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... stones . Stones ! Floor of creation cracked to billions of sharp little stones ... pale green and sulphur yellow of grass in slanted morning light , at noon an irri- tated scarlet , gentle mauve at twilight ... valley after valley ...
... stones . Stones ! Floor of creation cracked to billions of sharp little stones ... pale green and sulphur yellow of grass in slanted morning light , at noon an irri- tated scarlet , gentle mauve at twilight ... valley after valley ...
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... stones , an empty circle of Arctic white . At five miles a day the weakened horses dragged their feet in gluepot of stones and clay . Three nights without water through " dismal mulga scrub " , then came another saving rain . " July 30 ...
... stones , an empty circle of Arctic white . At five miles a day the weakened horses dragged their feet in gluepot of stones and clay . Three nights without water through " dismal mulga scrub " , then came another saving rain . " July 30 ...
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... stones there , pud- ding stones from the river , all oval in shape , heavily greased and obviously arranged . I pelted them off . A week later they were back . I pelted them off again , and again they came back . I asked one of the ...
... stones there , pud- ding stones from the river , all oval in shape , heavily greased and obviously arranged . I pelted them off . A week later they were back . I pelted them off again , and again they came back . I asked one of the ...
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LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
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