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

тАШAye,тАЩ Rabbit replied sullenly.
тАШHe spends a lot of his time complaining, donтАЩt he?тАЩ Ham-Hand
observed.
тАШHe runs fast, though,тАЩ Ox replied. тАШHeтАЩs sort of timid, thatтАЩs all. HeтАЩs
got a real wide streak of cautious that runs down his back, but if you lean
on him some, heтАЩll do like you tell him -sooner or later.тАЩ
Captain Hook-Beak came forward immediately and he had a relieved
look on his face. тАШHas anybody happened to see any towns on that
coast?тАЩ he asked.
тАШNone so far, CapтАЩn,тАЩ Ox replied. тАШIf we want anything to eat, weтАЩll
probably have to chase it down without no help.тАЩ
тАШBetter find a river or a creek first,тАЩ Hook-Beak decided. тАШLetтАЩs get the
water-casks filled before we go hunting. HungryтАЩs bad, but thirstyтАЩs
worse.тАЩ
тАШNot by very much,тАЩ Ox said. тАШIf my belly starts growling any louder,
the people here abouts will probably think thereтАЩs a thunderstorm coming
their way.тАЩ
тАШWould you look at the size of them trees!тАЩ Ham-Hand exclaimed,
staring at the thickly forested shoreline. тАШI ainтАЩt never seen trees that big
afore!тАЩ Ham-Hand was perhaps a bit overly excitable, but this time
Sorgan could see his second mateтАЩs point. The forest stretching up from
the beach consisted of huge trees that were twenty to thirty feet through at
the butt and rose like huge pillars to a height of at least a hundred feet
before they sprouted a single limb.
тАШThey do seem a bit overgrown, donтАЩt they?тАЩ Ox agreed.
тАШA bitтАЩ?тАЩ Ham-Hand said. тАШYou could carve two Seagulls out of one of
them trees and still have enough wood left over to cook breakfast.тАЩ
тАШWe canтАЩt eat trees,тАЩ Sorgan told him. тАШLetтАЩs get the water-casks filled
and then go hunt up something to eat before Ox starts chewing up the
sails or the anchor.тАЩ
 The Seagull sailed south along the forested coast for a league or so
until Ox spotted a wide creek that emptied out into a small bay. Ham-
Hand swung the tiller over hard and beached the ship on a sandy strip
nearby. Then most of the crew went to work filling the water-casks while
Ham-Hand led a small party back into the forest in search of game
animals.
The hunting party returned empty-handed along about sundown. тАШWe
seen some tracks, CapтАЩn,тАЩ Ham-Hand reported, тАШand some pretty heavy-
traveled game-trails, but we didnтАЩt jump nothing worth wasting no arrows
on.тАЩ
тАШWe can get by this evening, I expect,тАЩ Sorgan told him. тАШThe Fat Man
put out some set lines right after we beached the Seagull, and he brought
in some pretty good-sized fish.тАЩ
тАШI ainтАЩt all that fond of fish, CapтАЩn,тАЩ Ham-Hand said.
тАШIt beats eating leaves and twigs,тАЩ Sorgan said, shrugging. тАШDid you
happen to run across any signs of people back there in the woods?тАЩ
тАШNothing I could swear to, CapтАЩn. NobodyтАЩs been chopping down trees
or building bridges or such. There might be folks hereabouts, but they
ainтАЩt left no sign. I donтАЩt know as itтАЩd be a good idea to leave the Seagull
beached overnight. Might be better if we anchored a ways out - just to be