"Andre Norton - Moon Singer 4 - Dare to Go A-Hunting" - читать интересную книгу автора (Norton Andre)

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"No, I do not say that. There are stories of such as you. Those come from the
bards of Loel, the Rememberers of Garth, the Dance-think of Udolf. Stories,
mind you, garnered on more than a hundred planets. ButтАФit remains that they
are stories without concrete proof. Those who retell them gather details on this
world or that. But the strongest of allтАФthose come from TerraтАФ"

"Terra? But that is but a tale, too." Farree did not try to hide his disappointment.

"Not soтАФ" Zoror's neck frill fluttered as he shook his head. "However, there is
something common to all the worlds from which the clearest and most detailed
of these stories come. Those were the planets first colonized by people from
Terra. Yes, most certainly there was a Terra. It bred several races, in all of which
there was one abiding gift, that of curiosity. Terrans were not the first explorers
of the space dark, yet they spread farther in leas time than many of those who
came before. And with them they brought, as we all do, tales which were old and
yet part of their lives."

Farree's face creased in a frown. Zoror, for all his learning, was apt to tell stories,
too. Ordinarily Farree would have listened with interest. However, what he
wanted now was truths, even if they afforded only a very thin thread to trace.
"These from TerraтАФthey were certainly not like me." He put up a hand to touch
the edge of one wing.

"No. They were not Farree'sтАФ" Zoror assured him. "Only stories of such they
did carry. In their talesтАФmuch of this was researched and put together by Zahaj
in a mist of years agoтАФin their tales they spoke of 'Little People', which lived
sometimes undergroundтАФ"

Farree unfolded his wings another fraction. "With these they could not!" he

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countered.

"True, true. But there were different species or races of them. Some were
wingless according to the tales. They all had a strange relationship with the men
of Terra. Sometimes they were good friends, again they were blood enemies. It
is said that they often stole the children of men and raised them, to renew and
enrich their own blood. For they were very old so at times their race dwindled
until only a handful of them remained. They were supposed to have great
treasuresтАФ perhaps even records!" Zoror's voice soared high. "Only there
always came a time when the men drove them from their homesтАФperhaps not
wantonly (though there are legends about such deeds as that also) but because