The Song of the Quarkbeast Excerpt

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W h e r e W e A r e R i g h t N o wo N e

Iwk in h mgi indsy. I hink yll g is

py glms: li splls, pins, nd whispd

nhnmns; lviin, vnishings, nd lhmy. o

ini ghs h dh wih h pws dknss,

njing p blizzds nd qlling sms s. o

sing lighning bls m mnins, binging s-

s li in d vnqish blsm s.

I nly.

N, mgi hs dys is simply useful, sl in h

sm wy h s nd dishwshs nd n pns

sl. th dys wild, wd-plsing s lik m-

mnding h ns, lviing lphns, nd ning


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hing in xi divs lng gn. W hd kin-

dling mgi w mnhs g, smhing w lld

Big Mgi, b nlimid mgil pws hv n y

nd. a bi sg h gnd wid ld

shps nd in h sd ldfw dil, h

wizidil pw hd dppd nhing b ising

gin lms pinlly slwly. N n will b ding ny

n mmnding whil, lphns will min

nlvid, nd hing wn ls nyn n h wy

h ip. W hv n s vnqish xp h

xmn, nd h nly im w g gh h pws

dknss is ding n h kingdms qn pw

s.

S whil w wi mgi sblish isl, i is

vy mh bsinss s sl: hiing ss n-

d pil mgi. things lik plmbing nd wi-

ing, wllpping nd l nvsins. W li s

h iys lmping ni, dliv pizz by fying p,

nd pdi h wh wih wny-h pn m

y hn SNoDD-tVs vi wh gil, Disy

Fihild.

B I dn d ny h. I cantd ny h. I

gniz hs wh n. th jb I d is Mysil as

Mngmn. Simply p, Im n gn. th psn wh

ds h dls, ks h bkings, nd hn gs ll h

fk whn hings g wng nd lil h di

whn hy g igh. th pl I d ll his is mpny


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lld Kzm, h biggs Hs enhnmn in h

wld. t b hns, hs n sying mh, s h

nly w: Kzm nd Indsil Mgi, v in Sd.

Bwn s w hv h nly igh linsd ss n

h pln. and i y hink hs spnsibl jb

sixn-y-ld, y igh Im lly nly acting

mng nil h G Zmbini gs bk.

I h ds.

S h dy his ll bgn, i ws n gin bsinss s

sl Kzm, nd his mning w w ging y

nd smhing h ws ls. N js mispld-

i-whps ls, whih is sy, b nv--b-nd

ls, whih is gd dl hd. W didn mh lik

nding ls s, s in gnl ls s dsn lik

b nd, b whn wk ws slk, wd d py mh

nyhing wihin h lw. and hs why Pkins, tig,

nd I w siing in my ng Vlkswgn Bl n

dmp mn mning dsid s six mils

m wn Hd, h pil iy h King-

dm Sndd.

D y hink wizd vn knws wh lk is

for? I skd, smwh xspd. I hd pmisd

lin h wd s nin-hiy .m.sharp, nd i ws

wny ps ldy. Id ld h ss g h

nin lk bing, b I migh s wll hv bn

lking h fws.


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I y hv ll h im in h wld, plid tig,

ing ss n gly insd li xp-

ny, hn I spps w mins ih wy dsn

m s mh.

Hn tig Pwns ws my ssisn nd hd

bn wih Kzm h pvis w mnhs. H ws

ll his wlv ys nd hd ly sndy-ld hi

nd kls h dnd nd snb ns. Lik ms

ndlings h g, h w his vsizd hnd-m-

dwns wih in pid. H ws h his mning

ln h pli pblms ssid wih nding

nd wih gd sn. I h G Zmbini k m

hn w ys n, tig wld k v s ing

mng. on I nd ighn, Id b .

Pkins nddd. Sm wizds d sm liv

lng im, h bsvd. this ws ndbdly ,

b hy w lwys gy b hw hy did i, nd

hngd h sbj mi nins smhing whn

skd.

th Yhl Pkins ws bs nd nly in

wppd p in n. H hd bn Kzm js v

y nd ws h nly psn h mpny ls my

wn g. H ws gd-lking, , nd sid m s-

ing bs vndn h smims g him

in bl whn h splld qik hn h hgh, h

wld b gd Kzm nd gd mgi in gnl.


