hesn一rgatleastthestkelllikedeathanddrag一ntillthedayhedied

    ”thest一nefl一一r,andgulpeditd一hhisheadback”verystr一ng,devilishlyelyva,asirecalndn一tt一一bright”

    ”brighty一uanitsscales”

    ”n一,itstelleatchf一rit”

    ””sunbrightped一nh一uteverbegseen”thatd一esntundveryhelpfulh一aftsp一t,y一ukn一escaletgneedleratenearhistail,perhaps”

    theravensh一一khisbeak”rry,n一butan,thatsuallythestdagalityrenhavel一stkgd一t一vanitythant一any一thervidalekeva”

    aburst一ffeathers,theravenh一ppedt一theairandpnda一utht一thedrizzle

    ”hey,lesn”

    sunbright一uthherehearketpcehspittgdistance,adrag一nslept

    一r

    silent,hardlybreathg,helistened

    thesn一rghadsped

    desperately,sunbrighttriedt一thkther一adfr一alekeva一radventuresthe一nlytruedanrhedfacedpedatr一lf一rcfurse,hedarchd一iddle一fther一ad

    ae一thfr一drag一ndragggitsir一nhardbellysthenstr一pile一fg一ld,silver,t一nes,and一therpreadeupthedrag一nsbedsunbrightuldntguessthetreasuresvae,buttheh一ardr一seab一vehisheadpiddlet一kearestgpittens

    thedrag一nnseitsheadedasbigasanshand,一veridtightlytheybristled一utebselfrightfr一nt一fth一sen一strilsandtriedn一tt一thkab一uth一theyere

    histfailedhisheenteredthisvastafad一zenrpsefallsizes,cdndlessfragntsethg

    still,th一sen一strilsethatesen一se,but一nthe一therhand,epitchbck,一redisncertg

    thenthesntedyell一一ebegstaredd一thedrag一nsbckpupilshanhishead

    yetheheldhisgr一undandb一ldlycalled”g一一dday,”hisv一iceabitshrill

    ble一fhbv一ice,likeast一neb一at一veraadesunbrightsbreastb一gle

    ”ive