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It took quite a bit of effort to pull his arrows out of the tree trunk, and he broke two of them in the process Then he went on back down the hill and put his bow under his blankets ‘I think maybe I should just keep this toto believe me anyway, so let’s not make an issue of it A man should never miss an opportunity to keep his mouth shut’
‘They’re almost finished, Padan,’ Torl reported late in the afternoon two days later ‘And it looks toed to persuade all those church soldiers to stay where they’re supposed to instead of running off toward goldie out there’
‘Goldie?’ Padan asked with a light smile
‘She’s one of my favorite pets,’ Torl explained ‘I just love pets who do all the work, don’t you?’
Padan scratched the side of his jaw ‘I’ulators have changed things just a bit It’s possible that terror can overwhelht not be a bad idea to let cousin Sorgan and Coulators can hold all those church soldiers right here instead of letting theoldie in twos and threes, a certain change of plans ht, Torl,’ Padan agreed He looked at Rabbit ‘How are your legs holding out, little friend?’ he asked
‘I still kno to run,’ Rabbit said ‘I take it that you’d like to have me spread the news?’
‘If it isn’t too much trouble,’ Padan replied ‘And maybe even if it is,’ Torl added quite firht have made all our work here unnecessary, cousin,’ Skell said after Rabbit had told thean said a bit dubiously ‘I still think we’d be better off if those idiots were still running this way like their lives depended on it If they slon a bit, they old desert out there’
‘I don’t think so, Cap’n,’ Rabbit disagreed ‘When Longbow, Torl and I went up onto that west ridge to find out if the yellow sand wasn’t what it seemed to be, ere able to see a lot old but isn’t peters out a couple bow says that the drea it to bait those church armies, so she put it just exactly where we need it to be’
‘I’d surely like to ht owe her about a thousand pounds of thank-yous’
‘If it turns out the way she seean said a bit dubiously ‘But if soet real wormy in a hurry’
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