"Madeline L' Engle - Time Quartet 04 - Many Waters" - читать интересную книгу автора (L'Engle Madeleine)

Sandy could see that the girl, who wore only a loincloth,
like Japheth and Grandfather I^unech, was gently curved,
with small rosy breasts. Her skin was ihe color of a ripe
apricot. Her softly curling hair was a deep bron/e, which
glimmered in the lamplight and fell against tier shoulders.
She looked. Sandy thought, about his age, and suddenly
his burning skin was not as painful as it had been, and he
felt energy returning to his limbs. He got to his knees and
stood to greet her, bowing clumsily.

She saw him and almost drop[>cd the stone lamp. "A
giant'"

The mammoth reached up with his trunk to Sandy, and
Grandfather Lamech said, "He says th;it he is not a giant,

37 -a^ Pelican in the wilderness

dear Yalith. Japheth carried him here, and they tell me
that there is another one just like him, but he went out
with a unicorn. Japheth is looking for him. This one"тАФhe
beamed at SandyтАФ"appears to be human, and he just
saved Higgaion from the manticore."

Yalith shuddered. "I heard it screeching and going off
with a rat." She put her stone iamp on a wooden keg. "I've
brought your night-light, Grandfather Lamech."

"Thank you, my dear." There was a deep tenderness in
the old man's voice.



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Sandy bowed again. "Hello. My name's Sandy Murry."
He could not keep a foolish grin off his face.

She looked at him dubiously, backing away slightly.
"You do not speak like one of us. Are you sure you're not
a giant?"

"I'm a boy. I'm sorry I look so awful. I have a fierce
sunburn."

Now she looked at him withouL flinching. "Oh, yes, you
do. How do we help you?"

Higgaion dipped his trunk into the water pot again and