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Even the Wanderers' children could do strange things, for if any one of them met with a child of Nen the two would stare at each other in silence with large grave eyes; then the Wanderers' child would slowly draw from his turban a live fish or snake. And the children of Nen could do nothing of that kind at all. EVEN THE WANDERER'S CHILDREN COULD DO STRANGE THINGS FOR IF ANY ONE OF THEM MET WITH A CHILD OF MEN THE TWO WOULD STARE AT EACH OTHER IN SILENCE WITH LARGE GRAVE EYES THEN THE WANDERER'S CHILD WOULD SLOWLY DRAW FROM HIS TURBAN A LIVE FISH OR SNAKE AND THE CHILDREN OF MEN COULD DO NOTHING OF THAT KIND AT ALL
ces. Bitterly all the dogs of Nen distrusted them. And the Wanderers told one another fearful tales, for though no one in Nen knew ought of their language yet they could see the fear on the listeners' faces, and as the tale wound on the whites of their eyes showed vividly in terror as the eyes of some little beast whom the hawk has seized. Then the teller of the tale would smile and stop, and another would tell his story, and the teller of the first tale's lips would chatter with fear. And if some deadly snake chanced to appear the Wanderers would greet him as a brother, and the snake would seem to give his greetings to them before he passed on again. Once that most fierce and lethal of tropic snakes, the giant lythra, came out of the jungle and all down the street, the central street of Nen, and none of the Wanderers moved away from him, but they all played sonorously on drums, as though he had been a person of much honour; and the snake moved through the midst of them and smote none. HAT HAUNTS DARK PLACES BITTERLY ALL THE DOGS OF MEN DISTRUSTED THEM AND THE WANDERERS TOLD ONE ANOTHER FEARFUL TALES FOR THOUGH NO ONE IN NAN KNEW AUGHT OF THEIR LANGUAGE YET THEY COULD SEE THE FEAR ON THE LISTENERS FACES AND AS THE TALE WOUND ON THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES SHOWED VIVIDLY IN TERROR AS THE EYES OF SOME LITTLE BEAST WHOM THE HAWK HAS SEIZED THEN THE TELLER OF THE TALE WOULD SMILE AND STOP AND ANOTHER WOULD TELL HIS STORY AND THE TELLER OF THE FIRST TAIL'S LIPS WOULD CHATTER WITH FEAR AND IF SOME DEADLY SNAKE CHANCED TO APPEAR THE WANDERERS WOULD GREET HIM AS A BROTHER AND THE SNAKE WOULD SEEM TO GIVE HIS GREETINGS TO THEM BEFORE HE PASSED ON AGAIN ONCE THAT MOST FIERCE AND LETHAL OF TROPIC SNAKES THE GIANT LITHRA CAME OUT OF THE JUNGLE AND ALL DOWN THE STREET THE CENTRAL STREET OF MEN AND NONE OF THE WANDERERS MOVED AWAY FROM HIM BUT THEY ALL PLAYED SONOROUSLY ON DRUMS AS THOUGH HE HAD BEEN A PERSON OF MUCH HONOUR AND THE SNAKE MOVED THROUGH THE MIDST OF THEM AND SMOTE NONE
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