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Presently from their lairs arose, and shook themselves and went stealthily forth, those of Earth's children to whom it is the law to prowl abroad as soon as the dusk has fallen. And they went pattering softly over the plain, and their eyes shone in the dark, and crossed and recrossed one another in their courses. PRESENTLY FROM THEIR LAIRS AROSE AND SHOOK THEMSELVES AND WENT STEALTHILY FORTH THOSE OF EARTH'S CHILDREN TO WHOM IT IS THE LAW TO PROWL ABROAD AS SOON AS THE DUSK HAS FALLEN AND THEY WENT PATTERING SOFTLY OVER THE PLAIN AND THEIR EYES SHONE IN THE DARK AND CROSSED AND RECROSSED ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR COURSES
, wherein stand small mysterious cottages through whose windows, looking westwards, you may see the fields of men, and looking eastwards see glittering elfin mountains, tipped with snow, going range on range into the region of Myth, and beyond it into the kingdom of Fantasy, which pertain to the Lands of Dream. Long we regarded one another, knowing that we should meet no more, for my fancy is weakening as the years slip by, and I go ever more seldom into the Lands of Dream. Then we clasped hands, uncouthly on his part, for it is not the method of greeting in his country, and he commended my soul to the care of his own gods, to his little lesser gods, the humble ones, to the gods that bless Belzoond. THE SWORD AND THE IDOL It was a cold winter's evening late in the Stone Age; the sun had gone down blazing over the plains of Thold; there were no clouds, only the chill blue sky and the imminence of stars; and the surface of the sleeping Earth began to harden against the cold of the night.  THE SWORD AND THE IDOL CHAPTER SEVEN OF A DREAMER'S TALES BY LORD DUNSANI THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IT WAS A COLD WINTER'S EVENING LATE IN THE STONE AGE THE SUN HAD GONE DOWN BLAZING OVER THE PLAINS OF THOLDE THERE WERE NO CLOUDS ONLY THE CHILL BLUE SKY AND THE IMMINENCE OF STARS AND THE SURFACE OF THE SLEEPING EARTH BEGAN TO HARDEN AGAINST THE COLD OF THE NIGHT
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