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All around its lair, lay wagon loads of bones of the creatures, girls, women, men, boys, cows, and occasionally a donkey, which it had devoured. ALL AROUND ITS LAIR LAY WAGON LOADS OF BONES OF THE CREATURES GIRLS WOMEN MEN BOYS COWS AND OCCASIONALLY A DONKEY WHICH IT HAD DEVOURED
hese weapons fell down to the ground, like harmless pins. On this monster's head, were big ears, half way between those of a jackass and an elephant. Its eyes were as green as leeks, and were round, but scalloped on the edges, like squashes, while they were as big as pumpkins. The Afang's face was much like a monkey's, or a gorilla's, with long straggling gray hairs around its cheeks like those of a walrus. It always looked as if a napkin, as big as a bath towel, would be necessary to keep its mouth clean. Yet even then, it slobbered a good deal, so that no nice fairy liked to be near the monster. When the Afang growled, the bushes shook and the oak leaves trembled on the branches, as if a strong wind was blowing. But after its dinner, when it had swallowed down a man, or two calves, or four sheep, or a fat heifer, or three goats, its body swelled up like a balloon. Then it usually rolled over, lay along the ground, or in the soft mud, and felt very stupid and sleepy, for a long while. THEIR DARTS AND HURLED THEIR JAVELINS THESE WEAPONS FELL DOWN TO THE GROUND LIKE HARMLESS PINS ON THIS MONSTER'S HEAD WERE BIG EARS HALF WAY BETWEEN THOSE OF A JACKASS AND AN ELEPHANT ITS EYES WERE AS GREEN AS LEEKS AND WERE ROUND BUT SCALLOPED ON THE EDGES LIKE SQUASHES WHILE THEY WERE BIG AS PUMPKINS THE ATHANG'S FACE WAS MUCH LIKE A MONKEY'S OR GORILLAS WITH LONG STRAGGLING GRAY HAIRS AROUND ITS CHEEK LIKE THOSE OF A WALRUS IT ALWAYS LOOKED AS IF A NAPKIN AS BIG AS A BATHTOWEL WOULD BE NECESSARY TO KEEP ITS MOUTH CLEAN YET EVEN THEN IT SLOPPERED A GOOD DEAL SO THAT NO NICE FAIRY LIKED TO BE NEAR THE MONSTER WHEN THE AE FANG GROWLED THE BUSHES SHOOK AND THE OAK LEAVES TREMBLED ON THE BRANCHES AS IF A STRONG WIND WAS BLOWING BUT AFTER ITS DINNER WHEN IT HAD SWALLOWED DOWN A MAN OR TWO CALVES OR FOUR SHEEP OR A FAT HEIFER OR THREE GOATS ITS BODY SWELLED UP LIKE A BALLOON THEN IT USUALLY ROLLED OVER LAY ALONG THE GROUND OR IN THE SOFT MUD AND FELT VERY STUPID AND SLEEPY FOR A LONG WHILE
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