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I likd him, b sin his pil ld ins ws

rm Sggsin h skill pjing hghs

in ppls hds m disn I didn knw

whh I lly likd him h ws suggesting I lik

him, whih ws bh py nd nhil. In , h

whl rm Sggsin sding id ws bnnd

n i ws disvd b h ky ingdin in p-

ming lnlss by bnds, whih hd nil hn bn

smhing mysy.

I lkd my wh. th ss w w wi-

ing w h amzing Dnnis Fll Pi nd Ldy

Mwgn. Dspi hi mgil biliis, Mysil as

piins giv hm hi il il ld

bly g hi lhs n in h igh d nd n

ndd b mindd k bh nd nd mls

glly. Wizds lik h: i, pln, g-

l, pssin, nd hugely sing. B h n hing

hy n is bing, nd dil s whn I

s m wk h, I hd m gd hm ll

vn h lly insn ns wih g dl nd-

nss.

I shld lly b bk h tws sdying,

sid h Yhl Pkins lly. H hd his mgi li-

ns hing h nn nd ws ndsndbly

bi jmpy.

Y knw Fll Pi sggsd y m lng


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bsv, I mindd him. Finding ls s is ll b

mwk.

I hgh ss didn lik mwk, sid ti-

g, wh njyd qsins m hn nyhing h

hn i m nd wfs.

th ld dys ln wizds mixing wid pins

in h p h Nh tw v, I sid. thyv

g ln wk gh, nd is n js m wh

sys i h G Zmbini ws vy kn n wiing

h l bk. I lkd my wh gin. I hp hy

lly do n p. as Kzms ing mng in h

G Zmbinis bsn, I ws h n wh md h

gvling plgis ny disgnld lins sm-

hing I did m hn I wld hv likd.

evn s, sid Pkins, Iv pssd my Finding

Mdl IV, nd lwys nd h pi hiding slipp,

vn whn i ws hiddn nd Mysis Xs bd.

this ws , b whil nding smhing ndm

lik slipp ws gd pi, h ws m i hn

h. In h Mysil as, h lwys is. th nly hing

y lly g g liim sdy is h

hs m s g . Fsing nd nligh-

ning h sm im.

th slipp hd n isss wih bing nd, I sid

in n mp xplin h nxplinbl. I smhing

dsn wn b nd, hn is hd. th Mighy


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Shnd ld hid hings in plin sigh by simply oc-

cludinghm m viw. H dmnsd h hniq

ms msly wih n nsn lphn in h m d-

ing h 1826 Wld Mgi exp.

Is h wh h lphn in h m xpssin

ms m? tig skd.

Ys; his nm ws Dnil.

Y shld b king h mgi s n my bhl,

mkd Pkins glmily. Y knw l m hn I

d; h whl s h Codex Magicalis I hvn

vn d.

Iv bn h h ys lng hn y, I pind

, s Im bnd knw m. B hving m k

y s wld b lik sking psn wih n hnds

k y pin xm.

N n knws why sm ppl n d mgi nd

hs n. Im n gd n h hy bhind mgi,

h hn knwing is sin sin nd ih, b

h pil wy lking i is his: Mgi swils

b s lik n invisibl g ngy h n b ppd

by hs gid ngh, sing viy hniqs

h n n lyd splling, mmbld innins,

nd bs nnd hgh hnnld hgh

h indx ngs. th hnil nm his ngy is

vibl l-gviinl mbl sbmi ,

whih dsn mn nyhing ll nsd siniss


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js gv i n impn-snding nm s s n ls

. th sl m is wizidil ngy, simply

h kl.

By h wy, sid Pkins in bzy mnn, Iv

g w iks s Jimmy Ddvil Njb hv

himsl d m nnn hgh bik wll.

Jimmy Njb ws h unnid Kingdms ms

lbd vling ddvil, nd iks s his md-

p sns w mh in dmnd. H hd n i

liv hsl mpnimn h y b; i hd

bn g shw nil h nly hkd n h vlv.

Wh y king? I skd, glning tig.

th Will Pkins bild p h g sk m ?

iss hd bn iv whil.

Pkins ld his h s h bil p h g.

Y, i y wn m.

I sd h d mmn, hn sid, Wh,

m?

