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When Athelvok jumped into the water the bull must have thrown his head up, startled at the splash, then he would have listened and have sniffed the air, and neither hearing nor scenting any danger he must have remained rigid for some moments, for it was in that attitude that Athelvok found him as he emerged breathless at his feet. WHEN A THALVOC JUMPED INTO THE WATER THE BULL MUST HAVE THROWN HIS HEAD UP STARTLED AT THE SPLASH THEN HE WOULD HAVE LISTENED AND HAVE SNIFFED THE AIR AND NEITHER HEARING NOR SCENTING ANY DANGER HE MUST HAVE REMAINED RIGID FOR SOME MOMENTS FOR IT WAS IN THAT ATTITUDE THAT A FELVOC FOUND HIM AS HE EMERGED BREATHLESS AT HIS FEET
rved upwards, and were four strides in width from tip to tip. And he had not seen Athelvok, for the great bull was on the far side of the little pool, and Athelvok could not creep round to him for fear of meeting the wind (for the gariachs, who can see little in the dark forests, rely on hearing and smell). But he devised swiftly in his mind while the bull stood there with head erect just twenty strides from him across the water. And the bull sniffed the wind cautiously and listened, then lowered his great head down to the pool and drank. At that instant Athelvok leapt into the water and shot forward through its weedy depths among the stems of the strange flowers that floated upon broad leaves on the surface. And Athelvok kept his spear out straight before him, and the fingers of his left hand he held rigid and straight, not pointing upwards, and so did not come to the surface, but was carried onward by the strength of his spring and passed unentangled through the stems of the flowers. D AND AT THE ENDS CURVED UPWARDS AND WERE FOUR STRIDES IN WIDTH FROM TIP TO TIP AND HE HAD NOT SEEN A FELVOC FOR THE GREAT BULL WAS ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE LITTLE POOL AND ATHELVOC COULD NOT CREEP ROUND TO HIM FOR FEAR OF MEETING THE WIND FOR THE GARIACKS WHO CAN SEE LITTLE IN THE DARK FORESTS RELY ON HEARING AND SMELL BUT HE DEVISED SWIFTLY IN HIS MIND WHILE THE BULL STOOD THERE WITH HEAD ERECT JUST TWENTY STRIDES FROM HIM ACROSS THE WATER AND THE BULL SNIFFED THE WIND CAUTIOUSLY AND LISTENED THEN LOWERED HIS GREAT HEAD DOWN TO THE POOL AND DRANK AT THAT INSTANT A FELVOCAPT INTO THE WATER AND SHOT FORWARD THROUGH ITS WEEDY DEPTHS AMONG THE STEMS OF THE STRANGE FLOWERS THAT FLOATED UPON BROAD LEAVES ON THE SURFACE AND A THALVOC KEPT HIS SPEAR OUT STRAIGHT BEFORE HIM AND THE FINGERS OF HIS LEFT HAND HE HELD RIGID AND STRAIGHT NOT POINTING UPWARDS AND SO DID NOT COME TO THE SURFACE BUT WAS CARRIED ONWARD BY THE STRENGTH OF HIS SPRING AND PASSED UNENTANGLED THROUGH THE STEMS OF THE FLOWERS
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