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Its handle had been shortened, at some time, to about twelve inches, converting it into a heavy hatchet. He weighed it, and tried it on a block of wood, and then, making sure that the secret door was closed, he went out again and drove off. An hour later, he returned. ITS HANDLE HAD BEEN SHORTENED AT SOME TIME TO ABOUT TWELVE INCHES CONVERTING IT INTO A HEAVY HATCHET HE WEIGHED IT AND TRIED IT ON A BLOCK OF WOOD AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THE SECRET DOOR WAS CLOSED HE WENT OUT AGAIN AND DROVE OFF AN HOUR LATER HE RETURNED
had been taken to the First Level and placed in the Dhergabar Zoological Gardens, and then, requisitioned on the authority of Tortha Karf, it had been brought to the Fourth Level by Verkan Vall. It was almost at the end of all its travels. Verkan Vall prodded the supine animal with the toe of his boot; it twitched slightly. Its feet were cross-bound with straps, but when he saw that the narcotic was wearing off, Verkan Vall snatched a syringe, parted the fur at the base of its neck, and gave it an injection. After a moment, he picked it up in his arms and carried it out to the jeep. "All right, pussy cat," he said, placing it under the rear seat, "this is the one-way ride. The way you're doped up, it won't hurt a bit." He went back and rummaged in the debris of the long-deserted barn. He picked up a hoe, and discarded it as too light. An old plowshare was too unhandy. He considered a grate-bar from a heating furnace, and then he found the poleax, lying among a pile of wormeaten boards. LEVEL NORTH AMERICA IT HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE FIRST LEVEL AND PLACED IN THE DHERGABAR ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS AND THEN REQUISITIONED ON THE AUTHORITY OF TORTH THE CALF IT HAD BEEN BROUGHT TO THE FOURTH LEVEL BY VERKAN VALL IT WAS ALMOST AT THE END OF ALL ITS TRAVELS VERKAN VALL PRODDED THE SUPINE ANIMAL WITH THE TOE OF HIS BOOT IT TWITCHED SLIGHTLY ITS FEET WERE CROSS BOUND WITH STRAPS BUT WHEN HE SAW THAT THE NARCOTIC WAS WEARING OFF VERKAN VALL SNATCHED A SYRINGE PARTED THE FUR AT THE BASE OF ITS NECK AND GAVE IT AN INJECTION AFTER A MOMENT HE PICKED IT UP IN HIS ARMS AND CARRIED IT OUT TO THE JEEP ALL RIGHT PUSSY CAT HE SAID PLACING IT UNDER THE REAR SEAT THIS IS THE ONE WAY RIDE THE WAY YOU ARE DOPED UP IT WON'T HURT A BIT HE WENT BACK AND RUMMAGED IN THE DEBRIS OF THE LONG DESERTED BARN HE PICKED UP A HOE AND DISCARDED IT AS TOO LIGHT AN OLD PLOUGHSHARE WAS TOO UNHANDY HE CONSIDERED A GREAT BAR FROM A HEATING FURNACE AND THEN HE FOUND THE POLE AXE LYING AMONG A PILE OF WORM EATEN BOARDS
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