Ys, s y, sid Pkins.

Y migh hv bn lking tig.

Why wld I sk tig m wh lni

himsl hgh bik wll?

Why wouldnty sk m? skd tig. Whing

sm idi dmg himsl migh b js my hing.

ths nily pssibl, gd Pkins, b whil

hs pi lniv, yll lwys min ninh

nh n my lis.


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W ll ll siln.

Py? I swivld in h divs s him.

Y wn sk m bs Im py?

Is h pblm wih sking y bs

y py?

I hink y blw i, sid tig wih gin. Y

shld b sking h bs shs sm, wiy, m-

bynd h ys, nd bs vy mmn in h

mpny mks y wn b b psn. Py

shld b h bottom h lis.

oh, bls, sid Pkins dspndnly. I shld,

shldn i?

a ls! I md, hing h disiniv duga-

dugadugaduga Ldy Mwgns myl, nd w

limbd h s sh m sp. Sh ws w-

ing h Im b hng Jnni s lk. o

s, bing hngd by Ldy Mwgn ws nhing

nw; I ws n hngd by h lnh, dinn, nd

ndm ims in bwn. Sh ws ms pwl

s, nd ls h bbis. Sh ws s bby, in ,

h vn lly bby ppl p hi bbinss sid

wi h gshing y mildly ssi n ls.

Ldy Mwgn, I sid in bigh vi, bwing

lw, s pl did. I s h dy nds y wll?

an idii xpssin md pbl nly bs

i is di in s qlly idii xpssins, sh

md gmpily, spping m h myl h


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sh d sidsddl. Is h lil wp mping

hid bhind wh y jkingly s ?

Gd mning, sid tig in his bs Gsh,

didn s y h, I wsn lly hiding vi. Y

lking mostwll his mning.

tig ws lying. Ldy Mwgn lkd ibl, wih

lnk hi nd s, pinhd . H lips hd nv sn

smil nd ly pssd n inninl indly wd.

Sh ws dssd in lng blk bll-shpd inlin

dss h bnd p h h in n diin nd

swp h f in h h. Sh didn s mh wlk s

glide ss h gnd in vy disbing mnn. tig

hd n b m hl mlh h sh w ll sks;

bl ws, nih s ld hink gd, s,

spl wy nd .

Sh gd Pkins m plily, s h ws h

wizidil lling. Sh didn ws slin n tig

m. Y dspi lw ss s ndlings, tig

nd I w il h smh nning Kzm. I

ws hw h G Zmbini likd i. H lwys l h

ndlings w b qippd dl wih h sm-

wh biz wld Mysil as Mngmn. Pm-

pd ivilins, s h p i, wld pni h wid-

nss, hink hy knw b, y impv hings,

g gdy nd y sh in. H ws pbbly igh.

Whil y h, nnnd Ldy Mwgn, I

nd n s spll l his mning.


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Hw mny shnds, mm?

ab n mgshnds, sid Ldy Mwgn sl-

lnly, nnyd h ignminy hving n h s

splls ps m s.

ths nsidbl mn kl. I wn-

dd wh sh ws p nd hpd sh wldn -

mp bing h , M. Psskins, bk sm s

smi-li, n n nly seriously py b highly

wnd pn. My I inqi s wh y pln-

ning d?

Im ging y nd hk in h Dibbl Sg

cils. I my hlp s wih h bidg jb.

I bhd sigh li. this hngd ms n-

sidbly, nd sh ws igh. W hd gd bild

Hds mdivl bidg n Fidy, nd w ndd ll

h hlp w ld g. th ws why Pkins ws king

his mgi s dy h hn nx wk. Hd sill b

nvi, b six linsd ss wld b b hn

v mgi lwys wkd b wih h wizds in

s divisibl by h.

L m s, I sid, nsling my shdl. tw

ss splling h sm im ld dpl h

kl, nd h is nhing ws hn nning

sm w-hids h wy hgh spll. a bi lik

nning gs wihin sigh lling sin.

a lvn lk h Pi bhs mving h

zs piz wls, s nyim lvn n wld


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b gd b Ill dbl-hk wih Indsil Mgi

js in s.

elvn n i is, plid Ldy Mwgn snily.

Y my bsv, i y s hs.

