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Then he saw it all: the golden dragons were being beaten  his little golden dragons. The men of the bear were coming under the window; what ever he threw from that height would fall with terrific force: fire irons, coal, his clock, whatever he had  he would fight for his little golden dragons yet. A flame broke out from one of the towers and licked the feet of a reclining archer; he did not stir. THEN HE SAW IT ALL THE GOLDEN DRAGONS WERE BEING BEATEN HIS LITTLE GOLDEN DRAGONS THE MEN OF THE BEAR WERE COMING UNDER THE WINDOW WHATEVER HE THREW FROM THAT HEIGHT WOULD FALL WITH TERRIFIC FORCE FIRE IRONS COAL HIS CLOCK WHATEVER HE HAD HE WOULD FIGHT FOR HIS LITTLE GOLDEN DRAGONS YET A FLAME BROKE OUT FROM ONE OF THE TOWERS AND LICKED THE FEET OF A RECLINING ARCHER HE DID NOT STIR
out and called some children indoors, a knight rode down the street, and then more pikemen appeared along the walls, and all the jack-daws were in the air. In the street no troubadour sang. Mr. Sladden took one look along the towers to see that the flags were flying, and all the golden dragons were streaming in the wind. Then he had to go to Business. He took a bus back that evening and ran upstairs. Nothing seemed to be happening in Golden Dragon City except a crowd in the cobbled street that led down to the gateway; the archers seemed to be reclining as usual lazily in their towers, and then a white flag went down with all its golden dragons; he did not see at first that all the archers were dead. The crowd was pouring towards him, towards the precipitous wall from which he looked; men with a white flag covered with golden dragons were moving backwards slowly, men with another flag were pressing them, a flag on which there was one huge red bear. Another banner went down upon a tower.  USUAL A WOMAN RAN OUT AND CALLED SOME CHILDREN INDOORS A NIGHT RODE DOWN THE STREET AND THEN MORE PIKEMEN APPEARED ALONG THE WALLS AND ALL THE JACKDAWS WERE IN THE AIR IN THE STREET NO TROUBADORE SANG MISTER SLADDIN TOOK ONE LOOK ALONG THE TOWERS TO SEE THAT THE FLAGS WERE FLYING AND ALL THE GOLDEN DRAGONS WERE STREAMING IN THE WIND THEN HE HAD TO GO TO BUSINESS HE TOOK A BUS BACK THAT EVENING AND RAN UPSTAIRS NOTHING SEEMED TO BE HAPPENING IN GOLDEN DRAGON CITY EXCEPT A CROWD IN THE COBBLED STREET THAT LED DOWN TO THE GATEWAY THE ARCHERS SEEMED TO BE RECLINING AS USUAL LAZILY IN THEIR TOWERS AND THEN A WHITE FLAG WENT DOWN WITH ALL ITS GOLDEN DRAGONS HE DID NOT SEE AT FIRST THAT ALL THE ARCHERS WERE DEAD THE CROWD WAS POURING TOWARDS HIM TOWARDS THE PRECIPITOUS WALL FROM WHICH HE LOOKED MEN WITH A WHITE FLAG COVERED WITH GOLDEN DRAGONS WERE MOVING BACKWARD SLOWLY MEN WITH ANOTHER FLAG WERE PRESSING THEM A FLAG ON WHICH THERE WAS ONE HUGE RED BEAR ANOTHER BANNER WENT DOWN UPON A TOWER
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