DAYS JOURNEY AND WHATEVER DOUBTS HE HAD HE INTERFERED NO FURTHER
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