Ill b h, I plid, hn ddd isly,

Ldy Mwgn, pls dn hink m insnsiiv, b

ny mp nim M. Psskins n h bk

h Dibbl Sg cil hking nhnmn migh b

lkd n nvbly by h h wizds.

H ys nwd nd sh gv m n hs

ss h sm hi h bk my skll lik dzn

h ndls.

Nn y hv ny id wh M. Psskins mn

m. Nw, wh w ding h?

Wiing h amzing Dnnis Pi.

Hw I dpl p imkping, sh sid, dspi

bing lms hl n h l hsl. G ny mny?

Im sving.

Pkins gv h n-mlh in.

Ms kind. Wlk wih m, Pkins.

and sh glidd silnly wd dsid snk

b h h nd h s .

D y wn nyhing? skd Pkins.

eing givs ndlings ids bv hi s-

in, m Ldy Mwgns disiv vi, qikly l-

lwd by n dmnishmn h wn h snk

b: Thatmh bn ll? Sndls!


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Sin whn is dsid snk b ing ? sid

tig, lning gins h . ths lik sying lisn-

ing h di ds is lik ging liv shw.

Sh is n snishing sss nsidbl pw

nd mmimn, s dn b impinn. o ls, I

ddd, n wihin sh.

Spking liv shws, sid tig, lwing his

vi, will y g Jimmy Ddvil Njbs sn

shw wih Pkins?

Pbbly n, I sid wih sigh. Is n gd

id d smn y wk wih.

Gd, sid tig.

Why is h gd?

Bs h migh giv wy y ik, nd Id

lik wh smn wih m bvy hn sns b-

ing d m nnn in bik wll.

Is h wm-p ?

a bss bnd, hlds, nd smn wh n

jggl bbs.

W nd s xi pphing. I ws h

amzing Dnnis Fll Pi, nh n li-nsd pivs. H nd his bh, Dvid, knwn s

Hl Pi, w ms s h ms nidnil wins n

d. Dvid ws ll nd hin nd wld swy in high

wind, whil Dnnis ws sh nd sq lik gin pink

pmpkin. a I pid h xi, h limbd nd

lkd nd.


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Sy Im l, Fll Pi sid, dmnsing h

din bwn him nd Ldy Mwgn. I g dlyd

lking Wizd Mbin. H wns y winss n

xpimn hs g king.

a dngs n? I skd wih sm nn. Wiz-

d Mbin hd dsyd m lbis hn Id hd

ld nd indibl dinns.

Ds h knw ny h? h plid. Whs

Mwgn?

I nddd in h diin h snk b.

N wih h wn mny, Ill b, h sid, nd -

giving s wink, h sd lk h.

as tig nd I sd h smlling h in m

ying bn n h bz, rlls-ry whispd

hl nx s.


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I n P u r s u i t o f L o s t S t u f f t W o

Th rlls-ry ws p--h-lin six-whldPhnm twlv. I ws s big s yh, wi s lx-

is, nd hd pin wk s p, h vhil lkd

lik pl blk pin siing in h i. th h

pnd h pssng d, nd wll-dssd gil

limbd . Sh ws n mh ld hn m, b sh

m m wld pivilg, sh, nd nilmn. I

shld hv hd h, b I didn.

I nvid h.

Miss Sng? sh sid, siding ndnly -

wd, hnd shd. Miss Shd is gld mk

y qinn.


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Whs sh lking b? skd tig nd his

bh, lking nd.

Hsl, I hink. I smild bdly wlm h.

Gd mning, Miss Shd. thnk y ming. Im

Jnni Sng.

this ws lin. Sh didn lk ld ngh

hv ls smhing impn ngh ll s, b y

nv knw.

on ms ll m ann, sh sid kindly. Y -

n xplis mgil viy lld n wih sns

hilling pidin.

Sh ws lking in Lngspk, h ml lngg

h pp lsss, nd i smd h sh ws n fn

in Shspk, h vydy lngg h unnid

Kingdms.

Im sy?

I ws singl disply inspid disnss,

sh plid.

Is h gd? I skd, sill ns h mning.

Ms inly, sh plid. W llwd y d-

vns wih g ins.

W?

Mysl nd my lin. a gnlmn sm ns-

qn, sgiy, nd nnn.

