Discworld 16 - Soul Music by Pratchett Terry

Author:Pratchett, Terry [Terry, Pratchett,]
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Acrobat Distiller 7.0.5 (Windows)
Published: 2010-06-21T04:00:00+00:00

'You know those guitars you made? When you were learning?' 'The ones you said sounded like a cat going to the toilet through a sewn-up bum, boss?' 'Did you throw them away?' 'No, boss. I thought: I'll keep them, so's in five years' time when I can make proper instruments, I'll be able to take 'em out and have a good laugh.' Blert wiped his forehead. Several small gold coins fell out with his handkerchief. 'Where did you put them, out of interest?' 'Chucked 'em inna shed, boss. Along with that whaney timber you said was about as useful as a mermaid in a chorus line.' 'Just fetch them out again, will you? And that timber.' 'But you said-' 'And bring me a saw. And then nip out and get me, oh, a couple of gallons of black paint. And some sequins.' 'Sequins, boss?' 'You can get them up at Mrs Cosmopilite's dress shop. And ask her if she's got any of those glittery ankhstones. And some fancy material for straps. Oh . . . and see if she can lend us her biggest mirror . . .' Blert hitched up his trousers again. 'And then go down to the docks and hire a troll and tell him to stand in the corner and if anyone else comes in and tries to play . . .' he paused, and then remembered, 'Pathway to Paradise, I think they said it's called . . . he's to pull their head off.' 'Shouldn't he give them a warning?' said Gibbsson. 'That will be the warning.' It was an hour later. Ridcully had got bored and sent Tez the Terrible over to the kitchens to see about a snack. Ponder and the other two had been busying themselves around the flask, messing around with crystal balls and wire. And now... There was a wire stretched between two nails on the bench. It was a blur as it twanged an interesting beat. Big curved green lines hung in the air above it. 'What's that?' said Ridcully. 'That's what the sound looks like,' said Ponder. 'Sound looks like,' said Ridcully. 'Well, there's a thing. I never saw sound looking like that. This is what you boys used magic for, is it? Looking at sound? Hey, we've got some nice cheese in the kitchen, how about we go and listen to how it smells?' Ponder sighed. 'It's what sound would be if your ears were eyes,' he said. 'Really?' said Ridcully, brightly. 'Amazing!' 'It looks very complicated,' said Ponder. 'Simple when you look at it from a distance and up close, very complex. Almost . . .' 'Alive,' said Ridcully, firmly. 'Er ...' It was the one known as Skazz. He looked about seven stone and had the most interesting haircut Ridcully had ever seen, since it consisted of a shoulderlength fringe of hair all round. It was only the tip of his nose poking out which told the world which way he was facing. If he ever developed a boil on the back of his neck, people would think he was walking the wrong way.

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