"Godwin, Parke - Firelord 03 - The Last Rainbow UC" - читать интересную книгу автора (Godwin Parker)

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Dorelei

Earth Mother and her hus-
band Lugh Sun got along
very well but areued now

very well but argued now

Sand then as men and women will because they are differ-
[ent. Once when they were very angry, Lugh Sun deserted
^Mother to show her how helpless she was without him.
;But Mother was stubborn. Even covered with ice she re-
fused to surrender.

. "See here," she demanded, fixing Lugh with her moon-
ieye, "many of my animals have died tor lack of your
^warmth. My first children, my Prydn, shiver in caves. Stop
fthis foolishness and come back where you belong."

"When you admit I am the master," said Lugh. "What
are you without me? Dark and cold."

"What are you without me?" Mother asked. "Nothing
to shine on. No children to love you."

So they were both right and for once both had the
sense to keep quiet about it and Lugh shone on the earth
once more. The ice melted and Mother's children, the
Prydn, followed the herds north as they grazed the new
grass, until they came to a place so fair Mother drove her
seas across the lowlands to make it an island for Prydn.
Other men came later and gave the island queer names
like Albion or Britannia, but the Prydn with their long
memories knew it was theirs and would always be.

From time to time Mother and Lugh still bickered
and each said things harsh as they were true.

"You are careTess," Mother accused. "At least once a

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year you wander off just like a man and leave us cold, and
we have to beg you to come back."

"That shows how much you know about it," Lugh
answered. "There are places where I shine al! the time,
where it's never cold and always green."