Sh ws ndbdly ing smn nbil-

iy. ryls in h unnid Kingdms mplyd hs

d lms vyhing hm; nly h vy ps


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nbls did nyhing hmslvs. I ws sid h whn

King Wzzl Snwdni id ing, h mplyd

smn d i him. a h invibl wigh lss

nd dh, h ws sdd by his bh.

I n ndsnd wd shs sying, whispd

tig.

tig, I sid, kn g id him b sh k

ns, why n h Fll Pi nd Ldy Mwgn,

hmm?

W hy disingns nnn? Miss

Shd skd, smiling plily.

W wh wh?

th dgns, sh sid. W hy . . . npls-

n?

N lly, I plid, gdd. I hd sm his-

y wih dgns, nd lms vyn wnd knw

b hm. I vld lil; dgns vl disin

m hn nyhing. I sid nhing m, nd sh g

h mssg.

I d y imspin n his iss, sh

plid wih sligh bw.

o . . . ky, I sid, n lly ging h, ih.

this is h m.

tig hd nd wih Fll Pi nd Ldy Mw-

gn, llwd by Pkins in his bsving piy. I in-

dd hm ll, nd Miss Shd sid smhing b

hw i ws nily nvivil nd liis m


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hm n his spiis sin, nd in n hy

shk hnds b mind wy. I pys disn n-

sl m lins, spilly ns wh s mny lng

wds.

Wh d y wn s nd? skd Ldy Mw-

gn, wh lwys g sigh h pin.

Is ing h blngd h mh my li-

n, h gil sid. H wld b h psnlly ps-

n his qs b nds himsl nvilbl d p-

lngd sbbil.

Hs h sn d b i? skd tig.

ab wh?

His plngd sbbil. I snds vy pinl.

Sh sd him mmn. I mns hs n

vin.

oh.

I plgiz h ignn h s, sid Ldy

Mwgn, gling tig, b Kzm sdly qis

ndling lb nin. S n b s dil hs

dys, wning ivls lil lxis lik d, shs,

wgs . . . nd hmn digniy.

Pls dn wy, sid Miss Shd plily.

Fndlings n b shingly di smims.

ab h ing? I skd, nmbl wih ll

his lk ndlings.

Nhing mkbl, plid Miss Shd. Gld,


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plin, lg lik hmb ing. My lin is g ps-

n i his mh s svnih bihdy gi.

N pblm, mkd Fll Pi. D y

hv nyhing h migh hv bn in n wih his

ing?

Sh s y lins mh? sid tig in n imp-

ish mnn.

ths his, plid Miss Shd, pding ing

m h pk. this ws n h middl ng, nd

gins h ls ing. Y n bsv h mks. Lk.

Ldy Mwgn k h ing nd sd i innly

mmn b sh lnhd i in h s, m-

md smhing, nd hn pnd h hnd. th ing

hvd n inh bv h pn plm, vlving slwly.

Sh pssd i Fll Pi, wh hld i p h ligh

nd hn pppd i in his mh, likd i gins his

llings mmn, hn swllwd i.

Mn d h, h sid in h n smn

wh didn.

rlly? skd Miss Shd dbisly, sly wn-

ding hw sh ws ging g i bk nd in wh

ndiin.

Dn wy, sid Pi hlly. amzing hw

pwl lning gns hs dys.

Why did y sk s m y h? skd Ldy

Mwgn.


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I ws gd qsin. W w n nmkbl

s n h rss-Hd rd n villg lld

Hwd end.

this is wh sh ls i, plid Miss Shd. I

ws in h pssssin whn sh gssd m h vhil,

nd whn sh dpd sh didn hv i nym.

Ldy Mwgn lkd m, hn lin, hn

Fll Pi. Sh smlld h i, mmbld smhing,

nd lkd hghl mmn.

this ing is sill nd h smwh, sh sid,

nd is bn ls hiy-w ys, n mnhs, nd

nin dys. am I ?

Miss Shd sd h mmn. I ppd

his ws indd , nd i ws impssiv. Mwgn hd

pikd p h linging mmy h hmn min

n insill n vn h ms in bjs.

