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The Carpet
People Gradually the Carpet changed colour
again, from red to deep purple and then dark blue. They camped
under blue hairs, hunted the small shelled creatures that dwelt in
dust holes, and wondered if Jeopard was as good as Brocando made
out because if it was, it looked as though they'd better stop
eating and drinking right now so as to leave room for the feasts
they were going to have. The track began to turn into a road, not a
great white road like the Dumii built, but a neatly laid track of
thick planks on a bank of dust. On either side, the hairs grew
thinner, and Snibril noticed many stumps. That was not all. No
Munrung ever planted a seed. They liked vegetables when they could
get them, and knew what grew where and which hairs dropped seeds
that could be eaten, but except for Pismire's private herb garden
everything that grew around them grew wild. |
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