Joining Forces
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 26089
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In our own world the wanderers would probably have been called gypsies, but
there was no land of Egypt* here. "Ribbit," Fred said on seeing them. Had
it
been possible for Astra to translate this, it would probably have been
something along the lines of: "I don't like the look of them. None too
clean, and obviously foreign. We'd be much better off on our own."
"What happened to your clothes?" Golf asked Astra. At thirteen, he was just old enough to take a keen interest in a beautiful naked woman. "The dragon took them. But as you can see, in comparison to poor Fred and Velus I got off lightly. We are on our way to find the Wizard of Kamiro, in the hope of getting their curses removed." "Our horse and wagon are tethered just a short way down the trail," Taia said. "You'd be welcome to have some of my spare clothes." Astra smiled. "Thank you for offering," she said, "but all of you are at least nine inches shorter than me.** Besides, you have so little yourselves that I'd be reluctant to take anything. Once we find the Wizard, then I'm sure that he will take care of the problem for me." "I've never seen a real live wizard," the eight years old Teri said excitedly. "Can we go with them, Mama, Papa, Uncle? Please!" "Well, I don't see why not," Taia said. Alf and Pelt nodded their consent. So the party went the short distance down the trail to the wanderers' horse and wagon. (Even the ex-farmboy Velus thought on seeing it that it was extremely cramped accommodation for six people.) The youngest two children scrambled into the back, and then Pelt took up his position in front to act as driver. The others walked alongside. Finding the Wizard could have been complicated by Astra not being too sure of just where they were, given the large number of exits from the caves. * Gypsies were popularly supposed to have originated from Egypt. Hence the term. ** The people of the far south and southwest are of "restricted growth", as they say in politically correct circles in Aqualaria.
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JH (who doesn't normally do footnotes but who doesn't want to be unfashionable)
4/16/2003 11:21:28 AM
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