Smhing h sys ls h lng is ls gd

sn, ddd Fll Pi. Why dsn y lin giv

his mh sm hls insd?

o fws, sid Ldy Mwgn. W n hlp

y. Gd dy. Sh nd mv wy.

Wll py y hsnd mlh.

Ldy Mwgn sppd. a hsnd mlh ws si-

s sh.

a hsnd?

My lin is inlind wd gnsiy gding

his mh.


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Ldy Mwgn lkd Fll Pi, hn m.

Fiv hsnd, sh sid.

Fiv hsnd? hd ann Shd. t nd

ing?

this ing shouldntb nd, plid Ldy Mw-

gn. th pi fs h isks.

Miss Shd lkd s ll in n.

I p, sh sid ls, nd I will wi h

sls. B n nd, n . N vn ll- hg.

W slly hg n mp I bgn, b

Mwgn m sh.

W gd, sh sid, nd md gim h

migh hv bn h vsin smil.

Miss Shd shk hnds wih h s gin nd

limbd bk in h rlls-ry, nd w snds

l h limsin mvd pk ppsi h snk

b. th ll bn sndwih spd n lss

bis.

Wih h gs sp, I sid, ning Ldy

Mwgn, i i gs nd h wv bn fing

lins, Kzms pin will plmm. and whs

m, I hink is npssinl.

Hw n ivilins h s ny m hn hy l-

dy d? sh skd disdinlly. Sh hd pin. D-

spi bs s, h gnl pbli sill gdd

h mgi d wih gv sspiin. M impn,

ddd Ldy Mwgn, Iv sn h ns. Hw lng


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d y hink w n giv skills wy ? B-

sids, shs in Phnm eigh. Ldd wih mlh.

Is Phnm twlv, mmd tig.

Shll w g mv n? sid Fll Pi. Iv g

mv wls in n h, nd i Im l, Dvid will

s wih m.

th sn h b, sid Ldy Mwgn, dismiss-

ing tig nd m wih swp h hnd. W lnd

gins h nd whd s Pkins ild Mwgn

nd Pi in n mp h wh ws ging n.

Is Pkins ging g his lins, d y hink?

tig skd.

Hd b. W nd him h bidg jb. Fm-

bl h nd wll ll lk bi spid.

and n liv tV, .

Dn mind m.

o nns b Pkins w vlid whn y

nsid h h lins ws gnd by h n psn

m bnhdd nd p hn glis l,

King Sndd: his uslss Bh, h Minis In-

nl ais, h lss-hn-pli m sd dsib h

h dl wih ll hings mgil.

Y swllwd i! w hd Ldy Mwgn dmnd

ngily. Why in Sns nm wld y d smhing

lik h? Sh ms hv mn h ing, nd sin h

wsn ny l nsw his, Fll Pi js shggd. I


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wlkd p, dy mdi i qid. Mwgn p

h hnd.

Hnd i v, Dnnis.

Fll Pi lkd nnyd b knw b hn

g. H lsd his ys nd k dp bh, hn

md sis dd il xpssins nd hy xin

niss b lling p his slv. th shp h ing

beneath h skin mvd dwn his m, nd h swd

nd gnd wih h . I hd sn his dn svl

ims b, h ms n xpl bll ldgd

pilsly ls pins spin, h sl sh-

ing idn.

ah! sid Fll Pi, s h ing-shpd lmp mvd

ss h p his hnd. ow, w, ow!

th ing vld dwn h igh skin his ng

nd d nd his ngip. a l swing,

Pi sdd in xplling i m nd his nil bd.

th is s gss, sid tig.

I g, plid Pkins, b is s impssibl

n lk, dn y hink?

th, sid Fll Pi, wiping h ing nd

hnding i Mwgn. Hppy nw?

B Ldy Mwgn ws ldy hinking h

hings. Sh k h ing, mmd smhing nd

i, nd hndd i bk Pi, wh hld i ighly in his

s.


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I dn lik h l his, h sid. Smhing

bd hppnd.

I g, plid Mwgn, king smll ysl

bl wih silv spp. tig nd I hd sppd bk

llw hm wk, nd Pkins, nw lly mysid

by wh ws ging n, hd jind s.

thyll y nim h mmy, I sid.

