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www.192.twpinkishdrablour,suchas
ihadseeninnosavagesbefore.theyhadfat,heavy,
lessfaces,retreatingforeheads,andastbristlyhair
upontheirheads.ineversaiallooking
creatures.
theyenwas
talkingtotheotherthreehadbeentooclosely
iedtoheedtherustlingofapproach.they
ssidetoside.the
speakersethidsloppy,andthoughi
uldheartheistinctlyiuldnotdistinguishhe
said.heseedtotoberegsoplicated
gibberish.presentlyhisartieshriller,and
spreadinghishandsherosetohisfeet.atthattheotherstheislandofdooreau
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begantogibberinunison,alsorisingtotheirfeet,
spreadingtheirhandsands
alshortnessof
theirlegs,andtheirlank,cluyfeet.allthreebegan
slopingtheirfeetand
s;akindoftuneic
recitation,andarefrain,aloola,orballoola,it
soundedlike.theireyesbegantosparkle,andtheirugly
facesthten,hanexpressionepleasure.
salivadrippedfroheirliplessuths.
suddenly,asichedtheirgrotesqueand
unatablegestures,iperceivedclearlyforthefirst
tie,hadgiven
thetpressionsof
utterstrangenessahestrafaliarity.the
threecreaturesehissteriousritean
inshape,ahunbeingshthestraair
aboutthefsofaliaranil.eachofthese
,itsragofclothing,and
theroughhunityofitsbodilyforhado
itintoitsvents,intotheexpressionofits
unteoitsenow
irresistiblesuggestionofahog,asaint,the
unstakablerkofthebeast.theislandofdooreau
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istoodoverebythisazingrealisationandthen
thesthorriblequestioningscarushinginto
nd.theybeganleapingintheair,firstohenthe
.thenoneslipped,andfor
antorever,indeed,
forthofthetrueanilisbr >
ofthesensterswasenough.
ituedasnoiselesslyaspossible,andbeingevery
nidhthefearofbeingdisvered,asa
branchcrackedoraleafrustled,ipushedbatothe
bushes.ito
vefreely.onlyideaforthe
athesefoulbeings,andiscaroticedthati
hadergeduponafaintpathidstthetrees.then
suddenlytraversingalittleglade,isahanunpleasant
starttsylegsarees,h
noiselessfootstepsparallelyurse,andperhaps
thirtyyardsa.theheadandupperpartofthe
bodyangleofcreeper.istopped
abruptly,hopihefeet
stoppedasidid.sonervoushatintrolledan
iulsetoheadlongflightostdifficulty.
thenlookinghard,idistinguishedthroughtheinterlag
oreau
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drinking.hevedhishead.thereeraldflash
inhiseyesasheglafroheshadohe
trees,ahalflunouslourthatvanishedashetuedhis
headagaiionlessforant,andthen
hanoiselesstreadbeganrunningthroughthegreen
nfusion.inahehadvanishedbehind
sobushes.iuldnotseehibutifeltthathehad
stoppedandeagain.
ohadidhe
eihadick.flight
adness.atanyratethething,everit
e.settih
hard,i.ito
shoedchillingbae.ipushed
throughataallefloweredbushes,andsaw
hie
aating.iadvaeportwo,looking
steadfastlyintohiseyes.
whoareyousaidi.
hetriedtoetgaze.nohesaidsuddenly,and
tuingthroughthe
undergroeagain.his
eyesshhtlyoutoftheduskuhetrees.theislandofdooreau
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heartyuth;butifeltonlyce
.hetued
again,andvaothedusk.ohoughti
caughttheglintofhiseyes,andthatwasall.
forthefirsttiirealisedhohelatenessofthehour
ghtaffeinutessihe
sduskofthetropicsofthe
eastesky,andapiohflutteredsilentlyby
head.unlessiongthe
unknoysteriousforest,isthasten
backtotheenclosure.thethoughtofaretutothat
painhauntedrefugeelydisagreeable,butstill
resoheideaofbeiakenintheopenby
darknessandallthatdarknessghtnceal.igaveone
relookintotheblueshadohathadswallowedup
thisoddcreature,aracedhe
slopeto,goingasijudgedinthe
diree.
iyndnfusedanythings,
alyfoundselfinalevelplag
scatteredtrees.thelourlesscleaessthatesafter
thesuflushheblueskyabovegrew
ntarilydeeper,alestarsonebyonepierced
theattenuatedlight;theinterspaoreau
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ihervegetation,thathadbeenhazyblueinthe
daylight,greysterious.ipushedon.the
lourvanishedfrohereetopsroseagainst
thelunousblueskyininkysilhouette,andallbelow
thatoutliooneforessblaess.presently
thetreesgrehinner,andtheshrubbyundergrowth
reabundant.thenthereespacevered
haesand,andthenanotherexpaangled
bushes.ididnotreercrossingthesandopening
before.ibegaorntedbyafaintrustlingupon
righthand.ithoughtatfirstity,forwhenever
istoppedthereheeveningbreezein
thetreetops.theohurryonagainthere
yfootsteps.
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