"Xanth 18 - Geis Of The Gargoyle" - читать интересную книгу автора (Xanth)

"It's a big crevice across Xanth," she explained. "It
used to have a forget spell on it, so nobody remembered
it, but most folk know about it now. You look too heavy
to fly far, so maybe you can't get there from here."

Gary turned to Mentia. "You didn't tell me about this!"
he said accusingly.

"That wouldn't have been entertaining," she retorted.

"And what's this about several days?"

"You didn't ask."

"I'll never get this done before it rains!"

"That's why you built the dam."

She had him there. "Still, if I can't cross the chasm-"

"I have an idea how to do that."

He was frustrated, but decided to go ahead. Maybe it
was still possible. The notion of returning to his dry river-
bed to wait for more Mundane sludge to come through
was appealing less, for some reason. "So will you let us
through?" he asked Virginia.

"We might as well. We don't want dirty water either. It
would mess up our apparel."

"Your apparel?" he asked blankly.

"We are underwear wolves," she explained. "We're
training to crowd out the regular monsters under children's
beds, and get a cushier life-style."

He realized belatedly that what he had taken for a spe-
cialized costume on their human forms was actually under-
clothing. In fact Virginia was wearing panties. It was a
good thing he wasn't human, or he would have freaked
out, because that was the magic of panties.

They resumed their bounding. They made good time,
but the distance stretched farther, and night caught them.

"Do gargoyles sleep?" Mentia inquired.

"Only when we're bored."