"Dan Parkinson. The Gates of Thorbardin ("DragonLance Saga Heroes II" #2) (angl)" - читать интересную книгу автора but half the folks in the village were invisible for several
days afterward." He paused, remembering. "Lot of things got misplaced about then. Old Ferman Wanderweed never did find his front door -" "Will you be quiet?" Chane snapped. "This bird just talked to us." "I know that. It said, 'go away.' I told you." "But birds can't talk!" "Generally not." Curiously, the kender raised his forked staff and poked at the bird. It glared at him, first with one eye and then with the other, and shifted its posi- tion on the snag. "Go away," it said again. "Do you suppose that's all it knows how to say?" Chess wondered aloud. "Just, 'go away'? If I were teach- ing a bird to talk, I think I'd come up with something bet- ter than -" "Go away or keep the Way," the bird said. "That's much better," Chess nodded. "What does it mean by that?" Chane glared at the bird, which glared back with a malicious yellow eye. "Go away or keep the Way," the bird squawked. "Go away or keep the Way! Go away or keep the Way!" Hav- ing had its say then, the bird glared at them one more time, relieved itself on the snag, spread wide wings, and They watched it shrink to a dot in the distance, then Chane settled his packs on sturdy shoulders and stepped to the edge of the cliff again. "You're still going?" the kender asked. "Of course I am. Why not?" "You heard what that bird said." "I don't take orders from birds. Are you coming?" "Sure, but I bet there's an easier way down than where you're heading." Turning away from the sheer ledge, the small creature started off, down the far slope, angling away from the ledge. Chane frowned and called after him, "That isn't the way the bird went." Chess glanced back. "So what?" "The bird said, 'keep the Way.' Maybe we're supposed to follow it." "I thought you didn't take orders from birds." "I don't, but I'm open to suggestions when they lead in the direction I want to go." "Well, I'll meet you in the valley, then," Chess said. "This looks like a nice, easy path around this way. A per- son could get hurt climbing down that cliff." "Suit yourself." The dwarf shrugged, eased himself over the sheer ledge, and found handholds and accept- |
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