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And the stars paled a little and grew indistinct; but there was no other sign as yet of the dawn, when there appeared far up in the deeps of the night two little saffron specks, then four and five: it was the hippogriffs dancing and twirling around in the sun. AND THE STARS PALED A LITTLE AND GREW INDISTINCT BUT THERE WAS NO OTHER SIGN AS YET OF THE DAWN WHEN THERE APPEARED FAR UP IN THE DEEPS OF THE NIGHT TWO LITTLE SAFFRON SPECKS THEN FOUR AND FIVE IT WAS THE HIPPOGRIFFS DANCING AND TWIRLING AROUND IN THE SUN
f which I drag it as it goes floating by, into which I shall one day tumble. The hippogriffs dance before dawn in the upper air; long before sunrise flashes upon our lawns they go to glitter in light that has not yet come to the World, and as the dawn works up from the ragged hills and the stars feel it they go slanting earthwards, till sunlight touches the tops of the tallest trees, and the hippogriffs alight with a rattle of quills and fold their wings and gallop and gambol away till they come to some prosperous, wealthy, detestable town, and they leap at once from the fields and soar away from the sight of it, pursued by the horrible smoke of it until they come again to the pure blue air. He whom prophecy had named from of old to come to the City of Never, went down one midnight with his magic halter to a lake-side where the hippogriffs alighted at dawn, for the turf was soft there and they could gallop far before they came to a town, and there he waited hidden near their hoofmarks. OBLIVION OUT OF WHICH I DRAG IT AS IT GOES FLOATING BY INTO WHICH I SHALL ONE DAY TUMBLE THE HIPPOGRIFFS DANCED BEFORE DAWN IN THE UPPER AIR LONG BEFORE SUNRISE FLASHES UPON OUR LAWNS THEY GO TO GLITTER IN LIGHT THAT HAS NOT YET COME TO THE WORLD AND AS THE DAWN WORKS UP FROM THE RAGGED HILLS AND THE STARS FEEL IT THEY GO SLANTING EARTHWARDS TILL SUNLIGHT TOUCHES THE TOPS OF THE TALLEST TREES AND THE HIPPOGRIFFS ALIGHT WITH A RATTLE OF QUILLS AND FOLD THEIR WINGS AND GALLOP AND GAMBOL AWAY TILL THEY COME TO SOME PROSPEROUS WEALTHY DETESTABLE TOWN AND THEY LEAP AT ONCE FROM THE FIELDS AND SOAR AWAY FROM THE SIGHT OF IT PURSUED BY THE HORRIBLE SMOKE OF IT UNTIL THEY COME AGAIN TO THE PURE BLUE AIR HE WHOM PROPHECY HAD NAMED FROM OF OLD TO COME TO THE CITY OF NEVER WENT DOWN ONE MIDNIGHT WITH HIS MAGIC HALTER TO A LAKE SIDE WHERE THE HIPPOGRIFFS ALIGHTED AT DAWN FOR THE TURF WAS SOFT THERE AND THEY COULD GALLOP FAR BEFORE THEY CAME TO A TOWN AND THERE HE WAITED HIDDEN NEAR THEIR HOOFMARKS
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