"David Eddings - The Dreamers 02 - The Treasured One" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

тАШShe and Yaltar are out in that meadow just beyond the trees,тАЩ Red-Beard told me.
тАШPlanterтАЩs looking after them.тАЩ

тАШWhoтАЩs Planter?тАЩ

тАШSheтАЩs the one who teaches the women of the tribe how to grow food,тАЩ Red-Beard
explained, тАШand the one the women go to when they have problems. She can be a little
blunt sometimes, but she knows what sheтАЩs doing.тАЩ

тАШYouтАЩre keeping something from me, arenтАЩt you, Dahlaine?тАЩ Zelana asked
pointedly.

тАШI was just getting to that, dear sister. AshadтАЩs dream was fairly specific about the
invasion of VeltanтАЩs Domain by the creatures of the Wasteland, but he mentioned a
second invasion that wonтАЩt come from the Wasteland. ItтАЩs going to come from the
sea.тАЩ

тАШThatтАЩs ridiculous, Dahlaine,тАЩ Zelana scoffed. тАШHas the Vlagh allied itself with the
queen of the fish now?тАЩ

тАШIтАЩm just passing on what Ashad told me, Zelana. WhereтАЩs Veltan? WeтАЩd better go
tell him whatтАЩs afoot.тАЩ

тАШHeтАЩs out in the bay on the Trogite ship of Commander Narasan,тАЩ Red-Beard
replied. тАШLongbow can take you out there in his canoe, if youтАЩd like. IтАЩd do it myself,
but IтАЩm just a little busy right now.тАЩ

тАШIs there trouble of some kind?тАЩ
 тАШSort of. The fire-mountains destroyed Lattash, so the tribeтАЩs busy setting up a new
village out here. It might not be as pretty, but itтАЩs safer.тАЩ

I looked at the partially-completed lodges near the beach. тАШThose donтАЩt look at all
like the ones back in Lattash,тАЩ I observed, тАШbut they seem sort of familiar, for some
reason.тАЩ

тАШThey should,тАЩ Longbow told me. тАШTheyтАЩre copies of the lodges up in the north of
your Domain.тАЩ

тАШItтАЩs part of a fairly elaborate deception, big brother,тАЩ Zelana said with a faint
smile. тАШThe men of Chief Red-BeardтАЩs tribe believe that growing food is тАЬwomenтАЩs
workтАЭ, and that itтАЩs beneath them. The women needed help in preparing the ground
for planting, and LongbowтАЩs chief, Old-Bear, told these two that some tribes in your
Domain live in a vast grassland where there arenтАЩt any trees, and they build their
lodges out of sod instead of tree branches. The men of Red-BeardтАЩs tribe built the
usual lodges out of tree limbs and then sat around loafing and telling each other war
stories. But one windy night these two slipped around pulling down the new lodges.
When the sun came up, they walked around with sombre faces telling the men of the
tribe that tree limbs werenтАЩt sturdy enough for lodges out here, and that they were
going to need something more solid. They suggested sod, and the men of the tribe are