"Books - David Eddings - Polgara the Sorceress" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

you read the history book your husband just finished writing?' she
asked.
'I don't read often,' Poledra replied. 'It's hard on the eyes. Besides,
he didn't write it. He spoke it, and it just appeared on paper while
he was talking. He cheats sometimes. I heard most of it while he
was talking. It wasn't too inaccurate.'
'That's what I'm getting at. He left quite a bit out, didn't he?'
'In places, yes.'
'But your daughter could fill in those places, couldn't she?'
'Why would she want to do that?'
'To complete the story.'
'Stories aren't really that important, Ce'Nedra. I've noticed that
men-folk tell stories over their ale-cups to fill in the hours between
supper and bedtime.' Poledra's look was amused. 'Did you really
come all this way just to get a story? Couldn't you find anything
better to do - have another baby, or something?'
Ce'Nedra changed direction again. 'Oh, the story isn't for me,'
she lied. 'It's for my son. Someday he'll be the Rivan King.'
'Yes, so I understand. I've been told about that custom. Peculiar
customs should usually be observed, though.'
Ce'Nedra seized that advantage. 'My son Geran will be a leader
someday, and he needs to know where he is and how he got there.
The story will tell him that.'
Poledra shrugged. 'Why's it so important? What happened
yesterday - or a thousand years ago - isn't going to change what happens
tomorrow, is it?'
'It might. Belgarath's story hinted at the fact that things were
going on that I didn't even know were happening. There are two
worlds out there running side by side. If Geran doesn't know about
both of them, he'll make mistakes. That's why I need Polgara's story
- for the sake of my children - and hers.' Ce'Nedra bit off the term

i puppies' at the last instant. 'Isn't caring for our children the most
hnportant thing we do?' Then a thought came to her. 'You could
tell the story, you know.'
'Wolves don't tell stories, Ce'Nedra. We're too busy being
wolves.'
'Then it's going to be up to Polgara. My son will need the rest of


the story. The well-being of his people may depend on his knowing.
I don't know what Aldur has planned for Polgara's children, but
it's very likely that they'll need the story as well.' Ce'Nedra was
quite proud of that little twist. The appeal to Poledra's innate sense
of pack loyalty might very well be the one thing to turn the trick.
'Will you help me persuade Polgara?'
Poledra's golden eyes grew thoughtful. 'I'll think about it,' she
said.
That wasn't exactly the firm conu-nitment Ce'Nedra'd been hoping
for, but Polgara brought out the twins at that point, so the Rivan