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There the thieves drew idolatrously from their pockets each one a separate god and prayed for protection in the unfortunate wood, and hoped therefrom for a threefold chance of escape, since if anything should eat one of them it were certain to eat them all, and they confided that the corollary might be true and all should escape if one did. THERE THE THIEVES DREW IDOLATROUSLY FROM THEIR POCKETS EACH ONE A SEPARATE GOD AND PRAYED FOR PROTECTION IN THE UNFORTUNATE WOOD AND HOPED THEREFROM FOR A THREEFOLD CHANCE OF ESCAPE SINCE IF ANYTHING SHOULD EAT ONE OF THEM IT WERE CERTAIN TO EAT THEM ALL AND THEY CONFIDED THAT THE COROLLARY MIGHT BE TRUE AND ALL SHOULD ESCAPE IF ONE DID
 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. 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.  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 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
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