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So he passed from city to city. By night he lay down unpanting in the reeds of some marsh or a forest; before dawn he rose triumphant, and hugely drank of some river in the dark, and splashing out of it would trot to some high place to find the sunrise, and to send echoing eastwards the exultant greetings of his jubilant horn. And lo! SO HE PASSED FROM CITY TO CITY BY NIGHT HE LAY DOWN UNPANTING IN THE REEDS OF SOME MARSH OR FOREST BEFORE DAWN HE ROSE TRIUMPHANT AND HUGELY DRANK OF SOME RIVER IN THE DARK AND SPLASHING OUT OF IT WOULD TROT TO SOME HIGH PLACE TO FIND THE SUNRISE AND TO SEND ECHOING EASTWARDS THE EXULTANT GREETINGS OF HIS JUBILANT HORN AND LO
you, ye that dwell in cities, how shall I tell you what he felt as he galloped? He felt for strength like the towers of Bel-Narana; for lightness like those gossamer palaces that the fairy-spider builds 'twixt heaven and sea along the coasts of Zith; for swiftness like some bird racing up from the morning to sing in some city's spires before daylight comes. He was the sworn companion of the wind. For joy he was as a song; the lightnings of his legendary sires, the earlier gods, began to mix with his blood; his hooves thundered. He came to the cities of men, and all men trembled, for they remembered the ancient mythical wars, and now they dreaded new battles and feared for the race of man. Not by Clio are these wars recorded; history does not know them, but what of that? Not all of us have sat at historians' feet, but all have learned fable and myth at their mothers' knees. And there were none that did not fear strange wars when they saw Shepperalk swerve and leap along the public ways. IS STRIDE HOW SHALL I TELL YOU YE THAT DWELL IN CITIES HOW SHALL I TELL YOU WHAT HE FELT AS HE GALLOPED HE FELT FOR STRENGTH LIKE THE TOWERS OF BEL NORANA FOR LIGHTNESS LIKE THOSE GOSSAMER PALACES THAT THE FAIRY SPIDER BUILDS TWIXT HEAVEN AND SEA ALONG THE COASTS OF ZITH FOR SWIFTNESS LIKE SOME BIRD RACING UP FROM THE MORNING TO SING IN SOME CITY'S SPIRES BEFORE DAYLIGHT COMES HE WAS THE SWORN COMPANION OF THE WIND FOR JOY HE WAS AS A SONG THE LIGHTNINGS OF HIS LEGENDARY SIRES THE EARLY GODS BEGAN TO MIX WITH HIS BLOOD HIS HOOFS THUNDERED HE CAME TO THE CITIES OF MEN AND ALL MEN TREMBLED FOR THEY REMEMBERED THE ANCIENT MYTHICAL WARS AND NOW THEY DREADED NEW BATTLES AND FEARED FOR THE RACE OF MAN NOT BY CAIO ARE THESE WARS RECORDED HISTORY DOES NOT KNOW THEM BUT WHAT OF THAT NOT ALL OF US HAVE SAT AT HISTORIANS FEET BUT ALL HAVE LEARNED FABLE AND MYTH AT THEIR MOTHERSS KNEES AND THERE WERE NONE THAT DID NOT FEAR STRANGE WARS WHEN THEY SAW SHEPPERALK SWERVE AND LEAP ALONG THE PUBLIC WAYS
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