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"I am a man horse now!" he shouted aloud; and leaping from crag to crag he galloped by valley and chasm, by torrent bed and scar of avalanche, until he came to the wandering leagues of the plain, and left behind him for ever the Athraminaurian mountains. I AM A MAN HORSE NOW HE SHOUTED ALOUD AND LEAPING FROM CRAG TO CRAG HE GALLOPED BY VALLEY AND CHASM BY TORRENT BED AND SCAR OF AVALANCHE UNTIL HE CAME TO THE WANDERING LEAGUES OF THE PLAIN AND LEFT BEHIND HIM FOREVER THE ATHROMINARIAN MOUNTAINS
n a cloud of dust before the final miracle of the gods that They brought in Their desperate need from Their ultimate armoury. He took it and strode away, and his mother only sighed and let him go. She knew that today he would not drink at the stream coming down from the terraces of Varpa Niger, the inner land of the mountains, that today he would not wonder awhile at the sunset and afterwards trot back to the cavern again to sleep on rushes pulled by rivers that know not Man. She knew that it was with him as it had been of old with his father, and with Goom the father of Jyshak, and long ago with the gods. Therefore she only sighed and let him go. But he, coming out from the cavern that was his home, went for the first time over the little stream, and going round the corner of the crags saw glittering beneath him the mundane plain. And the wind of the autumn that was gilding the world, rushing up the slopes of the mountain, beat cold on his naked flanks. He raised his head and snorted. REATED SLOWLY IN A CLOUD OF DUST BEFORE THE FINAL MIRACLE OF THE GODS THAT THEY BROUGHT IN THEIR DESPERATE NEED FROM THEIR ULTIMATE ARMORY HE TOOK IT AND STRODE AWAY AND HIS MOTHER ONLY SIGHED AND LET HIM GO SHE KNEW THAT TO DAY HE WOULD NOT DRINK AT THE STREAM COMING DOWN FROM THE TERRACES OF VARPARA NIGER THE INNER LAND OF THE MOUNTAINS THAT TO DAY HE WOULD NOT WONDER AWHILE AT THE SUNSET AND AFTERWARDS TROT BACK TO THE CAVERN AGAIN TO SLEEP ON RUSHES PULLED BY RIVERS THAT KNOW NOT MAN SHE KNEW THAT IT WAS WITH HIM AS IT HAD BEEN OF OLD WITH HIS FATHER AND WITH GOOM THE FATHER OF JYSHAK AND LONG AGO WITH THE GODS THEREFORE SHE ONLY SIGHED AND LET HIM GO BUT HE COMING OUT FROM THE CAVERN THAT WAS HIS HOME WENT FOR THE FIRST TIME OVER THE LITTLE STREAM AND GOING ROUND THE CORNER OF THE CRAGS SAW GLITTERING BENEATH HIM THE MUNDANE PLAIN AND THE WIND OF THE AUTUMN THAT WAS GILDING THE WORLD RUSHING UP THE SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAIN BEAT COLD ON HIS NAKED FLANKS HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND SNORTED
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