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Roger Zelazny. Sign of chaos
Atec Ноябрь 07 2007 02:48:28
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Luke strolled up, smiling.
"So that was a Bandersnatch," he observed. "I'd always wondered what
they were like. Now, if we could just get a Jabberwock to stop by-"
"Sh!" cautioned the Cat. "It must be off 'in the mural somewhere, and
likely it's been listening. Don't stir it up! It may come whiffling through
the tulgey wood after your ass. Remember the jaws that bite, the claws that
catch! Don't go looking for troub-"
The Cat cast a quick glance toward the wall and phased into and out of
existence several times in quick succession. Ignoring this, Luke remarked,
"I was just thinking of the Tenniel illustration."
The Cat materialized at the far end of the bar, downed the Hatter's
drink, and said, "I hear the burbling, and eyes of flame are drifting to the
left."
I glanced at the mural, and I, too, saw the fiery eyes and heard a
peculiar sound.
"It could be any of a number of things," Luke remarked.
The Cat moved to a rack behind the bar and reached high up on the wall
to where a strange weapon hung, shimmering and shifting in shadow. He
lowered the thing and slid it along the bar; it came to rest before Luke.
"Better have the Vorpal Sword in hand, that's all I can say."
Luke laughed, but I stared fascinated at the device which looked as if
it were made of moth wings and folded moonlight. .
Then I heard the burbling again
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