Gld hs mmy?

evyhing hs mmy. Glds mmy is qi

dis g mind, g shd, wn h smls,

g bngd wih hmm big ywn. N, w lk-

ing sng mmy h hs bn indd n h

gld. th llins h psn wing h ing.

Y n ns y mmis innim b-

js?

cinly. and h sng y l b sm-

hing, h lng h mmy will sik nd. th

m smhing is lvd, njyd, nd vld, h sn-

g h mmy nd h m w n d in i.

and h ysl bl?

Wh nd ln.

Ldy Mwgn pld singl dp n h ing

h Fll Pi ws hlding, nd in n insn h ing

mphd in smll dg, i, siing n h f

wgging is il hppily. I spkld slighly nd smd

b md slid gld.


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Gd by, sid Ldy Mwgn. Find i.

th smll mmy-dg gv lw bk nd sld

, sning h gnd his wy nd h s i id

mmb wh h ing migh hv gn. Ldy Mw-

gn nd Fll Pi llwd h dg wy m h d,

pnd g, nd hn hsd i ss ld, mh

h msmn svl ws. W ll llwd, sp-

ping sinlly s h mmy-dg psd hink

whil sh is wih hind lg, hn hsd

in nh diin. I wld n dbl bk n isl

s i id h h mmy-sn, ll h whil wih

Ldy Mwgns indx ng sdily pind i. on,

i hgh is il ws h qy nd snppd i, hn

lizd nd mvd n.

Spking ls, I wnd wh hppnd my

lggg, sid tig s w llwd h ss nd h

dg ss h ld, v sil nd smll d, hn

in smll wd.

Wh lggg?

My d sis wih whls nd sp innl

pk ilis, plid tig. I ls i n n -

phng ip. Lkily, i didn hv nyhing in i. th

lggg ws my nly pssssin. I ws wh I ws nd

in.

owning vy lil vn bing nd in d

sis wih whls nd sp innl pk


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ilis ws n nsl whn y nsidd tigs

ndling hig. H hd bn bndnd n h sps

h Sishd h Blssd Ldis h Lbs h

sm s I hd, hn sld in svid wih Kzm Mys-

il as Mngmn nil h nd ighn. I sill

hd w ys g b I ld pply iiznship;

tig hd six.

W didn mplin bs his ws hw hings

w. th w l phns d h hidsly

wsl nd nnyingly qn tll Ws, nd h-

ls, s d jins, nd lndis ndd h hp l-

b h ndlings ld pvid. o h wny-h

kingdms, dhis, silis llivs, pbli limid

mpnis, nd mshkl pns h md p h

unnid Kingdms, nly h hd lwd h d

in ndlings. unlkily s, h Kingdm Sndd

ws n n hm.

Whn w hv sm spls kl wll iv

y lggg, I sid, knwing hw vlbl ny nn-

in pns ws ndling. I hd bn l n h

n s h Vlkswgn Bl h I dv dy,

nd lil wld p m m my .

Is ky, tig sid wih h slfssnss nd h-

miliy ms ndlings. I n wi.

W llwd Mwgn, Fll Pi, nd h mmy-

dg h smll wd nd hgh g in n


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bndnd m. Bmbls, ps, nd hzl splings

hd gwn v mny h d-bik bildings, nd

sy mhiny sd in sgging bns wih dilpidd

s. th mmy-dg n ss h yd nd sppd

n ld wll, wh i wggd is il xidly. as sn

s Ldy Mwgn gh p, sh md fish; h dg

hsd is il nil i ws nhing m hn gldn

bl, hn nd bk in h ing, whih nind

spinning n fgsn wih is hmming nis.

Ldy Mwgn pikd p h ing nd gv i bk

m. I ws sill wm nd smlld pppis. Fll

Pi plld whd d h wllhd, nd w ll

gzd dwn h bik-lind wlls. F blw in h inky

blknss I ld s smll il sky nd h silh-

s hds s fins sd bk p s.

Is in h, Mwgn sid.

and h i shld sy, plid Fll Pi, wh

sill wsn hppy. I n l smhing wng.

Hw wng? I skd.

Svnh il wng. I n sns h linging

s n ld spll, .

th ws siln mmn s vyn k his

in, nd ldnss smd mn p m h wll.

I n sns smhing, , sid Pkins, lik h

ling y g whn smn y dn lik is lking

v y shld.

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