"David Eddings - The Dreamers 01 - The Elder gods" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

тАШWhat for, dear sister?тАЩ Zelana said. тАШIтАЩm immune to the weather, and I
donтАЩt have any defects that I want to hide. If you want to wrap yourself in
that silly-looking cocoon, thatтАЩs your business, but I donтАЩt think itтАЩll turn
you into a butterfly.тАЩ
 тАШHave you no modesty?тАЩ
тАШOf course not. IтАЩm perfect. DidnтАЩt you know that? Dahlaine needs to
see us - now. Leave your Dreamer here, though. Our brother will explain
why when we join him.тАЩ
тАШIf Dahlaine wants to explain something to me, he can come here and
do it,тАЩ Aracia said. тАШI will not bow down to him in that grubby hole in the
ground where he lives.тАЩ
тАШSplendid, dear sister mine,тАЩ Zelana said sweetly. тАШIтАЩm sure all your fat
servants will be delighted to see you bow down right here in your own
temple - assuming, of course, that itтАЩs still standing after he arrives on
that silly thunderbolt he always rides.
ItтАЩs a nice enough thunderbolt, I suppose, but the noise it makes when
it passes shakes down buildings sometimes. Putting your temple back
together should give your fat servants something to do while theyтАЩre
pondering the fact that the supreme goddess of the universe just bowed
down to somebody who looks for all the world like some shaggy bear.тАЩ
тАШYou never bow down to him, Zelana,тАЩ Aracia accused.
тАШOf course I donтАЩt,тАЩ Zelana replied. тАШI donтАЩt have to, because I donтАЩt
demand - or expect - anybody to bow down to me. ThatтАЩs the way it
works, Aracia. Had you forgotten about that? ItтАЩs time to shed your
cocoon, my butterfly sister. The dreams have begun, and the Vlagh could
be on our doorstep before the weekтАЩs out. LetтАЩs go talk with Dahlaine
while thereтАЩs still time.тАЩ


Zelana took her sisterтАЩs hand and they rode the wind toward the
northwest. It was early autumn now, and the land far below was ablaze
with color. The rivers sparkled in the autumn sun, and the mountains to
the north of AraciaтАЩs Domain gleamed white beneath their eternal snow.
Actually, the sisters were rather looking forward to the meeting. There
hadnтАЩt been a general family get-together for almost a dozen eons.
ThereтАЩd been occasional squabbles among them, of course. No family
lives in absolute harmony forever, but in times of crisis the family was
able to set their differences aside and work together to reach a solution.
тАШIsnтАЩt that DahlaineтАЩs mountain?тАЩ Aracia asked, pointing at the land of
the North lying far below.
 Zelana glanced down. тАШNo,тАЩ she replied тАШMount ShrakтАЩs quite a bit
taller.тАЩ
тАШIтАЩve never looked at Father Earth from this high up before,тАЩ Aracia
said. тАШHe looks different from up here, doesnтАЩt he?тАЩ
тАШTry looking at him from the edge of the sky sometime, dear sister.тАЩ
Zelana suggested.
тАШEdge of the sky?тАЩ Aracia sounded puzzled.
тАШUp where it isnтАЩt blue any more. After Eleria told me her dream, I
needed to tell Dahlaine what sheтАЩd seen, but when I went looking for a
wind that was blowing in his direction, the only one I could find was up