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

out in that meadow cutting sod for all theyтАЩre worth. The women of the tribe are
coming along behind them planting seeds. Red-BeardтАЩs tribe will have nice sturdy
lodges and plenty to eat when winter arrives, and nobody was offended.тАЩ

тАШClever,тАЩ I said admiringly. Then I frowned. тАШHas something happened to old Chief
White-Braid?тАЩ I asked.

тАШThe destruction of Lattash was more than he could bear,тАЩ Red-Beard explained
sadly. тАШHe knew that the tribe was going to have to find a new place to live, but he
didnтАЩt feel up to doing it himself because his sorrow - or maybe even grief- had
disabled him to the point that he couldnтАЩt make decisions any more. He realized that,
so he laid the chore on my shoulders. I didnтАЩt really want any part of it, but he didnтАЩt
give me any choice.тАЩ

тАШYouтАЩll probably do quite well, Chief Red-Beard,тАЩ I told him. тАШIтАЩve noticed that
men who donтАЩt really want authority and responsibility make better leaders than men
who yearn for the position. LetтАЩs go talk with our baby brother, Zelana. There are
things he needs to know, and IтАЩm not sure how much time he has left.тАЩ



Longbow led my sister and me down to the beach where his canoe was resting on
the sand. ThereтАЩs a quality about ZelanaтАЩs archer that I find more than a little
awesome. HeтАЩs a bleak-faced man whose war with the creatures of the Wasteland had
begun when heтАЩd been hardly more than a child, and killing the servants of the Vlagh
had been his only purpose in life. He was a grim man with very few friends and an
almost inhuman level of self-control.

It occurred to me that we might all want to keep this man around. If all went well,
weтАЩd turn back the servants of the Vlagh wherever and whenever they attempted to
invade our individual Domains, but in all probability, the Vlagh would still be there.
Longbow might very well be the answer to that problem. A single venom-tipped
arrow would send the creatures of the Wasteland down the road to extinction, and
that, of course, was our ultimate goal.

Longbow pulled his canoe down to the water and held it in place while Zelana and
I climbed into it, and then he pushed it clear and stepped into the stern all in one
motion.

тАШI think our baby brotherтАЩs on board NarasanтАЩs ship, Longbow,тАЩ Zelana suggested.

тАШProbably so,тАЩ Longbow agreed. He paddled us out across the bay to the oversized
Trogite ship of Commander Narasan, where the young soldier called Keselo stood
waiting for us at the rail. тАШIs something wrong?тАЩ he asked as Longbow smoothly
pulled his canoe in alongside the ship.

тАШNot really,тАЩ Zelana replied. тАШWe just came by to tell our baby brother that itтАЩs time
to go to work.тАЩ

тАШHas Eleria been dreaming again?тАЩ