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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. 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
oo that clarion of the centaurs, that famous silver horn, that in its time had summoned to surrender seventeen cities of Man, and for twenty years had brayed at star-girt walls in the Siege of Tholdenblarna, the citadel of the gods, what time the centaurs waged their fabulous war and were not broken by any force of arms, but retreated slowly in 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. OK WITH HIM TOO THAT CLARION OF THE CENTAURS THAT FAMOUS SILVER HORN THAT IN ITS TIME HAD SUMMONED TO SURRENDER SEVENTEEN CITIES OF MAN AND FOR TWENTY YEARS HAD BRAYED AT STAR GIRT WALLS IN THE SIEGE OF THOLDENBLARNA THE CITADEL OF THE GODS WHAT TIME THE CENTAURS WAGED THEIR FABULOUS WAR AND WERE NOT BROKEN BY ANY FORCE OF ARMS BUT RETREATED 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
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